The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

For example, a brand-new Google Sheet typically starts with 1,000 rows and 26 columns (A-Z), giving it 26,000 cells. Airtable : This tool is designed to put a friendly, spreadsheet-like face on your data, making it easy to import (from Google Sheets, for example) and get started with database functionality.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. It’s entirely possible the trend lifts these companies in due time, as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2019

What are some examples? Take a photo and make images rounded as the photo at the bottom of this blog post is? Just as we use Google Docs for writing or AirTable for spreadsheets, the world finally has an amazing in-browser tool for visual presentations. Yeah, this sucks. A piece of cake in Projector.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

For example, we’ve created workflows for automatic cleaning and standardizing of certain data fields. For example, we wanted a one-click link to the Linkedin profile and online presence (Google search results) of any relationship. For example, take intermediaries. Fourth, easy no-code customizability. Lastly, interoperability.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. For example, HOF Capital created a pipeline management tool that automatically adds deals along with relevant information (such as attachments received) to the funnel. 7) Negotiate transaction.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 23, 2023

Smart Charge America’s quote request workflow uses Zapier to connect Copper, Airtable, Google Maps, and Google Drive. For example, Smart Charge America uses Zapier to give homeowners the documents they need to get cash back for going green. “We "So, I created a Zap that automatically sends the information they need for the rebate.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 12, 2017

One of the most recent examples is CircleUp , which recently announced a new quantitative fund to invest in consumer packaged goods companies. We’re currently testing Zapier to pull tasks together from Slack, Pipedrive (our CRM) and Airtable into a single interface. cross-posted on Blue Future Partners’s blog.).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2022

For example, Outschool’s double round of layoffs comes after it raised a Series B, C and D in 12 months and grew its valuation from $1 billion to $3 billion in an even shorter period. In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about Airtable, Plaid and all your darn AI avatars. Airtable and Plaid. Take care and stay warm, N.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

But the process of finding the right images to accompany your blog articles or social media posts can be time-consuming, frustrating, and even expensive. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through making a Zap—Zapier's automated workflows—to create stunning visuals for your blog articles. I called mine "Blog Images."

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

Explore now And you might use a tool like Airtable to gather those briefs, especially when kicking off big projects (think designing new logos). You can create automatic workflows—what we call Zaps—that prompt OpenAI to generate images from briefs and send them to your Airtable's original records. New to Zapier? Click Continue.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

For example, instead of saying, "I want to send an email," say, "Send an email to john@example.com," and either specify the subject line and body or tell ChatGPT to write them. For example, if you want ChatGPT to send a Slack message, remember to use a specific value, such as specifying the channel name.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

For example, let's say you want to set a task's deadline to three days after a new lead comes in. For example, I use Formatter's Compare Dates function in my writing assignment Zaps because Airtable sometimes triggers too often whenever my editors make changes.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. If you want to keep a journal the same way you might a personal blog but keep it private, Penzu is an excellent option. You can make your own digital bullet journal using a tool like Trello or Airtable.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

For example, if you use Odoo , you can set up a Zap to create a new lead every time someone fills out a Botsonic form. For example, you can instantly send new Botsonic form entries to a specific Slack or Microsoft Teams channel. But as your inbound requests grow, that'll become harder to keep up with on your own.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 20, 2025

I'm going to have Email Parser tell me about new posts on the Zapier Blog (meta, I know), so I'm forwarding a recent email from Deb at Zapier. With the email I've used, I want to know the headlines under "Recommended reading from the Zapier blog team," so I select the text from each of those.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

With Zaps, you can automatically send lead data from Google Sheets or Airtable to Clay. For example, if you save a new company to your Crunchbase search, a Zap can instantly create a new record in your Clay table with all the relevant info.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 3, 2025

For example, you could send an email to your team whenever a lead comes in. For example, you can send the information from forms that your customers have filled out to a spreadsheet. If there's information that's incoming, somewhere, you can use Zapier to send it to a Google Sheet or to a database app like Airtable.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

Track your finances in a spreadsheet or database Many small teams and solo business owners rely on tools like Google Sheets , Notion , or Airtable to track revenue and expenses. With the Zaps below, you can connect FreshBooks to your spreadsheet, Notion workspace, or Airtable base and shed the responsibility of moving data yourself.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 2, 2025

With Zapier, we can automatically pull your scraped data from Browse AI into your spreadsheet app of choice—be it Google Sheets, Airtable, or Excel. But rather than keeping your scraped web data in a silo where you have to check manually for updates, why not automate a process to sync that data automatically to your favorite spreadsheet tool?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

If you want to automate an accounting process but aren't sure where to start, we've rounded up some of our favorite examples using various accounting software options and other tools. For example, an upload to a designated folder might send an invoice to a specific client. Here's how.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 24, 2025

These Zaps instantly create detailed records or rows in Notion, Google Sheets, and Airtable whenever a Fathom recording is detected. For example, you could send a Slack message only to the employee who joined the call or email a summary to execs if they were in the meeting. For a more dynamic automated system, try Zapier Tables.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

But while you can use Mailparser's native integration with Google Sheets , Excel , or Airtable , you may prefer the flexibility of Zapier's Mailparser integration instead. For example, say you use an obscure CRM or bespoke database tool. Mailparser takes care of extracting important information from those emails.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 16, 2025

I'll show you how to set them up and give you some examples of how you might use them. For example, one of my favorite unofficial MCP servers creates a connection to my Google Search Console data and allows me to query it for trends and create data visualizations straight from Claude. Table of contents: What is an MCP server?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

A Contact Us page is just one example. There are countless other examples, from standard newsletter signup forms to others that you can build for specific use cases. If you know the information needs to end up in another business app you use, for example, it's a tremendous timesaver to let Zapier automate that work for you.

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