Clearing up Trello Pricing, Trello v Smartsheets, and automation galore

Happy Thursday!! Shorter one for you this week - let me know how you feel about that in the poll at the end!

New(s) in Trello

• Review of Trello vs Smartsheets (Trello blog)

• Calendly, but for your requests (integrates with Trello) (r/Trello)

• Having issues with automation? Could be a chrome extension! (Atlassian Community)

Trello How-To

Are you ever confused by Trello’s pricing? Here’s a breakdown of how it works and what’s the main difference between the plans. Watch this and you’ll understand which plan you need and what you’ll pay.

(Bonus - I offer you to reach out to me if you’re struggling with a feature or not sure what you need and I’ll help you figure it out. I do know some workarounds…

I didn’t mention this one in the video, but I’ll share it with you, my loyal readers… if you want custom fields but don’t need the automation, just use the Amazing Fields Power-Up - honestly I kinda prefer it over native custom fields anyways, and depending on the features you need, it’s free!).

• Retroactively applying automation to cards with Bulk Actions (Stack Overflow)

• Have you created these 5 Trello automations? (Trello blog)

• Setting automated due dates relative to the time of trigger (r/Trello)

• Updating custom fields with content from a card’s description (Atlassian Community)

• How to associate a Trello workspace with your Slack channel (Atlassian Community)

Creative Use Case

Using Trello for a Product Hunt launch.

Software and tech friends, if you’re planning a launch on Product Hunt soon, Trello is a great way to keep track of all the tasks associated with it.

Here’s a template you can use.

I’ve created a card for tasks that I need to do as part of a launch, and I can keep files, documents, and even contacts, together all in one place and make sure I don’t forget any launch.

For those wondering - this is not just a random template. I’m actually planning to launch this newsletter on Product Hunt soon! Stay tuned!!

This Week’s Poll

This week’s issue is a bit shorter than usual. How do we feel about this length? (Click on a link to vote for that option!)

• I like them a bit shorter, this week’s length was good

• I’d like it even shorter than this week, please

• I’d like longer than this week, but not too long

See you next week! 👋