The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

As anyone who's ever seen a cartoon plumber knows, the best pipeline management tool is a monkey wrench. But if you want to know the best sales pipeline management tool, unfortunately, you should probably read the next several thousand words of in-depth software analysis.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 21, 2025

In 2025, AI has become a game-changer for small businesses looking to streamline operations, boost productivity, improve customer experiences, and gain a competitive edge. Zapier AI Workflow Automation Best For: Automating repetitive tasks across apps Zapier, already a go-to for no-code automation, launched AI-enhanced Zaps in 2025.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Learn how These database tools store data: both associated app data (e.g., Firebase is best for vibe coders building flexible, real-time apps who want to work within Google's ecosystem. Do more with your data. Automate your database. inventory) and user data (e.g., favorited items).

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

While Klaviyo offers decent tools for e-commerce-specific email marketing, online reviews frequently mention struggles with deliverability and support issues. We’ve tested 16 alternatives that might be a better fit due to their superior deliverability, responsive customer service, and more intuitive interfaces.

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

TL;DR) ActiveCampaign alternatives at a glance Tool Best For Key Advantage Starting Price Rating Campaign Monitor by Marigold User-friendly email marketing with visual impact Intuitive drag-and-drop editor with superior design capabilities, transactional emails free plan; pricing starts at $12 USD/month 4.7/5 Let’s dive in. (TL;DR)

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

According to online reviews, many users struggle with ConvertKit’s learning curve and limited customization. We tested 16 alternatives that offer better customization, more powerful automation, and clearer analytics. Ready to find your perfect email marketing match? Let’s dive in. (TL;DR)

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

A customer relationship management tool (or CRM) is a critical hub for sales and marketing teams—but it's not just a place to store contact details. When used effectively, your CRM becomes a central command center for tracking relationships, managing pipelines, and coordinating touchpoints across your entire customer journey.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

Make your own custom AI chatbot Try Zapier Interfaces I've spent countless hours using both apps in my personal and professional life. There have been major upgrades to both apps since I first started using them, so I dug into each one again to see how their features stack up.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

Investing in a unified platform—where all your apps are connected via a shared system—can simplify data management, prevent silos, streamline communication, and reduce operating costs. Zoho has approximately one zillion apps that cover you across your organization, and here, I'll walk you through everything on offer.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

I used to work at a children's shoe store, and we kept all our customer information on index cards (.yeah). So when a customer came into the store asking about their previous shoe size, naturally, we had lost their information and couldn't help them. But which one should you go with? user/month* Premium: $57.50/user/month*

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Today you can make calls using FaceTime, Messenger, WhatsApp, or dozens of other call apps, and virtual phone systems do the same for your office number. Download an app to start making calls from a desktop, laptop, and mobile phone in a matter of minutes. Getting started with VoIP is super simple. Select your phone number(s).

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

After analyzing hundreds of online user reviews and testing various alternatives, we’ve found platforms that offer better deliverability, more intuitive automation, and stronger customer support. “ “Not only does Campaign Monitor make sending highly-customized emails easy and fun, their support team is phenomenal.”

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 18, 2025

We have documents, PDF files, emails, forms, and more… all scattered across different apps. Combine user interfaces, data tables, and logic with thousands of apps to build and automate anything you can imagine. Sign up for free to use this app, and thousands more, with Zapier. In reality, that's rarely the case.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Use automation to support brainstorming, delegation, and communication Learn how I do most of my mind mapping digitally—and even when I don't, I often recreate a paper mind map online so that I can have it safely stored and easily searched. What makes the best mind map software? I didn't, but I'd definitely buy one.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 20, 2025

I've been using both apps side-by-side for a few months now, so let's look at what sets the two tools apart. Even non-coders like me can easily use ChatGPT to write and deploy apps and games. Yes, it works kind of like a typical conversational AI chatbot , but it's designed to be more accurate and up to date.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Connect your project management software to your other apps Make your job easier We really could have used RACI. Free RACI chart templates Benefits of a RACI chart RACI chart examples and use cases How to create a RACI matrix RACI model best practices RACI model alternatives What is the RACI model?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

From CRMs to helpdesks, project management platforms, and beyond, it's down to IT to manage those apps, assign seats, and monitor their infrastructure. But when those apps don't work well together or connect through an integration, IT teams end up with fragmented systems and siloed apps.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

See how the different models supported in our ChatGPT integration stack up below: Note: Scroll all the way to the right to see details on all available models in the table below. Check out OpenAI's pricing structure and other supported GPT-4 models. You can see the full list of models here. Want to know more?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

The AI terms you should actually know I've done my best to make these descriptions as easy to understand as possible without getting too into the weeds. You could tell an agentic AI system to "secure me the best flight" or "debug this codebase," and it could do it with minimal further human prompting.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Website building apps are also increasingly comprehensive, including not just design tools but also support for eCommerce, lead generation, marketing, and analytics. Sell more and keep your customers happy Automate your eCommerce Wix and Squarespace are two of the most popular website-building apps.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004. We used to chat a fair amount via our respective blogs about management and entrepreneurship. Even then, Rob was an optimizer, trying to map the best routes around Austin. It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads – you name it. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. AOL was closed, the Internet was open.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

This can take numerous forms, such as engaging with potential customers via surveys or focus groups, building a pre-launch website (think Wix or SquareSpace) or creating a newsletter (Substack). But this still needs to be grounded and supported by data. Traction Think about what you can do to test the underlying business proposition?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The small tweaks bring about the biggest change Image: Author One thing is sure in business: Doing all the little things right is how you get ahead — more customers, revenue, and profit result from consistently delivering on the tiny details. They’re not just fancy software for fun chats. I’ve seen this first-hand. If so, consolidate.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. If you came here via a direct link you might want to check out the more detailed full version on my blog, which is here. There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads – all the same stuff. But the masses didn’t want to blog.

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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. ChatGPT is great for this because (a) it's free, and (b) it acts as a brute-force creativity tool: it can generate lots of possibilities, and it's up to you to choose which ones are the best.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

Some of the key takeways from Mittal’s chat with Behrens Wu include: Silicon Valley is a surprisingly clubby ecosystem. Everybody likes a business that also achieves social good, but the best way to do that is to find a model that makes a ton of cash and also happens to achieve some good.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Most notably, fine-tuning enables OpenAI customers to shorten text prompts to speed up API calls and cut costs. We’re very excited for the impact they’ll have here at OpenAI,” OpenAI wrote in a brief post published to its official blog. The app is now live in a handful of countries.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

I spent time talking to some of the best AI chatbots to see how they measure up. ChatGPT is an app created by OpenAI that lets users interact with its AI models: GPT-3 (on the free version) and GPT-4 (in early access for paid users). The app takes the prompts you write and passes them to the AI model. Chat experience.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

While email services haven't changed a lot over the past two decades, email apps keep getting better. There are some great native Mac email apps that make the whole experience better and more Mac-like. 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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Hunter Walk

MARCH 11, 2023

Riffing Off VC Charles Hudson’s Blog Post, Here’s What I’m Trying to Answer a group of different robots running a race, digital art [DALL-E] If startup founders sometimes ‘Build in Public,’ is the analogou sventure capitalist motto to ‘Think in Public?’ Will Zendesk be replaced by an AI Customer Support startup or does Zendesk integrate AI.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The words “sleep” and “entrepreneur” may seem like strange bedfellows unless you are running a start-up in areas such as making mattresses or developing a new Sleep app. Weighing options, plus avoiding tunnel vision and bias, are vital to making the best decisions possible. “Bookend” your night.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

But producing content, handling the posting schedule, and finding what your audience wants to read can be hard—even with a standard social media management app. It'll support your social media strategy with content generation, sentiment analysis, and big data insights. Ease of use and support. But AI is changing the game.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

With that identity in place, you start training your own AI model simply by chatting with it. As you do so, the app will start stacking memories that it will use to suggest responses when you're messaging someone else—or writing a tweet or blog post. integrates with plenty of apps to bring all your data into the platform.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Whether you're on the "assisting" or "being assisted" end of customer service, you know how painful a three-and-a-half-hour live chat about a software glitch that takes an entire SWAT team of reps to figure out can be. Nobody has time for that.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Or you can scroll to the end for a quick summary of which email marketing service will be best for you. Both platforms provide plenty of customization options Flodesk lets you start from scratch or use one of its many email marketing templates. Here's my verdict. I was impressed!

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

After researching many online groups (and joining many of them), I’ve concluded that niche online communities can be a startup founder’s best friend. Idea Generation If you’ll entertain a huge generalization, a business’s primary objective is to solve customer problems. Don’t know who your target audience is? This happens in 2 flavors.

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