Have your team stay up-to-date on your Employee Advocacy Program with Slack! Customize the notification you want your team members receive, create multiple channels to stay organized, and never let them miss a beat when a new Advocacy post is up. 🙌🏻
In this guide:
Setting up the Slack integration
To enable Advocacy notifications in Slack, the admin must first activate webhooks in Slack and connect it to your settings.
Step 1: Create Slack app
This step needs to be performed only once. If you have already performed this step, please proceed to the next steps.
Please click this link: Create Slack App and pick "From Scratch" option. Create a Vista Social app with a descriptive name like "Employee Advocacy Notifications" or "Advocacy Program Notifications".
Step 2: Activate Webhooks for your Slack account
- In Basic Information, navigate to Add Features and Functionality > Incoming Webhooks.
- Click the toggle to On to activate incoming webhooks.
- Create the webhooks.
- Click Add New Webhook to Workspace. Note that you can create one or multiple webhooks, depending on how many Slack channels you want to use to receive notifications.
- Click Copy to copy a specific webhook URL for your chosen Slack channel.
- Click Add New Webhook to Workspace. Note that you can create one or multiple webhooks, depending on how many Slack channels you want to use to receive notifications.
Step 3: Connect the Webhook in Employee Advocacy Settings
- Navigate to your Advocacy Settings back in Vista Social.
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Paste the webhook URL you copied in the previous workflow into the form field & you're done!
After this is completed, all team members in the designated Slack channel receives a notification whenever a new Advocacy content is available to post. 🎉
Customize the Slack App's Appearance
Out of the box, your new slack app will have a pretty generic icon with it's notification.
If you want to change the icon, feel free to use our logo or your own branding. First, go to your newly created app's Basic Information area.
Here, you'll find the option to change the app icon, color, and name:
Now your notifications can have a custom branding! 🙌🏻 😎
Related Reading:
Employee Advocacy: Your Team Members, Your Brand Ambassadors!
Creating an Advocacy Program for Your Company
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