The Zapier Blog

JUNE 17, 2025

Boost your team's productivity Automate your CRM Turns out, a CRM (customer relationship management) app is like my fantasy setup, but for people with actual responsibilities. Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft.

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

Behavioral Targeting — Create automated messages based on real-time customer behavior across web, app, email, and purchase touchpoints. “ Campaign Monitor is the best app “ “I have four stores and use Campaign Monitor on all four. The Verdict: Which GetResponse alternative should you choose?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Pen and paper set a very high bar to clear, but these are the six best mind mapping apps that manage to clear it. 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. Mind mapping with a pen and paper is a joy.

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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 20, 2025

APIs also perform a lot of the heavy lifting for programming new apps. Or, if you just want the basics of how to use an API, here's a quick version of the key steps: Pick an API: Find one through GitHub, Google's APIs Explorer, or a website's developer section. Think about your favorite weather app.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs.

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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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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Building tools for unions is certainly not a category or product that most VCs want to exist, let alone see grow. How personal opinions immediately cloud this topic, but how many new categories are evaluated with some marginal intellectual curiosity. I’ve heard many fast and hard passes. then a passing reference to Jimmy Hoffa.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Web3 projects worldwide are laying low and waiting for the market to pick up to do more marketing. On-site SEO: Everyone has a website and a blog, yet not nearly enough Web3 marketers devote mind-share into making their websites and apps search friendly. With the crypto winter in full swing for several months now, marketers?—?and

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Y Combinator

MAY 29, 2019

19:00 – Data examples from their blog. Michael Babineau [15:33] – You want to pick the best one. Because your blog is basically just this, right? Michael Babineau [19:32] – Gotcha, what’s some stuff that you guys have put on the blog recently that’s your favorite? Now on the blog side, yeah.

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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. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. But the masses didn’t want to blog.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2021

The pandemic has spurred interest in saving and investment apps around the world , especially ones geared toward newer investors. Infina launched its app in January 2021. Like other investment apps with many newer investors, Infina also creates its own educational content, like blog posts, daily newsletters and videos. “We

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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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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

Shaan: And I've done a similar thing, and it's kind of funny to like pick that hourly mark, because it sounds crazy. And I published this on my own startups blog. I get to kind of pick the things. Dharmesh: [crosstalk 00:35:25] I even have the seven-figure domain name picked out for you. Dharmesh: I love that.

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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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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. Apple announced that they’re shutting down your category. No, I’m not worried that they’re higher in the App Store charts than us. Ok, well, it’s more than this but I’m not allowed to tell you specifics.

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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. Here are the eight best AI apps for managing your social media. I only considered apps that have this kind of AI at work in the background. But AI is changing the game.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

Hate every journaling app? Journaling apps can help you figure this out and help you establish a daily writing routine. Journaling apps can help you figure this out and help you establish a daily writing routine. Click on any app to learn more about why I chose it, or keep reading for more context on journal apps.

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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. In my years as a small business owner, I've experimented with several appointment scheduling apps—and I've learned what makes a tool stand out from the rest.

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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. How we evaluate and test apps All of 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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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

There’s been a lot of positive noise lately about a freemium video content creation app called Boosted , so I thought I’d give it a try to see what the buzz is all about. . Depending on where you’re publishing your work, you can pick the most suitable choice. . The stats bear this out , with 16.6% Here’s what I found out.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

The 6 best Pomodoro timer apps Pomodor for a simple web-based Pomodoro timer MarinaraTimer for a shareable web-based Pomodoro timer Forest for a mobile Pomodoro timer Be Focused for most Apple users Session for the best possible Pomodoro app for Apple users Toggl Track for combining Pomodoro with time-tracking What is the Pomodoro Technique?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

What you can do with Zapier Manager How to get started with Zapier Manager Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Stay informed about new additions without manually checking our app directory. Setting up Manager action steps?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

AI writing generators once seemed like they were going to be the next big enterprise app category, but in reality, text generation is now more of a feature than a standalone business. Instead, there are thousands of apps that can generate anything from a text message to an email to a blog post to a white paper.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

We independently review every app we recommend in our best apps lists. It's a bold claim, but there are a few apps that pull most of it off with varying degrees of intelligence and success. (I After lots of testing and tinkering, here are my picks for the best AI website builders. Learn more.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

While both are eCommerce-focused email marketing apps that integrate tightly with Shopify , that's where the similarities end. tinyEmail launched a few years ago and is mainly known for its free Shopify app; Klaviyo was launched in 2012 and is now a publicly-traded company worth billions of dollars. Shopify owns 11% of Klaviyo.)

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

It's as simple as sending unsecured, unencrypted messages, so long as you use an encrypted message app that's designed from the ground up to keep your communications private. I looked at over 20 different texting apps that purport to be secure and found three standouts that keep your secrets (and dinner plans) completely safe.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

What you can do with Looping by Zapier How to get started with Looping by Zapier Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. If you always have the same number of items or categories, use Paths. Set up your trigger step.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 23, 2025

Authenticator apps are hard to tell apart. And while any secure authenticator app will get the job done, there are some that are better for different use cases. So I researched and tested every authenticator app I could to see how they did with security, reliability, and ease of use. Here's what I found. Some are barebones.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Let's make one thing clear: unfortunately, there's no one best texting app. Unless you absolutely require one or two specific features or are a real stickler for security , the best text message app will be the one that the people you want to text also use. The big reason to use any of those apps is that your friends do.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

These password apps adapt to the internet, whether that's automatically navigating complex multi-step sign-in pages, saving you the trouble of filling out personal forms, or allowing you to go password-free across devices. So I decided to dive into these two to see which one you should pick.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

Based on my testing, here are my six picks for the best Windows email app. 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. The best mail apps for Windows support multiple email providers (Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo!,

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. Apple announced that they’re shutting down your category. No, I’m not worried that they’re higher in the App Store charts than us. Would they back me or think I had gone off the rails?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

Gone are the days of manually updated spreadsheets or handwritten schedules pinned to bulletin boards: employee scheduling apps help you schedule workers quickly and more efficiently. I spent several weeks testing dozens of employee scheduling apps against rigorous criteria. Ease of use for employees. Integrations and exporting.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

But Net had told me that he picked up some valuable lessons from the book, so I thought, “WTF? I wrote a blog post related to this called Is it Time to Earn or to Learn? I wish I were good in the email category. I don’t leave Tweetdeck or Seesmic apps open during the day. Can’t hurt.&#. Yeah, right!

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StartupNation

APRIL 8, 2021

They skim through articles, case studies, blog posts or product reviews, but it may not be enough to seal the deal. Upon hovering to the main product categories, customers can also view featured products and select them for more information. billion people use messaging apps and are willing to talk to chatbots. Key takeaways.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Music mnemonics My partner knows all the words to House of Pain's Jump Around —yet he can't remember what I asked him to pick up from the grocery store an hour ago. Or if you're learning a new language, grouping new vocabulary words together by category. Use a note-taking app to take a cognitive load off.

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