Articles tagged "Automation"

Need an executive assistant? Here's how automation can help.

My name is Cortney and I'm an executive assistant at Zapier. You may think it's counterintuitive to share ways to get around hiring an EA when I am making my living as one! It's actually a great way to learn how an EA can help before you invest.

How we use Zapier to recover sales and organize operations

Leads. They’re the lifeblood of your business. But when it comes to eCommerce, it can be tricky to stay on top of all of your prospects and convert them into sales.

Add a little light to your day

A lot of automation, and a lot of writing about automation, is focused on making your job easier. While that's our primary goal here at Zapier, there's always room for using automation to make the rest of your life better, while you're at it.

How automation helps me make money, not just earn it

You wouldn't be reading the Zapier blog if you didn't already appreciate that time is precious and expensive. But as a business owner or general profit-seeker, you can choose to use that time to either earn money or make money.

How to automatically create QuickBooks invoices from PDF vendor invoices

We have heard that a "paperless world" is coming for years—are we getting any closer? Well, we seem to be with so many companies pushing us to go paperless. But doesn't this just create other issues?

4 ways to automate your online quizzes with Interact

Online quizzes aren't just frivolous fun. When done right, they're also a very effective marketing tool.

Google Cloud Print is no more—here's what to do

You can still print on Chromebooks, thanks to native printer support, and there are other apps you can use for cloud printing—including connecting with Zapier. Let's talk about why Google killed Cloud Print and how you can get some of these features back. 

'Easy automation': How Zapier helped this Spanish eCommerce company scale

Zapier has helped Materialesdefabrica.com and Habitium save more than six hours a week on order fulfillment alone.

How automation helped SpeakerFlow reduce admin tasks and create a seamless sales handoff

SpeakerFlow uses Zapier to ensure prospective and current customers are taken care of, all the way from interest through purchase and beyond.

How a small team connects hundreds of people with long-lost loved ones

Imagine not seeing a loved one for 15 years, or being separated from your entire family for that long. Think about the background radiation of it—how it would hang over everything you do.