Airtable is one of those software tools that makes you say, “Where have you been all my life?” If you need a tool that keeps you organized and helps you manage your company and life, it’s a game-changer.
It’s a premium, easy-to-use database to manage your company operations, personal lists, and so much more. I’m an Airtable fan so I’ve read many tutorials and articles about anything Airtable-related. This includes anything from awesome Airtable templates to the many interesting ways people use the tool.
Here’s a list of some of my favorites tutorials about how to better use Airtable. Many of the tutorials are on websites where there are even more Airtable tutorials, so don’t worry if you get lost in Airtable-land.
In this article:
Business Operations
Here are a few ways to keep your business operations organized. There’s also a list to multiple ‘ultimate guides’ on Airtable for several industries.
How we organize our business using Airtable
How we manage our documentation using Airtable
Airtable Ultimate Guides by BuiltOnAir
Airtable Comparisons to Other Tools
Weekly Summary Airtable for Managers
Calculate Time & Distance Between Two Addresses in Airtable using Google Maps API
Accounting
Keep the books in order and the money flowing with accounting and invoicing in Airtable.
How to use Airtable for accounting and bookkeeping firms
How to Capture Payment Info in Airtable with Automation
How to automate your invoicing from Airtable
Clients and Customers
Your clients and customers keep your business running. Use Airtable to manage their information and your interactions with them.
Replacing Your CRM By Automating Your Client Onboarding With Airtable
How I Use Airtable to Manage Clients
Introducing the Orbit Model Airtable Template (Community growth)
Creating Valuable Client Surveys with Airtable
Human Resources
Employees are your number 1 resource. Organize employee data, time, and onboard everyone with ease with these templates.
Organizing Job applications and Review
How to Track Time and Labor in Airtable
How we track timesheet entries in Airtable
How to manage your team’s schedule using Airtable
Employee Onboarding with Gravity Flow and Airtable
Marketing
Don’t just write a blog, post on social media, or spend marketing dollars without having a plan and keeping everyone on track. Read through these articles for helpful info and ready-to-go templates.
How to Use Airtable for Content Audits, Part 2
You too can make dashboards: How to visualise your Airtable data in Google Data Studio
How we manage our content marketing with Airtable
How to automate your social media content using Airtable, BannerBear, and Zapier
The Ultimate Guide to Airtable for Content Marketing
The Ultimate Guide to Airtable for Sales and Marketing
How to structure a social media database
9 Airtable Integrations You Can Deploy in Minutes with Integromat
How to Automate Your Social Media Content Creation Using Airtable
Airtable + Zapier: Everything You Need to Run a High-Volume Editorial Workflow
How to Import Google Analytics Data to Airtable
Personal Use
Airtable isn’t just for businesses and your professional side. Use it to organize anything! Keep track of fitness goals, hobbies, and family plans with Airtable.
Automating Away Paper+Postage For An Equestrian Assessment Tracker
Baffled by Airtable? Here are five things we figured out.
Airtable sewing planner template
Template for Tracking Fitness Goals
Keep Track of the Books You Read with this Book Tracker Template
Goal Tracker for Airtable: A Flexible Tool for Goal Pursuit Tracking and Management
Tips and Tricks
This list could go on forever. There are a variety of tips and tricks you learn when using Airtable on a regular basis and many can make your day much easier. Start with these tips.
Limit new subcategory by category
Run automation after an attachment is uploaded
Get details on the most recent linked record
Create a date from a month and year
How to create a script in Airtable (without knowing code)
7 fantastic time-saving Airtable substitution formulas
5 time-saving scripts to automate your workflow without code
Websites
Use Airtable to host data to be displayed on a website. Here’s a variety of unique ways to get set up.
Website created using Airtable – example on Glitch
Build A Directory Website Without Code In 30 Minutes Using Cardd (Carrd.co) & Airtable
How to create a custom Airtable Form for WordPress
The Ultimate Guide to Airtable in E-Commerce
The Ultimate Guide to Airtable for Web Professionals
Development
While Airtable is considered a no-code tool, there are plenty of ways to use Airtable for development with their API.
Using Airtable as a Handy Cloud Storage for your Apps
11 different ways to GET and filter data from Airtable
How to integrate WordPress with Airtable
Getting Started with the Airtable API
How to use Zapier Webhooks in Airtable
Using Airtable as a database for your Twilio app
Creating Live Dashboards with Airtable and React
This list should help you dig deeper into Airtable and find more interesting uses for it whether you’re a beginner or an expert user.
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