7 Ways to Use Zapier & IFTTT to Speed Up Your Workflow | Ep. #117

<p>In Episode #117, Neil and Eric share 7 ways you can use <a href="https://zapier.com/">Zapier</a> and <a href= "https://ifttt.com/">IFTTT</a> to efficiently speed up workflow. Listen to discover new and effective ways to help you automate your business.</p> <h3>Time Stamped Show Notes:</h3> <ul> <li>00:27 – Today’s topic: <em>7 ways to use</em> <a href= "https://zapier.com/">Zapier</a> <em>and</em> <a href= "https://ifttt.com/">IFTTT</a> <em>to speed up your workflow</em></li> <li>00:36 – Zapier and IFTTT allow you to hook in and connect your web applications</li> <li>01:08 – IFTTT is targeted more for the consumer while Zapier is more for a B2B</li> <li>01:27 – #1 Zapier acts as a central location for content and pushes notifications if anything changes or comes up</li> <li>02:09 – #2 Zapier automatically save tweets on a Google spreadsheet where you can go back to see which messages did well</li> <li>03:02 – #3 If you’re using <a href= "https://www.bidsketch.com/">BidSketch</a> or <a href= "https://qwilr.com/">Qwilr</a>—when a new proposal is signed, Zapier will create an automatic <a href= "https://quickbooks.intuit.com/">Quickbooks</a> customer account, notify you on <a href="https://slack.com/">Slack</a>, send an on-boarding email and create a <a href= "https://basecamp.com/">Basecamp</a> project</li> <li>03:47 – #4 IFTTT sends email notifications when you’re mentioned on other websites</li> <li>04:43 – #5 When there is a new <a href= "https://www.intercom.com/">Intercom</a> email, IFTTT pushes it to our <a href="https://www.salesforce.com">Salesforce</a> and to Slack to notify us</li> <li>05:15 – #6 With IFTTT, we get an email notification on what’s trending. For example, we get notifications with what’s happening on <a href="http://giphy.com/search/giffy">Giphy</a> and <a href= "https://www.google.com/trends/">Google Trends</a></li> <li>06:27 – #7 Zapier and IFTTT can help you automate your social media</li> <li>06:57 – That’s it for today’s episode! </li> </ul> <h3>3 Key Points:</h3> <ol> <li>Zapier and