5 Make.com + Google Sheets Automations Every Solopreneur Should Steal

Description and use

Five Make.com and Google Sheets automations that help solopreneurs quickly handle leads, track invoices, onboard clients, remind about content, and log receipts.

Problem

Leads get lost, invoices go unpaid, onboarding is delayed, content is forgotten, and receipts pile up in Gmail.

Outcome

All five automations run within Make’s free plan for low volume, turning manual processes into instant alerts, scheduled reminders, and automated document creation, improving response times and organization.

Workflow

• 1. Lead capture: form to Sheet row plus instant alert
• 2. Invoice and payment tracker with overdue flag
• 3. Client onboarding: new row to welcome email draft
• 4. Content calendar reminder at 8am
• 5. Expense and receipt logger from Gmail attachments

Evidence

I kept rebuilding the same five workflows for every solopreneur I helped. Different business, same problems: leads getting lost, invoices nobody chased, new clients waiting on a welcome email, content that never got posted, and a pile of receipts in Gmail at tax time.

Source

Each one runs on Make.com plus a Google Sheet, and each one fits inside the free Make plan if your volume is small.

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The Sheet becomes your tiny CRM. Add a filter view on Status = New and you have a to-do list.

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Use a Schedule trigger, once a day at 9am.

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Watch New Rows only sees rows added after the scenario starts, and it reads based on row order.

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Set the scenario's timezone in Make's scenario settings (I use America/Chicago). This is the number one reason reminders show up at 3am.

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Use a Gmail "Watch Emails" with a filter, for example a Gmail label called Receipts.

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