Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This includes seed funding Automattic (who produce WordPress, the blog I use for this website) and investing in formspring.me, stickybits, Thing Labs (producer of Brizzly), KissMetrics and many others including Quantcast. Also offers premium ad campaigns to publishers by tracking reader intent, behavior, and demographics.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 27, 2025

Here’s how the Zap works: Triggers when a new task is created in ClickUp within the "Call Quality Risks" space. If it passes, a Code by Zapier step runs a custom JavaScript snippet to analyze the call transcription for total silence. Dashboard requests are routed directly to Google Sheets to populate a tracking spreadsheet.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

They called themselves a “social OS.&# Essentially I see it as two things: 1) an aggregator of social content from multiple places including Twitter, Facebook and soon even Gmail. Given how much progress they’ve made since last year I look forward to tracking them and seeing where they end up by the end of 2010.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Sure, if you’re Jack Dorsey, creator of Twitter, you can dictate your terms, but last I checked, most of the entrepreneurs First Round and most of the seed stage firms back don’t have that same kind of track record. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. Many, if not the majority, are first time CEOs. Was that entrepreneur unfriendly?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. I actually wrote a long blog post about this but I’m trying to get TechCrunch to publish it before putting it on my blog. Tags: SoCal Stuff Tech Market Analysis. That’s always stuck with me. We’ll see.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. I believe you reward investors who make an early call just like on the public stock market. Photo credit: D. Blanchard/O’Reilly Media.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Since it has unlimited contacts, you'll never hit a wall, and you can even set up a sales pipeline to keep track of deals you're negotiating. While Mailchimp has now discarded lists in favor of tags, Brevo sticks with a list-based approach. Mailchimp keeps things simpler, offering just tags and segments—and no lists.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Track performance and iterate Every automated email is a chance to learn about your audience. With automated workflows called Zaps, you can connect your email marketing platform to the rest of your tech stack and streamline your email processes. The most impactful emails often come from the smallest details.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

If you keep all your relationships in one place, then you’ll need to use tags or another identifier to isolate the folks that really matter to you. We also wanted tight integration with our email client (Superhuman (best) or Gmail , including pixel tracking of when emails were opened. RRM=Draft a response for me.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 3, 2025

With AI integrated into your editorial workflow, you can automatically generate SEO briefs, draft outlines, or repurpose blog posts into LinkedIn updates—all using structured prompts and a few clicks inside the apps your team already uses, like Google Docs or Notion. When a new user signed up, they were tagged by language in ActiveCampaign.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 8, 2021

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. For example, having an auto dialer in place to help boost cold calling productivity. This tool helps organizations track and measure their overall performance of their Google Ads.

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Feedough

JANUARY 3, 2021

Digital advertising is the action of calling public attention to an offering through online and digital paid channels by an identified sponsor. The same year saw the development of HTTP cookie that helped the advertiser and publisher track user behaviour. Sponsored listings within or after blog posts form an example of native ads.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

Common examples are the neat fields in email headers (sender, recipient, subject), standard file properties (like creation date or author), or specific data tags set up to organize content. Exhausting setup: Analysis might be easier down the line, but the initial task of categorizing, tagging, and arranging data can be very time-intensive.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

“Zapier lets us put a name tag on every lead. With full GCLID tracking, the team was able to kill ineffective campaigns and double down on those driving real conversions. One of their biggest clients, a law firm, used a legacy CRM called MyCase that lacked native integrations and had no accessible API without an expensive upgrade.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

AI-assisted enterprise automation Spend any time online and you might think AI is just about generating awkward headshots or robotic blog intros. It can rewrite messy input into clean CRM records, convert call transcripts into follow-up emails , or translate requests from multiple languages—all without human intervention.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. I looked at the SEO tools each website builder offers, such as the ability to adjust page titles and meta descriptions, add alt tags, and upload a site map. You can edit meta and alt tags and optimize for mobile.

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 27, 2023

A fundamental mistake in your content marketing efforts (such as a lack of calls to action) might render your SEO efforts ineffective. This material should consist of well-written and original product descriptions, photographs of high quality, and relevant meta tags. Hamza Usmani, Head of content, SEO-Audits.io

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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

I recently got a phone call from an entrepreneur whom I respect and who runs a company that I hope will do great things one day. He had pitched me in the past and I told him that for a variety of reasons his company was too early stage for me but that I would happily keep track of their progress. Is that why you called?

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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. Linkedin.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. For instance, tracking ‘months-of-runway’ combined with the month-over-month change to that metric allows us to rapidly identify companies that may be distressed. First Round Search , Startupschool , and GSV Passport are examples of comprehensive founder resources from investors.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

For example, you might set up an automation that tags email contacts with any new information you receive about them, like demographic details and job characteristics. Make your call-to-action clear —tell the recipient what you want them to read, watch, submit, or sign up for right away.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

You can set up records as project management elements like tasks, contacts, projects, pipelines, and goals, and then assign priorities, statuses, deadlines, tags, and assignees. To help track them, you could then add a calendar and (for paid users) Gantt charts that break down projects further.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Zoho offers an AI-powered virtual assistant called Zia, and she does far more than swing from a chandelier (sorry). Likewise, I was really impressed with how much Zendesk allows you to customize your help center—it almost felt like I was building a blog or a website. Its data and reporting options are also top-notch.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments. But I had been reading Munjal Shah’s blog about his experiences at Riya (later renamed Like.com) and this openess had an appeal to me. This was 2006 and we were now working on our second company.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. For instance, tracking ‘months-of-runway’ combined with the month-over-month change to that metric allows us to rapidly identify companies that may be distressed. First Round Search , Startupschool , and GSV Passport are examples of comprehensive founder resources from investors.

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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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 8, 2022

Starting as a 14-year-old, I would pore over sports blogs to find out who the future stars of my favorite college football programs would be. Between managing my rag-tag team of part-time software developers, attempting to keep customers happy, and trying to sell new ones, I’d been just trying to survive each day.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Accounting automation uses software to handle routine, time-consuming financial tasks—things like tracking expenses, generating invoices, categorizing transactions, and reconciling accounts. It offers robust features for invoicing, expense tracking, payroll, and reporting—all in a user-friendly interface.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

It offers everything support teams need to respond to requests faster, smarter, and without accidentally calling someone {{FirstName}}. Macros Automated workflows WhatsApp integration Custom ticket fields Side conversations Request tracking 1. From there, we can tweak our workflows before our call volume spikes."

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

If you're fielding a lot of incoming emails—from job applications to tracking numbers to customer requests—it can be easier to organize and manage them in spreadsheet format. Pro tip: Use a multi-step Zap to dynamically segment or tag contacts based on their characteristics. It only takes a few minutes to set it up.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

With Zapier's automated workflows (called Zaps), you can share recordings in other apps, send team notifications, and extract key insights from meetings—all automatically. If you work in sales then you'll spend a lot of time fielding calls with potential customers. Here are a few ideas to power your processes.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

Skip ahead Automatically keep Glean up to date Run Glean searches automatically Schedule recurring maintenance tasks Connect Glean to almost anything with webhooks To get started with a Zap template—what we call our pre-made workflows—just click on the button next to the name of a Zap you'd like to try.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 9, 2025

Whether you love spreadsheets or hate them, you've probably used Google Sheets to crunch numbers, track data, or keep a log of new leads. (Or, Automatically send a Slack message for new Google Sheets activity Zapier lets you create automated workflows called Zaps, which send your information from one app to another. Learn more.

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APRIL 17, 2023

My mom used to keep track of her contacts in an address book. Lots of businesses use CRM (customer relationship management) software to keep track of clients, prospects, customers, vendors, partners, and anyone else they work with. Or a phone call? What I really wanted—and needed—was a consolidated view of all my contacts.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

To get started with a Zap template—what we call our pre-made workflows—just click on the button. Automating best practices for processes like tagging certain tickets or documenting solutions can relieve the burden for your team—especially if there's a sudden influx of tickets. It only takes a few minutes to set up.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Their time is too valuable to call you every day wondering if you spent their $20-$100k wisely. They are calling cards. And whenever I needed to round up signatures for future fund raisings it was difficult to track him down / get him to care. F&F makes it hard to call it quits when you should.

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