The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Working at Zapier means I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make software do my job for me. Automation used to be the best way to do that. Saves employee time and energy: Automation alone is enough to turn an otherwise seven-hour manual task into a five-minute one. Here are some key reasons to implement it.

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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

TL;DR) ConvertKit alternatives at a glance Tool Best For Key Advantage Starting Price Reviews Campaign Monitor by Marigold Professional businesses needing on-brand emails Highly customizable emails and powerful prebuilt automated journeys Free Plan; Paid from $12/month 4.7/5 Ready to find your perfect email marketing match?

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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. Here, I've focused on the best free and premium SEO plugins for WordPress.

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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

TL;DR) GetResponse alternatives at a glance Tool Best For Key Advantage Starting Price Rating Campaign Monitor by Marigold Professional design-focused businesses Superior deliverability, drag-and-drop email builder, and prebuilt automated journeys Free plan; pricing starts at $12 USD/month 4.6/5 Let’s go. (TL;DR)

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

There's a lot of advice out there about the connection between timing and productivity: articles—including Zapier's own —suggesting "X things to do in the morning/afternoon/evening" to stay productive all day long. But timing isn't a one-size-fits-all approach. What's my chronotype?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

I considered and researched dozens of apps and did in-depth testing on the top 20 contenders to narrow it down to these eight form plugins for WordPress. 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.

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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. Wix is best for small businesses.

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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

JUNE 18, 2025

At times, though, when I want to focus on jotting down and brainstorming ideas, Notion's limitless options can feel distracting. While Notion operates as a broader productivity tool to manage your projects, knowledge, and files, Obsidian works more as a highly flexible writing app.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

While few would have realized the need for a pandemic-proof business plan before this year, it’s become quite clear that prepping for the worst really is the best thing you can do for your business. To soften the blow of challenging times, it’s a good idea to create a plan for when disaster strikes. Spend time outdoors.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 9, 2025

Connect your project management software to your other apps Make your job easier That's what project management templates are to project managers: replicable systems of organization that keep everything efficiently structured. And it plays nice with thousands of other apps. Try the template 2. Try the template 5.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

However, as I suspect most people reading this blog will likely be considering building an iPhone app or website, then you might not need to be that technical to do the first version. This will be a tedious and time-consuming task but well worth it. Research the hard numbers relating to the industry that you are in.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

I started off small, initially looking to create and sell pet toys on Kickstarter, but I ended up joining two others here and we decided to create our own app. I changed my major several times; I couldn’t find a stable job. This is probably the first time in my life that I am excited to come into work every day.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

As a knowledge worker, time is your biggest resource. By finding time management techniques that work well for you, you'll be able to make the most of your 40 hours. So we asked folks in a variety of roles how they manage their time, and this is what they said. 9 time management strategies at work 1. Time estimation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

By now you likely know that Marc Andreessen weighed in on anonymous apps in a 12-part Twitter diatribe. ” I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post about it until now. My general instinct is that most anonymity apps breed car-like behavior.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 5, 2022

The credit card giant’s chief product officer Craig Vosburg said at the time: “At the heart of it, payments come down to choice — and people want more from their money with greater flexibility and control in how they pay and where they shop.”. And Mastercard, too, last year announced its own BNPL offering: Mastercard Installments.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

About 75% of FC’s investments are in the Bay Area, but that’s something that Mittal expects to decrease as time goes on. 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. So it’s a delicate balance.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

We’re very excited for the impact they’ll have here at OpenAI,” OpenAI wrote in a brief post published to its official blog. Based on our review, your app is associated with ChatGPT, which does not have requisite permits to operate in China.” The app is now live in a handful of countries.

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Campaign Monitor

APRIL 27, 2022

They take significant time and resources to create. Content creation and distribution are two separate operations, but you have to consider both at the same time. You’ll run into similar restraints with any app that’s not dedicated to email campaigns. When it comes to timing your send, no one rule works for everyone.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

If Instagram’s photo tagging feature was spun out into its own app, you’d have the viral sensation Poparazzi , now the No. 1 app on the App Store. ” People’s real lives are made up of many unperfect moments that are worthy of being captured and shared, too, a company blog post explains.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In recent times, marketing tools are becoming increasingly popular amongst businesses and the reason is simple. In this blog post, we’ll discuss some of the best tools you can use to achieve productive marketing, how to apply them and how much they cost. The best part? App integrations. Ad performance tracker.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The company is looking for customer-focused skills and asks candidates to tell them about “a time you learned something from a team member that changed your mind or widened your perspective.” Among the positions it is hiring for are Real-Time Analyst and Lifecycle Marketing Manager. Brex is 100% remote. Masterworks . Weekly News.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2022

There’s the argument that startup tensions are inevitable and common, so should we spotlight every time something bubbles to the surface, especially at the cost of an underrepresented founder who may just be doing their best? Some big tech apps remain. Ukrainian hackers say HackerOne is blocking their bug bounty payouts.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

HubSpot doesn’t allow blocking of downloads and Docsend does, so we continue to use them. . We also wanted tight integration with our email client (Superhuman (best) or Gmail , including pixel tracking of when emails were opened. . : Contacts+ (Fullcontact spinoff), for scanning business cards; syncing data; and auto-updating.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

In all the podcasts I listened to and blogs I read, there was a consistent refrain: "You need to set aside time to think big." No one was talking about what "thinking big" was, how to do it, or how much time they spend doing it. Get the Zapier blog in your inbox Subscribe So, I crowdsourced the answers.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over 13 years ago, in March of 2000, I wrote a blog post titled “ The Most Powerful Internet Metric of All. ” As such, it is time to pound the table again – conversion is by far the most powerful Internet metric of all. The bad news is that the tools for doing mobile conversion measurement are immature at best.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

Brainstorm in real time rather than relying on designers to mock up your ideas. Magic Eraser Tweaking photos to remove unwanted objects has historically consumed a huge percentage of designers' time. Magic Eraser tends to work best when you're removing objects from uncomplicated backgrounds.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

Enter the news aggregator app. These news apps let you stay well-informed and follow your interests without wading into the minefield of social media comment sections. 5 things you should automate today Start automating Over the last few weeks, I tested every news aggregator app I could find.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

. “Growth hacking perpetuates this myth that you can magically achieve hockey-stick growth by using short-term “hacks.” “ I have always encouraged teams to think about growth as daily blocking-and-tackling rather than a dark art. Please read my post on this, “ Why You Should Stop Trying to Catch Lightning in a Bottle.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Since it’s never-ending, it can keep you from investing your time in activities that genuinely add value to the business. All-in-all, email takes up 1,048 hours every year, or 52% of your time at work. Even as you invest more and more time managing emails, your to-do list keeps getting longer, not shorter. One word: Expenses.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

How to use OpenAI's GPT to spark content ideas Learn how I decided to run a little experiment to see just how helpful AI can be to my blog writing process—if at all. But could it help save me time? My AI blog writing experiment Using Notion's AI assistant is easy; just hit the space bar in a new line anywhere in Notion.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

These apps do the heavy lifting: you don't need to know what CSS is or how to tinker with HTML. I spent a few weeks testing all the free website builders I could find, and these are the seven best. 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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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Poparazzi , the anti-Instagram social app that hit the top of the App Store last year, is today, for the first time, detailing the growth stats for its business, its future plans and its previously unconfirmed Benchmark-led Series A round. based, and to date, they’ve shared over 100 million photos and videos on the app.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

No two service-based businesses are alike, which means it can be hard to find an appointment scheduling app that works for you. Regardless of your booking management needs, the best appointment scheduling software should present your business in a professional light while simplifying the booking process on both ends.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

After all, you don't need to know how to code, it works behind the scenes, and it powers essential processes with your favorite apps. Zapier is a no-code automation tool that lets you connect your apps into automated workflows, so that every person and every business can move forward at growth speed. Learn more about how it works.

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