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\"slack\"What is Slack?<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Slack is a digital workspace that allows teams and groups to communicate and collaborate on topics and projects. A team is a group of people that you work with every day who use Slack to communicate. A Slack Team is the digital space where you share information. <\/span><\/p>\n

The employees at a small or medium-sized company will be part of one Slack Team. People in a large company, especially distributed companies will have sub-groups within a team. <\/span><\/p>\n

Your Slack workspace contains channels which are organized around a specific topic, project or location. The channels can be public or private. Within each channel, you have conversations with members of the team.<\/span><\/p>\n

For a company, Slack’s greatest advantage is the integration with other systems. For example, tracking bugs and software development with GitHub or following customer service tickets from a customer service platform. This allows employees to go to one place and interface with all the corporate systems.<\/p>\n

Why Slack?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In the crowded world of messaging apps, Slack has created a tool that easily connects groups of people. One of the benefits of Slack compared to Slack alternatives<\/a> is its integration with many other services. Another benefit is the opportunity for users to be active in an open community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is a Slack Community?\"slack-welcome\"<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A Slack community is a group of users who congregate around a distinct topic, such as developers, sales, marketing, entrepreneurs, or around a specific location, such as Denver Colorado. The community can be even more specific such as Denver Marketers. <\/span><\/p>\n

The community operates as a group chat where each discussion is organized into a specific channel. Let\u2019s say you are part of the Denver Marketers Slack group. Within this group, there will be channels such as inbound, outbound, social media, advertising, direct marketing, etc. The user can chat with any member in the channel where everyone can view the conversation, or the user can send a direct message to a specific member in the group. <\/span><\/p>\n

The benefit of joining a Slack community is that you get real-time responses when you ask a question, make a recommendation, share your experience or request feedback. A Slack community is a great place to find like-minded people who have the same issues and can share their solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Slack communities are by invitation only so there is control over who can join. Unlike other groups on Facebook or LinkedIn, Slack groups reduce noise and spam because they only offer relevant content and interaction between members.<\/p>\n

Next Steps<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The next question is not \u201cShould I join a Slack community,\u201d but rather, \u201cWhich Slack community should I join?\u201d There are groups for everything from business professionals to software developers to musicians. We compiled a list of some of the most popular groups. Happy Slacking!<\/span><\/p>\n

Marketing and Business Slack Communities<\/h2>\n

CRO Growth Hacks<\/a> – crohacks.slack.com – A community sharing\u00a0on conversion rate optimization growth hacks from CRO, SEO, SEM, email, business models and more. (Note this is the author’s Slack community) Request to Join<\/a><\/p>\n

Online Geniuses<\/a>\u00a0– onlinegeniuses.slack.com – One of the largest online marketing communities that also has offline meetups. Request to Join<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Inbound.org<\/a>\u00a0– inboundorg.slack.com – A group of inbound marketing enthusiasts. Request to Join<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Startup<\/a>\u00a0– startup.slack.com – Share your thoughts with other startup founders and investors. Request to Join<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Launch <\/a>– launch.slack.com – A\u00a0community of like-minded entrepreneurs, designers, developers and makers. Request to Join<\/a><\/p>\n

CreativeTribes<\/a>\u00a0– creativetribes.slack.com – Find and connect with marketing people in various niches. Request to Join<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Designer Hangout<\/a>\u00a0– designerhangout.slack.com – Collaborate with other UX designers and researchers to discuss user experience. Request to Join<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

People<\/a>\u00a0– people.slack.com – A community chat for HR professionals. Request to Join<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Buffer<\/a>\u00a0– buffercommunity.slack.com – Social media professionals. Request to Join<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Freelance<\/a> – freelance.slack.com – A community of freelance professionals. Request to Join<\/a><\/p>\n

Convertists<\/a> – convertists.slack.com – A community for sales development professionals. Request to join<\/a><\/p>\n

Product School<\/a> – A large community of product managers. Request to join<\/a><\/p>\n

10X Factory<\/a> – Is a paid group that focuses on\u00a0providing entrepreneurs with the network, education, and mastermind they need at an affordable price.\u00a0 The fee keeps out the riff-raff! There are a wide variety of topics to get help and post your comments on. Many users are asking for help and most had 2-5 responses. So the community of over 800 is very engaged.<\/p>\n