Automate It with Zapier and Generative AI: Harness the power of no-code workflow automation and AI with Zapier, 2nd Edition

Simply and effectively strategize and create automated business workflows with Zapier, including AI-integrated functionality such as the ChatGPT plugin and the OpenAI integration, to reduce time spent on manual and repetitive tasks, all without needing to use code
Key Features

Discover the newest Zapier features including the OpenAI integration and ChatGPT plugin
Explore expert tips and real-life examples to use Zapier effectively to connect 6000+ business apps and automate tasks
Learn how to manage your account effectively and troubleshoot problems with your Zaps

Book Description

Organizations experience significant issues with productivity when dealing with manual and repetitive tasks. Automate it with Zapier, Second edition has been extensively revised on how to analyze your processes and identify repetitive tasks that can be automated between 6000+ cloud-based business applications.

It includes all of the newest features in Zapier such as AI functionality using the ChatGPT plugin, drafts, reordering and duplicating steps and paths, sub-folders and version history, as well as built-in apps such as Looping, Sub-Zap, Interfaces, Tables, Transfer, and provides more examples covering a variety of use cases sourced from the Zapier user community.

You'll learn how to implement automation in your organization along with its important principles, terminology, and first steps of how to use Zapier. Progressively, you'll learn how to use Zapier’s native functionality and all 27 built-in apps such as Filter, Paths, Formatter, Digest, and Scheduler, to enable you to build multi-step Zaps. You will also discover how to manage your Zapier account effectively, as well as how to troubleshoot technical problems with your workflows, and use the OpenAI integration to automate AI tasks.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to automate your manual and repetitive tasks using Zapier depicted through real-life examples.
What you will learn

Think out-of-the-box to simplify business workflows and solve productivity problems
Strategize how to optimally structure and build your workflow automation in Zapier to prevent errors and excessive task usage
Get to grips with the newest built-in apps including Transfer, Interfaces, Tables, Looping, Sub-Zap, and the ChatGPT plugin
Learn how to use AI-integrated apps and features with automation.
Create complex multi-step Zaps using logic, formatting, and calculations
Effectively manage your account and troubleshoot problems with your Zaps

Who This Book Is For

This book is for business owners, operations managers and teams in micro, small, or medium-sized businesses looking at automating repetitive tasks and increasing their productivity using Zapier and AI-integrated features. Service providers offering digital process improvement, systemization, and automation services to their clients such as solutions architects, process consultants, business analysts, virtual assistants, CRM consultants, OBMs, bookkeepers and accountants will find this book extremely useful. Suitable for new and experienced Zapier users.
Table of Contents

Introduction to Business Process Automation with Zapier
Preparing to Automate Your Processes
Building Your First Automated Workflow (Zap)
Managing your Zaps
Troubleshooting and Handling Zap Errors
Creating Multi-Step Zaps and Using Built-In Apps

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