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Business ideas in workflow automation

What to build starts with what people already complain about, not with a guess. These are recurring problems in workflow automation — the kind a small, focused tool or a micro-SaaS could address — with a note on where to start and a rough read on how commercially valuable fixing it looks.

Users are struggling with automating email tasks, such as sending sequences or reporting phishing emails, often finding existing tools inadequate. Many have spent significant time trying to integrate AI solutions but face technical hurdles and lack of support.

  • Develop a user-friendly tool for automating email sequences with AI integration
  • Create a guide or tool for automating phishing email reporting
  • Build a simple API for generating and sending emails based on user prompts
  • Offer a troubleshooting service for existing email automation tools
Pain pointTrend: NewConfidence: Medium13 mentions · 2 communities · new

Been dealing with this exact headache for months until I found you can automate property updates using email keywords. When someone replies with 'interested' or 'not right now', HubSpot auto-updates deal stages - no manual work needed. Set up smart rules in contact properties that trigger from em...” — latenode-community

Our team is fully invested in using HubSpot as our primary CRM and we find it quite effective. However, we are facing challenges with the email tracking features. They appear to be somewhat outdated and the user experience is not as smooth as we need it to be. We don't intend to move away from Hu...” — latenode-community

Many users are struggling with automating their email responses effectively, often facing issues with existing tools timing out or not providing satisfactory results. They are looking for solutions that can streamline their email management and response processes.

  • Build a no-code tool for automating email responses based on specific keywords.
  • Create a tutorial series on setting up automated email workflows using existing platforms like n8n.
  • Develop a simple integration that logs auto-responses in a spreadsheet for tracking.
Pain pointTrend: NewConfidence: Medium5 mentions · 2 communities · new

Hello everyone, I'm trying to automate a workflow that involves sending personalized emails to contacts and handling their responses. The workflow consists of: - Email Sending: Using a template to send customized emails to contacts via Gmail. - Response Handling: When a contact responds, I need t...” — n8n-community

Dear community, Here's what I'm looking for: a system that checks my new mail for specific words and replies for me. The particularity is that the answer must be based on a knowledge base that I'd like to place in Google Drive. I decided to go ahead from scratch with the following template: https...” — n8n-community

Users are experiencing problems with email formatting, particularly when automating email responses. Emails often appear bunched together without proper paragraph breaks, making them difficult to read. This issue is causing frustration as users attempt to create professional-looking automated emails.

  • Develop a tool to format automated emails with proper paragraph breaks
  • Create a plugin for existing email services to enhance formatting
  • Offer a service that reviews and formats email templates for automation
Pain pointTrend: GrowingConfidence: Low10 mentions · 1 communities · +25%

:bullseye: What is your goal? As a first step getting to know the system I made an automation that sends an email to all new contacts in my hubspot. :thinking: What is the problem? When the email landed in the contacts inbox the whole email was condensed into one large line instead of with paragr...” — make-community

Welcome to the Make community! Please see these duplicate threads asked and answered by other community members: https://community.make.com/t/automating-email-responses-with-chatgpt-while-facing-formatting-issues-in-gmail/31118/2 Automating email responses with ChatGPT while facing formatting iss...” — make-community

Validate it yourself

Run your own search before you build anything — see how many people actually have this problem right now, not just the examples above.