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Cost-free email follow-up sequence with Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Gmail, Google Docs and Google Sheets. 14 steps, 1 branch, 2 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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14 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
2Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 9Service 4

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2SettingsSetLogic
  3. 3Get ContactsGoogle SheetsService
  4. 4Limits the number of emails per runLimitLogic
  5. 5Filter passes only unprocessed contactsFilterLogic
  6. 6Has contact completed email sequence?FilterLogic
  7. 7Loop Over ItemsSplit In BatchesLogic
  8. 8Is Contact Real?IfLogic
  9. 9Determine Email NumberSetLogic
  10. 10email template selectorGoogle DocsService
  11. 11HTML: formats and beautifies the emailHtmlLogic
  12. 12Send a messageGmailService
  13. 13updatecontactsGoogle SheetsService
  14. 14WaitWaitLogic

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
14, with 1 branch, 2 loops or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail, Google Docs and Google Sheets accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 14 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 14 steps before you point it at anything that matters.