Automate like a developer

How to be lazy and still get more done

WIP:

~~Outline~~

~~Format~~

Style

Images

Format:

Tool you know

Automation for that tool

Gmail

todo find logos

Automate Emails

Mixmax -> webhooks -> Zapier

Mixmax

Send the right emails

CrystalKnows

Don't send emails

Slack

Push notifications

calend.ly

Google Sheets

Automate Google Sheets

Zapier

IFTTT

Don't Use Google Sheets

Lighttable

SQL

Buffer

Automate Buffer

Zapier

IFTTT

Don't use Buffer

Zapier

IFTTT

Google Sheets

Medium

Automate Medium

RSS by Zapier

RSS by IFTTT

Google Sheets to Zapier

Automate Customer Acquisition Flow

Customer Signup:

Shopify / A Webhook to:

Lighttable

Slack

Mailchimp

Salesforce

Automate Support

Customer Comment:

Comment Source to:

Amazon Lex

Lighttable

Slack

Mailchimp

Zendesk

Asana

Automate Deploy

Github Webhooks to:

- CircleCI

- Docker run build

- Webhooks

- Zapier

Automate Onboarding

Slack webhooks to:

- Zapier

- Google Apps

- https://howdy.ai/

Automate Learning and Development

bot.enki.com/

Good Automation is...

Monitored and checked by a human regularly

Tracks data on itself (has analytics)

Has defined performance metrics

Is continually optimized against those metrics

Non-invasive

Non-destructive

Enhances a person's abilities, rather than replaces them

Plan for Automation

Whose work will this replace?

Do they need training to work on new tasks?

Anything requiring integration between two data sources will be automated in the future

Creating API integrations is now as simple as a button click

If a task can be automated (easily), it will be.