{"id":21706,"date":"2024-10-29T19:35:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T19:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/?p=21706"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T00:25:17","slug":"how-to-clone-yourself-and-get-30-of-your-life-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/ro\/how-to-clone-yourself-and-get-30-of-your-life-back\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udc65 How to clone yourself and get 30% of your life back"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_.png\" alt=\"MarketingAlec\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_.png 512w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-192x192.png 192w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/elementor\/thumbs\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-qsd1w4gm5oppmlw0i0651x3vnemu1l8b6yh9wjvsh4.png 100w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/elementor\/thumbs\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-qsd1w4gl6lokc7d0yvh7d216tj9j46nqhit4zfi0g8.png 20w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/elementor\/thumbs\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-qsd1w4gljrbhtlt5ajqjzvop4qj0ppmg926otun6gk.png 50w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/elementor\/thumbs\/cropped-Favicon-coloured-background_-qsd1w4glo574zemiqfto7hkj8gy6kvy0u8n7fzowgo.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/subscription\/\" id=\"HButton\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/subscription\/\" id=\"HButton\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoin 7k+ Subscribers\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MarketingAlec-how-to-clone-yourself-and-get-30-percent-of-your-life-back-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MarketingAlec-how-to-clone-yourself-and-get-30-percent-of-your-life-back-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MarketingAlec-how-to-clone-yourself-and-get-30-percent-of-your-life-back-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MarketingAlec-how-to-clone-yourself-and-get-30-percent-of-your-life-back-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MarketingAlec-how-to-clone-yourself-and-get-30-percent-of-your-life-back-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/marketingalec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MarketingAlec-how-to-clone-yourself-and-get-30-percent-of-your-life-back.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<table style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; background-color: #ffffff;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 640px;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; background-size: cover; background-position: center;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"640\">\n<table style=\"text-align: center; float: none;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n\u00a0\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 120%; text-align: center; text-transform: none;\">Zapier. A tool that helps me save my most valuable resource. \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 640px;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; background-size: cover; background-position: center;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"640\">\n<h1 style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 36px; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-transform: none;\">6 ways I use Zapier every week<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-transform: none;\"><strong>Read Time:<\/strong> 3 minutes<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1; text-transform: uppercase;\">Highlights:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"font-family: Roboto, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; text-transform: none;\">\n<li>What <em>is<\/em> Zapier??<\/li>\n<li>Why I use Zapier + the best part (it&#8217;s free)<\/li>\n<li>My top-used Zapier workflows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1; text-transform: uppercase;\">What *is* Zapier Anyway? \ud83e\udd28<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-transform: none;\">\u200b<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/zapier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zapier<\/a> is an automation tool that allows you to create connections, or &#8220;Zaps&#8221; as they like to call them, between over 7,000 apps such as ChatGPT, Gmail, or Outlook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-transform: none;\">It helps by combining flows, data, and logic from each of your programs, with zero coding knowledge needed. They have over 25 million Zaps on the platform, so you can easily utilize their pre-made templates and get ideas for automating your workflows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center; text-transform: none;\"><strong>Essentially, Zapier = connecting all your apps <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-transform: none;\">The <em>best<\/em> part?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-transform: none;\">You can try most of the Zaps on the free plan, so you can easily test it out before investing real money. \ud83e\udd1d\ud83d\udcb0<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: center; float: none;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 4px 4px 4px 4px; width: 800px; height: auto; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.filekitcdn.com\/e\/rHrUh6F86SAu83hu9i2h16\/oHDnfXeheDYQ3rxyMKJDrF\" alt=\"Meme about digital marketers testing compatibility of 17 apps on various devices.\" width=\"800\" height=\"auto\" title=\"\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 640px;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; background-size: cover; background-position: center; border-radius: 6px 6px 6px 6px; border: solid 3px #a3d0cf;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"640\">\n<h2 style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1; text-transform: uppercase;\">2 Resources To Help You Save Even More Time \u23f1\ufe0f<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; text-transform: none;\">\n<li><strong>Hire a team obsessed with efficiency and automation. <\/strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/scaledon.com\/https:\/\/vfv2omeuq7t.typeform.com\/to\/PRDNqRBj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ScaledOn<\/strong><\/a><strong> is here to help!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Get a user-friendly lead-gen and survey app that connects to Zapier easily. We love <\/strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/typeform.cello.so\/sJn6QydHges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Typeform<\/strong><\/a><strong>. Try it out &amp; start building Zaps today.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 640px;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; background-size: cover; background-position: center;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"640\">\n<h2 style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1; text-transform: uppercase;\">Why I Use Zapier: Testing \ud83d\ude0d<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-transform: none;\">While it does add complexity to my workflow (especially for the initial setup), it provides a process architecture that helps us save time without having to lock in to a single vendor or SaaS software. As a team of marketers who love testing different tools, this is a <strong>huge<\/strong> benefit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-transform: none;\">Maybe your needs change. Maybe you love ChatGPT, but work suddenly requires you to use Microsoft Copilot. Zapier makes that transition <u>incredibly<\/u> easy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-transform: none;\">I also use <a style=\"color: #396caa;\" href=\"http:\/\/Make.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Make.com<\/a>, which is cheaper and more advanced in some ways. But for folks who can afford the $30\/mo price point, I&#8217;d recommend Zapier instead. It&#8217;s easier and has way more connections to all the tools you&#8217;ll need to save the most time.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1; text-transform: uppercase;\">What Do I Actually use Zapier For? \ud83d\ude4c<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; text-transform: none;\">\n<li><strong>Email<\/strong> &#8211; I connect ChatGPT to Gmail to write summaries and extract information from reports, competitor newsletters, and just about any email that I don\u2019t have time for.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Competitive Intel<\/strong> &#8211; I scrape websites using <a style=\"color: #396caa;\" href=\"https:\/\/hexomatic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hexomatic<\/a>, then use Zapier to put them into a Google sheet, database, or workflow where I can easily analyze competitor activity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data Sync<\/strong> between tools and platforms &#8211; Often I have data in a CRM (Hubspot, Salesforce, or Active Campaign) and I need it in Google, Meta, or other platforms for retargeting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Content Pipeline<\/strong> &#8211; I can have Zapier generate a transcript from a YouTube channel, like <a style=\"color: #396caa;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/TheProfGShow-ScottGalloway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Professor G<\/a>, which I then run through ChatGPT to get a summary of useful content ideas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution<\/strong> &#8211; I mostly use it to automate messages on Slack and other team tools, but you <a style=\"color: #396caa;\" href=\"https:\/\/zapier.com\/apps\/categories\/social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can post<\/a> to all the major social platforms, including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. You can also <a style=\"color: #396caa;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0YJAxa8Lgq0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">combine Zapier and ChatGPT<\/a> to auto-generate video captions or post replies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Admin Work<\/strong> &#8211; I hate repetitive admin work. It completely drains me, and I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m not alone. Here are just a few of the admin tasks I automate: <a style=\"color: #396caa;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O0rSY3nnGNc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">publishing content<\/a> on WordPress, flagging website issues and alerts, handling <a style=\"color: #396caa;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VUuKWhBbp44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stripe billing <\/a>payments, and expediting <a style=\"color: #396caa;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aqzBVnm8DGU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">team onboarding<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-transform: none;\">Ready to jump even deeper into the rabbit hole of Zapier content and learn how you can become a master at saving time?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-transform: none;\">Here&#8217;s a few of my go-to resources:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; text-transform: none;\">\n<li>\u200b<a style=\"color: #396caa;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AEtRVG_fPnY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Understand the differences<\/a> between Zapier and Make<\/li>\n<li>\u200b<a style=\"color: #396caa;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLcFpLbKfavFwFmQj8rPlVFFRrcKApYl7X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn the basics of Zapier<\/a> from&#8230; Zapier themselves<\/li>\n<li>\u200b<a style=\"color: #396caa;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLJrzt4ameiaOR37aXvlJ5sUd9dSWEG847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bridge ChatGPT and Zapier<\/a> together for limitless possibilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-transform: none;\"><em>What Zap are you going to create first to save time?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #353535; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 1.5; text-transform: none;\">Hit &#8216;reply&#8217; and let me know! 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