The Zapier Blog

JULY 21, 2025

For instance, if I bought a video game with the manual missing, I'd have to learn the ins and outs myself through trial and error (which meant a whole lot of button mashing). They were important, too. But with a manual in hand, I'd be primed and ready to play before I even hit start.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Automation used to be the best way to do that. And while AI has since come on the scene, it hasn't replaced automation—it's made it better. Now, I delegate to AI automation. Try Zapier's AI features Discover how AI gives you automation superpowers. Table of contents: What is AI automation?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Do more with TikTok's Lead Generation Automate lead tracking Whether you're a B2B marketer or content creator ready to turn TikTok into a revenue machine, you need to understand how to get the most out of your TikTok marketing strategy. They also improve video accessibility and help TikTok contextualize your content.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

At first glance, Jasper and ChatGPT seem similar—they're both generative AI tools that can create content in a split second. But there's a big difference here: ChatGPT is an AI chatbot that's flexible enough to handle just about any task you throw at it, while Jasper is a specialized AI marketing tool.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 29, 2025

If you're throwing together a quick social media graphic, making a poster for an upcoming event, or even creating a presentation, Canva is one of the best design tools you can use—but it isn't the only one. That's personal preference, of course, but I feel it puts me in a good position to talk about the best apps like Canva.

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StartupNation

JULY 22, 2025

It also increasingly involves using AI as a tool to handle mental effort and labor, dramatically reducing the time it takes to get things done. Instead of relying solely on one’s own capabilities, learning to delegate effectively using frameworks like the 5 W’s, whether to a person or to AI, has become crucial.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Use interfaces, data tables, and logic to build secure, automated, AI-powered systems for your business-critical workflows across your organization's technology stack. Learn more.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 4, 2025

We independently review every app we recommend in our best apps lists. How we evaluate and test apps Our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

I tested both apps to see how their features compare and what teams they're best for. Zendesk for Service and Jira Service Management are two of the most popular help desk solutions on the market. Keep reading for my breakdown of Zendesk vs. Jira. user/month* Premium: $57.50/user/month* user/month* Premium: $57.50/user/month*

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Basic internal chat and video conferencing round out the channels, and both are accessed from the app. Connect your VoIP platform to your business apps automatically Learn how And with so much work being performed at home or in combination with an office, the need for clunky desk-hogging wired phones just seems impractical.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

Webinar Marketing Powerful webinar software for hosting interactive, large-scale conferences, with tools for analytics and lead generation. Desk Service Empower your agents to deliver delightful customer experiences, stay organized, and become productive with advanced tools and AI assistance. What is Zoho One? Learn more.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Over the past several years of updating this list, I've tested close to 50 different mind map tools, many multiple times as they've been updated and added new features—AI included. Pen and paper set a very high bar to clear, but these are the six best mind mapping apps that manage to clear it.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 20, 2025

A lot of AI chatbots all feel the same. Sure, they use different models under the hood, but whether you're using ChatGPT , Meta AI , or Google Gemini , the experience is pretty similar. Prompt goes in, generated AI response comes out—which is why Perplexity AI is so interesting.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

With Zapier's ChatGPT integration , you automate everything from intelligent sales outreach, content marketing generation, or even image creation. Read more on how to effectively add AI to your Zapier workflows. Try Zapier Chatbots Create free custom AI chatbots to engage customers and take action with built-in automation.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

I've been writing about AI since before most people knew what it stood for, and still, barely a week goes by where I don't have to look up some new term or technical topic. Try Zapier's AI features Discover how AI gives you automation superpowers.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 20, 2025

AI note taking apps are fast becoming the standard because they remove the need to take hurried notes, allowing you to stay present in conversations. I use Fathom for all my client meetings, but while shopping for the best AI meeting assistant , I tried Fireflies—which, turns out, is a strong contender. They summarize meetings.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

Keeping track of all the new AI models getting released at the moment is practically a full-time job. OpenAI is one of the most important AI companies. Its ChatGPT chatbot and DALL·E 2 image generator essentially kickstarted the current AI boom. Great general purpose starting point GPT-4.1

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Last weekend, I spent 60 seconds watching an AI tool create a website for me. While pre-designed templates have long existed as a way to make the web design process less painful, the real paradigm shifts have come from recent advances in AI. Wix is best for small businesses. Squarespace is best for brands and solopreneurs.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

Use Zapier's AI orchestration platform to help you stay on top of industry news, curate content for your audience, or just keep up with what matters most to you. Watch the video below to see how it works, or keep reading for step-by-step instructions. Click on the button below, then follow the steps to customize your agent.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 3, 2024

Identifying which digital marketing strategies will move the needle from so many viral trends is a real challenge: Is video marketing content as effective as they say? Should I use AI to help with a blog? Video content has been a staple of inbound marketing for a while now—and for good reasons. What about social media?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Here's everything you need to know about the best real estate CRMs on the market. Lead generation: A good real estate CRM offers tools to help you generate and capture leads effectively, with features like customizable lead capture forms, website integration, and the ability to import leads from various sources.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 17, 2025

The AI chatbot wars are heating up, and two of the biggest contenders are OpenAI's ChatGPT and Meta's Meta AI. Both are powerful and capable AI-powered chatbots based on state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs), but they do have plenty of differences. Meta AI ChatGPT Models Llama 4 GPT-4.1

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

We've all seen a lot of AI-generated videos floating across social media. Most are dead internet theory at worst, cute at best. It's been launching AI offerings for every major category (think Firebase Studio for vibe coding), and Veo is its answer to AI-generated videos.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I put together a cheat sheet with some of the sales best practices I’ve seen. We share insights on technologies, data, and processes that generate alpha. . This list is not intended to be an exhaustive guide, but just some ideas that some of the best-performing companies know are exploiting. How do you sell to them?

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Startup of the Week: AutoBrains, new AI for automotive. D-ID debuts Speaking Portrait, turning photos into custom videos. Startup of the Week: AutoBrains: A new kind of AI for automotive. CytoReason uses AI to build digital models of the human immune system and diseases to speed up drug development. Introductions.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

We eventually launched the product, which didn't generate enough revenue to support us- so we shut down the business after all my credit cards maxed out. This business would generate revenue ASAP to avoid depending on investors and rounds of funding. We published a video on traditional businesses vs. 'tech' startup companies.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

But it's hard to land on the best idea out of the dozens flying around inside your head. 4 workflows to better market your brand on social media Read now If you're stuck in this cycle, you can use AI to break it and get things moving forward. For this post, I asked ChatGPT to generate an example business to work with.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). We found these by looking through firms’ websites, social media , blog posts, etc. You’re prominent enough that your affiliation with the firm generates brand value. How to find a job as a VC scout.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). So we probed, ‘Oh, so you don’t need a qualified lead generation tool then?’ Coalesce address the more general problem of searching through large data sets for best fits. Skype and Zoom are useful for video/audio conferences.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 3, 2024

Look at engagement rates, lead generation statistics, and conversion rates. For instance, if blogging has been a fertile ground for leads and brand awareness, then it’s time to amplify your efforts. Engagement was high on certain videos, so we started creating more and distributing them to a broader audience.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 16, 2022

Jerusalem, Tel Aviv among world’s best Ag/FoodTech hubs. From producing detailed avatars to creating virtual storefronts, the Metaverse is a computer-generated world where revenue streams are very real. D-ID generates the virtual presenter of your choice. Mermade is currently funding on the OurCrowd platform. Learn More.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). So we probed, ‘Oh, so you don’t need a qualified lead generation tool then?’ Coalesce address the more general problem of searching through large data sets for best fits. See their blog post on multiples.). Her answer? ‘I

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm. In any case, AI tools are not going away — and indeed has expanded dramatically since its launch just a few months ago. Major brands are experimenting with it, using the AI to generate ad and marketing copy, for example.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2023

AI whisperer” jobs are roles made for people who are savvy prompt engineers and able to manipulate ChatGPT or other generative AI tools to get what they want from it. It’s also a reminder that generative AI’s boom will create a whole new set of questions about how we ask questions. Tell it that!

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OurCrowd

JUNE 6, 2021

Hailo, Lanner Partner to Support AI Applications at the Edge. IXDen has created the world’s best technology to protect our water, electricity, gas, oil and other critical infrastructure systems against attack, tampering and failure. Hailo, Lanner Partner to Support AI Applications at the Edge. UAE: Gateway to half the world.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

Taranis , OurCrowd’s AI-powered crop intelligence company, extended its partnership with Drone Nerds and DJI, bringing together the latest drone technology, large-scale operational efficiencies and disruptive AI technologies to generate precise and actionable insights for agricultural retailers, co-ops and farmers.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Whether it’s a slide deck builder, a video editor, or a photo enhancer, today’s work tools were conceived decades ago — and it shows! Even best-in-class products often feel either too inflexible and unsophisticated to do real work, or have steep, inaccessible learning curves (we’re looking at you, Adobe InDesign).

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