You don’t need a 30-step scenario to benefit from automation.
In fact, the best way to build momentum is to start small, and scale as you go.

These 3 automations are low-lift, high-impact, and perfectly designed for solo creators trying to reclaim their time.

To run these automations, I recommend Make.com (affiliate).
It’s free to start, and everything here can be built using their visual editor, no code required.

You’ll also need:

Your best content ideas hit when you’re not at your desk.

Create a quick form (Tally or Google Forms) to capture ideas.
Route them straight into a Notion or Airtable database via Make.com.

Add a tag field so you can mark ideas as:

Now you’re never starting from scratch again.

You get new newsletter subs… but you forget where they came from, when, or how they found you.

Use Make.com to:

Over time, this builds a clear feedback loop, you’ll know what’s working and where your real growth is coming from.

You lose track of what content went live, what needs to be queued, or what should be repurposed.

Each time you:

→ Trigger an automation that logs it to your “Content Log” database.
Include:

This makes it 10x easier to audit what you’ve done and what to reuse, without digging.

You just need to start.

Pick one of these automations, set it up in Make, and let it run for a week.
The time savings will speak for themselves.

I use Make.com for every single automation in my stack.

Visual builder. Logic built-in.
Free to try → make.com/en/register?pc=tactistack

You don’t need to automate everything.

You just need to automate the things that drain your time without moving the needle.

These 3 workflows are how you start building leverage, quietly, consistently, and without a team.