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Leads are useless if you don’t follow up instantly.
Most people collect emails… and then reply hours later (or forget completely).
Here’s a simple automation I built to fix that:
→ Google Forms captures the lead
→ Gmail sends an instant confirmation email to the client
→ Gmail sends a second notification email to you
That’s it. No delays. No missed opportunities.
Result: faster response time and a much higher chance of converting leads.
Speed is everything.
If you’re still replying manually, you’re already behind.
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Emaily — My Personal AI Email Assistant
I built Emaily to completely handle my email life. Here's what it can do:
Core Features:
• Automatically scans and analyzes all new emails across multiple Gmail accounts every day at 9:00 AM
• Reads full email threads with complete context (not just subject lines)
• Delivers a clean, organized daily email digest with smart recommendations
Smart Triage & Actions:
• Scores every email by Priority (High/Medium/Low) and Urgency
• Suggests best action: Reply, Archive, Keep, Snooze, or Add to Notion
• Writes ready-to-send professional reply drafts instantly
• Detects tasks, meetings, deadlines, and invoices automatically
Notion Integration:
• Suggests and structures tasks in Action Items database
• Logs receipts & invoices in Finance & Receipts database
• Adds meeting invites to Meetings & Calls database
• Saves every daily digest in Daily Email Digests database
Automation & Intelligence:
• Runs on autopilot every morning at 9 AM
• Detects repeating patterns and suggests Gmail filter rules
• Learns my email style and preferences over time
• Tracks follow-ups and reminds me if needed
• Suggests perfect snooze times
• Detects spam, newsletters, and noise
Extra Powers:
• Weekly insights report (time saved, email trends, etc.)
• On-demand commands (just say “Emaily, run now” anytime)
• Automatically creates and maintains its own workspace with 7 organized pages & databases
• Works with multiple email addresses
Emaily acts as my full-time email co-pilot — scanning every morning at 9 AM, triaging, organizing, cleaning, and turning emails into actionable tasks inside Notion.
Inbox Zero feels much more achievable now.
Agent : - https://www.notion.so/marketplace/custom-agents/emaily {Pending review}
If you still have to manually follow up with every lead…
Your system is broken.
Automation fixes that.
From instant responses to personalized email sequences everything should be working in the background while you focus on growth.
That’s the kind of systems I’ve been building lately.
Simple. Smart. Scalable.
Are you using automation in your business yet? 🤔
Finding freelance clients shouldn't take hours.
Prospectra is a Notion agent that hunts leads for you, scores them by priority, and writes your cold emails — automatically.
→ Finds real leads from across the web
→ Tells you who to reach out to first
→ Writes personalised cold emails instantly
→ Keeps your entire pipeline inside Notion Stop scrolling LinkedIn for hours.
Try it → https://www.notion.so/agent/3357b509492d801682d200929fc20ce0
Let AI fill your pipeline.
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