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Wish clients "Happy Birthday!" with an automated email from your Gmail inbox

  • 3 January 2021
  • 4 replies
  • 335 views
automated birthday emails

Hi, 

I am trying to use the Wish clients "Happy Birthday!" with an automated email from your Gmail inbox Zap. To test this I created a calendar event with title Happy Birthday [Name] and added recipient email in the description. But I am unable to send the test email and the zap is not working at the event start time. 

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Best answer by Troy Tessalone 3 January 2021, 20:20

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Ennes
Userlevel 5
Badge +5

Hey @automated birthday emails,

nice idea. Can you share some screenshot on where exactly this zap is not working? I think we can solve this if you provide some more details.

Maybe you can also have a look here

Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

Check these help articles related to GCal:

https://zapier.com/help/doc/google-calendar-tips-tricks#how-to-pull-specific-events-when-using-the-event-start-trigger

https://zapier.com/help/doc/common-problems-google-calendar

FYI: GCal Event Start trigger is NOT instant

 

Make sure to read the descriptions under each field.

 

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
automated birthday emails

Thanks all, I was able to set it up

automated birthday emails

This template is outdated, I designed it from the ground up again. 

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