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As a non-technical founder my company pays Zapier thousands of dollars per year. We've automated a lot of tedious, manual tasks that you would typically assign
by nickfromseattle 6y ago
As a non-technical founder my company pays Zapier thousands of dollars per year.
We've automated a lot of tedious, manual tasks that you would typically assign a VA.
I think we save some money, but even if it was break even, or more expensive than manual labor, the mental overhead of not managing another person, wondering whether the tedious work was done, and according to specification justifies the cost.
- holistio 6y agoCan you give examples of stuff that Zapier does for you that a VA would do? In my mind Zapier does things that a junior developer or maybe an office admnistrator would do, not an assistant. I feel like there is a small, but significant difference.
- aerovistae 6y ago(What is a VA? That only means Veteran's Affairs to me.)
- gk1 6y agoVirtual Assistant
- theshrike79 6y agoJust a simple task like posting the same thing on multiple social media platforms (Twitter, Instagram, FB, Linkedin) can be automated with Zapier easily.
- nickfromseattle 6y agoWe publish a lot of content. Previously we had a virtual assistant: 1. Create a Google Doc 2. Title it according to a specific standard 3. Copy/paste information into it 4. Make the link publicly shareable 5. Update our CMS with the link to Google Docs 6. *1,000 This work sucks, and it's much easier to depend on a machine than hiring, training, documenting, managing, QAing someone to work in a bad job.