The Zapier Blog

JULY 27, 2025

Here's how AI orchestration works and how nine real-world businesses are actually putting it into practice. Beyond increasing efficiency, it's how you make AI feel seamless instead of stitched together. It helps your business run faster, smarter, and with way less manual babysitting.

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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. (TL;DR) Free plan; pricing starts at $12 USD/month 4.7/5

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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. Try Zapier's AI features Discover how AI gives you automation superpowers. How to kickstart your AI automation strategy Automate intelligently with Zapier What is AI automation? Automation used to be the best way to do that.

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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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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

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. 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. favorited items).

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 4, 2025

One of the first plugins I heard about when I started using WordPress was Yoast SEO. 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. Learn more. Ease of use.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

No, this apparatus isn't gone yet, but it will likely join the fax, floppy disk, and Rolodex in the business graveyard within the next decade. 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. Select your phone number(s).

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

5 things you should automate today Start automating Google and Microsoft are the big names when it comes to unified platforms, but there's another player in the game: Zoho. It offers business and productivity tools that run the gamut from sales and marketing to finance and legal to IT and analytics. Automate Zoho What is Zoho?

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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 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. 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.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

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. Here, I'll walk you through key differences and use cases and share some examples so you can understand how to use both to power your business. What is unstructured data?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. Startup costs are low and the nature of the business is flexible. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. million per year from their blogs. What is a blog? Source: Mantran.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. Startup costs are low and the nature of the business is flexible. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. million per year from their blogs. What is a blog? Source: Mantran.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

More importantly, he has just announced his first investment – he led a $7 million investment in Deliv – please read about it on Greg’s spiffy new blog. He immediately started meeting with every eCommerce business and has a few themes on where he thinks innovation at the brand level will come.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

One area of risk that cannot be underestimated is your company’s information technology (IT) system: It can impact everything from data security to business performance. Here’s how—and why—to take advantage of cloud computing for your small business. How Cloud Computing Reduces Risk. Flexibility to scale. Affordability.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 7, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. Startup costs are low and the nature of the business is flexible. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. million per year from their blogs. What is a blog? Source: Mantran.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 cheap accessible digital hardware].

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

We’ve gotten to the point where after the film The Social Network and now with our own ironic HBO drama “Silicon Valley,” (makes it sound like writing a algorithm can easily net you $10 million without trying) one might think starting a company is a bit like the gold rush where riches flow to you with ease.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

And as a result I thought it was a good time to reflect on how we were doing with our own brand relaunch. It’s not clear to me how anybody in our industry can advocate for that. Be open & transparent (mimicking the greater social order changes that have come with blogs & social media). It would be out of sync.

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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 find a job as a VC scout. How to get a job in venture capital. How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm. Monetizing our deal flow.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

In building FC this way, Mittal and Silver seek to crack a real problem: plugging into the Silicon Valley network, which operates more like a business network from a century ago, based on who you know, not what you do or what you’ve done. Silicon Valley has no monopoly on innovation; it happens everywhere.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 29, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, nextNY had a great round table discussion about the explosion of new models and companies in eCommerce—from group buying to flash sales to local discounts. There’s also been some great blog chatter from Sarah Tavel ( here ) and Josh Kopelman ( here and here ) on the topic.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

That, plus I love the space of high-customer-service, focused eCommerce for moms worried about what their kids eat & wear.&#. Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. We then started talking about Dave McClure. I know this guy is a money maker.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 26, 2022

That’s just not how it works. Very few of them have standout traction—because starting a company and achieving results is more “machine driven” than ever. So how can founders differentiate? Unfortunately, the blueprint and operating manual for how your CEO brain works doesn’t really come off in a pitch meeting.

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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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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

That applies just as much to eCommerce as it does to brick-and-mortar stores, and for the same reason: you want to open in a place with regular traffic that's convenient to get to. Sell more and keep your customers happy Automate your eCommerce But when it comes to online retail, your options are much different.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 16, 2018

But before choosing either of the two, it is important to understand how you can make the best possible choice. “A A good idea without a great team is likely to negatively affect your start-up’s potential to attract investment" GrowthEnabler , Quora. Most recruits are specialized in any one form of these marketing channels.

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Campaign Monitor

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Email newsletters give businesses a forum to send multiple messages to a captivated, qualified audience. Business changes that impact customers. Making an important business pivot like an acquisition or partnership? Sharing business changes with your customer base is transparent and just plain good business practices. .

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Campaign Monitor

MARCH 8, 2022

Well, newsletters keep subscribers informed about your business or product without being overly “salesy.” They give subscribers the agency to engage with your business on their terms. . But how does the publisher know which books the subscriber likes? Penguin Random House. The Moz Top 10.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. But the standard toolkit of a microinfluencer is still evolving. . Tech stack.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 23, 2021

starts setting standards for Hyperloop. Investing in a comercial break The ecommerce explosion during 2020 represents a seismic break with the past and a major investment opportunity. Freightos adds Qatar Airways to WebCargo roster. BlueGreen: California joins Florida in battle against toxic lakes. Investing in a commercial break.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. But the standard toolkit of a microinfluencer is still evolving. . Tech stack.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. So if you’re able to raise easily no problem.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. So I’m going to try and do a single sitting riff of how I’ve viewed the topic as I’ve watched the cheerleaders & naysayers from the sidelines.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

I know that they really impacted an entire cohort of startups because every company that was coming to pitch me businesses was (is) saying, “I’m a ‘mobile first’ company.” ” Part of the beauty of blogging that in two sittings Fred was able to influence what was built over the next 12 months.

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