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How /meet for Slack Grew

Slack app for starting Google Meet calls

How did /meet for Slack grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Meet For Slack grew primarily through its listing in the Slack app directory, which generated thousands of installs and most of its customers. The app's narrow focus on integrating Google Meet with Slack helped it stabilize and attract paying customers.

Channels

4 channels · grouped by how /meet for Slack grows
  • Integrations

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “He got the app listed in the Slack directory and stopped paying attention to it for a while. To Adam’s surprise, Meet for Slack got thousands of installs from the Slack directory, and Adam realized he was onto something significant.”
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    “Meet For Slack is a focused integration play: narrow scope (start Google Meet from Slack), revenue-stage with paying customers, and a founding date that shows it's had time to stabilize since mid‑2023.”
    medium
  • Partnerships

    · 1 mention
    “Meet For Slack is a focused integration play: narrow scope (start Google Meet from Slack), revenue-stage with paying customers, and a founding date that shows it's had time to stabilize since mid‑2023.”
    medium
  • Distribution Partnerships

    · 1 mention
    “Most of his customers came in through his listing on the Slack app directory (still on the front page of Google). As many founders learn, listing on a less-crowded marketplace can be one of the best organic traffic sources.”
    medium
  • Product Hunt

    · 1 mention
    “He hadn’t done much marketing either – just a launch on ProductHunt that failed to generate much traffic.”
    medium

How 2,667 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — /meet for Slack’s highlighted.
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    68%
  • Social media
    58%
  • Search/SEO
    57%
  • Email
    47%
  • Community
    33%
  • Content/Inbound
    31%
  • Partnerships
    30%
  • Paid ads
    24%
  • Events
    24%
  • Press/PR
    18%
  • Outbound/Sales
    16%
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    8%
  • Brand Authenticity
    2%
  • Product expansion
    2%