On Track

The Chaser blog—ideas and insights to help your team stay aligned, accountable, and moving forward—in Slack and beyond.

Josh Martow

Josh Martow is the co-founder and CEO of Chaser. Drawing on his experience leading products and teams, he writes about task management, workflow automation, and making Slack work better for growing businesses. His focus is practical: helping teams clarify ownership, cut down on follow-ups, and turn conversations into completed work.

Task & Project Management in Slack

How to run a project in Slack

Run projects in Slack with a dedicated channel, a shared brief, tasks in threads, reminders and views for tracking progress.

Task & Project Management in Slack

Turn Slack messages into tasks

Create and manage tasks directly in Slack conversations, with assignees, deadlines, reminders, recurring work and status reports.

Task & Project Management in Slack

Enterprise Task Management Software for Teams That Use Slack

A practical guide to enterprise task management software for Slack teams

Productivity & Focus

9 small business apps for a smoother working day

The right apps make everyday work easier to start, hand over, and finish. Build a small, useful stack around your documents, customers, money, and team tasks.

Task & Project Management in Slack

9 task management tools for teams

Give people a clear view of their responsibilities and give the team a reliable view of progress. Compare nine tools, then use a real project to choose your next step.

Monday.com Slack Integration: What It Does and How to Set It Up

How to set up the Monday.com Slack integration: notification recipes, creating items from Slack messages, and what the integration won't do.

Slack AI Tools: The Bots and Built-In Features Worth Using

A guide to the main Slack AI tools — Chaser, Claude, Slack's built-in AI, Viktor and Runbear: what each one does, where it falls short, and what it costs.

Task & Project Management in Slack

Project Management Software for SaaS Startups

Choosing project management software for a SaaS startup is a decision about how much structure to take on, and when.

Task & Project Management in Slack

Employee Onboarding Checklist: How to Set Up a New Hire Onboarding Checklist

An employee onboarding checklist covering preboarding, paperwork, access, equipment and the first 90 days — with an owner and deadline for every step.

Task & Project Management in Slack

Simple Project Management: How to Keep It Light

Simple project management means adding only the structure a project earns. What it actually needs, and how to run it in Slack where your team works.

How to Create a Poll in Slack

How to create a poll in Slack: poll apps like Simple Poll and Polly, or assigning it as a task

Task & Project Management in Slack

Monday.com Alternatives: What to Use Instead, and When

Looking for a Monday.com alternative? A plain guide to Asana, ClickUp, Trello, Notion, Jira, spreadsheets and Slack-based trackers — and how to choose.

Task & Project Management in Slack

Asana vs Monday.com: Which One Fits How Your Team Works

Asana vs Monday compared — task models, views, automation, pricing and seat minimums, and what changes for teams that coordinate in Slack.

Task & Project Management in Slack

How to Build a Content Production Workflow (With Examples)

The stages and roles of a content production workflow, two example setups, and how to run the whole process in Slack with reusable checklists.

Task & Project Management in Slack

A Conference Planning Checklist You Can Run in Slack

A conference planning checklist organized by timeframe — venue, speakers, registration, day-of

Task & Project Management in Slack

Do Slack Teams Even Need a Project Management Tool?

Should your Slack team run projects in Slack, lean on a traditional tool, or skip the tool entirely? A simple framework for picking the approach that sticks.

Task & Project Management in Slack

Asana vs Trello for Teams That Work in Slack

Asana vs Trello comparison for teams that work in Slack. How to choose.

Task & Project Management in Slack

Project Management for Agencies, Built for Slack

How agencies can run project management in Slack: turn messages into tracked tasks, automate onboarding checklists and client updates, and chase every task to done.

Task & Project Management in Slack

How to Manage Multiple Projects at Once

Practical ways to manage multiple projects at once: keep one view of the work, prioritise, watch workload, and track progress — whatever tool you use.

Task & Project Management in Slack

Trello Alternatives: How to Choose

A plain rundown of the main Trello alternatives — Asana, Monday, ClickUp, Notion, Jira and Slack-based tools — what each is good and bad at, and how to choose.

17 Slack tips for clearer conversations and completed work

Make the next action clear, find the context faster, and give people room to focus. These 17 tips turn everyday Slack habits into a more useful team routine.

How to set Slack reminders and follow up on team tasks

A reminder brings something back to your attention. A Chaser task gives it an owner, a deadline, and automatic follow-up. Here is how to use both in Slack.

18 Slack apps that make everyday teamwork easier

Turn requests into tasks, bring useful updates into the right channel, and make the next step easier. Here are 18 Slack apps worth adding to your team’s workflow.

Using Slack Lists & Checklists: How To Use & Powerful Alternatives in Slack

Learn how to use Slack Lists and checklists, where they break down, and how to build a reusable checklist in Slack that runs itself with Chaser.

Slack Ticketing & Issues Tracking: Guide for Teams

Stop losing tickets in Slack threads. Learn how to track and resolve issues right where your team already communicates.

Productivity & Focus

Why Context Switching Is Killing Your Team’s Productivity (and what to do about it)

Context switching costs teams up to 40% of their productivity. Learn why it happens, why tools make it worse, and how to solve it with Chaser.

Productivity & Focus

The Old Way Is Slowing You Down: How Chaser Rethinks Task Management for Modern Teams

Traditional project management tools slow modern teams down. Learn how Chaser keeps work visible, follow-through automatic, and everything running inside Slack—no extra logins, no context switching.

Task & Project Management in Slack

Why Slack Needs Built-In Task Management (And What to Do About It)

Slack is great for communication, but not for managing tasks. Discover how Chaser turns Slack into a powerful, native task management solution without disrupting your team’s workflow.

Productivity & Focus

Stop App Toggling: How Context Switching Is Draining Your Productivity

Workers toggle between apps 1,200 times a day and lose 4+ hours a week. Here's why it happens and how to end the cycle.

Productivity & Focus

Stop Wasting Meetings on Status Updates: 200+ Managers Share About Team Accountability

Over 200 managers agree: status meetings are a crutch for poor accountability. Here's how high-performing teams replace them.

Task & Project Management in Slack

Best Task Management Software For Individuals

Compare the top personal task managers like Todoist, Notion, and Google Tasks to find the right fit for your workflow.

Task & Project Management in Slack

Manage Chaser tasks with Slackbot

Manage Chaser tasks and get progress reports directly in Slackbot. Assign work, update deadlines, and check what’s overdue.

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Task & Project Management in Slack

Manage Chaser tasks with Slackbot

Manage Chaser tasks and get progress reports directly in Slackbot. Assign work, update deadlines, and check what’s overdue.

Task & Project Management in Slack

Enterprise Task Management Software for Teams That Use Slack

A practical guide to enterprise task management software for Slack teams

Productivity & Focus

9 small business apps for a smoother working day

The right apps make everyday work easier to start, hand over, and finish. Build a small, useful stack around your documents, customers, money, and team tasks.

Get more out of Slack

Track work, see ownership, and stay in the loop — without changing how your team works.

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