There are many collaboration and productivity tools in the market, with Slack being one of the most well-known. For most teams, the app is just used for chatting, announcements, and sharing funny GIFs. Even we at BackScoop are guilty of this!

However, what many people don’t know is that when used properly, it can streamline your entire business by connecting apps, automating processes, and becoming a knowledge base all in one place, cutting down constant context switching, which can lead to a 40% loss in productivity.

Introducing Bryd, a Singapore-based startup that offers Slack advisory, tools, and tech to optimize your Slack experience. Who better to enable Slack than people who’ve worked there themselves? Bryd was founded by ex-Slack employees, Laurence Fitch and Jacob Campbell, so you know you're in good hands.

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💭 So what are you missing out on?

‍Companies from large corporations to startups have supercharged their Slack. And it’s more powerful than you think. Did you know Cebu Pacific transformed its flight operations with Slack? ✈️

By implementing a central information and communication hub, the airline streamlined communication, unified departments, and enhanced efficiency with real-time updates on flight information, fuel quantities, maintenance, and security statuses. Integrations with the airline's legacy systems in Slack enable quick decision-making and improved collaboration, saving the team approximately 114,000 hours annually!

Did we get your attention yet? So instead of wasting time and money buying hundreds of overlapping tools, you can engage a team of Slack experts who can make your existing stack do more (for less!) or help you launch your own best-in-class Slack setup from scratch. 

Why the need for experts? The gap between where many companies are today (stuck in DMs) and what’s possible led to an idea for a Slack-first consultancy – one of the first globally. Founded just 6 months ago, they’ve already secured clients in their backyard in APAC while also breaking into American and European markets.

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💪🏼 Bryd In action - Check out how Bryd revamped this PR firm’s Slack experience

‍APAC-based communications agency Bud has been using Slack since its launch. But as the company and headcount have grown, the leadership team wanted to get more out of Slack than just the basic features, so they went to Bryd to make the most out of their investment.

• 🧐 The process: The Bryd team put their thinking hats on and took a 360° look at Bud’s Slack setup, channels, and business processes. They interviewed both the leadership and staff on what they both loved and found challenging when using Slack.
• 🤩 The result: Bryd uncovered a whole set of new use cases and features that were underutilized, implemented new workflows to support approvals across the business, created a new process for employee onboarding, standardized a new way of working for account teams to increase alignment, and introduced a comprehensive Slack strategy, governance, and training program.

“We’ve had a really great experience working with Bryd. From the outset, the Bryd team really invested time to get to know our business, its challenges and how we wanted Slack to work for us. The output is that we have come away with a much better understanding of how to embed Slack at Bud with some tangible new ways of working to help us collaborate smarter.”

Oliver Budgen, Founder and CEO
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👇🏼 Are you maximizing Slack’s features? Here are some tips and tricks from Bryd!

• Use custom notifications and folders: Tailor notification preferences per channel (don’t be afraid to mute), manage message alerts effectively, and use folders to tidy up your channels.
• Create Slack Workflows: Automate process in Slack without coding e.g. Employee Onboarding Workflow: Trigger: New employee added to the HR system. Action: Initiate a series of welcome messages, share onboarding documents, and assign tasks to relevant team members.
• Integrate apps and bots: Connect third-party tools like Google Drive or Polly to take action quickly without ever leaving Slack or create custom Bots to connect disparate internal systems.
• Update your status: Use the "Do Not Disturb" feature to suppress notifications during focused work periods or add a 🌴 if you’re away on much-deserved PTO.

There’s loads more to come with Slack Lists, Slack AI, and Slack and Salesforce integrations, so there’s never been a better time to take your Slack to the next level.

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Check out Bryd’s Slack-certified services to enhance your workspace experience.

Get in touch with them today for a free Slack health assessment by placing the code: “brydbackscoop” on their contact page.