The Zapier Blog

JUNE 5, 2025

I'll admit: When I first started using AI at work, I was just going through the motions. Then my editor said something that flipped my approach to using AI: "The goal isn't to just use AI—it's to use AI to speed things up or make things better." " So I put it to the test. ." The difference?

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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. 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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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In todays digital economy having an online presence for your business is a must. Whether you run a brick-and-mortar shop or an eCommerce business, a strong online presence can help attract new customers, build customer loyalty, attract a broader audience, establish credibility, and drive sales. But where do you start?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

While it can be done as a group, it's often a solo practice. 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. (It's

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Making sure that your internal and external systems are constantly secure (and every team has access to the tools they need to get their jobs done) can't be easy. In this guide to IT automation, we'll walk you through what it is, how it works, and how you can get the most out of your IT automation software with Zapier.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

I often used the minutes from SGA meetings to help me write my article, but I quickly realized that's about all they were being used for—SGA members never read them and usually forgot what they'd discussed in their meetings the next day. You can customize it, import past notes, and tweak fields however you want.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 21, 2025

AI is bringing efficiency to small businesses as never seen before. Five top AI tools are presented that have directly increased the productivity of staffs and departments of small businesses. As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly evolves, its no longer just enterprise-level companies reaping the benefits.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 3, 2017

However, recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have created shockwaves through the legal world. AI and machine learning are software designed to recognize patterns and rules, and adapt their responses in accordance. The tech-savvy law firm utilizes AI at every stage of litigation.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Not surprisingly, a survey done by Statista found that content marketing was believed to be the most effective digital marketing technique according to marketers — followed by marketing automation, big data, and artificial intelligence (AI). How to boost marketing efficiency with AI. What is artificial intelligence?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

At first glance, Jasper and ChatGPT seem similar—they're both generative AI tools that can create content in a split second. 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.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Opening a spreadsheet CRM can feel like accidentally stumbling onto a Gen Alpha's TikTok account—disorienting, a bit of panic, and the realization that you might need a teenager to explain it to you. After you've entered your own data, you can use the built-in formulas and formatting—or go rogue and use your own.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

Invoice automation helps simplify that process by capturing and processing invoices automatically. In this guide, we'll look at how it works and the benefits it brings to your accounts payable workflow. Then, we'll show you how to connect your invoice tools to the rest of your systems using Zapier. Learn more.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Generative AI offers founders an opportunity to completely reinvent workflows — and will spawn a new cohort of companies that are not just AI-augmented, but fully AI-native. On the most surface level, we believe AI will help users do their existing work more efficiently. What can be abstracted away with AI?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

I dug deeper into both apps for this article, exploring how each one works in detail to help you choose between them. Whether you're looking for a Mailchimp alternative or are fresh into email marketing, these details will help you decide which app is right for you. It's easy to see why Mailchimp is so popular.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

Boost your team's productivity Automate your CRM The best pipeline management software helps sales teams by keeping prospects engaged and the data you have about them organized. 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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 3, 2019

The plan was to secure other people’s money—whether venture capital, friends or family—to get the business (the ideas) started. With the evolution of the online task websites, where you can post any job to find someone who will do it for a small fee, why not start the testing there? Ideas are flowing, and they are never-ending!

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 4, 2025

Promote and publish your WordPress articles with automation Learn how If you're looking for a WordPress SEO plugin to improve your chances of ranking higher in the search results, you've come to the right place. 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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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 29, 2025

If you're throwing together a quick social media graphic, making a poster for an upcoming event, or even creating a presentation, Canva is one of the best design tools you can use—but it isn't the only one. It's an app that can fit almost any workflow or budget. There are plenty of great Canva alternatives.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

In this guide to email marketing automation, we'll walk you through what it is, how it works, best practices, and how you can get the most out of it with Zapier. Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Learn more.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

On the one-year anniversary of Copy.ai ’s launch on Twitter , the company, a GPT-3 AI-powered platform that generates copywriting tools for business customers, secured another round of funding. If AI progresses, it will be a source of empowerment and another tool that has uncapped potential. This follows a $2.9

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Founders Coop

MAY 18, 2020

But along the way we experienced many of the behaviors Fred’s post talks about, so we know how awful the experience of raising VC can be. But one thing that really jumped out at us was how bad a job we’ve done at telling founders exactly what they can expect from us. Weak teams can get stronger as co-founders come and go.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

Scoping should define what work needs to be done, who's going to do it, how long it'll take, and how much it'll cost. Tracking: Project tracking enables ongoing oversight so you can measure progress against your plans, monitor team or individual performance, and identify bottlenecks before they derail your timelines.

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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. It offers business and productivity tools that run the gamut from sales and marketing to finance and legal to IT and analytics. Is Zoho free or paid?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Can your customers tell they're reading something created by your brand without seeing your name? The former is a visual identity laying out how your brand looks : the color palette you use for your logo, the typography, and brand assets. Can you deliver quality content that matters and meets business goals without a style guide?

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

But how do you do that? . How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). How to find a job as a VC scout. We list all of them below.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Now the videoconferencing platform could be headed for a similar tangle in Europe in relation to its privacy small print. It can also imply a company has something to hide. Still, people were mad. The relevant clauses from Zoom’s T&Cs are 10.2 through 10.4 screengrabbed below).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2021

We don’t care too much about the bigger players’ results here at TechCrunch, but smaller tech companies we knew when they were wee startups can provide startup-related data points worth digesting. Yext builds data products for small businesses, and is betting its future on search products. More to come from them in fits.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

While LLMs can provide me with code for just about any situation, using established tools can save me from a lot of headaches later on. Learn how These database tools store data: both associated app data (e.g., As a content marketer who's dabbled in building my own tools, I've learned to pick my battles carefully.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Let AI write your business emails Learn how Emails can be an incredibly effective communication tool—if you know how to craft attention-grabbing ones. The following post is an excerpt from the book Unsubscribe: How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distraction, and Get Real Work Done , by Jocelyn K.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Up until the past few years, small businesses were not considered prime customers for many tech products and services, as new innovations focused on serving mid to large size companies. What is Generative AI? What is Generative AI?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 23, 2022

As a startup founder or small business owner, you likely wear many hats and have a lot on your plate. Between managing finances , operations, and marketing, it can be hard to find time for everything. But how do you reach the growing part of your potential audience that is moving from the real world and Web 2.0

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

Fast forward to this month: Our startup, CustomGPT , was named to “ Top 10 Emerging Leaders in Generative AI ” along with OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Anthropic, Cohere, Databricks, A121 Labs and Aleph Alpha — by GAI Insights, an analyst firm focussed on Generative AI. That is some serious company there!

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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2021

DouxMatok’s low-sugar sugar’s sweet spot on Netflix’s ‘Explained’ Sweetch raises $20M for app that helps boost health outcomes. New businesses need to establish an online presence quickly and efficiently, with clear branding and an engaging website. BlueGreen named Breakthrough Technology Company of the Year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

There’s a lot of noise right now about how generative AIs like ChatGPT and Bard are going to revolutionize various aspects of the web, but companies targeting narrower verticals are already experiencing success. Then you load up its maw with the last 10 years of annual reports, financials, blog posts and so on to make it yours.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

B2B email marketing is a tactic for promoting products or services to business-to-business customers. For a company, on the other hand, the purchasing process can be a lot like herding cats. Automate your email marketing Reach your audience For a company, on the other hand, the purchasing process can be a lot like herding cats.

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Feedough

APRIL 14, 2021

From Amazon to Microsoft , all are acqui-hiring companies that display technology talent’s expertise in AR, AI, VR, IoT, etc. This term is believed to have first appeared in a blog post by Rex Hammock on May 11, 2005. Acqui-hiring is a smart strategy for any organisation looking to expand its business. But, what is acqui-hiring?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Like many “solopreneurs,” home service professionals have to balance doing the work while also managing a business. Topline Pro wants to take some of that burden off the shoulders of professionals so they can concentrate on customers. The interface creates a custom website with search-engine optimization that can go live the same day.

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