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Elena Alston

Elena Alston is a content specialist at Zapier based in London. She's a big advocate of automation and loves making it more accessible to people via storytelling.

Elena Alston

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Automation inspiration

A guide to email automation with Zapier

Whether you're just starting to automate your email or looking to scale your email strategy, here's how to build smarter, more efficient email workflows.

By Elena Alston

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7 min read

Automation inspiration

Popular ways to use Zapier to scale your work

Most of us spend too much time on manual tasks. Here are popular ways people use Zapier's AI orchestration platform to scale their work.

By Elena Alston

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5 min read

Zapier feature guides

Get started with Zapier

Ready to quickly create your first Zap? We'll help you get into the automation mindset and guide you through the necessary steps to get things up and running.

By Elena Alston

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10 min read

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Automation inspiration

Your guide to marketing automation

Whether you're just starting to automate marketing or looking to scale your strategy, Zapier will help you build smarter, more efficient workflows that keep your marketing engine running smoothly.

By Elena Alston

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8 min read


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A Zap with the trigger 'When I get a new lead from Facebook,' and the action 'Notify my team in Slack'