We work with such a diverse range of clients, many of whom had never heard of Zapier before they connected with us.  We understand that you may be unsure what kinds of apps can be connected using Zapier so thought we’d share a showcase of some of our key projects to fire up your imagination!

In this article, we share examples of how we use Zapier workflow automations to:

• Synchronise contact information across multiple software platforms
• Trigger lead nurturing sequences
• Create complex reporting, pulling data from a range of sources
• Send sales data to accounting packages

…and much more!

As Zapier experts we love solving business problems and finding solutions that save time and reduce stress for our customers.  If you have a time suck that we can help with then just book a discovery call with us to talk it through.

Thinkific payments to Xero

Thinkific is a great platform for hosting and selling online courses and manages payments by Stripe and Paypal.  We configured a zap for our client to send sales data from Thinkific linked payment solutions to Xero when a payment is made, applying the correct taxes by location and allocating nominal codes based on the product type.

Connecting Pipedrive with Google Docs, Microsoft Outlook, and Google Calendar

Pipedrive is a popular CRM and has a range of useful integrations using Zapier.  We created complex lead-nurturing cadence sequences, proposal automations, and invoicing reminders to streamline a customer’s manual processes.  These zaps use a combination of Google Docs, Microsoft Outlook, and Google Calendar to send emails, proposal documents, and payment reminders.

Woocommerce payments to Xero

Woocommerce is a leading e-commerce plugin for WordPress websites, allowing products to be added, displayed, and sold.  Linking it to Xero using Zapier is really straightforward for creating invoices and our automations apply the correct taxes depending on the customer location and allocate the correct nominal code depending on which product type has been purchased.

Google Sheets and Autopilot

We built some complex reporting on lead conversion by linking Google Sheets and Autopilot.  Autopilot is a visual marketing tool for automating customer journeys for nurturing purposes.  As well as reporting on leads we also synchronised contacts for marketing segmentation.

Acuity Scheduling, Woocommerce, Quickbooks Online and Active Campaign

Although some zaps are simple two-step integrations, others involve more complex business scenarios.  The good news is that once they are configured you can forget about them, knowing they are working in the background to save you time.

One of our customers needed to store cumulative values of sales for marketing campaign segmentation so we linked Acuity Scheduling with Woocommerce, Quickbooks Online, and Active Campaign.  Sometimes you need multi-step workflows to fulfil the business requirement, for example in this project, but it’s worth the effort to streamline a workflow.

Pipedrive and Dear Inventory

Dear Inventory is a neat app that manages stock, purchases, sales, suppliers, and customers, and we linked it with Pipedrive to synchronise contact data.   Keeping data in line across multiple apps can be a nightmare if you’re doing it manually, but using Zapier to sync your contacts between your tools is such a great use of automation.

Clickfunnels and Zoho CRM

Zoho is a cloud-based CRM and campaign management app and it is vital that contact data is up to date.  Using Zapier to synchronise new leads from Clickfunnels campaigns with Zoho means that our client doesn’t have to worry about manually updating their CRM when they receive new leads.

Gravity Forms linking to multiple apps

One of our larger projects was for Ascent Dental (you can read our case study here for more detail) where we linked various applications to streamline their processes.

Some of the new processes linked Gravity Forms, Mailchimp, Gmail, Google Sheets, VoodooSMS, and Pipedrive.  These processes involved complex zaps that automated lead nurturing cadence sequences and supplied various reports. 

Pipedrive and Smartsheet

Smartsheet is a great app that allows you to manage projects and process reporting more effectively in a spreadsheet-style format.  We linked Pipedrive with Smartsheet to sync lead and deal data once created in Pipedrive.

BookingLive and Xero

BookingLive is a leading system for scheduling and booking appointments, and we linked it with Xero to synchronise contact and order data.

Salesforce, Xero and Freshdesk

Salesforce is one of the leading CRMs and we created various complex workflows to link it with Freshdesk, a helpdesk and customer support platform, to ensure contact data was synchronised across the two systems.  We also configured zaps to automate invoice creation in Xero.

Pipedrive, Xero, Slack, and Asana

We created some complex integrations to connect Pipedrive with Xero, Slack, and Asana for one client.  Slack is a great platform for sending notifications to your team members and there are many business scenarios to trigger messages using Zapier.  Asana is a project management app and you can create new tasks using Zapier when an action is performed in another system. 

Linking all these systems means that staff can concentrate on their core role rather than remembering to do manual, repetitive tasks.

Salesforce, ScheduleIt, Fast Field Forms, Google Sheets, and Microsoft Outlook

Another one of our larger projects was for IQ Glass (which you can read about here in our case study) where we saved them a huge 45 hours every week.  We connected webforms with Salesforce to automatically create new leads.  When a new Salesforce project was added or a project status changed we updated a resource in ScheduleIt and we also updated a row in Google Sheets.  We automated the purchase order workflow by automatically creating a purchase order in Salesforce when a new order is received in Microsoft Outlook.  We updated dropdown lists in FastField Forms when new clients or projects were added to Salesforce, and streamlined the timesheet recording process by automatically transferring data from FastField Forms to Google Sheets. And…more!

Video demos on YouTube

It’s worth checking out our YouTube channel for detailed examples of how we’ve used Zapier to automate processes for our clients.  Each short video shows the exact steps to configure zaps which will save you time in your business.

One example is where we automatically add contacts and invoices from Xero to Pipedrive.  But there are many more and it’s worth subscribing to our channel for notifications when we add new ones.

Testimonials

“Kelly has transformed our financial processes. I have saved hours of time each week on the reconciliation of Xero thanks to the zap improvements she has done.” Alison Moncrieff, Managing Director, Prune Harris

You can read more testimonials here, from businesses we’ve helped using Zapier automations.

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Solvaa: Strategy, Solutions, Support, Education

UK-based Solvaa® is a systems, process and automation consultancy specialising in improving business workflows. Solvaa® works with SMEs worldwide to implement digital tools, better processes, use business process automation and generative AI to boost productivity, enhance lead management, and remove unnecessary time, costs and hassles from stretched business owners’ days.

We help you simplify and streamline existing processes, integrate your business tools to make data transfer more efficient, and automate manual tasks. Our business process automation specialists have extensive experience using multiple cloud-based business tools, including Zapier, Pipedrive CRM, SmartSuite, Xero, Google Suite, ClickUp, Asana, Airtable, Hubspot, Active Campaign, Salesforce, Mailchimp, Quickbooks and many more. We are Zapier Certified Experts, SmartSuite Certified Partners, Pipedrive Certified Partners and Xero Certified Advisors. We also educate teams about using AI in their daily roles, mindset, governance and strategy in our Solvaa AI Academy.

Solvaa® was founded in 2016 by Kelly Goss, a no-code solutions architect, business process automation specialist and author of Automate It with Zapier (first edition) and Automate It with Zapier and Generative AI (second edition).

A thought leader on business process automation and digital adoption, Kelly attended an invite-only Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the UK government at No.10 Downing Street, providing insights and recommendations on how SMEs can benefit from productivity gains by using digital technologies, automation and AI. She has also been invited to speak at the House of Lords and at many other events.

Contact us today to find out how Solvaa can help your business make big savings on operational costs and time, and significantly increase productivity.

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