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4 ways to automate lemlist with Zapier

By Hsing Tseng · October 28, 2024
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Cold email outreach is a powerful tool for businesses, but it's often a time sink. Crafting personalized messages, managing follow-ups, and tracking responses can be difficult to keep up with as your business scales. 

This is where lemlist, a specialized cold email tool, shines. It helps you create engaging, personalized campaigns and automatically tracks how recipients interact with your messages.

But even with lemlist's efficiency, there's still more you can do. By connecting lemlist to other apps, you can eliminate manual data entry, keep your team informed, and streamline your workflows—all automatically. Here's how you can use Zaps—Zapier's automated workflows—to transform lemlist email outreach from a time-consuming chore into an efficient, results-driven process.

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To get started with a Zap template—what we call our pre-made workflows—just click on the button. It only takes a few minutes to set up. You can read more about setting up Zaps here.

Track subscribers in a spreadsheet

Tracking subscriber information in a spreadsheet is often the first step for many sales and marketing teams to organize and analyze their outreach efforts. Spreadsheets offer the flexibility and simplicity for quick overviews, segmentation, or even deeper data analysis. 

For example, you might want to track how different subscribers engage with your emails—who opened them, who clicked on links, and who responded—to identify patterns or prioritize follow-ups. They also allow for custom reporting that may be more tailored than what's available directly in lemlist, giving you the ability to analyze subscriber behavior at a granular level or share reports with stakeholders in a more familiar format.

However, manually updating these spreadsheets can be a time-consuming, error-prone task, especially as your subscriber base grows. But that doesn't have to be your MO. Instead, you can use automation to automatically log subscriber information directly into your preferred spreadsheet or database tool. 

Add new lemlist email activity to Google Sheets as rows

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    Want to track how many recipients are opening emails from your campaign? This Zap can help you do just that. Once set up, this integration will automatically add lead information to a new row on a Google Sheets spreadsheet whenever an email is opened from a lemlist campaign.

    Add new lemlist activities to Google Sheets as multiple spreadsheet rows

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      Effortlessly track your lemlist activities in Google Sheets with this handy automation. Whenever a new activity occurs in lemlist, multiple rows will be created in your designated Google Sheets spreadsheet, ensuring you have an organized record of all your campaigns' progress. Say goodbye to manual data entry, and let this workflow seamlessly keep your spreadsheet updated.

      Create Excel rows for new lemlist activity

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        Want to track details about your email campaigns? This workflow will automatically add email information to a new row in an Excel spreadsheet whenever new activity happens in a lemlist campaign.

        Create or update Airtable records whenever new activities occur in lemlist

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          Stay on top of your tasks with this efficient workflow. Whenever there's a new activity in lemlist, a record will be created or updated in Airtable. This gives you a simplified way of tracking activities and organizing records, streamlining your project management experience. Focus on what truly matters to your business and leave your operational hassles to us.

          Add subscribers to your CRM

          Manually keeping your CRM updated with information from lemlist can quickly become a bottleneck for your sales process. Consider the amount of time and effort it takes to constantly transfer data across systems—logging new contacts, updating lead statuses, recording email interactions. It's hard to keep up with as your business scales and you get more emails. 

          This lag in information flow can inhibit your sales team's momentum, leading to missed follow-ups or delayed responses to promising leads. Manually moving data can also leave room for human error, like missing important updates or duplicating entries.

          Instead, use automation to keep your CRM as up to date as possible. These Zaps will automatically create or update contacts in your CRM whenever there's new subscriber activity in lemlist, capturing all the relevant details in real time. This way, your sales pipeline is always updated and ready for your sales team to take action on the latest leads.

          Create or update HubSpot contacts for new email activities in lemlist

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            When you have new email activity for contacts, you'll want your CRM updated with the details. This integration helps by automatically creating/updating a HubSpot contact when there is new email activity in lemlist. It's never been so easy to update contact email history.

            Add new lemlist email activity to Pipedrive as people

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              Make sure you're keeping your CRM up-to-date with the latest lead information. Use this Zap to automatically create people in Pipedrive whenever new email activity is created in lemlist. For example, if someone clicks your lemlist email, Zapier automatically adds them to Pipedrive. Now you don't have to manually copy and paste their information into Pipedrive.

              Create or update opportunities in LeadConnector for new activities in lemlist

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                Stay on top of your sales process by seamlessly updating LeadConnector opportunities whenever new activities occur in lemlist. With this workflow, you can easily keep your sales pipeline up-to-date by automatically updating or adding opportunities in LeadConnector whenever there's a new activity in lemlist. Improve efficiency and organization within your sales team, ensuring no potential deals fall through the cracks.

                Keep your team informed

                When there's activity in lemlist, you want to mobilize your team as quickly as possible to act on those opportunities. Whether it's a new subscriber, an email click, or a reply from a lead, those are key moments where timely follow-up can make or break a potential deal. The longer the delay, the colder the lead becomes.

                Instead of manually alerting your team yourself or having them constantly check lemlist for the latest info, let automation do the heavy lifting. Whenever there's a new subscriber, email click, or reply in lemlist, Zapier will automatically notify your team in their inbox or team chat so they're ready to take action. Maximize your team's chances of engaging prospects when they're most interested with these instant notifications.

                Send channel messages in Slack for new lemlist activities

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                  This integration sends channel messages in Slack for new lemlist activities.

                  Send direct messages in Slack for new activities in lemlist

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                    Stay updated on your lemlist activities and maintain seamless communication with your team using this efficient workflow. When a new activity occurs in lemlist, a direct message will be sent to a designated recipient in Slack, ensuring that crucial updates are quickly shared and acted upon. This automation helps streamline your team's collaboration and keeps everyone informed in real-time.

                    Send email in Gmail for new activities in lemlist

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                      Effortlessly streamline your email outreach with this lemlist and Gmail integration. When a new activity occurs in lemlist, an email will be sent via Gmail, ensuring a swift response to important events. This workflow simplifies your communication process, saving time while keeping your audience engaged.

                      Notify Microsoft Teams with channel messages for new lemlist activities

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                        Stay updated with your team's outreach efforts by automatically sending notifications to Microsoft Teams whenever there's new activity in lemlist. With this automation, you can ensure that everyone is informed as soon as an action takes place in lemlist, keeping your team aligned and focused on their tasks.

                        Capture new leads in lemlist

                        Manually importing leads into lemlist can slow down your outreach process. Automation ensures that new prospects are added to your campaigns immediately, so they can start receiving your personalized sequences without delay. Whether your new leads are coming from Facebook or LinkedIn ads, Calendly meetings, or form submissions, automation makes it easy to nurture those leads as soon as they enter your pipeline. 

                        By eliminating the lag time that comes with manual imports, you can respond to leads faster, engage them while they're still warm, and build momentum in your sales process. This not only improves your efficiency in prospecting, but also increases the likelihood of turning those new prospects into loyal customers.

                        Add new leads from Facebook Lead Ads to lemlist as leads

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                          In order to be as efficient as possible, your sales team needs to have the latest data at all times. Start your workflow with this Facebook Lead Ads-lemlist integration and you'll never lag behind your form again. Once this Zap is active, Zapier will add new leads from Facebook Lead Ads to lemlist automatically. That way, your sales team can turn newest leads into sales quickly.

                          Add new Typeform entries to lemlist campaigns as leads

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                            Easily collect leads from your Typeform entries and add them to a lemlist campaign with this efficient workflow. Whenever a new entry is submitted in Typeform, the lead will be added to your specified campaign in lemlist, streamlining your lead generation process and saving you time. Focus on nurturing your leads, while this automation takes care of adding them to your campaigns seamlessly.

                            Add new LinkedIn Ads lead gen form responses as leads in lemlist campaigns

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                              Easily nurture your LinkedIn Ads leads by integrating with lemlist to add them to your email campaigns. This workflow automatically adds new Lead Gen Form Responses from LinkedIn Ads to a lemlist campaign, ensuring a timely follow-up and efficient lead management. Streamline your marketing efforts and boost engagement with this dynamic automation.

                              Create lemlist leads from new Calendly invitees

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                                When a new invitee is created in Calendly, easily turn them into potential customers by adding them as leads to a campaign in lemlist. This automation simplifies the process, saving you time and ensuring that you never miss an opportunity to nurture new contacts. Stay organized and build stronger relationships with your leads by connecting Calendly and lemlist seamlessly.

                                Automate your outreach with lemlist

                                Automating Lemlist transforms your outreach from a series of manual tasks into a streamlined system of seamlessly connected workflows. You'll save time and follow up more consistently and quickly, with less human error. Automation also allows your team to focus on high-value tasks, like personalizing messages and closing deals. 

                                The result? A more efficient, scalable outreach process that can significantly boost your response rates and conversions.

                                And that's just the start of what you can do with lemlist and Zapier. What will you automate first?

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