Zapier Integrations: How to get your IT systems talking to eachother - the 'holy grail' of tech!

Want your systems to talk to eachother?

mark from m3 Networks explains how you can get your IT software to sing in harmony!

Do you use integrations in your business?

If you're not using automations and integrations in your business, now's the time to start.

There are lots of tools that can do this job for you, but our favourite here at m3 Networks is Zapier.

With Zapier, you can remove around 40% of your repeat tasks without having to worry about them again other than maintaining them.

Automations and integrations can help with everything from email responses to social media posting, and in this episode, Mark Riddell will be explaining how the team behind the Techcess podcast are using them.

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https://www.techcesspodcast.com/a-scary-horror-story-about-email-hijacking-a-business-out-of-thousands-of-pounds/ 

Ok great. Back to the episode...

How Zapier works

Zapier is a tool that allows users to connect different web applications together.

For example, you could use Zapier to automatically save new Instagram photos to a Dropbox folder, or to automatically send an email notification every time a new blog post is published.

To create a Zap, you first select the two web applications that you want to connect.

You can then choose the specific actions that you want to occur between those applications.

For example, in the Instagram-Dropbox example, you might choose to automatically save any new Instagram photos as PDFs in a specific Dropbox folder.

Zapier offers a wide range of pre-made "zaps" that you can use, or you can create your own zaps by customizing the actions that occur between your chosen applications.

Excerpt from episode (download transcript)

"I've just recently had to take out a paid subscription because we have a number of Zaps now that takes us over the free limit, but it's not really that expensive either to think it's about 20 bucks per month or something like that. So the basis of setting up a app is basically to start with an app. So which app do you want to take data from or you want to do something with?"

Tech Topics covered in this episode:

• A common challenge within business
• What is Zapier?
• How Zapier works
• The way we use Zapier at m3 Networks 
• What to do if you want more specific help with using Zapier

If you'd like Mark to offer you some free guidance on where you currently stand when it comes to your automations, book a free 30 minute chat with him now.

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Talking of software...

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Mark Riddell's technology podcast "Techcess" is an m3 Networks production. Mark and the team have created this podcast to help you and their clients understand how technology can help them in their industry and business, including helping them with cyber security solutions. To find out more about Mark Riddell and the rest of the m3 team, visit them here and follow them on Linkedin.

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