Follow-up draft 3 days after sending a proposal

Log a sent proposal in a sheet; three days later a polite follow-up email is waiting in your Gmail drafts.

Easy Saves ~3 hours/month Sales & CRMBy Flowngn team

Works with n8n · Make · Zapier

How it works

Trigger: Google Sheets — new row in Proposals
  1. Add the proposal (date, company, contact, email).
  2. Wait 3 days.
  3. Create a follow-up Gmail draft for you to review and send.

Diagram

GProposal sentGoogle Sheets TriggerWait 3 daysWaitGDraft follow-upGmail
Trigger App Logic

Build it

Pick your tool — same automation, step by step.

Copy and paste straight into an n8n canvas (Ctrl+V), or download and use Import from File. Then connect your own credentials and replace every YOUR_… placeholder.

Workflow JSON
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{
  "name": "Follow-up draft 3 days after sending a proposal (Flowngn)",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## Follow-up draft 3 days after sending a proposal\nLog a sent proposal in a sheet; three days later a polite follow-up email is waiting in your Gmail drafts.\n\n**Setup**\n1. Open each node and connect your own credentials.\n2. Replace every YOUR_… placeholder.\n3. Test once, then activate.\n\nFree template from Flowngn",
        "height": 260,
        "width": 340
      },
      "id": "43ef6e94-927f-48e4-a5b5-81b75a70b2b9",
      "name": "Setup notes",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        -420,
        -60
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "pollTimes": {
          "item": [
            {
              "mode": "everyMinute"
            }
          ]
        },
        "documentId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "YOUR_SPREADSHEET_ID",
          "mode": "id"
        },
        "sheetName": {
          "__rl": true,
          "value": "Proposals",
          "mode": "name"
        },
        "event": "rowAdded",
        "options": {}
      },
      "id": "43ef6e94-927f-48e4-a5b5-81b75a70b2b9",
      "name": "Proposal sent",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheetsTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "amount": 3,
        "unit": "days"
      },
      "id": "43ef6e94-927f-48e4-a5b5-81b75a70b2b9",
      "name": "Wait 3 days",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
      "typeVersion": 1.1,
      "position": [
        300,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "resource": "draft",
        "operation": "create",
        "subject": "=Re: Proposal for {{ $('Proposal sent').item.json.company }}",
        "message": "=Hi {{ $('Proposal sent').item.json.contact.split(' ')[0] }},\n\nI wanted to check whether you had a chance to look at the proposal I sent on {{ $('Proposal sent').item.json.date }}. Happy to walk you through it in a quick call, or adjust anything that doesn't fit.\n\nBest,\nYOUR_NAME",
        "options": {
          "sendTo": "={{ $('Proposal sent').item.json.email }}"
        }
      },
      "id": "43ef6e94-927f-48e4-a5b5-81b75a70b2b9",
      "name": "Draft follow-up",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
      "typeVersion": 2.1,
      "position": [
        600,
        0
      ]
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Proposal sent": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Wait 3 days",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Wait 3 days": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Draft follow-up",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "pinData": {},
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": false
  },
  "tags": []
}

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Tips

  • Delete the draft if they've already replied; it's a draft so nothing goes out by mistake.

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