Plan AJ: AI Industry Newsletter
Subscribe sources → aggregate news → AI digest → layout → scheduled send
- Time
- 1-2 hours / issue
- Cost
- Low
- Difficulty
- Advanced
Best for
Steps
Subscribe sources
30 minn8n / Zapier Agents
Use RSS or scraping nodes to funnel target sources (official blogs, industry media, competitor news) into one inbox. Tag by topic and dedupe repeated coverage.
💡Perfect ~10 high-quality sources first — info noise is a newsletter's worst enemy.
Aggregate news
20-30 minPerplexity
For major events, use Perplexity to research context and collect multiple angles. Keep only what readers genuinely need to know; drop the rest.
💡Ask three questions daily: what happened today, who does it affect, what to watch next.
AI digest
30-40 minChatGPT
Feed the filtered raw items to the model and have it output a fixed structure: one-line summary + key facts + editorial note. A fixed template keeps every issue's format consistent.
💡Feed the previous issue as a few-shot example and the output style aligns automatically.
Layout
20-30 minNotion
Apply a newsletter template in Notion, fill in summaries and links, and check headings and hierarchy. Add a table of contents, bold key points and source links.
💡Store date/topic/status in Notion database fields for easy re-sends and history.
Scheduled send
30 minn8n / Zapier Agents + email platform
Set a fixed daily/weekly time to auto-draft and send; run 2-3 issues manually first to confirm stability. After launch, track open and click rates to tune topics and headlines.
💡Pick the time when your subscribers are most active, then scale frequency once data supports it.
Tools involved
Pitfalls to avoid
Too many, too noisy sources
Distorted AI summaries
Fully hands-off automation
Clickbait burning trust
Related Workflows
Plan E: AI Writing Workflow (Long-form / Marketing)
Topic & positioning → outline → section-by-section draft → human polish & fact-check → visuals & layout → multi-platform publish
- Time:
- 30-60 min / piece
- Cost:
- Low
- Difficulty:
- Beginner
Plan F: AI Image Design Workflow (Posters / Brand)
Requirements & style refs → text-to-image drafts → image-to-image refinement → text & layout → upscale & export
- Time:
- 20-40 min / image
- Cost:
- Low-Medium
- Difficulty:
- Beginner
Plan H: AI Translation / Multilingual Export
Preprocess source → build glossary → AI first pass → human review → localization adaption → QA & ship
- Time:
- 1-3 hours / language
- Cost:
- Low-Medium
- Difficulty:
- Beginner