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title: "Texting is Old School. We got #Slack."
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# Texting is Old School. We got #Slack.

by [ Daniel Uyemura](https://blog.pushpress.com/author/daniel-uyemura) | Sep 24, 2015

No app like a free app that works, and we have added an  
 awesome new (FREE) integration with one of the best (FREE) communication and  
 organization apps out there, #[Slack](http://www.slack.com).

Slack currently has over 1.1 million daily active users with  
 a handful of those here at [PushPress](http://pushpress.com). It is a fantastic, simple-to-use  
 tool to communicate with your staff based on topic or project. You choose which  
 staff members are a part of which group conversations, called channels; you can  
 direct message your staff individually, and files can be added to both. Files,  
 including Google Drive, Dropbox and Box files can be “starred” for future  
 reference and commented on. 

 Some of the benefits of using Slack are:

-  Communication with your team is EASILY searchable. You don’t have to scroll through pages of text to find the answers  
   you want or have to look through email and your text to find the information  
   you need from your staff. This includes any documents you download into Slack.  
   It indexes the content of any file within your account. Slack will become the  
   new singular focal point of communication within your business.
- Slack will keep transactional communication from  
   clogging up your email inbox. As a business owner, this will save time and  
   sanity. Instead of having your email push notices popping up on your phone constantly, your PushPress payment receipts can be held in one Slack channel,  
   member check-ins in another, and so forth. Nice.
- Slack is free to use forever, regardless of the  
   number of users in your account. It is accessible anywhere, laptop, desktop,  
   and mobile apps.
- Slack is available for Apple and Android  
   devices.
-  Like PushPress, Slack integrates with so many  
   other services (check out [https://slack.com/integrations](https://slack.com/integrations)).

 At PushPress, we want your time spent with your members, not  
 behind a desk managing your business software… or your email inbox.

Like you as Gym Owners, we have faced the same challenges. Check out our other articles, which will help you save time and increase revenue. We cover many topics, including:

- **Client Retention**
- **Lead Generation**
- **Business Health Metrics**
- **Operational Efficiency**
- **Sales Funnel Optimization**
- **Gaining Lost Time to Devote to Your Business and Members**

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