The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

As anyone who's ever seen a cartoon plumber knows, the best pipeline management tool is a monkey wrench. 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.

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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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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

(TL;DR) ConvertKit alternatives at a glance Tool Best For Key Advantage Starting Price Reviews Campaign Monitor by Marigold Professional businesses needing on-brand emails Highly customizable emails and powerful prebuilt automated journeys Free Plan; Paid from $12/month 4.7/5 5 (600+ reviews) What’s “wrong” with ConvertKit?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) is a business-grade version of Gmail and other Google tools and services. You can create up to 30 aliases without paying for another account. user per month (if you choose the annual plan). Billions of people use Gmail accounts for personal communications. Cons: It's not free.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

When you click some of the links on this page, we may earn a commission. You have to itemize charges, add taxes, track who paid, and chase down clients who don't pay. With the click of a few buttons, you can create client profiles, add payment options, include expenses, and even add your logo. Reporting tools.

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StartupNation

JULY 22, 2025

It also increasingly involves using AI as a tool to handle mental effort and labor, dramatically reducing the time it takes to get things done. But when the time was right, every chapter that came before gave me the tools to do it well. And suddenly it clicked: Astrology! And it has been the most meaningful work of my career.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Here's how it works: Choose a service and provide a credit card to either pay monthly or for the entire year. As someone who has spent many hours exploring various VoIP systems, I can attest that these are complex tools with a lot of capabilities, and it can take years of hands-on experience to truly understand their nuances.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 17, 2025

You can use Zapier's pre-built simple CRM template or sales CRM template to optimize your sales process with an elegant and personalized CRM tool that fits your business needs. A CRM is a customer relationship management tool that helps businesses organize, track, and nurture their interactions with leads, customers, and other contacts.

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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

JULY 20, 2025

I've been using both apps side-by-side for a few months now, so let's look at what sets the two tools apart. Perplexity vs. ChatGPT at a glance Perplexity and ChatGPT are both great tools. It's gone from an interesting novelty to a highly capable productivity tool in a very short time.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 23, 2025

Now, Copilot in Excel is now just one click away—but most people still aren't taking full advantage of it. Its power has historically required writing formulas by hand, learning the syntax of various functions, and finding all the tools hidden deep in the ribbon. Who can use Copilot in Excel?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. Some bloggers become so successful that they turn blogging into a full-time business. million per year from their blogs. What is a blog?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. Some bloggers become so successful that they turn blogging into a full-time business. million per year from their blogs. What is a blog?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 7, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. Some bloggers become so successful that they turn blogging into a full-time business. million per year from their blogs. What is a blog?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

miswritten words) Some bugs and crashes when combining shots or switching between modes Visible watermarks unless you pay for Ultra ($249.99/month) It's also more accessible in Flow because Gemini gives Google AI Pro subscribers only 10 trial Veo 3 videos, while Flow offers 100 generations per month for the same plan.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

The answer to the original question, therefore, is that an entrepreneur should use Gust as a set of powerful tools to organize, support and smooth the fundraising process, rather than expecting it to be a magic bullet. Simply enter their name and email, write a good cover letter, and click the share button.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 17, 2015

Channels - In the world of licensed enterprise software, software companies pay channel partners called Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to sell, install and customize software. Content marketing takes many forms: blogs, white papers, social media engagement, eBooks, videos and so on.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

“The only thing that matters is getting to product-market fit” — Marc Andreessen Product-market fit means creating enough value for the right customers, and enough value means your customers either pay for your product or — when monetizing with advertising — pay with their precious time. How many people experience the problem?

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Matthew Ramirez , CEO, Rephrasely You Stand Out Amongst Competitors A brand blog is essential in content marketing. Some terms may not be recognized by a new audience, and you can use your blog to inform them on the topic. In doing so, readers will gravitate to the blog while the website increases its domain rating.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 22, 2024

We gathered 30 invaluable strategies from SEO Analysts, Founders, and other experts, ranging from optimizing content with targeted keywords to crafting blog posts that answer key questions. The advantage of Web Stories is that you can condense existing blog content or other content for easy sharing on various social media platforms.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

[if you're not old enough to get the reference between this image and the title you can click on the image for a prompter]. I recently wrote a blog post about why I believe that startup teams in close proximity perform better. These days we all use Skype and collaboration tools. We don’t believe in it anymore.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

It’s why super smart people shouldn’t hate on the idea of simplifying if it provides a tool for the masses. When I first started blogging Digg was still at its peak. Of course you can build social sharing tools like Upworthy that make it easier for people to share if they like your video. But many people benefitted.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 27, 2021

While these ecommerce tips may not be purely specific to ecommerce, they are even more important for ecommerce brands to pay attention to. Getting ads running early on will pay huge dividends down the road. The tool is there for the taking. You’ll also start to understand what your audience likes to bite into?—?test

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s worth clicking on the link and reading the very short recommendations given by all of us. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups. AdReady – Develops software tools and management platform that assists content publishers and ad agencies with the creation of display ads. Rumored to be appox.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In recent times, marketing tools are becoming increasingly popular amongst businesses and the reason is simple. Therefore, if you run a business (or plan to start one), it is an excellent idea to look into effective marketing tools to boost your efforts. But first, why is it advisable to use marketing tools in your business?

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Campaign Monitor

MARCH 8, 2022

Their newsletter provides valuable dates and allows users to RSVP to upcoming events and workshops, and they do it in a very minimalistic fashion, even breaking down dates on a per-week level with a section called “This Week’s Events.”. This email newsletter example illustrates why customization pays off. Why it works. Why it works.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. The Gmail and Outlook web apps are very usable, so if you're going to use an actual app, it had better be nicer—especially if you have to pay. Here's what I was looking for: The full email experience. Which is better?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It’s trying to make the point that it offers a full suite of tools to sell any product or service (an example of using logical reasoning to persuade prospects). But unless they own multiple businesses or sell a wide range of products, a lot of prospects might not actually need all those tools. See where users click, move and scroll.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

At this point its spokesperson just reiterated its line that: “Per the updated blog and clarified in the ToS — We’ve further updated the terms of service (in section 10.4) The GDPR requires a per individual ask if you’re claiming consent as your legal basis to process personal data.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I typically publish essays in a major media venue, and then cross-post it on my blog. The mailings are just roundups of recent blog posts, so don’t require extra work.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I typically publish essays in an established media venue, and then cross-post it on my blog. The mailings are just roundups of recent blog posts, so don’t require extra work.

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A Smart Bear

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Examples: large bidders tripled the cost per click, Google’s SEO algorithm changed, the event organizers changed the rules or stopped doing the event, the link-sharing site became irrelevant, the hot blog lost its traffic, the magazine running the ads finally failed. Salesforce is currently the best in the world at this.).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog. Since it’s already written (and since I promised not to republish on my blog other than a summary) if you’re interested please have a read over there. Summary notes and then I’ll extend: Should you blog? What should you blog about?

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 20, 2010

They say people won't pay for content. Remember when they said that people wouldn't pay for music? Enter the seemless iPod + iTunes experience, and the next generation goes back to paying for music again as if no one had ever heard of Shawn Fanning. People pay for cable because its one less thing they need to think about.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

They were very effective back then, with the original ad garnering a 78% click-through rate (CTR) ! CTR meaning for every 1,000 ads that are served up only 2 people click on them. Hershey’s chocolates spends about $365 million in advertising per year. Advertisers pay for efficacy. In Image Ads.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

If you get a moment, as a favor to John for having produced such wonderful notes I’d be grateful if you would check out his most excellent startup blog The X Factor. I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. Thank you, John. Why AltaVista Failed To Become as Successful as Google. So, he built an auction.

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StartupNation

APRIL 11, 2021

Read on to learn how you can leverage your skills to start a profitable side hustle today: Start a personal blog. Blogging is one of the easiest ways to make money online. However, creating a blog doesn’t mean you’ll instantly start making money. Google Ads is also an effective tool to make money with your blog.

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