Automate the manual work in Instapaper

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Instapaper by the numbers

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Top 5 Instapaper friction points when done manually

Manually tagging articles in Instapaper

You have to go back into Instapaper and manually add tags to each saved article so you can find related content later.

78% report this

Exporting Instapaper highlights to documents

When you need to use highlights from Instapaper in reports or presentations, you have to manually copy and paste them instead of having them flow directly into your work.

71% report this

Sharing Instapaper reading lists with teams

You save articles to Instapaper but then have to manually forward links or screenshots to colleagues because Instapaper doesn't integrate with your team communication tools.

63% report this

Tracking which Instapaper articles were used

After reading articles in Instapaper, you have no way to track which ones actually got referenced or used in your work without manually logging them elsewhere.

51% report this

Organizing Instapaper folders across projects

You manually create and reorganize Instapaper folders for different projects, and moving articles between folders requires doing it one at a time.

28% report this

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