The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

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. These apps offer the AI, automation, documentation, and reporting features that you need to keep the lead pipes (the ones pronounced leed , not led ) flowing smoothly.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 5, 2025

I started tracking how long it took me to edit an article on my own versus with help from AI. Try Zapier's AI features Discover how AI gives you automation superpowers. We talked to a range of experts—from marketing leaders to engineers—about how they track AI performance in their work. " So I put it to the test.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

As a fast-growing recruiting software company serving customers from startups to enterprises, Ashby needed clarity on whether its LinkedIn ad investments were truly paying off. Pulling data from their CRM, cleaning it, and uploading conversions back into LinkedIn was time-consuming and far from scalable. “You The result?

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

TL;DR) Klaviyo alternatives at a glance Tool Best For Key Advantage Starting Price Rating Campaign Monitor by Marigold Visual design & ease of use Intuitive drag-and-drop editor with mobile-ready templates, prebuilt automated journeys, and high delivery rates. Let’s dive into the best Brevo alternatives on the market today. (TL;DR)

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

We tested 16 alternatives that offer better customization, more powerful automation, and clearer analytics. 5 (1000+ reviews) Mailchimp Small businesses wanting all-in-one marketing Comprehensive marketing tools beyond email Free Plan; Paid from $13/month 4.4/5 Ready to find your perfect email marketing match? Let’s dive in. (TL;DR)

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

While ActiveCampaign offers powerful automation capabilities, many online reviews suggest that users struggle with the platform’s complex interface, escalating costs, and limited features. 5 (1000+ reviews) Constant Contact Event-focused organizations Built-in event management and ticket sales $12/month 4.1/5

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StartupNation

JUNE 11, 2025

When you consider the ups and downs of the global economy, it’s clear that finding new ways to improve profits is more important than ever before. 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.

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StartupNation

JUNE 11, 2025

When you consider the ups and downs of the global economy, it’s clear that finding new ways to improve profits is more important than ever before. 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.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2025

When done right, even a handful of engaged subscribers can help you grow your side hustle, increase sales, and build a brand people trust. Use a Simple Email Sequence When someone joins your email list, don’t just let them sit there; keep them engaged with an automated email sequence that builds trust and makes them feel welcome.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Case in point: as a business owner, I grew my new TikTok account to over 1,200 followers and 150K views in a matter of months. I talked to folks who've been successful with TikTok marketing—from across industries and businesses—and these are the tips that came up the most. (I've So let's dive in. Capture search traffic.

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StartupNation

JULY 22, 2025

Career reinvention is a powerful journey, and this article showcases real-world examples from successful entrepreneurs. Drawing on insights from experts across various fields, these stories highlight the diverse paths to professional transformation. Tasks that used to take hours, like writing a sales page, can now be done in minutes.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

Needless to say, little Suzie didn't get a new pair of shoes in her Easter basket, and we lost a sale. Needless to say, little Suzie didn't get a new pair of shoes in her Easter basket, and we lost a sale. I used to work at a children's shoe store, and we kept all our customer information on index cards (.yeah).

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

And then I tried onboarding a new teammate while on holiday; my "clear" instructions unleashed a flood of confused Slack messages. It wasn't pretty, but it was a map , and infinitely better than fumbling directions from afar. How is a visual workflow different from a normal workflow? So, you've got workflows.

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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. 5 (1000+ reviews) Mailchimp All-in-one marketing Comprehensive marketing stack with strong AI features Free (paid from $13/month) 4.4/5

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Virtual phones allow you to be untethered and free to make and take business calls from wherever you are as long as you have an internet connection. Download an app to start making calls from a desktop, laptop, and mobile phone in a matter of minutes. Reports of the landline phone's demise are only slightly exaggerated.

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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. It keeps you from dropping the ball (pun extremely intended) and lets you focus on closing deals instead of fumbling missed follow-ups and lost opportunities.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Use automation to get more out of LinkedIn Get the free eBook Some weeks, I'm on fire, posting daily and engaging with my network. month (billed annually); Business plan from $12.36/profile/month month (billed annually); Business plan from $12.36/profile/month month (billed annually); Business plan from $12.36/profile/month

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

Invoices come in from all over: think your email, cloud folders, and payment processors. Invoice automation helps simplify that process by capturing and processing invoices automatically. Invoice automation helps simplify that process by capturing and processing invoices automatically. Skip ahead What is invoice automation?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Make your Google Sheets work for you Automate Google Sheets Spreadsheet CRMs are perfect for those just starting out or small business owners looking to upgrade from that old shoebox under their desk. Of course, you can also build your own CRM spreadsheet from scratch in Google Sheets if you prefer.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

With multiple models at your disposal (from the latest o3 and o4-mini models to OpenAI's flagship multimodal GPT-4.1), it can write code, solve complex problems, carry out highly creative tasks, and even provide deep research in a fraction of the time it would take a human. Which model should you use with our ChatGPT integration?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 21, 2025

I knew that most of my income would come from birthdays and Christmases, so I'd actually plot out in a notebook how much money I thought I'd have one, two, or even three years from now. Zapier Enterprise Automation for every team, approved by IT. Automate your forecasting with Zapier What is revenue forecasting?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Meet your new AI teammates Try Zapier Agents Things get complicated because, as with all potential marketing terms, there's a rush to call everything agentic AI—whether it really clears the bar for autonomous action or not. So let's dig in. Table of contents: What is agentic AI? It's frequently called a "paradigm shift."

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

Scope creep is like that friend who shows up to your low-key game night with their roommate, their roommate's boyfriend, and their roommate's boyfriend's beer league hockey teammates. 7 proactive strategies to minimize scope creep Use automation to curb scope creep What is scope creep? " We've all been there.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 20, 2025

I order groceries, get food delivered, map out how long the drive is to Barnes & Noble, and check the weather to confirm that staying inside is the best course of action—all from my cozy corner of the couch. Zapier Enterprise Automation for every team, approved by IT. Zapier Enterprise Automation for every team, approved by IT.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

f"Data is the new oil." Automatically extract data from your apps with Zapier Learn how And again, like oil, not all data comes out of the ground with the same properties. Automatically extract data from your apps with Zapier Learn how And again, like oil, not all data comes out of the ground with the same properties.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 9, 2025

Free project management planning templates Free budgeting and financial templates Free sales and marketing templates Tips for using project management templates Benefits of using a project management template Automating your project management templates What are project management templates? Try the template 2.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 23, 2025

I was in the room at Microsoft's Copilot launch event in New York City in 2023, where Satya Nadella pitched a vision of Copilot across all Microsoft's apps and services. Make your spreadsheet work for you Automate Excel And it's a shame because Excel is the perfect place for AI. What can Copilot do in Excel?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2018

In support of its vision to create the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) encourages new ways of inspiring entrepreneurship through education and experience sharing. When you’ve grown up experiencing socialism first-hand, you tend to gravitate as far from it as you can.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It might ‘exit’ again at a later point (anything from a sale to an IPO), but it’s no long dependent on VC funding. Hunter Walk: Before we dive into your company Greenhouse , give me one story from your childhood that foretold you were going to end up a startup founder. So back to the secretaries.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 31, 2021

Run on sperm banks shows rising demand for IVF. Startup of the Week Jasper: Credit cards for reliable people Jasper is an Israeli startup operating in the US that targets the growing, affluent and underrecognized sector of consumers who cannot get a credit card from traditional lenders. Classiq raises $10.5M Learn more.

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OurCrowd

JULY 1, 2022

The company’s net revenue grew in 2021 despite supply-chain disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic, with sales growing several times faster than the industry average across all categories. OurCrowd has secured an up to $5M allocation in the company’s new funding round, an up to $25M SAFE, at a 20% discount. L earn More. Learn More.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

The concept of generating buzz to get consumers, marketers, and media to start discussing your offers is what spreads brand awareness for your new business. The concept of generating buzz to get consumers, marketers, and media to start discussing your offers is what spreads brand awareness for your new business. Let’s get started.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 27, 2021

30 Smart Decisions to Scale Your Ecommerce Business In 2022 Strategies that helped us grow a company from $1 million to $68 million in only nine months Photo by Joshua Sukoff on Unsplash If you’re a new entrepreneur and/or an ecommerce business owner, then you know what it’s like when you hit that wall. We thought so.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

ChatGPT was recently super-charged by GPT-4 , the latest language-writing model from OpenAI’s labs. We’re very excited for the impact they’ll have here at OpenAI,” OpenAI wrote in a brief post published to its official blog. ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

Startup of the Week: Trials show Sufresca keeps produce fresher, longer. Tests on avocados and peppers in Mexico showed similarly positive results. Tests on avocados and peppers in Mexico showed similarly positive results. Half the crop was exported to Europe, while the rest was stored in Morocco. Learn Mo re.

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Y Combinator

MAY 15, 2019

44:45 – Best practices for new podcasters and newsletter creators. Jonathan Gill [01:03] – From the current state of the podcasting market, ad-supported sponsorship is one way forward when people are used to free products versus television and cable where they’re used to different tiers. 43:00 – Measurement.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

I learned from my B2B blunder, and in an effort to save other marketers from similar mistakes, I've put together a guide to building a tailored B2B email marketing strategy. At its core, the goal is to nurture relationships with potential customers, build brand awareness, and generate sales.

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