The Zapier Automation Trail Map: Workflow Automation For Small Business
Do you own, run, or manage a small business?
The Automation Trail Map by Chatham Oaks is a publication focused on finding new, simple ways to save company time and money using Zapier automations.
With Zapier, the online automation king devoted to assisting any business “automate their busywork”, you can find over 5,000 apps that you may currently be using in your suite of business tools. Most of these apps you’ll never know about or encounter. But what if one of those apps can change the way you do business forever? Maybe, maybe not. But if there’s a chance, I’m taking it so you don’t have to.
Every trail map will include a quick guide what the app does, three recommended automations and who they should be geared towards, and my honest review whether you, as a small business, should go out of your way to incorporate this app into your process on a scale from 1–4. 1 being the least small business friendly to 4 being the most. Here are some business automation solutions:
Willow Oak Strength
1 out of 4 rating
Willow denotes automations that are niche requirements. Either they are industry focused or do not have any automations that have general business uses.
Water Oak Strength
2 out of 4 rating
A Water badge for a particular app on Zapier means their automations are quite limited, set-up time is too large, or the cost is too great. These limitations result in the particular app being somewhat unnecessary for small businesses to institute into their business ops.
Chestnut Oak Strength
3 out of 4 rating
Chestnut badges will tell you that apps have great automations but they may or may not need to be part of your processes. Usually, these apps will be better fits for slightly larger companies or may not add enough value to your business operations.
Scarlet Oak Strength
4 out of 4 rating
A must have app that will save company time and money in more ways than just one. These are the best automations for small businesses available to the open market.
