Automate Your Days with These 26 IFTTT Recipes
How many tasks does the average assistant complete in a day? And so often you find that those tasks come with a set of smaller tasks. Imagine if you could automate your subtasks, triggered by your main task. Well, IFTTT can do that for you (it stands for “If This, Then That” by the way) by using one action to trigger another (called recipes). It’s like your internet dreams have come true.
Our IFTTT tutorial gives you the tools to create custom recipes for your needs, but sometimes it’s hard to know what we want unless it’s shown to us. So here it is! A list of 26 recipes that we think can help you automate your daily life. Enjoy!
Note Taking and Organization Recipes
Send Your iPhone Screenshots to OneNote
Archive Incoming Attachments from Gmail to OneDrive Using Do Camera
Capture Hand-Written Notes to Dropbox Using Do Camera
Create a Digest of Notes for Tomorrow Morning Using Do Note
Add a To-Do to Your Checklist Using Do Note
Event Planning Recipes
Receive an Email if There Will be Rain Tomorrow
Snap Pictures of Vendor Contracts and Documents
NOTE: The next few recipes are built for wedding planning, but we just know these can come in handy for your next work event!
Add Important Event Deadlines to Google Calendar Using Do Note
Collect All the Instagrams Taken at Your Venue to a Dropbox Folder
Save All Photos With Your Event’s Instagram #Hashtag to a Dropbox Folder
Social Media Recipes
Automatically Post Your Instagram Photos as Native Twitter Photos
Automatically Share Your New WordPress Post to Your Facebook Page as a Link Post
Send Facebook Page Posts to Your Google+ Queue in Buffer
Create a Google Calendar View of Your Buffer Schedule
Networking Recipes
Remember This Business Card Using Do Camera
Thank Someone for Following You on Twitter
Share Popular Articles With Your LinkedIn Connections
Share Items Tagged #li in Pocket to LinkedIn
Job Hunting Recipes
Job Interview “Thank You” Note Reminder in Todoist
Job Search from Craigslist to Evernote
Add a Reminder to Google Calendar When You Miss a Call
Create a Daily Email Digest of New Articles from The NYTimes Job Market Section
Just for Fun Recipes
Download the Tracks You Like on SoundCloud to a Dropbox Folder
Download New Facebook Photos You’re Tagged in to a Dropbox Folder
Receive an Email with the NASA Image of the Day
The options are neverending! If you haven’t found the perfect solution to your tasks yet, maybe we can help you find them!
What’s your favorite IFTTT recipe so far? Or, what recipe would you like to see?
Thank you, Dinah! Just added Do Note for GCal! It is never too early to tackle the holiday party, right?!
Smart, Janine! The earlier the planning, the easier it’ll be when it comes around!