Perhaps you already know this, but in a previous life I was a financial analyst. One of the bigger projects I worked on in those days was for this massive, billion dollar a year company when I helped put together their annual budget. While this post won't go into the same level of granular...
We've discussed emailing from your Airtable databases at length in the past, but in this post I'm going into detail about two specific features, namely (1) using HTML from Airtable and also (2) leveraging Airtable views to send to segments of your list.
The SendGrid Block is among the more...
Another month in the books, and some fantastic new features from Airtable! In this post, I'll be detailing my three favorite new Airtable features with the June 2020 update. Specifically, I'll be detailing three new fields:
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It's uncommon that we see one new...
One of the most common questions we get in our coaching program has to do with an advanced prefilled form feature. This is most often requested by businesses who want to send prefilled forms to their clients, but they want to be able to HIDE some of the prefilled data. For example,...
Recently, I've received several questions about importing data into your Airtable database. Before I just jump right in and start discussing the how - let me first address some definitions and scope questions.
Firstly, when I think about IMPORTING data, I instantly imagine that we...
This morning, I was speaking to a prospective client - let's call him David. David had some questions about how Airtable could improve his business. We spoke about potential automation and process improvements for his business. Soon, the discussion turned to accounting - specifically Quickbooks...
One of the biggest limitations to Airtable is that the software is unable to link from one base to another. This is something that I've heard many clients complain about, but I think that this 'issue' is really rooted in a different problem. Ideally, all of our data would live in one single...
There's nothing more frustrating than investing time with a prospective client, only to then learn that they are not a good fit for your services. Maybe they don't have the necessary budget to hire you - maybe they aren't looking for the type of help you offer - there are many reasons someone...
Airtable's new partner blocks are an exciting development within the Airtable universe. Essentially, Airtable has started to allow third parties to build custom blocks that integrate with their products. Some of these are merely cosmetic, but others are really exciting and packed full of...
There are many ways to automate email and not all of them are appropriate in every situation. In this post, I'm outlining the steps for building an automated email that includes an attachment or file that is first stored in an Airtable database. This type of email automation is best utilized in...
Airtable updates have been coming out at an increased rate recently and it's arguable that the updates from April 2020 are the most impactful to date. This past update included four massive improvements, each so powerful as to demand an entire post of its own. However, in the interest of...
In my previous life as a financial analyst, I was confused by the inefficient systems I was required to use. In one role, I received Excel files with tens of thousands of records from three different vendors. Each of those files was completely different, but I was expected to combine...
