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A Crash Course In Zapier

A Crash Course In Zapier

connor finlayson
Connor Finlayson
November 21, 2020

In this video, I give you a crash course in one of my absolute favourite productivity apps - Zapier. According to Zapier, they have saved me over 17 weeks worth of time by allowing me to automate some of mundane day-to-day work tasks. Zapier for Beginners was made for anyone brand new to automation and workflows.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:22 What is Zapier?

1:31 Breaking down the Zap

1:56 My Video Database (Airtable)

2:47 Triggers and Actions

3:18 Setting up the trigger

4:30 Setting the first action - Create Google Drive

5:51 Setting the second action - Create a Google Doc

7:42 Setting the third action - Create a Google Calendar Event

8:41 Updating the status of your Airtable Record

What are you going to automate?