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This is exactly the kind of comment I was hoping to see. May I ask, what kinds of things are you using zapier for that are not just nice to haves. Something tha

by dnndev 4y ago

This is exactly the kind of comment I was hoping to see. May I ask, what kinds of things are you using zapier for that are not just nice to haves. Something that you would say it pays for itself (increases revenue somehow)

tucaz 4y ago
I would love to get an answer to this question as well. I keep comings back to Zapier and the likes hoping I will find a useful use case but can’t. It seems that all it does is add stuff from email marketing forms to Google spreadsheets.
- bag_boy 4y ago
  Google form > email action was my best use case
- crisnoble 4y ago
  Even if that was literally all it could do, it would easily be worth $50/month for marketing teams.
- dsaavy 4y ago
  For more complex things Zapier falls flat IMO. I've been using Make.com (formerly Integromat) and it offers way more flexibility and it's easier to configure for more complex automations.
  - jimmySixDOF 4y ago
    Not to mention Make has a much better entry level cost point: 1 Month (billed Monthly): ---Zapier $29 ---(5 triggers / 750 events) ---Make $11 ---(unlimited triggers/10,000 events)
duxup 4y ago
Yeah I was wondering too. Not that people wouldn't use it, but I wonder about what the transition is from "this is handy" to "I want to continuously pay for this service / enough that it is consistent enough / earns me money back enough to do this and not something else".
xhkkffbf 4y ago
Indeed, this unbundling is already happening. Many of the so-called Customer Data Platforms offer a low-code, no-code option for creating and iterating on marketing campaigns. They've already done the work of integrating with the various storefronts and ad platforms.
cm2012 4y ago
Facebook and LinkedIn leads ads to Marketo/Hubspot/Salesforce, Facebook Conversion API from Salesforce to FB are vital connections for B2B companies.
- georgesequeira 4y ago
  Would love to hear more about your experience with these platforms. Thought they were mostly plug-n-play these days. Could I email you?
dshanahan 4y ago
Great convo, thought I'd share some valuable zaps I've used over the last few years to save $$$ on headcount, dev time, and burn/debt on unproven ideas/experiments. - Slack - pipe all kinds of events into special #channels to cross teams can check one spot for external happenings: new users, new sales, support chats, form/data submissions - Forms > CRM/Sheets - shouldn't be understated. Using lead page or no-code CRM (webflow my fave) I've swapped out various signup flows to test ideas/friction/followups repeatedly before asking dev to build actual signup flows into the backend app. Can swap paperform, typeform, mailchimp, google forms in under an hour for multiple signup/landing pages w/o any devs. - Calendar - I use Motion (similar to Calendly) across sales team to speed up meeting flows + use Zaps to pipe those bookings into sheets/Slack/CRM or EMS. Sales team calendars can be public on marketing site (webflow) and bookings generate all the alerts and data we need to just show up to the meetings. - Leverage SMS channel - One-click surveys, recurring survey campaigns using SimpleTexting or YesInsights and piping results wherever I need 'em. Google Sheet with charted dashboards already set up to auto-update. Great for ecomm, great for call/response feature testing with zero dev required. Can add phone signups via form integration or email campaign. - Manual issue / todo alerts: Use specific tag in Asana to pipe a ticket into Slack channel when team member wants to surface for manager/teammate - instead of asana firehose - Light @mention feed - Pipe brand mentions/topics, including web (reddit etc - use F5bot) into sheet or #channel for marketing eyes to check daily - Twitter bot - built @carryonbagsizes using just Zaps: anyone tweets airline name and gets carry-on bag size restrictions back from the bot (including variations on airline names ie United vs United Airlines)
- Dwolb 4y ago
  Piping user data into Sheets is literally my nightmare. Especially if there's any sort of editing or data transform in sheets, there's 0 traceability of the change.
  - aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
    Is there any way to lock a Sheet from edits except for API-based changes?
tungle 4y ago
set a Google calendar event every working day, then connect Zapier to post to Mattermost to remind my team do to virtual stand-up meeting.

by dnndev 4y ago

tucaz 4y ago

I would love to get an answer to this question as well. I keep comings back to Zapier and the likes hoping I will find a useful use case but can’t. It seems that all it does is add stuff from email marketing forms to Google spreadsheets.

bag_boy 4y ago
Google form > email action was my best use case
crisnoble 4y ago
Even if that was literally all it could do, it would easily be worth $50/month for marketing teams.
dsaavy 4y ago
For more complex things Zapier falls flat IMO. I've been using Make.com (formerly Integromat) and it offers way more flexibility and it's easier to configure for more complex automations.
- jimmySixDOF 4y ago
  Not to mention Make has a much better entry level cost point: 1 Month (billed Monthly): ---Zapier $29 ---(5 triggers / 750 events) ---Make $11 ---(unlimited triggers/10,000 events)

duxup 4y ago

Yeah I was wondering too. Not that people wouldn't use it, but I wonder about what the transition is from "this is handy" to "I want to continuously pay for this service / enough that it is consistent enough / earns me money back enough to do this and not something else".

xhkkffbf 4y ago

Indeed, this unbundling is already happening. Many of the so-called Customer Data Platforms offer a low-code, no-code option for creating and iterating on marketing campaigns. They've already done the work of integrating with the various storefronts and ad platforms.

cm2012 4y ago

Facebook and LinkedIn leads ads to Marketo/Hubspot/Salesforce, Facebook Conversion API from Salesforce to FB are vital connections for B2B companies.

georgesequeira 4y ago
Would love to hear more about your experience with these platforms. Thought they were mostly plug-n-play these days. Could I email you?

dshanahan 4y ago

Great convo, thought I'd share some valuable zaps I've used over the last few years to save $$$ on headcount, dev time, and burn/debt on unproven ideas/experiments. - Slack - pipe all kinds of events into special #channels to cross teams can check one spot for external happenings: new users, new sales, support chats, form/data submissions - Forms > CRM/Sheets - shouldn't be understated. Using lead page or no-code CRM (webflow my fave) I've swapped out various signup flows to test ideas/friction/followups repeatedly before asking dev to build actual signup flows into the backend app. Can swap paperform, typeform, mailchimp, google forms in under an hour for multiple signup/landing pages w/o any devs. - Calendar - I use Motion (similar to Calendly) across sales team to speed up meeting flows + use Zaps to pipe those bookings into sheets/Slack/CRM or EMS. Sales team calendars can be public on marketing site (webflow) and bookings generate all the alerts and data we need to just show up to the meetings. - Leverage SMS channel - One-click surveys, recurring survey campaigns using SimpleTexting or YesInsights and piping results wherever I need 'em. Google Sheet with charted dashboards already set up to auto-update. Great for ecomm, great for call/response feature testing with zero dev required. Can add phone signups via form integration or email campaign. - Manual issue / todo alerts: Use specific tag in Asana to pipe a ticket into Slack channel when team member wants to surface for manager/teammate - instead of asana firehose - Light @mention feed - Pipe brand mentions/topics, including web (reddit etc - use F5bot) into sheet or #channel for marketing eyes to check daily - Twitter bot - built @carryonbagsizes using just Zaps: anyone tweets airline name and gets carry-on bag size restrictions back from the bot (including variations on airline names ie United vs United Airlines)

Dwolb 4y ago
Piping user data into Sheets is literally my nightmare. Especially if there's any sort of editing or data transform in sheets, there's 0 traceability of the change.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
  Is there any way to lock a Sheet from edits except for API-based changes?

tungle 4y ago

set a Google calendar event every working day, then connect Zapier to post to Mattermost to remind my team do to virtual stand-up meeting.