Reply to every new lead within a minute

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08 / 12Gmail

Send the nudge and mark it sent

Add a Gmail node for the follow-up email, then a Google Sheets node with Update Row to set Status to so nobody gets chased twice.

Keep the nudge shorter than the first email and make replying trivially easy.

The n8n panel for: Send the nudge and mark it sent6 things to set here
  1. 1Open the Gmail node — double-click it on the canvas
  2. 2To — paste as an expression
  3. 3Subject — paste as an expression
  4. 4Message — paste as an expression
  5. 5Then: Sheets → Update Row → Status — copy the value below
  6. 6Check before moving on — A test lead receives the nudge and its row flips to nudged.
Gmail panel in n8nTap to enlarge
Toexpression
{{ $json.Email }}
Subjectexpression
Following up, {{ $json.Name }}
Messageexpression
Hi {{ $json.Name }},

Just checking this didn't get buried. Still happy to help with what you wrote in.

A one-line reply is plenty.

Your name
Then: Sheets → Update Row → Status
nudged
Checkpoint
A test lead receives the nudge and its row flips to nudged.