App tips

Notion is an incredible mix of freedom and organization. And I leaned into that mix when creating my Notion note-taking system.

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Use this Notion note-taking template to balance organization and freedom

Automation inspiration

Connect ClickFunnels to the other apps you use every day, so you can streamline your sales process and provide the best customer experience from start to finish.

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5 ways to automate ClickFunnels with Zapier

Best apps

The best productivity apps for iPhone make possible something that would otherwise be impossible, or they make something you need to do simpler and faster.

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The best productivity apps for iPhone in 2025

Business tips

We interviewed eight RevOps professionals to learn how they've integrated AI and automation tools to boost growth and optimize revenue operations. 

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8 ways RevOps professionals are using AI and automation

Connecting your Instagram profile with other apps lets you repurpose content, keep accurate backups, and analyze social engagement patterns. Here's how.

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Instagram automation: The 4 most popular ways to streamline your social media

Zapier's automated workflows can automate data transfer across your most-used apps. Here's how to connect HubSpot to the other tools in your tech stack.

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The Zapier HubSpot integration: How to automate your work apps

A note-taking app, a project management tool, and...a website builder? Learn how to use Notion to create a quick, functional, and beautiful website.

How to build a website on Notion (and whether or not you should)

Mac users expect the best software, and there are a lot of productivity tools to help. Here's our roundup of the best productivity apps for Mac.

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The best productivity apps for Mac in 2025

If you want to uplevel your online marketing expertise, these nine HubSpot certifications will set you up for success.

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The 9 best HubSpot certifications, according to HubSpot-certified experts

Here's everything you need to know about Google Business Profiles, why you need one, and how to create and optimize it for success.

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Google Business Profile optimization: How to get your business on Google

Here's a giant roundup of the best free AI apps available in every category, from chatbots and writing generators to sales assistants and social media managers.

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The best free AI tools in 2025

If you do your best work when your workspace looks good (or you just want to switch to dark mode), here's everything you need to know about customizing Chrome.

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How to customize Chrome

When trying to schedule meetings, it's easy to find yourself in an excessively long email chain trying to pinpoint the best time and date for everyone. It's much less of a hassle if you use a dedicated meeting scheduler app to streamline the process.

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The 10 best meeting scheduler apps in 2025

Automation lets you set administrative tasks on autopilot, even as your eCommerce business scales. 

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5 ways to automate ThriveCart with Zapier

Freshdesk can enhance your customer service processes—but not if it's siloed from your other apps. Here's how to connect all your tools for better customer support.

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Simplify customer support with Zapier's Freshdesk integration

The administrative side of email marketing can easily detract from your more important work. With automation, you can connect Emma to the other apps you use every day so you can focus on your customers.

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3 ways to automate Emma with Zapier

If you're not automating PandaDoc, you're probably spending too much time managing paperwork. Here are the top ways to get started.

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4 ways to automate PandaDoc with Zapier

Here are the best ways to parse, create, fill, and use PDFs with automation—saving your team time while cutting down on human error.

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How to create and extract data from PDFs with Zapier

If you're not already taking advantage of the app's different font style options, allow me to show you how to change the font in Notion—and spice up your digital workspace in the process.

How to change the font in Notion

Without a reliable way to keep your sales data organized and updated, you'll waste precious hours on manual data entry and missed opportunities. Here's how to supercharge Google Ads with automation.

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6 ways to automate Google Ads with Zapier

Marketing tips

Abandoned cart emails are a simple but effective way to stay on your customers' radar and increase revenue for your online store. Here are eight examples.

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8 abandoned cart email examples to help you capture more sales

While I'm still trying to make sense of my first brain, I've figured out how to build a second brain.

Use this Notion second brain template to get (and stay) organized

It's a constant struggle to keep digital files organized. Learn how Zapier can help you automatically keep your files organized in apps like Dropbox.

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Stay effortlessly organized with Zapier's Dropbox integration

Use Zapier to connect ClickSend SMS to the apps you use every day. Automatically send messages, streamline your contact management, and reduce manual data entry. 

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6 ways to automate ClickSend SMS

If you're looking for a tool that combines your Notion databases with your Google Calendar, Notion Calendar gets the job done.

How to use Notion Calendar

Over the past thirty years, PowerPoint has become synonymous with presentations. Give a speech, present a new product, share finances in a board meeting—all are typically done with a PowerPoint presentation.

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How to use PowerPoint: A beginner's guide

I know the best approach to a calm, focused workday is to dive into my deepest work with as few distractions as possible.

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How to create a Slack to-do list

From capturing leads to updating contacts and tracking purchases, here's how to streamline your Kajabi workflows with Zapier.

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4 Kajabi integration ideas to automate your online courses

Here's how to set up your Notion workspace beautifully to handle even the most complex of productivity needs.

How to use Notion for project management (with template)

It’s a common misconception that small businesses aren’t at risk for digital security issues. Digital security should be a priority for everyone to protect your valuable business, employee, and customer information.

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6 ways to automate security and identity tools

Automating Chargebee lets you set up reliable workflows for managing every aspect of your billing management. 

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4 ways to automate Chargebee with Zapier

Here's everything you need to know about how to create collaborative to-do lists using Slack's new project management feature.

What are Slack lists? 

Connect Webflow with the other tools you use to automatically update your website content, turn leads into subscribers, get instant alerts, and more.

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5 popular Webflow integration ideas

These are real businesses that people have started for under $1,000.

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27 low-cost business ideas: How to start a business with no money

Automate and scale your outreach efforts by using Zapier to connect LeadConnector with the rest of the tools you use every day.

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4 ways to automate LeadConnector with Zapier

I turned to the experts to see what event management software stands above the rest. After researching the top-rated tools on the market and speaking to professionals who actually use these apps, I've narrowed it down to the eight best.

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The 8 best event management software platforms in 2024

Google makes some of the most popular—and powerful—software on the web. But automation can make Google Workspace even more versatile. Zapier connects to most of Google's best known apps.

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Google Workspace automation

Integrate Close with your team's tech stack and connect it with your most essential (and revenue-building) workflows automatically.

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4 Close automation ideas

Extracting data from your emails is half the battle; you still need to do something with it. Here's how to connect Mailparser to the tools you use every day.

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5 ways to automate Mailparser with Zapier

Discover how to automate monday.com using Zapier's automated workflows. Streamline data entry, notifications, backups, and more with automation.

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Use Zapier's monday integration to streamline your work

Don't let your form responses sit around and collect dust. Use automation to connect Cognito Forms to your other business-critical apps.

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5 ways to automate Cognito Forms with Zapier

Productivity tips

For us mere mortals, turning a dream into reality is no simple feat. You might have dozens of goals—but it's easy to get overwhelmed and lose motivation, and then your goals fizzle before you get started. So how do you break the mold?

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How to write SMART goals that work (including a SMART goal generator)

Zapier tutorials

When someone walks into your store or sees your ad and calls your office, it’s easy to know they're interested in buying what you sell. It's far more difficult online. People may skim your website and Facebook Page without taking any action.

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How to instantly follow up on Facebook Lead Ads with custom notifications

The internet's a big place, expanding every day—so how do you make sure you're catching up on the best of what the web has to offer? By having the right apps and tools at your disposal.

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The 6 best news apps in 2024

If you're looking for a way to declutter your mind and start making headway on that next ambition, get a head start with this notion goal-setting template.

Stay on track with this Notion goals template

Connect Wave to your most-used apps with automation so you can consolidate sales records, add customers to your email list, and more.

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4 ways to automate Wave with Zapier

If I'm not careful, I could easily spend my day copying and pasting action items from one app to another. Thankfully, there's an easier way: automating this process using ChatGPT and Zapier.

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Create Notion tasks from Slack with ChatGPT and Zapier

If you attend a lot of video calls—whether for sales, customer support, or internal team meetings—an AI meeting assistant like tl;dv can make your life easier. And the tool becomes even more powerful when paired with automation.

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5 ways to automate tl;dv with Zapier

App of the day

If you're an international business, most of your customers are using WhatsApp—so it's important to meet them where they are. But it can be time-consuming to juggle multiple WhatsApp numbers and simultaneous chats. That's where TimelinesAI comes in.

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App spotlight: TimelinesAI

Notion finally introduced the option to create recurring task templates. With a little grunt work on the front end, you can use them to set up recurring tasks and projects.

How to create recurring tasks in Notion with a template

As your business grows, your sales team doesn't have time for repetitive tasks like sending confirmation emails, updating databases, and keeping your team in the loop. Thankfully, you can use Zapier's Growbots integration to automate this busywork.

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4 ways to automate Growbots with Zapier

Picking a project management app is like wandering through the story of Goldilocks—there are so many options and no perfect fit. So I rounded up ten of the best alternatives to Asana, so you can pick the one that's just right.

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The 10 best Asana alternatives in 2024

The types of email marketing are as varied as they are effective—and you need a diverse mix. Here, we'll break email marketing into four main categories, then explore a few types to consider for your brand's strategy.

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14 types of email marketing to experiment with

Automating OnlineCourseHost.com with Mailchimp consolidates your email list so you can nurture your entire audience from one central hub.  

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Expand your Mailchimp audience automatically with OnlineCourseHost.com 

Your customers are glued to their phones—so why not use that to your advantage? Automate Shopify with Burst SMS and Zapier to turn abandoned carts into sales.

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Recapture abandoned carts with Burst SMS 

Managing your business's appointments is more than just keeping your staff's calendar up to date and allowing clients, customers, and patients to book online.

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The best appointment schedulers and booking apps in 2024

I set myself a new challenge: jerry-rig the perfect project and task management system using my two favorite apps. And friends, I've done it—with a little help from Zapier.

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The ultimate task management system with Notion and Todoist

As they say, work smarter, not harder—and that definitely applies to your content creation process. Take advantage of the humble RSS feed to connect your different content channels to SocialBee.

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Create SocialBee content on autopilot with RSS feeds

Automate Shopify with ZeroBounce and Zapier to keep your email list—and sender reputation—squeaky clean.

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Automatically verify Shopify customer emails with ZeroBounce

YouCanBookMe lets solopreneurs and small teams create a customized, brand-friendly booking experience.

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App spotlight: YouCanBookMe

Customer service can make or break a brand. Learn how to automate Zendesk with Zapier for a smooth customer experience and customized internal tracking.

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7 ways to use Zapier's Zendesk integration

Easily send notifications, generate action items, update your CRM, and more—all without relying on manual processes. 

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4 ways to automate Fathom with Zapier

If you've ever worked a shift-based job, "employee scheduling" probably brings to mind images of paper schedules hastily pinned to bulletin boards or taped to lockers.

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The best employee scheduling software in 2024

In this article, we'll show you how to integrate Gmail with Google Sheets, no matter your use case.

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How to connect Gmail with Google Sheets

As a freelancer, I really just need something to track leads and store client information. That's why I use my favorite tool—Notion—as my CRM. 

Notion CRM template: How to turn Notion into your CRM

App comparisons

Here, we'll walk you through the main differences between Calendly and Acuity—and who each tool is right for—so you can find the best fit for you.

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Calendly vs. Acuity: Which scheduling app should you use? [2024]

Tools like AWeber make your job easier, but when you add automation to the mix, you supercharge your marketing efforts while saving time in the process.

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