Zapier + GetResponse for Freelance Writers: Automate Email and Content

Using Zapier and GetResponse together lets you automate how new subscribers get onto your list, how your content becomes a newsletter, and how client onboarding emails go out without you lifting a finger. Here’s how to set it up and when it’s worth it.

Why Combine Zapier and GetResponse?

GetResponse handles email: signup forms, landing pages, automation sequences, and webinars. Zapier connects GetResponse to everything else: your blog, your CRM, your forms, and your calendar. Together you can:

• Add new subscribers to GetResponse when they sign up on a third-party form or WordPress.
• Send a weekly or monthly content digest from your latest blog posts into a GetResponse email.
• Trigger onboarding or follow-up emails in GetResponse when something happens in another app (e.g. new client in your sheet, new form submission).

If you’re already using GetResponse for newsletters for freelance clients or client onboarding, adding Zapier removes the manual steps between “something happened” and “email sent.”

Workflow 1: New Subscriber from Any Form → GetResponse

You have a signup form on your site, on a landing page, or in Typeform/Google Forms. When someone submits, you want them in GetResponse and optionally in a specific list or automation.

Steps

• Trigger (Zapier): New submission from your form (e.g. “New Google Form Response” or “New Typeform Entry”).
• Action (Zapier): “Add/Update GetResponse Subscriber.” Map email and name from the form. Choose the GetResponse list. Save the Zap and turn it on.

From here, GetResponse can run its own automation (welcome series, tag, etc.). You don’t manually add contacts anymore.

Workflow 2: Blog Posts → Weekly or Monthly Digest in GetResponse

You publish on WordPress (or elsewhere). You want your latest posts sent as a digest to your GetResponse list on a schedule (e.g. every Monday).

Steps

• Trigger (Zapier): Schedule (e.g. “Every Monday at 9am”) or “New WordPress Post” if you prefer trigger-on-publish.
• Middle step (optional): Fetch recent posts (e.g. “WordPress: List Posts” with a limit).
• Action (Zapier): “GetResponse: Send Email” or use a GetResponse automation that’s triggered by a tag. Alternatively, build the digest in a tool like Zapier’s “Formatter” and send via GetResponse’s API or automation.

A simpler variant: use Zapier to add a “Digest” tag to a list when the schedule runs, and in GetResponse run an automation that sends the digest email when that tag is added. Either way, your content becomes a recurring email without you copying and pasting. For more on auto-publishing from docs to WordPress, see Google Docs to WordPress with Zapier.

Workflow 3: New Client or Lead → Onboarding Sequence in GetResponse

When a new row appears in a spreadsheet (e.g. “New clients”) or a form is submitted, you want that person in GetResponse and in an onboarding email sequence.

Steps

• Trigger (Zapier): “New Row in Google Sheets” or “New Form Submission.”
• Action (Zapier): “Add/Update GetResponse Subscriber” and add to a list that’s connected to an automation (e.g. “Onboarding – Day 0, 3, 7”).

GetResponse sends the sequence; you just add the row or get the form submission. This pairs well with a full automated client onboarding setup.

Pricing and Free Tiers

Zapier: Free plan includes 100 tasks/month and 5 Zaps. Enough for 1–2 of these workflows if volume is low. Paid plans give more tasks and more Zaps.

GetResponse: Free plan includes 500 contacts, email, landing pages, and automation. Enough to run lists and sequences; paid plans add more contacts and advanced features.

Start with one Zap and one GetResponse automation. Add more as you see what saves you the most time.

When to Use Both vs One

Use GetResponse alone when signups only happen on GetResponse forms/landing pages and you don’t need to connect other apps. Use Zapier + GetResponse when you have forms, blogs, or sheets outside GetResponse that should add contacts or trigger emails. Use Zapier alone for non-email workflows (e.g. Google Docs to WordPress, internal task logging).

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