How to Automatically Send Personalized Emails from Google Sheets

In today’s fast-paced business environment, manual tasks like sending personalized emails can drain valuable resources and time. Automation isn’t just convenient—it's essential. By automating your email communications directly from Google Sheets, you gain efficiency, accuracy, and productivity, freeing your team to focus on strategic tasks that drive growth.

In this straightforward guide, we'll walk you through how to leverage the powerful integration between Google Sheets, Gmail, and Make to effortlessly send personalized emails at scale.

Step 1: Prepare Your Google Sheet

Start by creating a new Google Sheet. Clearly organize your data with columns that might include:

Recipient's Email Address (required)
Recipient’s First Name
Customized Message or Greeting
Email Status (used for tracking)

Fill out the first row with your own email and test data to verify everything works smoothly.

Step 2: Create Your Automation in Make

Select Google Sheets > Search Rows.
Connect your Google Sheets account.
Choose your spreadsheet and sheet containing your email data.
Set Column range to A-Z (expand if needed).
Ensure "Table contains headers" is set to Yes.

Step 3: Automate Email Sending with Gmail

Next, add the Gmail > Send an Email module:

Connect your Gmail account.
Map the Email Address data item to the recipient field.
Customize your subject line and email content with mapped data from your sheet (e.g., personalized greetings).
Optionally, configure advanced settings (e.g., From, CC, BCC).

Step 4: Ensure Emails Aren't Duplicated

Add a filter between the Google Sheets and Gmail modules:

Name the filter clearly, e.g., "Email not yet sent".
Set the condition to only proceed if the Email Status column does not equal "Sent".

This ensures you don't accidentally resend emails to the same recipient.

Step 5: Automatically Update Email Status

After emails are sent, update your Google Sheet:

Add Google Sheets > Update a Row module.
Choose your spreadsheet and sheet.
Map the row number from your initial search module.
Update the Email Status column to "Sent".

Step 6: Verify Successful Email Delivery

To confirm delivery:

Add another filter labeled "Email sent successfully" between Gmail and Google Sheets.
Proceed only if Gmail generates a Message ID (indicating a successful send).

Step 7: Test and Deploy Your Scenario

Click Run once in Make to test your scenario.
Verify your test email and status update.
Replace test data with real recipient details and confidently launch your automated email campaign.

Bonus: Automating from Excel

Prefer Excel? Import your Excel data directly into Google Sheets and use this same powerful automation to streamline your communications effortlessly.

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