The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

Google Veo 3 at a glance Veo 3 is really impressive—folks are already using it to overhaul their marketing strategies. When I tried using Jump to to generate the second shot, Veo 3 Fast wasn't compatible—it automatically switched to Veo 2 Fast, which lost the audio entirely. You can use Veo 2 in the EU via Gemini only.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

How might you create a prolific content strategy which resonates with your audience at a higher level? Build a content website or add a blog. The podcast interview revealed how they used Facebook groups to grow their business from $80K to $500K in monthly revenue. Increase organic traffic using Pinterest.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This article originally appeared on the PixelEdge Blog. “[The The product was useful to their business as a marketing and operations tool, but they wanted to build it into something more. Previous companies using the IdeaPAD scaled their product by 10x or became leaders in their space. Paul Silva then facilitated the discussion.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. Too much of today’s economic growth comes from unsustainable models using limited resources.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. We think it’s a matter of products, but history shows us it takes more than just products and technology to create the sweeping changes. Here’s Why on his Both Sides of the Table blog for a good read and a good lesson. And progress made.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2024

But the race is on, and the social AI platform Chai feels they are right in the mix to succeed. In its blog last week , the Chai team shares insight about their model and the driving force behind Chat AI—it is data. This brings total capital invested to date to $10 million, giving Chai a $450 million valuation.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 2, 2024

With the right strategies, you can reach your target audience, build brand awareness, and drive sales. In this guide, we will explore essential digital marketing strategies for startups, ensuring you have a solid foundation to grow your business. Regularly update your website with fresh content to improve your search engine rankings.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

Everybody has a blog these days and there is much advice to be had. There are some smart if not somewhat cerebral bloggers I read who say that you shouldn’t take any startup advice at all because it’s too generalized to be useful to your situation. On investment strategies I have “ Deflationary Economics ” 6.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 3, 2024

Battle-tested strategies and tactics I used to reach $2M ARR. It’s a pivotal phase where your initial success is tested, and your strategies for growth are pushed to their limits. It takes the right strategies to pour gasoline on growth. It’s crucial to take a hard look at your marketing strategies.

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Reforge

OCTOBER 20, 2022

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’ll make our case using an example of a big, risky bet: turning off your highest performing channel. How do you know if your big bet will pay off? How do you know if your big bet will pay off?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Within only 100 days, new leadership transformed the tech platform, marketing mix, and rider operations–elevating it from laggard to leader. In his hyper-turnaround experiences, including RuleBurst and VivoPower, Kevin notes that such situations are typically born of ill-managed high-growth strategies.

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Y Combinator

MAY 15, 2019

Craig Cannon [00:56] – You guys have two different strategies, paid versus advertising. Jonathan Gill [01:03] – From the current state of the podcasting market, ad-supported sponsorship is one way forward when people are used to free products versus television and cable where they’re used to different tiers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Companies that embrace this new model, called interaction field companies, generate, facilitate and benefit from interactions and data exchanges among multiple people and groups—from customers and stakeholders, but also from those you wouldn’t expect to be in the mix, like suppliers, software developers, regulators and even competitors. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 31, 2024

This unfortunate mix of personal and professional concerns made me feel alone in my struggles. I used to suffer from imposter syndrome , feeling like I was less than my fellow entrepreneurs. and more articles from the EO blog. This isn’t to say that it’s always been a smooth journey. Joining EO was a game-changer.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 20, 2022

We asked EO members from various industries about the solutions and strategies they have implemented in response to these significant challenges. Utilized lesser-used ports, other modes of shipment (air, rail), or a mix—to diversify the risk. We strategically put redundancy in the US in case of China lockdowns. “As

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StartupNation

MAY 25, 2021

While there are a lot of common myths surrounding content marketing, at its most basic level, it is about using content strategically to build an audience and influence their behavior over time. This can be through blogs, video, testimonials, photo galleries, etc. — Myth 2: You need a huge library of content to be successful.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The commodification of education is good for end-users and is often why startups have a freemium model as a customer acquisition strategy. The Course Hero and Mystery Science deals show us that edtech businesses are hungry for personalized, targeted content. Using data management and analytics to improve student outcomes.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 17, 2021

In this blog post, we’re not going to talk about different business models, seat-based VS usage volume pricing, or subscription VS pay-as-you-go. In this blog post, I’ll highlight a pretty neat data-driven approach that we used at Uizard to identify the initial price for our SaaS monthly subscription plans.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

Brand journalism is a content marketing strategy that leans into what "be interesting" means to your target audience by defining "relevant" broadly. It follows forms of journalism through use of third-party interviews and external expert analysis, researched or reported news, and feature stories. You're welcome.)

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Campaign Monitor

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Or, you might use the newsletter content to tease a blog post outlining your company values. For instance, Glossier’s email campaign merely wants the reader to scroll through beautiful phone backgrounds and maybe download one to use as their wallpaper. . Little known uses for your product or service. Infographics.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 8, 2021

One surefire way to do this is by combining the right marketing tools with effective strategies. In this blog post, we’ll discuss some of the best tools you can use to achieve productive marketing, how to apply them and how much they cost. But first, why is it advisable to use marketing tools in your business? Break time.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Rather than reinvent the wheel, I would point readers to Martin Kleppmann’s useful blog post with graphs illustrating the effects of a valuation cap on entrepreneurs, seed investors and later-round (typically VC) investors. (The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.)

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

These are just a few broad reasons, and the reality is often a mix of several factors. Think about the blog posts, YouTube videos, online campaigns, and social media activity that go into making sure your business appears attractive to potential newbies. It’s also time and energy that could be used elsewhere. Look, it’s simple.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Companies like Airbnb, Intercom and Buffer have released the pitch decks they used to raise their first rounds of funding, and if you look at their structure, you can essentially find the same set of slides. We’re going to use that to distill the ideal set of slides for a pitch deck (and combine it with some storytelling ).

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OkDork

JANUARY 27, 2023

Basically, to be a content remixer, you turn long-form content like YouTube videos and podcasts into blog posts, tweet threads, LinkedIn posts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok videos. Content strategy consulting: When you get good at content remixing and know which type of content performs best on which channels, you can consult creators.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 12, 2017

But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes? Based on this paper, Blue Future Partners and PEVCTech recently completed a large-scale survey to find out which tools are most commonly used by venture capital firms. they are definitely at a disadvantage.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

If you've been wanting to learn a new skill or even strengthen existing ones, here are the seven tried-and-trued strategies I used to boost my expertise—and how you can, too. Now that we're on the same page, let's dive into the seven strategies you can use to learn a new skill or enhance the ones you already have.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2019

In their book Cracking Complexity , David Komlos and David Benjamin share the steps to working through any complex business problem—both quickly and using existing talent, not consultants. Leaders often approach complex problems using experts and interview-based, analytical techniques that have been honed for complicated challenges.

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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.

JANUARY 24, 2011

When you're doing RSVPs, use a tool like Eventbrite that allows you to collect more information from each attendee--like what languages they develop in, how many years experience they have, current company, LinkedIn, blog, Twitter, etc. The whole company should get involved in reblogging and retweeting the company blog's links.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 2, 2020

Fortunately, recent research in cognitive neuroscience has identified strategies help you know when you’re falling into cognitive biases , as well as ways to defeat these dangerous judgment errors in your professional life. It’s a learnable strategy based on a distinct sequence of eight simple steps. It’s not mythical.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 21, 2022

Maybe your brand has a negative association with certain consumers , or you’re expanding in a way that no longer makes sense with your current branding strategy. Remember, Google used to be called BackRub. Use this rebrand to reflect where your business is now and chart a course for the future you want.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

By understanding its nuances and crafting a proactive strategy , you can not only withstand the storm but emerge stronger on the other side. Equip yourself with these strategies to build a cancel-resistant business and protect your brand’s legacy: 1. and more articles from the EO blog. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 19, 2022

No matter how much data we have, we still need humans in the mix to provide an intuitive touch. Data may also be used as a bit of a crutch. Here are four brand strategies to cultivate a human connection in marketing. Data offers baseline information to promote relevant content to customers, but it must be used effectively.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 3, 2019

The incentive to want a larger fund is real—more staff, better office, better salaries—but the investment strategy really doesn’t make much sense if you ask me. I took the time to model out some returns using share price as a basis—to figure out if the price you’re paying when you buy up is worth the difference in the outcomes.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

It’s nothing related to sound engineering or fancy marketing strategies. A podcast is a marketing channel – and it can be a key part of a strategic marketing mix. While blogs and posts on social media are used to connect with your audience, podcasting has a unique place in the social media landscape.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

In case you missed all the kerfuffle this weekend, I posted this blog post originally on TechCrunch. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. I didn’t want to write it because I have mixed feelings about AngelList. Often my opinions shift as I read comments on my blog or others’ reactions.

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