Feeling buried in emails that steal time away from serving your clients or relaxing with your family? You’re not alone. For women entrepreneurs ready to scale without the burnout, automating your email workflow with a custom GPT and Make (formerly Integromat) can free up countless hours — without sacrificing the personal touch. Here you’ll learn to filter out unwanted marketing emails, generate high-quality draft responses automatically, and overcome common Slack integration hiccups, straight from a real coaching session with automation expert Brittany Long. Get ready to finally build an email system that works for you — not the other way around.
You’ve probably been told to “delegate more,” but when it comes to emails that require nuanced responses — or worse, marketing junk that clutters your brain — it’s not just about delegation. You need a repeatable, scalable, and intelligent system that protects your time and your voice.
The combo: a custom GPT email responder, powered by Make. It helps you sort, filter, and respond to important inquiries without sacrificing your voice (or your sanity).
Here’s exactly what we covered in the live session breakdown — and how you can implement it, too.
Let’s be real: about 80% of your inbox is marketing fluff you never asked for. Here’s how it got fixed with Make’s built-in filtering module:
Instead of replying manually or hiring a VA to work from templates, connect a trained custom GPT (built with the ChatGPT Custom GPT builder) to generate personalized drafts. What they tested:
Does your Slack send alerts that tag the wrong person? That’s what happened here. Despite setting up notifications for new drafts, the bot mis-tagged Brittany instead of her client. After troubleshooting, they ditched real-time Slack alerts in favor of a simpler routine: check email drafts once a day.
The key takeaway? Automations aren’t “set it and forget it” right away. She’ll be testing her email responder over the week — watching how well it filters, whether the drafts truly sound like her, and where the rules need tightening before she fully trusts it with her inbox.
You didn’t build your business to spend your days stuck in your inbox — and now you don’t have to. With Custom GPTs and Make, you can automate your email flow in a way that feels just like you wrote it, minus the time suck. Systems that scale your business and your life, without slapping on soulless automations.
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