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Slack + Salesforce Journey
+ Slack for ISV Partners Your Slack App Innovation Journey
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Introducing Slack + Salesforce User engagement tied to the world’s #1 CRM Platform What is Slack? Slack brings all of a company’s people, data and tools together so teams can collaborate and get work done, from anywhere. Salesforce and Slack Combined Provides companies with a single source of truth and a unified platform for connecting employees, customers and partners with each other and the apps they use every day – all within their existing workflows. Why now? The need has never been greater to deliver connected experiences for customers across every touchpoint, enabling employees to work seamlessly wherever they are.
2.4K+ Apps Accelerating User Engagement The Slack Ecosystem is composed of integrations across horizontal & vertical domains
Reach Users Where They Already Are 95% 12M+ 10+ of Slack app users say users engaged in average hours that using an app in Slack throughout connected to 1 Slack makes those the day Slack per day 2 tools more valuable 100+ average minutes of active usage 1 on Slack per day 1. Usage figures are measured for users at Paid customers on a typical workday, as of 10/31/2020 1. Usage figures are measured for users at Paid customers on a typical workday, as of 10/31/2020 2. Slack customer study on app quality, July 2019 2. Slack customer study on app quality, July 2019
Slack Value for Salesforce ISV Partners Customer Success Growth Partnership Stickiness Create seamless Expand to reach the Slack Cross-sell opportunities Become part of the user’s experiences with customer base and new and potential for core workflow, reducing Salesforce and other users within existing partnership across the attrition risks integrated apps customers Slack ecosystem
The Slack Partner Program Further your growth path with access to new customers, tech, and resources Thriving Community Open Platform Growth Multipliers Spanning the Fortune 500, Take advantage of open APIs, The app directory hosts 2,400+ startups, nonprofits, and builders, templates, SDKs, and apps used to collaborate, governments across more communicate and get work done 150+ countries
Building a Slack App
Common Simple Patterns for Building with Slack Simple ways to add interactivity to improve the workflow for your users Notification Interactive elements Link Unfurl Reminders Open URL Provide Preview Updates Acknowledge Receipt Authenticated Unfurl Alerts Trigger Response Interactive Unfurl
3 Slack Notifications Notify users of important system events and take action on them as they are engaged in Slack throughout the day. Notification types ● Trigger Types (Automation) ● Target Types (Routing) ● Action Types (Custom Actions)
Interactivity in Slack Allow messages and conversations to be more actionable and intuitive with buttons, dropdown menus and more. Providing specific actions is a good way to direct conversations. Buttons can trigger a response from an app, or just open a URL.
First level text is set at twenty point Salesforce Sans and does not have a bullet Slack Link Unfurls • Second level is eighteen point Salesforce Sans First level text is set at twenty point Salesforce Sans and does not have a bullet Bring context to conversations by attaching • Second level is eighteen point Salesforce Sans rich unfurls anytime a link associated with your app gets shared in Slack
Next-Level Patterns for Building with Slack More advanced ways to add interactivity to improve user workflow /# Slash Command Workflows Modals Invoke app Easy to build Focused Surface Search for text No code required Collect Data Request list Extend app features Display Dynamic Information
Slack Slash Commands Let users trigger an interaction with your app by typing a command into the message composer box in any Slack conversation
Workflow Builder You don’t have to be a developer to automate tasks in Slack. Workflow Builder provides a GUI to create processes like gathering feedback in a form. App developers can create Workflow Steps that customers can use inside their workflows, like taking that feedback and sending it into Salesforce.
Slack Modals Modals provide focused spaces ideal for requesting and collecting data from users, or temporarily displaying dynamic and interactive information. For users, modals are prominent and pervasive — taking center stage in Slack ahead of any other interface element. Modals are designed using Block Kit
Context Static & Dynamic Selects Section with ... Fields Divider Section with ... Datepicker Checkboxes Multi-Select Image Block Input & Multi-Line Block Kit Radio buttons Actions Framework Engage users with interactive app experience using Slack’s design framework that provides the building blocks to customize your app’s UI Home Messages Modals
Block Kit Builder Drag, drop, and rearrange blocks to design and preview Block Kit layouts.
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Appendix
Resources Where to go to learn more Planning a Slack Building a Slack Distribute and Getting Help App App List a Slack App Outline your use cases API Documentation Webinars Become a Slack Partner Developer Tools Storyboard interactions Slack Wiki Distributing your app in the Slack App Directory Community-supported Understand your Slack Platform Tools audience Preparing your app for Community submission Tutorials Put it all together Help Center Submitting your app for Build - The Art of review crafting a Slack app your team will love
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