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Most of us waste far too much time doing busywork. Instead of focusing on the most important parts of our job, we fritter the hours away sending emails, checking apps for updates, copying data back and forth, and scheduling endless meetings.

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Popular ways to use Zapier to improve your work

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Meet Alek Flekel, Greg Ah Sue, and Stacy Li, Zapier's 2023 Marketing Operations MVP Award winners. 

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Meet our 2023 Marketing Operations MVP Award winners

Zapier is thrilled to announce the launch of "The 4%" podcast, a groundbreaking limited series that explores the story of Kerry Robinson's wrongful conviction and pursuit of justice that led to his freedom after nearly two decades behind bars.

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Introducing "The 4%" podcast

Earlier this year, we launched our second annual No-Code Day Contest and asked you to submit your favorite no-code projects. 

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A roundup of innovative submissions from Zapier's 2023 No-Code Day Contest

Zapier's Marketing Operations Appreciation Day (April 11) is back—and this time, we want to spread the love to all operations professionals.

Zapier's Marketing Operations Appreciation Day is back

Zapier's second annual No-Code Day Contest has officially come and gone, and we were thrilled to see all the ways companies, non-profits, and small businesses are using no-code tools to automate their mission-critical workflows. 

Meet Zapier's 2023 No-Code Day Contest winners

Last year, we held our first-ever no-code day contest and had over 400 amazing submissions. 

It's time for Zapier's second annual National No-Code Day and No-Code Contest

Partner case studies

Learn how Paperform boosted user retention rates by embedding Zapier.

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How Paperform's Zapier integration increased its user retention rate

Learn how Clearbit reduces churn by showcasing its Zapier integration.

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How Clearbit reduces churn by showcasing its Zapier integration

Learn how Close halved customer churn with Zapier.

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How Close kicked customer churn to the curb with its Zapier integration

Learn how collaborating with Zapier boosted new users and account upgrades for Typeform.

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How Typeform increased new daily users by 32% with Zapier

Learn how MeisterTask's Zapier-powered integration library brings in high-converting new users.

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How MeisterTask reached new audiences with its Zapier integration

Learn how creating an integration created stickier customers for Autopilot.

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How integrating with Zapier made Autopilot's users more likely to upgrade

App tips

With hundreds of employees chatting every day, Zapier's Slack is a busy place. To keep things under some semblance of control, our People Ops team put together a guide to Slack etiquette at Zapier.

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Slack etiquette at Zapier

For our inaugural No-Code Day Contest, we received over 400 submissions, all showcasing unique and creative ways folks are using no-code tools.

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Zapier's favorite No-Code Day Contest submissions

When we launched Zapier's inaugural No-Code Day contest, we wanted to see what cool things our customers have built using our product.

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Meet Zapier's 2022 No-Code Day Contest winner

Data reports

Technology companies have done exceptionally well over the past few years—experiencing huge gains during the pandemic as many companies and consumers turned to technology to provide contactless ways to communicate and do business.

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Over half of tech companies don't think they'll survive a prolonged recession

These side hustle statistics show that side hustles are growing in popularity and are possible by technology like automation.

Zapier report: 40% of Americans have a side hustle in 2022

Every day, marketing operations professionals work behind the scenes to help marketers do their best work. Their work is the foundation of any well-run marketing team, but their contributions often go underrecognized. 

Introducing Zapier's 2022 Marketing Ops Awards winners

It's clear that employees don't want to go back to the way things were pre-pandemic. So we asked the question: What is the future of remote work? What perks do employees really want? And what will help keep employee retention high? 

Zapier report: The future of work

Nominate yourself or your coworkers for the first-ever Marketing Ops Awards.

Introducing Marketing Ops Appreciation Day

A first-of-its-kind examination of the dramatic rise in the use of no-code tools and its effect on U.S. businesses.

Zapier data report: The rise of no-code

Enter Zapier's No-Code Contest for a chance to win $25,000.

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Introducing National No-Code Day and Zapier's No-Code Contest

While the start of the pandemic forced furloughs, layoffs, and business closures at unprecedented speed, Americans responded by starting small businesses at a record pace, according to a new report by Zapier. 

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Zapier report: Pandemic business boom

By using tech solutions to accomplish tedious tasks, organizations can solve a lot of issues—and many non-profits are turning to automation to help.

How better tech is helping non-profits do the work that matters

Employees are overworked, stressed, and experiencing burnout more than ever before. The desire to shift where we work is just the beginning—employees also want to change how they work.

Zapier report: Automation makes workers happier—and less likely to quit their jobs

Canadian knowledge workers only spend 18 percent of their time on their core job functions and spend a shocking amount of time on data entry. And yet they still trail American companies when it comes to automation use.

Zapier report: Canadians trail Americans when it comes to automation

Automation tools are becoming increasingly common in the workplace, helping employees in all roles be more productive throughout the day and allowing them to log off feeling confident about both the work they've done and what's on their plate moving forward.

Zapier report: Marketers lead the pack in automation at work

Meetings get a bad rap, but it turns out they're far from the biggest time sink in the modern office. Data entry and covering for coworkers take up more time for most knowledge workers. 

Meetings aren't killing productivity; data entry is 

Marketing tips

New to lead management? This infographic will show you everything you need to know about the lead lifecycle—and how automation can help you find, nurture, and win more leads.

The beginner's guide to lead management

Product news

Security has always been a priority for Zapier—after all, your data is your business—and we are pleased to announce we've completed a SOC 2® Type II compliance audit.

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Companies that use automation software are more likely to hire in 2021. 

How automation helped SMBs during the pandemic

The most dreaded task in every state has one thing in common: it's something humans shouldn't have to do anymore because computers can do it instead. 

Knowledge workers' most dreaded tasks

The future of automation is about how technology can support humans, especially in the small and mid-sized business community. Software automation has grown, enabling workers to be more efficient and giving them time back to do things only people can do.

Zapier report: The 2021 state of business automation

Most people spend at least part of their day doing repetitive tasks that a computer could do faster. Automation software does these tasks for you, but only three in five knowledge workers (61 percent) use automation software at work.

Zapier's automation confidence index: Wave 3

Roughly three in five Americans (61 percent) have had an idea for starting a business, and around a third (34 percent) have had more than one. But most of those people—92 percent—didn’t follow through with turning their idea into reality. 

Wasted potential: Why Americans aren't starting businesses

One in three Americans—34 percent—have a side hustle. 61.1 million Americans (24%) plan to start a side hustle in 2021.

One in three Americans have a side hustle

This quarterly report measures knowledge workers' use of automation at work over time to better understand how automation is impacting their work.

Zapier’s quarterly automation confidence index: Wave 2

Almost every digital marketer that uses automation software benefits from it, but these tools are currently more popular in the U.S. than in the U.K. That's according to a transatlantic survey of digital marketers commissioned by Zapier.

Report: Why digital marketers are embracing automation

The world changed for everyone in March—including small businesses. Social distancing policies meant many businesses needed to pivot to online or grow their online market in order to survive.

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Zapier's Apps at Work Report: The Fastest Growing Apps of 2020

Nearly two-thirds of knowledge workers (64 percent) currently use automation software at work—and nearly a fifth (18 percent) intend to use it in the future. No one dreams of doing the repetitive work that we've been told is a necessary part of our job.

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The majority of workers use automation software at work—here's why

American knowledge workers are burned out as they continue to adjust to work-related issues caused by COVID-19. But even in the midst of that exhaustion, some are less likely to take time off from work.

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2020 is exhausting but people are taking less time off than usual. Here's why

Vacations are supposed to relieve stress, not cause more. And yet: an overwhelming majority of knowledge workers—87 percent—say there are things they dread about returning to work after taking time off.

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Why knowledge workers dread coming back from vacation—and what could help

Forty-four percent of small business owners think it's likely that changes they've made to their businesses due to COVID-19 will be permanent, according to new research.

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How has the pandemic affected small business operations?

A lot of people are looking for a job right now. Most of them—70 percent—think automation skills will help them find one. That's according to a new survey by The Harris Poll commissioned by Zapier.

The job seekers report by Zapier

A global pandemic forced Bay Area employers into remote work. Now many employees will keep working from home, even when others return to the office.

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The Bay Area exodus

Zapier feature guides

Once you start automating your work, it's easy to see the potential for new Zaps that can take other manual tasks off your plate. Zapier lets you create workflows that can perform many actions from a single trigger.

Maximize your productivity with multi-step Zaps

A few months ago, remote work was niche. In the past month, just over half of employed Americans have transitioned to working from home—at least, for the time being. It's a massive experiment.

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Half of America just started working from home. So, how's it going?

Remote work tips

We know a lot about online team building here at Zapier. We've been a 100% distributed company for nearly a decade, and we have a lot of fun. Not like we're-all-hermits-and-we-don't-know-what-fun-actually-means fun—real fun.

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Remote team activities: How to have fun when you work from home

As more people transition to remote work, we've received lots of questions about what work from home apps we use internally at Zapier.

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Work from home apps: The 16 tools we use most at Zapier

At Zapier, our "default to transparency" value means that we communicate in public channels, share information, document our work, and ask questions in a way that helps others do their work more effectively.

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5 tips for communicating on a remote team

Millennials aren't that young anymore. The generation is currently between 24 and 39 years old, meaning some Millennials are nearly two decades into their career.

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Millennials are managers now

Millennials and Gen Z have heard a lot about their work ethic and attitudes. Turns out they disagree with most of it. You might think younger generations are disloyal to employers.

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Misunderstood generations: what Millennials and Gen Z actually think about work

2020 is almost here and knowledge workers are thinking about their New Years resolutions. We were interested in learning more about what they want to change about their careers, and the factors driving those changes—from stress to work-life imbalance.

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The Work Resolutions Report by Zapier

Seven in ten (70 percent) of knowledge workers say they plan to spend time online shopping for the holidays while at work this year. With the holidays just around the corner, Zapier commissioned The Harris Poll to see just how much time U.S.

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7 out of 10 Knowledge Workers Will Shop Online at Work This Year

Remote work isn't niche anymore—it's everywhere. Anyone who frequents a coffee shop knows that. At this point, companies of all sizes are implementing remote work policies.

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The Remote Work Report by Zapier

Web development is full of short scripts to help you get more done, faster. This set of Zaps will speed up your web development and let you focus on more important parts of building web and mobile applications.

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