The Zapier Blog

JULY 21, 2025

Types of API documentation How to write API documentation Key components of effective API documentation Tools and platforms for API documentation Top-notch API documentation examples Integrate with Zapier What is API documentation? API documentation gives developers clear instructions on how to use an API.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Even in a world where it's hard to command attention, the email inbox is still the place we trust to keep up with what matters to us. And with search engine algorithms and social media platforms constantly in flux, having a rich email list that you own and control is more important than ever.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 27, 2025

Let's go through some concrete examples of business leaders who've found a way to simplify and speed up their business-critical processes with AI orchestration. Transform the content review process Businesses publish all kinds of content, from press releases and email campaigns to blog posts and product tutorials.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Benefits of AI automation Key components and technologies that AI automation uses How to implement AI automation AI automation use cases Examples of AI automation processes What's the difference between AI automation and RPA? Table of contents: What is AI automation? Drives innovation: AI automation is a powerful R&D assistant.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. Along the way, you can even fill in the gaps with apps you already use for everything from email to team messaging to scheduling and reporting. All backed by the power of automation. Is this a shameless plug?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 27, 2025

At its core, AI adoption means making AI part of your organization's everyday toolkit, just like email, spreadsheets, or your project management app of choice. Marketing teams increase lead generation by embedding a conversational chatbot on their website and run weekly reports on LinkedIn and Facebook ads using an AI agent.

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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. It's about keeping that data up to date, ensuring the right people take action at the right time, and creating consistent, scalable workflows across your entire go-to-market motion.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

As a content marketer who's dabbled in building my own tools, I've learned to pick my battles carefully. One example: backend-as-a-service (BaaS) platforms like Supabase and Firebase let me focus on solving problems instead of getting lost in server configurations and database management.

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StartupNation

JULY 22, 2025

Career reinvention is a powerful journey, and this article showcases real-world examples from successful entrepreneurs. This ongoing need to reinvent is particularly impactful because the market is constantly changing, and frankly, the “bar is being raised.” And I never again want to build a business that owns me.

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StartupNation

JUNE 11, 2025

Spreading your income across multiple sources not only cushions you against market fluctuations but also opens up exciting new avenues for yourself and your team. Explore New Markets Exploring new markets is a very powerful way to start diversifying your revenue streams. One of the best examples of this strategy is Amazon.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

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. For example, I used Jasper to help me scale content production for my previously niche website.

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StartupNation

JUNE 11, 2025

Spreading your income across multiple sources not only cushions you against market fluctuations but also opens up exciting new avenues for yourself and your team. Explore New Markets Exploring new markets is a very powerful way to start diversifying your revenue streams. One of the best examples of this strategy is Amazon.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Decade-ago me would have laughed if I heard myself say this, but TikTok is a solid bet for almost any marketer. TikTok has a massive hold on Gen Z market—that's a massive market you can reach. TikTok marketing tips to grow your business Ready to turn TikTok into a high-performing marketing channel?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

My own system was a chaotic mix of muscle memory and flagged emails. In this guide, I'll walk you through what I've learned—from what visual maps actually are, to practical examples you can steal, to the tools that help you create and automate them without it feeling like a chore. Table of contents: What is a visual workflow?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

It offers business and productivity tools that run the gamut from sales and marketing to finance and legal to IT and analytics. Bigin Sales A simplified CRM for small businesses, covering basic CRM functionalities, like task automation and email notifications. Automate Zoho What is Zoho? What is Zoho used for?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 17, 2025

The best way to translate all those different data streams coming at you from Sales, Customer Service, Marketing, and the intern's experimental TikTok strategy into something that resembles coherent business information is with CRM technology. But getting reliable, up-to-date, useful information is tricky.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Other weeks, my LinkedIn marketing efforts get pushed to the back burner while I scramble to meet project deadlines. That's when I started experimenting with LinkedIn marketing tools to find a sustainable rhythm that actually works for lead generation and business growth. month (billed annually); Business plan from $12.36/profile/month

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 24, 2025

Table of contents: Vibe-coded marketing agents (Zapier Agents) A landing page for my Slack group (Lovable) A simple foodie social networking platform (Cursor) A writing assistant Chrome extension (Bolt) Interactive, embeddable widgets (v0 by Vercel) All sorts of single-purpose tools (Replit) What will you vibe code?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

Zendesk for Service and Jira Service Management are two of the most popular help desk solutions on the market. For example, in order to manage alerts, you're navigated to Opsgenie, a totally separate Atlassian app. But which one should you go with? Keep reading for my breakdown of Zendesk vs. Jira.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 22, 2025

Email marketers don't have to contend with constantly changing search algorithms and ranking factors—but that doesn't mean that an email sent is an email received. It's very possible that your marketing emails, and even your transactional emails, will never make it to the recipient.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

As soon as you hit that purchase button, you'll receive an email confirmation. That's email automation at its finest. But then let's say you receive a welcome email which offers you tips and resources on pet care. Those are all examples of email marketing. Probably a shipping update, too.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. That's because every business is different—a freelance SEO consultant, for example, needs different features than a business coach. There's no one perfect solution when it comes to the best free invoicing tools.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

Invoices come in from all over: think your email, cloud folders, and payment processors. When a vendor sends an invoice—whether as a PDF attachment, an email, or through a supplier portal—the automation detects it and imports it into your system. Someone has to process them and make sure it all ends up in your accounting system.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 20, 2025

For example, while you can get ChatGPT to generate any kind of text you want, an AI-powered marketing tool like Jasper will give you a lot more options and control, and allow you to generate longer documents, emails, and the like. For example, when you hover over a source, you can see if it's been recently updated.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

you're managing a handful of vendors, the next, your finance team is playing Whac-A-Mole with overdue notices, drowning in an inbox full of emails with the subject line "bumping this." For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. One minute. " follow-ups.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

However you communicate with your team members, be that via Slack or email, you can use Zapier to send them those notes right after a meeting ends. For example, you could send a Slack message only to the employee who joined the call or email a summary to just execs if they were in the meeting. Did you know?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Challenges of automating for enterprise How to know if your business is ready for enterprise process automation Types of enterprise automation Enterprise automation examples How to choose an enterprise automation platform What is enterprise automation? For example: Security. Table of contents: What is enterprise automation?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 27, 2025

For example, an enterprise B2B software lead might cost $100+, while a fashion click might be $0.10. Sometimes, even awareness campaigns lead to conversions if your creative is really strong, your product-market fit is tight, and your offer is compelling enough. Metric Average range What it measures CPC $0.40-$1.30

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A Smart Bear: Longform

JULY 12, 2025

source My single best advice about writing⁠—whether for marketing copy, blogging, a sales pitch, an investor pitch, or even humor, is: BE SPECIFIC All done, you can stop reading now. In our example, these include: usage many effort better Generic words are a sure sign of lazy writing. Examples make arguments more believable.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

A marketing communication plan plays a different role. It's designed to outline responsibilities and initiatives within the grand scope of the marketing strategy to keep teams aligned and informed. Let's take Apple as an example. An employee communication plan, for example, is only meant for your team's eyes.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

Table of contents Analyze audio and image files Create tasks from your communication tools Automate keyword research Respond to online reviews and social media messages Create content for marketing campaigns Analyze form submissions and tickets To get started with a Zap template—what we call our pre-made workflows—just click on the button.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

An example might include automatically sending team notifications whenever an incident is reported. For example, when a team member reports an incident, Zapier can automatically create tickets, notify the right teams, and report on metrics. That's where AI tools like ChatGPT can lend a hand.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

When there are robots writing novels and cars that drive themselves into ditches, it shouldn't take five humans and three email chains to get someone access to Google Drive. For instance: HR emails IT: "John Doe starts Monday. Can you get him a laptop, email, and CRM access?" Automated provisioning fixes that.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Agentic AI vs. generative AI vs. AI agents Agentic AI in action Agentic AI examples Getting started with agentic AI What is agentic AI? Imagine an AI email app that automatically screens your incoming emails. Is that an agentic AI system, an AI email agent, or just a fancy set of filters? So let's dig in.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

Market shifts: External changes in the market, competitive landscape, or regulatory environment can necessitate changes to the project scope. If it's a marketing campaign, lay out target audiences , channels, messaging, and success metrics.​​ Next, drill down into detailed requirements and acceptance criteria.

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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. For example, say a lead visits your pricing page or connects through your live chat. You can use AI and automation to bridge that gap. Because who has the time to process it all?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. Also: I didn't just read these apps' marketing materials and customer reviews. For example, the certified add-on GravityView allows you to display form entries on the front-end of your site and build no-code web apps.

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