Bridge iMessage and Slack threads with Blooio for two-way messaging

Turn any Slack channel into your team's iMessage inbox. How it works 📱 → Customer texts your business number 🔵 → Blooio pushes the webhook into n8n 💬 → n8n posts a new thread in Slack 🧵 → Your team replies in the thread 🔵 → n8n sends the reply through Blooio 📱 → Customer gets a blue-bubble iMessage Why this matters | What you get | Why it matters | |--------------|----------------| | 💙 Blue bubbles, not green | iMessage open rates blow past SMS. People read texts from friends — not from 10DLC short codes. | | 🧰 One tech stack, not five | No separate texting app, no SMS gateway, no CRM seat for a receptionist. Just Slack + Blooio. Your team already knows Slack. | | 💼 Turn Slack into a mini iMessage CRM | Every contact = one thread. Scroll the channel, see every active conversation. Search by phone, name, or keyword. Your history lives where your team already works. | | 📱 iMessage from any device | Desktop, phone, tablet, browser — anywhere Slack runs, your team can text customers. No shared iPhone sitting on a desk. No "let me check when I'm at my computer." | | 👥 Team inbox + personal reach | Your whole team sees inbound messages and can jump in. But replies still come from your business number — not from whoever happens to be on shift. Customer experience stays consistent; coverage doesn't. | More opens = more leads = more deals. What you need | Tool | Cost | Why | |------|------|-----| | Blooio | $39/mo starting | Send + receive iMessages via REST API | | Slack | Any plan | Dedicated bridge channel (private recommended) | | n8n | Cloud or self-hosted | Run the workflow | ⚠️ Blooio P2P notice: Blooio requires all outreach to be opt-in and actively enforces this. The two branches | Branch | Trigger | What it does | |--------|---------|--------------| | 🟥 Inbound iMessage → Slack | Blooio webhook (message.received) | Post new iMessage to Slack as a threaded parent | | 🟩 Slack Reply → Outbound iMessage | Any new message in bridge channel | Filter → get parent → extract phone → send via Blooio | Set up steps - Takes about 15 minutes - Sign up at blooio.com, grab your API token and webhook - Create a dedicated Slack channel - Connect Slack credentials - Create an HTTP Bearer Auth credential with your Blooio API token - Copy the Production URL to "Blooio Webhook" - Text yourself to confirm it posts threaded in Slack, reply in the thread, confirm blue bubble arrived. Learn more at SMB Excel