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. Customization capabilities: Pipeline management software should be easily customized to fit your business's needs. But since this is the Zapier blog, I suggest you get a second opinion (your own), and try it for yourself.

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

5 (1000+ reviews) Mailchimp Small businesses needing all-in-one marketing Comprehensive marketing hub with website builder Free (paid from $13/month) 4.4/5 5 (5000+ reviews) Brevo Budget-conscious businesses Generous free plan with unlimited contacts Free plan, $9/month 4.5/5 5 (1000+ reviews) 4.4/5

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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

JULY 11, 2025

Frameworks give teams set guidelines, processes, and best practices for finishing projects on time and under (or at least within) budget. Scope: This is where you define and manage resources and budgets to prevent projects from spiraling out of control.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 29, 2025

The best Canva alternatives Adobe Express for the best Canva alternative overall Snappa for creating occasional images Pixlr for an affordable Canva alternative BeFunky for photos and collages VistaCreate for print designs Desygner for small teams Clipchamp for video editing What is Canva? Canva is a powerful template-based design tool.

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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) ” — JoAnn H.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 6, 2025

Simply put, a website gives your business legitimacy and a space that you control. Lets start with the basics Step 1: Secure your domain name Think of your domain name as the address for your business on the internet. Ideally, it should be short, memorable, and align with your business name. Focus on simplicity and clarity.

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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 marketing tips to grow your business Ready to turn TikTok into a high-performing marketing channel? So let's dive in. TikTok Shop was the fastest growing online retailer last year.

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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 good CRM is the central nervous system of your business relationships. What does a CRM system do?

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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.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 27, 2025

10 smart budgeting strategies to lower Instagram ad costs Maximize ROI by orchestrating your Instagram ads Instagram ads cost FAQ Understanding Instagram advertising costs Instagram ads are paid promotional content that can be found throughout the platform. Use the campaign objective that actually maps to your current business goal.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Connect your project management software to your other apps Make your job easier Even if the most meticulously laid plans are at the mercy of a capricious host with a skinny microphone, starting with a project plan template lays a foundation of order and direction in a world where the rules are made up and the points don't matter.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

Connect your project management software to your other apps Make your job easier In the business world, this same kind of boundary-slipping shows up as scope creep—when a project quietly expands beyond the original plan, often without additional resources, timelines, or support. "Could we just add this one small feature?"

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

M tokens for text; $40/M tokens for audio GPT-4o output pricing: $10/M tokens for text; $80/M tokens for audio GPT-4o mini Best OpenAI model for multimodality on a budget Like GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini has been replaced by the more affordable and powerful GPT-4.1 Great general purpose starting point GPT-4.1 Fastest and cheapest GPT-4.1

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Improve your real estate business with automation Automate your CRM But with countless options on the market, how do you know which software is right for you? ​​I When shopping for a CRM, you should weigh these criteria against your personal and business needs. Just make sure your wallet can handle it before you commit.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

If you’re not growing your business online in the current climate, you will likely leave a lot of money on the table. To ensure your business continues to take advantage of the changing tide, here are 21 ways to help accelerate the growth of your new business in the year ahead: Become a prolific content creator. year-over-year.

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Reforge

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Big experiments require strong business cases and coordination across multiple stakeholders. In this blog post we’re going to make the case for why and how you’ll be able to move your business forward with big experiments. We’ve driven business growth and have seen rapid career progression as a result.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Automation allows you to spend less time on tedious tasks and will help boost productivity, especially within a small marketing team. 6) Due diligence.

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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. Getting multiple departments to coordinate on a decision, especially one that requires a budget approval, takes a Herculean effort—and Herculean patience.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Building your own site gives you full control over your business, but it requires more effort and resources to attract shoppers. It depends entirely on your business model and what management style you're comfortable with. based business address to sell—plus, you have to present your business plan for approval.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We were only paying for Zapier in order to pull business cards into Salesforce. Import of data from business cards, signature files, etc. Contacts+ (Fullcontact spinoff), for scanning business cards; syncing data; and auto-updating. I’m not active on Facebook at all, but we do have a business page we manage passively. .

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The one downside of inbound marketing is how much time and resources it takes for entrepreneurs and small business owners to do research and create content. AI can help with this by automating some of the tedious tasks associated with it, saving you time and money so you can focus on other aspects of growing your business.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

Small businesses are increasingly under pressure to create innovative and relevant content for their customers – and for a good reason. Using this medium to promote your business has tons of potential to reach vast audiences on TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, to name just a few leading platforms. .

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

No two service-based businesses are alike, which means it can be hard to find an appointment scheduling app that works for you. Regardless of your booking management needs, the best appointment scheduling software should present your business in a professional light while simplifying the booking process on both ends.

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

27:45 – The internet disproportionately benefiting small businesses over big ones. And so you guys met in business school? Brian Halligan [04:15] – It was the night before business school, at a cocktail get-together at the Marriott hotel. We tinkered with it all through business school.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Automate your email marketing Reach your audience If you run an eCommerce store—especially if you're on a budget—you might be wondering if tinyEmail's straightforward email marketing app will meet your needs, or if you're better off with Klaviyo's more advanced email marketing platform. Shopify owns 11% of Klaviyo.)

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a flexible automation template that turns any Google Form into an intelligent data collection system. Use interfaces, data tables, and logic to build secure, automated, AI-powered systems for your business-critical workflows across your organization's technology stack. Learn more.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

If there were awards for "business processes with the most data entry," accounting would definitely be near the top. If you use different products, you can check out our full list of supported tools and follow the same workflow, but with the tools you're using in your business. Accounting: so necessary, and so tedious.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

The 6 best email apps for Windows eM Client for customization Thunderbird for a free email client Microsoft Outlook for email with a robust business platform Mailspring for people who miss Windows Mail Mailbird for people who live in their inbox Spark for turning your inbox into a to-do list What makes the best email client for Windows?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 21, 2021

During a time of great personal stress and loss in his own business, Jamie exemplified the true spirit of servant leadership to which all EO members aspire. I was frustrated because he didn’t allow me to talk about business! EO Kenya was a relatively small chapter, so stepping up was encouraged. What empowered you to do so?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

Streamline your business operations Automate your workflows There are dozens of tools out there to make your job easier. The best solutions keep you and your team organized, let employees handle shift-swapping on their own, and show you whether your labor costs align with your budget. Integrations and exporting.

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Founder Bounty

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

AI-Powered Content Creation Services Businesses require more content to meet their needs which has made AI-powered content creation emerge as the leading side hustle opportunity. Businesses can use Jasper AI and Copy.ai to generate marketing copies and product descriptions and create blog posts from their freelancers.

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