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Guides to automating office work
Short, plain answers to the questions business owners ask us before they automate anything. Each guide answers one question and shows the working.
Excel and data entry
Excel to a website: four ways
The four methods compared, and how to tell which one your website needs.
Read the guide →API or browser automation?
What each one is, when it breaks, and three places to look for an API.
Read the guide →The website has no API
Five options, in the order to try them, and what to check first.
Read the guide →Emails from Excel
Mail merge, Power Automate or a custom automation, and what goes wrong.
Read the guide →Cost and value
Is AI automation worth it?
How to count the hours, with a table from ten minutes a day to two hours.
Read the guide →What AI automation costs
What makes a project small or large, and how to get a price.
Read the guide →A real example
One daily task for a Utah fiber contractor: about 250 hours a year returned.
Read the case study →Choosing who does the work
Consultant, DIY tool, freelancer or new hire?
The four options compared, and five questions to ask before you hire.
Read the guide →Power Automate yourself, or hire someone?
When a do-it-yourself flow is enough, and when it is not.
Read the guide →Show us the task that takes too long
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