Are you spending hours copy-pasting, responding to emails, or manually managing content? Using automate tools and methods, you will discover in this handbook how to automate online repetitive chores, hence saving time, energy, and tension.
🛠️Use Workflow Automation Tools like Zapier, Make & n8n
If you want to connect apps without coding, tools like:
- Zapier – Connect 5,000+ apps with logic (e.g., send a Slack message when you get a new email).
- Make (formerly Integromat) – More visual and affordable than Zapier, perfect for complex automations.
- n8n – Open-source and free. Great for tech-savvy users who want more control.
🧠 Examples:
- Automatically tweet your blog upon publication.
- Bring leads from a Google Form into a CRM like Notion or Airtable.
- Attach email attachments to Google Drive.
📩 Automate Emails & Follow-Ups
Use email automation tools to manage campaigns, welcome series, or sales funnels.
- MailerLite (Free tier, beginner-friendly)
- ConvertKit (Great for creators)
- Brevo (Affordable and powerful)
⚙️ You can automate:
- Welcome emails to new customers
- Alerts for car abandonment
- Newsletters with RSS feeds sent weekly
🗓️Schedule Social Media Posts in Advance
Why post by hand when you could plan content weeks in advance?
Use tools like:
🎯 Bonus Tip: Use ChatGPT + Canva + Publer for full automation:
- Create with AI- generated post text.
- Create images in Canva
- Schedule with Publer: Finished!
📁Automate File Organization
Are your files and folders a mess? Try:
- IFTTT: Automatically sync photos, backup files, or name folders based on rules.
- DropIt (Windows) – Automatically move or sort files based on type.
- Hazel (Mac) – Organize downloads, rename files, or auto-delete junk.
🧠 Example:
Automatically send all screenshots older than 7 days to an archive folder.
Automatic Data Entry and Spreadsheets
Should you use Google Sheets or Excel instead of manually copying and pasting, automate your data.
- Google Apps Script – Write custom automations inside Google Sheets.
- Coupler.io – Pull live data into Google Sheets from apps like Shopify, Facebook Ads, etc.
- Zapier/Make + Sheets – Create a row when you get a new form submission or sale.
🤖 Automate Content Creation Workflows
Should you be a blogger, YouTuber, or digital marketer:
- Write article, outlines, or emails using ChatGPT or Gemini.
- Use n8n + Gemini + WordPress API to auto-publish posts.
- Use Pexels API to fetch royalty-free images with prompts.
- Descript for auto-transcribing and editing podcast/audio/video.
🔒Automate Password & Login Management
Stop typing passwords every time.
- Store and automatically fill passwords safely by using Bitwarden, 1Password, or LastPass.
- Automatic login to commonly visited websites and sync across all devices.
✅ Bonus: Generate strong passwords on the go!
📲Mobile Automation (iOS/Android)
Even your phone can do the work for you!
Automatically log water intake, rename images, or send messages using iOS Shortcuts.
Tasker (Android) should be used to automatically quiet your phone at night or switch on your Wi-Fi when you get at home.
🧘 Final Thoughts
In the digital age, time is your greatest asset. Reclaiming hours of your week may be done by employing even only one to two of the automation techniques above. Automation is your quiet helper whether you are operating an online shop, a freelance firm, or a blog.
👉 Begin little. Today, automate one task. Then develop from there.