Tools and Reviews

How to Leverage Zapier to Save Time

The popular automation software is user friendly, requires no coding experience, and has a free tier.

Nick Wolny
7 min readJul 17, 2023

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The app’s tagline is “Zapier makes you happier,” and investors agree: Zapier was valued at $5 billion by the end of 2021.

Want to grow online? Stop doing everything manually.

Zapier is a software tool that specializes in integrations and automations. The app has become the gold standard for connecting software tools to other software tools using drag-and-drop workflows. If you can dream it, Zapier can probably help you automate it.

When people think of industries that can benefit from automation, publishing rarely comes to mind first. Then AI became mainstream. I don’t think you should have an AI do all your writing for you, but I do think learning your way around a marketing automation tool can help free up time and mental space. By automating out certain steps of your writing process using simple integrations, you can make your publishing routine faster and easier without sacrificing quality.

Everyone loves to sell the hustle dream, but the reality is that your time is limited. Whether you’re a writer, business owner, or hobbyist, chances are you spend time doing repetitive tasks—time that could instead be used to do what you enjoy.

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Nick Wolny

Finance columnist, Out magazine. Sign up for Financialicious, a newsletter on personal finance and LGBTQ+ topics: nickwolny.com.