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Practical guides on n8n automation, AI workflows, API integrations and business dashboards by Jonas Viray.
n8n vs Make vs Zapier: Which Automation Tool Should a Small Business Use?
Choose Zapier for the quickest, simplest automations across the most apps. Choose Make when you need visual, branching workflows at a moderate cost. Choose n8n when you need custom logic, code, AI steps or self-hosting, or when high volumes would make per-task pricing expensive.
6 min read
What Can You Automate with n8n? 12 Practical Business Examples
Almost any repeatable process that moves data between tools. Common n8n automations include lead routing, scheduled reports, client onboarding, Slack or Discord alerts, social media posting, email follow-ups, spreadsheet and CRM syncing, and AI steps such as summarizing or classifying messages.
5 min read
How to Connect Facebook Ads Reporting to Google Sheets Automatically
Use the Facebook Marketing API (part of the Graph API) to read your ad account's insights on a schedule, transform the data, and append or update rows in Google Sheets. An automation tool like n8n handles the schedule, the API call, the Sheets update and an optional Slack summary without anyone exporting reports by hand.
6 min read
What Should a CEO Dashboard Include?
A CEO dashboard should show the handful of numbers leadership uses to make decisions (revenue, pipeline, costs, team activity and customer health), each with a trend and a clear data source. Operational detail belongs in separate role-based views, so the executive view stays focused.
5 min read