The Zapier Blog

JUNE 5, 2025

" Insight adoption rate If an AI model generates insights but no one uses them, did it really do its job? So we adjusted our AI training inputs and performance expectations to better align with what really matters: business outcomes." That's what Tyler Butler, founder of Collaboration For Good , set out to measure. "As

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. But that doesn't mean a drawing app is the best tool for the job. Almost any sketch or design app can technically be used as a digital whiteboard if you need to bat around a few ideas with your team.

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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. Get started Here, I'll explain what AI automation actually is, why it's useful, and how you can start using it to offload all the worst parts of your job, so you can focus on the human stuff.

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StartupNation

JUNE 29, 2025

A training event will never do the job. A startup without customers is either an expensive hobby or a complete waste of energy, time and often a good product/service. Developing a skill is very different from merely gaining an understanding of best practice.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

Connect your project management software to your other apps Make your job easier If you're a manager looking to cut down on scope creep and make employees like me happier, read on for a breakdown and examples of top project management frameworks that won't leave your team job hunting on LinkedIn at the end of every shift.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

However, if "free and functional" is what you need, Google Voice gets the job done. The free plan already gives you a phone number and lets you make unlimited calls and send texts within the U.S. and Canada. There are limitations, and the experience isn't as polished as paid options.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

But for quick, low-effort content, it gets the job done. It also offers audience insights like job titles, industries, and locations so you can tailor your content to the people actually reading it. You get a clean dashboard of your entire network, complete with insights like top industries, job titles, and locations.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

You can set up automated triggers to program the bot to hand the customer off to the best agent for the job. They get the job done for managing an IT service desk. Jira offers more pre-built bot templates, which is a major advantage for teams that prefer a functional, out-of-the-box solution without the need for deep customization.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

CRM enrichment : Pulling in company or contact data that both teams rely on (like industry, size, or job title). But when your sales team uses dozens of apps to do their job, it's easy to miss important notifications. If your team lives in Slack, it can be helpful to consolidate all your notifications into one place.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 4, 2025

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. It also includes gamification and training classes like Daily SEO Goals, 14 Days Journey to Better Ranking, and The Race to the TOP, so even if you're an SEO novice, you can learn on the job and rank your content.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Consider these tips when learning how to take meeting minutes (or don't—your supervisors may want you to take the meeting notes forever if you do too good a job): Avoid transcribing every word. Meeting minutes tips Using the right template is only the first step in taking effective meeting minutes. Stay objective.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Connect your project management software to your other apps Make your job easier We really could have used RACI. Otherwise, it's just a free-for-all of "not my job" shrugs. I was confident we'd bust out in record time, but we quickly realized our error: too many cooks, not enough coordination. Who's stopping you?

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. View events Visit our Academy Startup Survival Guide Our Startup Survival Guide blog series helps you find investors & t. You pay to search. You pay to contact. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours. The strength of our network is in everyone’s collective expertise.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. View events Visit our Academy Startup Survival Guide Our Startup Survival Guide blog series helps you find investors & t. You pay to search. You pay to contact. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours. The strength of our network is in everyone’s collective expertise.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. View events Visit our Academy Startup Survival Guide Our Startup Survival Guide blog series helps you find investors & t. You pay to search. You pay to contact. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours. The strength of our network is in everyone’s collective expertise.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

." "School's out" could lead to "Summer jobs," "Extracurriculars," and "Alice Cooper." " "Burgers" could link to "Summer jobs." 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

JULY 16, 2025

With these Zaps, you can trigger Grok to generate a detailed outline from information (like blog titles or keywords) stored in Airtable or another project management tool. It's a job better left to AI so you can focus on delivering real impact. That way, your content engine keeps running without the bottlenecks.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. View events Visit our Academy Startup Survival Guide Our Startup Survival Guide blog series helps you find investors & t. You pay to search. You pay to contact. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours. The strength of our network is in everyone’s collective expertise.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. View events Visit our Academy Startup Survival Guide Our Startup Survival Guide blog series helps you find investors & t. You pay to search. You pay to contact. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours. The strength of our network is in everyone’s collective expertise.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Share meeting notes with your team From writing summaries or transcripts to creating action items, Read AI does a great job of organizing your meetings into useful content. With these Zaps, you can automatically create tasks in Notion , Todoist , or another tool you use to track projects, so you and your team never miss a trick.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

No matter your job, it almost certainly involves some aspect of project management. If you're working in a fast-paced environment, keeping on top of your project management board or to-do list can sometimes feel like the most challenging part of your job. And, in the digital age, you're probably—hopefully!—using

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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. A more secure infrastructure that lets your employees do their jobs without worrying about the technology that powers them. That's where IT automation comes in.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. View events Visit our Academy Startup Survival Guide Our Startup Survival Guide blog series helps you find investors & t. You pay to search. You pay to contact. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours. The strength of our network is in everyone’s collective expertise.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

My job consists of four main tasks: Ideating: Coming up with ideas for things to write is easily the most creative task I'm responsible for. Then, create a schedule for when you'll work on each task based on your chronotype. Here's an example from my own work.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

But if all you want is a quick "yes" or "no" to a question, our Y and N emoji get the job done. Custom Slack emoji to make decisions faster There are a few ways you can poll your team in Slack. Depending on the question, your teammates may answer with more context in the thread.

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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. " We've all been there.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

." This gave me pause for a few minutes, but it got me thinking about the kind of lawsuit that prompted lawyers to include an otherwise obvious warning on the box and the kind of crisis communication plan that came to exist in the aftermath.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

Starting a new job is already a nerve-racking parade of awkward handshakes, mysterious Slack channels, and wondering if it's too soon to take your first bathroom break. " HR forwards the job description and pings the manager. How granular can you govern RBAC settings based on an employee's job? HR loops back to IT.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

While your dashboard won't be as flashy as other business intelligence software , for a small business, a DIY option in Google Sheets can get the job done. With numbers and charts in place, you'll have an at-a-glance view of what's working, what's not, and where to focus your efforts.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Whether you're drafting blog posts from a content calendar, replying to leads with tailored emails, or summarizing customer feedback at scale, Claude becomes a hands-on collaborator inside fully automated systems. It only takes a few minutes to set up. You can read more about setting up Zaps here.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

Next, you'll need to connect the action apps your agent needs to do its job. Here's how that might look: Configure your action apps Once you've fine-tuned the instructions, you can now focus on the tools your agent needs to do its job. Instructions: What you want the agent to do.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Perceive: The agentic AI receives job applications. Reason: The agentic system uses an LLM to parse the job application and see if they meet the job criteria. Same thing here—the learn part isn't part of the actual workflow, but it's still a complex agentic system.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

Get started These Zaps help you create anything from an accounting assistant that can answer employee questions in a specific Slack channel to an analysis assistant that can analyze blog performance or KPIs. Generate and share content As a writing tool, ChatGPT is a pretty decent time-saver when it comes to generating first drafts.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. First, I asked AI to create a job application form. There are plenty of lists of the best WordPress form plugins, so what makes this one different? Here, I've focused on the best premium form plugins for WordPress.

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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

JULY 7, 2025

Between breaking stories, industry updates, and the endless scroll of social media, staying informed can feel like a full-time job. And let's be honest, who has time to read through dozens of articles just to find the three that actually matter to you or your audience?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

Keeping track of all the new AI models getting released at the moment is practically a full-time job. I would know: I've been writing about them for the past few years, and it feels like every time I publish an article, another new model drops.

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