18 Zapier examples and ideas for cool workflows

Here are 18 Zapier examples for your automation inspiration. These are some of my best Zapier workflows, and I hope they give you some ideas for what you can do with Zapier. The biggest question I get about Zapier & workflow automation is that people don’t know where to start. Every business is different, so it’s hard to give examples that apply to everyone - but this video should at least get some ideas flowing. This is NOT a tutorial on how to use Zapier, and you’ll need a little bit of knowledge of Zapier works otherwise this might move a bit fast. If you’ve never used Zapier before, start with this video:    • Zapier tutorial for beginners - Learn how ...   There are a few more videos & posts listed at the bottom of the description if you’d like to learn more about Zapier. Learn how to save 100+ hours per month even if you've never used Zapier before in my course at https://jimmyrose.me/zapier-mastery/ CHAPTERS 00:00 Zapier examples 00:17 What should you automate? 01:34 Getting started with Zapier: SOCIAL MEDIA 02:08 Monitoring Twitter for your brand 03:20 Sharing a random item from a spreadsheet 04:23 Automatically sharing great articles that you find MARKETING 05:43 Curating a weekly newsletter 07:24 Incentivizing people to fill out a survey 08:57 Add all blog posts to a spreadsheet 09:49 Create a task to promote all new blog posts 10:23 Filtering new leads based on company size PROCESSING PAYMENTS 11:40 Adding tags in your CRM based on what products are purchased 14:41 Get notifications when someone buys your product CONTACT SYNC 15:34 Sync email unsubscribes between Active Campaign and Intercom 16:24 Sync contact details between CRM systems WEBSITE MONITORING 17:54 Get alerts about website downtime 19:12 Converting email notification into Slack alerts MISCELLANEOUS 20:50 Get messages about mentions in project management like Jira 21:33 Uploading files from clients to your Google Drive or Dropbox 22:16 Posting customer feedback to your team and Twitter 24:10 Meeting or podcast preparation based on Calendly booking WRAP UP 26:28 Let me know what workflows you come up with! RESOURCES MENTIONED Zapier tutorial / getting start with Zapier Video:    • Zapier tutorial for beginners - Learn how ...   Blog: https://jimmyrose.me/zapier-tutorial/ Getting a random row from Google sheets with Zapier: Video:    • How to get a random row from Google Sheets...   Blog: https://jimmyrose.me/random-google-sh... Curating a weekly newsletter: Video:    • Creating a weekly newsletter to nurture le...   Blog: https://jimmyrose.me/weekly-newslette... What are webhooks: Video:    • What are webhooks   Blog: https://jimmyrose.me/what-are-webhooks/ Catching webhooks with Zapier: Video:    • Using Zapier to catch webhooks   Post: https://jimmyrose.me/processing-webho... Zapier email parser: Video:    • How to use Zapier email parser to automate...   Blog: https://jimmyrose.me/zapier-email-par... Subscribe to learn about how to automate your business and marketing. Use the red button or sign up to get notified by email at https://jimmyrose.me/ ----------------------------------------------- Find me on the web: On the web: https://jimmyrose.me/ Facebook:   / jamesrosepage   Twitter:   / _jimmyrose   Instagram:   / getjimmyrose   LinkedIn:   / jamesrose0