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JULY 1, 2025

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. While it can be done as a group, it's often a solo practice. It gets out of the way.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

And with search engine algorithms and social media platforms constantly in flux, having a rich email list that you own and control is more important than ever. And with search engine algorithms and social media platforms constantly in flux, having a rich email list that you own and control is more important than ever.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Build your own AI chatbot with no-code Here's how Allow me to save you a dozen Google searches (or ChatGPT prompts). Build your own AI chatbot with no-code Here's how Allow me to save you a dozen Google searches (or ChatGPT prompts). I spent time talking to some of the best AI chatbots to see how they measure up.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

I’m very interested in the tech stack of private equity/VC firms , both to improve the efficiency of Versatile VC and also as a focus area for our investing. After extensive research, we centralized on HubSpot and deprecated Salesforce, Hootsuite, Calendly, Mailchimp, Contacts+, and Zapier. Salesforce) and a marketing platform (e.g.,

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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. That's how Zoho can introduce up to three new products every year to complement existing apps. What you use Zoho for depends on which apps you use.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

I tested both apps to see how their features compare and what teams they're best for. Having said that, there's a lot of overlapping functionality, so I dove in to see how they compare. Here's a quick comparison table, or you can keep reading for more details on my experiences with each platform.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 22, 2025

But we did have some tips for how to improve email deliverability, so you can be sure your messages don't go to spam and result in long-term damage to your business email account. It's filled with helpful tips, product how-tos, and even a little incentive at the end. That's a deliverability issue.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

I've spent a lot of time reading and developing style guides, and this article will tell you everything you need to know about building a content style guide, from what it is, to whether your company truly needs it, to how to put one together. What is a style guide? It depends. Things will change.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Modern note-taking platforms go beyond documenting your thoughts. I spent weeks testing Notion and Obsidian to see how they stack up. Obsidian vs. Notion at a glance Notion and Obsidian are both heavy-duty note-taking platforms, and their objectives, to an extent, are similar: to help you build a personal wiki.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Systems Engineer, Thomas Moore, discovered Zapier’s Google Ads integration, specifically, the Offline Conversions and Customer Match actions now available for free. Zapier lets us put a name tag on every lead. So when Zapier published a blog post about tracking , it sparked an idea, and a solution. Thomas Moore, Sr.

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APRIL 19, 2023

Brand journalism vs. content marketing How to use OpenAI's GPT to spark content ideas Learn how Whether brand journalism qualifies as a subset of content marketing is unimportant. What's important is how it differs from traditional content marketing. " How to Calculate Markup and Margin."

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Use automation to share, engage, and cross-post without lifting a finger Learn how So when AI became more accessible, content repurposing was one of the first use cases I thought of. There are tons of ways to do this, but here, I'll share a few of my favorite ways to use AI to improve your content repurposing workflow.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

When I started working at Zapier as a content specialist, I'd never heard of the design app Figma—much less used it. And although "Figma wizard" was nowhere to be found in my job description, I quickly realized that learning how to use it would make me better at my job. What I did is called, in a word, upskilling.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In his white paper How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood , PEVCTECH.com founder David Teten explored how private equity and venture capital investors are trying to automate more of their job. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

I'm using it as a writing assistant for a new blog I'm experimenting with, and it saves me hours every week. How to use OpenAI's GPT to spark content ideas Learn how Time savings isn't the only reason I fancy the tool. How does Writesonic work? Most other tools are still running on GPT-3.5,

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 2, 2025

With just a few Zaps—what we call our automated workflows—you can automatically track orders in spreadsheets, create invoices, and improve customer engagement. Here's how you can scale your eCommerce business with WooCommerce and automation. New to Zapier? Sign up for free to use this app, and thousands more, with Zapier.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Automate your GPT prompts to write business emails Learn how As you can imagine, this involved a lot of trial and error. Automate your GPT prompts to write business emails Learn how As you can imagine, this involved a lot of trial and error. " It didn't work, and honestly, it was a good lesson on how not to write prompts. ."

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

New to Zapier? Popular accounting automation software Accounting automation with Zapier What is accounting automation? You're not just saving time—you're reducing risk, improving accuracy, and opening up space for more valuable work. Improved visibility. Accounting: so necessary, and so tedious.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

In this guide, we'll walk you through what CRM automation is, why it's important, and how you can automate your CRM software to streamline your lead management. Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft.

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JUNE 24, 2025

How does security automation work? Security automation vs security orchestration Automated security with Zapier What is security automation? Pro tip: Check out Zapier's AI tools to handle tasks that go beyond rule-based automation. Skip ahead What is security automation?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

After going through a special kind of misery sorting out a medical claim discrepancy—complete with tinny elevator hold music and templated email responses with placeholders mistakenly left in—I've had plenty of time to consider all the ways support teams can use their support software's built-in tools to improve their workflows.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

I'd spend hours Googling things like "how to center a div" and then copy code from Stack Overflow, hoping it would work. (It Meet your new AI teammates Try Zapier Agents Two of the most promising AI coding tools right now are GitHub Copilot and Cursor. Learning to program used to be a whole ordeal. It almost never did.)

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Connect your VoIP platform to your business apps automatically Learn how And with so much work being performed at home or in combination with an office, the need for clunky desk-hogging wired phones just seems impractical. Here's how it works: Choose a service and provide a credit card to either pay monthly or for the entire year.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

You can use automation to improve work for support team members , too, by making it easier for them to create tickets from social media mentions, be notified about new tickets, develop a knowledge base, and more. Sign up for free to use this app, and many others, with Zapier. One of those expectations is speed.

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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. It acts as a central hub designed to track contacts, manage sales pipelines , automate communication, and improve customer service.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

These models also enable a whole host of new features, like Deep Research and OpenAI's Codex platform. How do reasoning models like OpenAI o3 and o4 work? GPT vs. o3 and o4 OpenAI o3 and o4 pricing How to access OpenAI o3 and o4 What are OpenAI o3 and o4? How do reasoning models like OpenAI o3 and o4 work?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

It's arguably the best AI voice generation platform available, especially if you consider all the features it offers to take things up a notch. Meet your new AI teammates Try Zapier Agents So I spent time testing everything from creating dragon voices to building interview agents. Here's how it all turned out.

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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 I looked into dozens of options, read approximately a million reviews, watched demos narrated by people way too cheerful for 9 a.m.,

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 2, 2025

I'll walk you through what they do, why they matter, and how they can help you reclaim some sanity. Best native Salesforce automation tools Best external Salesforce automation tools Integrate your favorite Salesforce with Zapier What is Salesforce automation? Table of contents: What is Salesforce automation?

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