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Not gonna lie, nothing like some fun swag to get near and dear to my heart! Shout out to my friends at Zapier and if you're not automating your workflow yet, use my referral link to get two free weeks https://lnkd.in/gcXcwBBR #ZapierAmbassador

My dad was the original tech geek in my life. When I was a kid, I’d watch him down in the basement, perched at his giant IBM, running Quattro Pro (pre-Excel days!!) surrounded by a dot-matrix printer and a stack of floppy disks. To me, he was the KING of computers. He’s the reason I started using a computer so young. Fast forward to today… He’s now a volunteer leader for his local Community Emergency Response Team (proud daughter over here!!), but tech? Let’s just say he’s starring in his own personal telenovela of tech frustrations. He’s vented to so many people, and the conversations are full of dramatic highs and lows... because he doesn’t fully understand the problem, or quite frankly, the solutions available to him. So when he came to me with his spreadsheet + form setup meltdown, I (lovingly) told him, “You need to move from Microsoft to Google and use Zapier for the little extras you're looking for." (No shade, Microsoft, still love you, but Daddy-o needs Google Forms). He looked at me like I was speaking a foreign tongue. Like I had been POSSESSED. So what did I do? I pulled up ChatGPT and had it write him step-by-step instructions. He sat there watching, a mix of awe and HORROR on his face. This is the same man who once taught me about technology. And now, the world has moved so flipping fast, he’s been left in the dust. Since he once introduced me to tech, it's only fair that I now get to do the same for him... Roles shift. But love, and helping each other figure it all out, stays the same. ❤️

This week, Zapier rolled out a new expectation - 100% of our new hires must be fluent in AI. But that doesn't mean we expect you to be there yet! When you enter our process, you can expect that we'll talk about your experience with AI up until this point, and you and your recruiter can discuss the expectations for AI usage and AI fluency in the role you're applying for. But we'll also share AI training materials, guidance, and practice exercises so whether you land at Zapier or not, the process helps to build your skills and make you a come competitive candidate for ANY company. If you end up joining Zapier, you can also expect an onboarding process that builds tangible AI skills while also helping you master our AI orchestration platform. Personally, one of my favorite things about Zapier is our transparency around what we're looking for so I love that we're being up front about the skills we're looking for here. And I also think by adding AI fluency to our list of skills, we're expanding who might be a great fit - your AI expertise might just give you an edge and offset some other areas for growth! If all of this sounds exciting, then you should probably be applying to join us!! Check out our openings (referral link, and some relevant blog posts below!!)

This relatively new Zapier feature makes my life so much easier: Use previous Zap runs as trigger test records: https://lnkd.in/ev43Vyqf

When you connect Zapier + Perplexity, you stop overthinking because your work starts to work for you. New email? Summarized. Calendar update? Auto-response sent. I’ve been using this setup to save precious time and clear my head. Less thinking. More doing. MORE TIME. Try it. https://try.zapier.com/ari #Zapier #ZapierPartner #AI

Every brand campaign Zapier launched last year won a Telly Award. That’s five awards across craft, comedy, and B2B campaign categories! All recognizing the bold, unexpected work we’re doing to reimagine what a SaaS brand can look like. The Magical Life of Machines: 🏆 Gold - Art Direction 🏆 Gold - Set Design Zap for Zap: 🥈 Silver - Use of Comedy ZAP, AI in a Can: 🥈 Silver - Comedy The Enterprise Psychic: 🥉 Bronze - B2B Campaign Recognition like this shows what’s possible when B2B brands embrace storytelling, weirdness, and world-building (not just features). Because when your brand makes people feel something, they’re more likely to remember what you make, and what it can help them do. Huge kudos to Sadie Hochfield, Maeve McGeorge, Joe Montefusco, Ashley Hadeed, Ericke Tan, and Talia Rose. AND to our partners at Strange Family Studios and Even/ Odd Studios for helping bring these ideas to life.

We’re setting a new standard at Zapier. 100% of new hires must be fluent in AI. How? By giving 100% of applicants concrete ways to grow their skills. Each candidate now gets access to AI training materials and guidance. Once hired, they’ll experience our revamped onboarding process focused on product mastery + building tangible AI skills. Higher expectations. Better training. Stronger support. We're raising the bar for AI fluency, and everyone deserves a chance to meet it. Want to join Zapier? Check out our open roles 👇

In this month’s newsletter, we’re sharing 25+ real workflows that show how one good automation idea can scale across your entire org. Plus: ⚡ Steal these workflows: Cold outreach, call prep, Slack bots, help desks—real Zaps you can copy and customize. ⚡ What’s new at Zapier: AI orchestration, Anthropic Claude 3.7 + Zapier MCP, OpenAI adds native MCP support, and our AI Playbook. ⚡ Customer Spotlight: See how Slate Magazine, JBGoodwin REALTORS, and Otter.ai are scaling automation with AI.

I really don't post on LinkedIn much, but when Zapier asked if anyone wanted to make a demo about Zapier Agents making their work processes easier, I was down. Weirdly excited about sharing this Agent that automatically drafts an email for research participants who are running late! Which, if you're a user researcher, knows that happens 60% of the time. I uuused to spend at least 5ish minutes writing a reminder email, pasting the Zoom link, calendar details, *and* rescheduling options. So, I built a quick agent that handles this automatically. Here's what it does: Detects when a research call is starting in Google Calendar Grabs all the event details (Zoom link, participant info, etc.) Creates a draft reminder email in @Gmail with everything pre-filled Saves me ~5 minutes per incident In two months, it's drafted 31 emails and I've sent 12. That's real time back in my day. 🧠 👇 Demo below shows exactly how it works What manual tasks are you automating to get time back for the work that actually matters? Get the template: https://bit.ly/4dtrvMA

Happy Friday everyone! 😎 We hope you all had a great week so far. For our next NoCodeOps by Zapier Community livestream, we’re bringing you two industry-leading experts in sales automation: Hanneke Vogels (Managing Partner at Stryfes) and Philip Lakin (Head of Enterprise Innovation at Zapier). Join us as Hanneke dives into why Zapier AI agents are the secret weapon for building robust Sales Tech solutions - and then watch Philip bring those insights to life with two live builds straight from Hanneke’s eBook! 📚 In this session you’ll discover how to: • Understand AI agents’ impact: Learn why AI agents are critical for modern B2B sales tech and how they drive higher win rates. • Spot automation opportunities: Pinpoint the repetitive tasks in your sales process that are begging for an AI-powered makeover. • See live builds: Philip Lakin will demo two real-world use cases- chosen from Hanneke’s eBook - showing how to deploy AI agents for your sales use cases. ⚡️ Supercharge your team: Walk away with a clear framework and actionable blueprints to eliminate manual drudgery, ensure process consistency, and boost productivity. 🎯 Who should attend: Sales Leadership, Sales Enablement, Sales Ops, and anyone passionate about leveraging AI in B2B sales! See you all on May 29th! 🙂