{"id":25994392,"date":"2024-10-16T15:56:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketingautomation.it\/project\/zapier-and-marketing-automation\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T09:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T08:59:06","slug":"zapier-and-marketing-automation","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/marketingautomation.it\/en\/project\/zapier-and-marketing-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"Zapier and Marketing Automation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction: what is Zapier?<\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>Zapier<\/strong> is a web service that allows the automation of many interconnected actions between different applications that are not directly integrated with each other.A <em> meta connector <\/em> can be defined that makes it possible <strong>to pass data, information, trigger actions, and other <\/strong>, from one app to another. <\/p>\n\n<p>Let us see below an example of using <strong>Zapier and Marketing Automation<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingautomation.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Esempio-di-automazione-Zapier-Marketing-Automation-1024x508.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25992902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marketingautomation.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Esempio-di-automazione-Zapier-Marketing-Automation-980x486.png 980w, https:\/\/marketingautomation.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Esempio-di-automazione-Zapier-Marketing-Automation-480x238.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Let us remember that <strong>Zapier&#8217;s<\/strong> main goal is to save us time whenever it is possible to <strong>create a procedure to be automated<\/strong>, avoiding continuous manual operations <strong>such as spreadsheet imports and exports<\/strong> from one app to another. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zapier and Marketing Automation\u2028<\/h2>\n\n<p>Using triggers and automated processes (so-called <em>zaps<\/em>), it is possible to <strong>acquire contacts from external forms<\/strong> within Marketing Automation. <\/p>\n\n<p>Form fields are mapped mirror to the standard MA layout, or via Custom Variables (custom fields) that you can create within the Settings section. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use cases: lead generation<\/h2>\n\n<p>We see below a use case, which can also be replicated with other tools; again via Zapier.The case concerns the <strong>triangulation of data exchange<\/strong> between Calendly (appointment management system), Zapier (and its automations) and Marketing Automation.  <\/p>\n\n<p>When a not-yet-known contact <strong>books an appointment<\/strong> with the Sales department of <strong>MA<\/strong>, the process we see above (screenshot of Zapier) automatically creates a new contact card in MA; while Calendly handles sending the <strong>appointment confirmation messages<\/strong>. If in contact is already known, on the other hand, the action performed by it is just a new action recorded within MA touchpoints. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Useful links and contacts<\/h2>\n\n<p>In this post we looked together at what Zapier is and how it can be useful to us, through a simple use case. <\/p>\n\n<p>For complete documentation of Zapier, here are some useful links: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zapier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zapier website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/zapier.com\/pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pricing<\/a>; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"&#x201C;https:\/\/docs.zapier.com\/platform\/home&#x201D;\" target=\"&#x201C;_blank&#x201D;\" rel=\"&#x201C;noreferrer\" noopener=\"\">Technical documentation<\/a>; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Contact instead <strong>Your Marketing Automation PM<\/strong> to explore all the possibilities of automation, <strong>click here<\/strong>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction: what is Zapier? 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