How to Auto-Generate LinkedIn Posts from Newsletters Using AI with Pabbly Connect

Learn how to auto-generate LinkedIn posts from newsletters using Pabbly Connect. Step-by-step tutorial on integrating Google Sheets, OpenAI, and LinkedIn. Discover hidden automation capabilities within your existing tools. This guide shows you how to connect your essential applications and permanently eliminate redundant manual processes.

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1. Setting Up Pabbly Connect for Automation

To start auto-generating LinkedIn posts from newsletters, we need to set up Pabbly Connect. First, navigate to the Pabbly Connect dashboard after signing up for a free account. This platform will serve as the central integration hub for connecting Google Sheets, OpenAI, and LinkedIn.

Once logged in, click on the ‘Create Workflow’ button. Name your workflow, for example, ‘Newsletter to LinkedIn Post Using AI’, and select a folder for your automation. Click on ‘Create’ to proceed. This action opens the workflow editor, where you can define triggers and actions.

2. Connecting Google Sheets with Pabbly Connect

The next step involves connecting Google Sheets to Pabbly Connect. In the trigger step, search for ‘Google Sheets’ and select it. Choose the trigger event as ‘New or Updated Spreadsheet Row’. This setup ensures that every time a new newsletter is added, it will trigger the workflow.

• Select Google Sheets as your trigger app.
• Choose the trigger event: New or Updated Spreadsheet Row.
• Copy the provided webhook URL.

After copying the webhook URL, go to your Google Sheets. Under the Extensions menu, navigate to Add-ons and select ‘Get Add-ons’. Search for ‘Pabbly Connect Webhooks’ and install it. Refresh the Google Sheets page after installation, then go back to Extensions, find Pabbly Connect Webhooks, and click on ‘Initial Setup’.

3. Setting Up the Webhook URL in Google Sheets

In the Initial Setup dialog, select the appropriate sheet and paste the webhook URL you copied from Pabbly Connect. Define the trigger column, which will be the last column where you enter data. For example, if column C is where you indicate the status as ‘Generate’, select that as your trigger column.

Click on the ‘Send Test’ button to ensure the connection is successful. You should see a confirmation message indicating that the test data has been sent to Pabbly Connect. This verifies that your Google Sheets is properly linked to the automation workflow.

• Select the correct sheet in the Initial Setup.
• Paste the webhook URL into the appropriate field.
• Choose the trigger column for status updates.

After setting this up, close the dialog and ensure that the ‘Send on Event’ option is selected in the Pabbly Connect Webhooks menu. This ensures that data is sent to Pabbly Connect whenever a new row is added or the status is changed.

4. Filtering the Post Status for Automation

Next, we need to set up a filter condition within Pabbly Connect. This filter will check if the post status is set to ‘Generate’ before proceeding to create a LinkedIn post. In the action step, select ‘Filter’ as the app and choose the action event as ‘Filter Values’.

In the filter setup, map the post status from the Google Sheets response. Set the filter type to ‘Equals’ and the filter value to ‘Generate’. This means that only when the status is set to ‘Generate’ will the workflow continue to the next step of generating a LinkedIn post.

Select ‘Filter’ as the app and ‘Filter Values’ as the action event. Map the post status from the previous step. Set the filter condition to ‘Equals’ and value to ‘Generate’.

After saving this filter condition, you can test it to ensure it works as expected. If the condition is true, the workflow will proceed to the next step of generating the LinkedIn post.

5. Generating LinkedIn Post Using OpenAI

Now, we will set up the action to generate the LinkedIn post using OpenAI through Pabbly Connect. Add a new action step and select ‘OpenAI’ as the app. Choose the action event as ‘ChatGPT’. Connect your OpenAI account by entering the API key, which you can obtain from your OpenAI dashboard.

Once connected, select the AI model you wish to use, such as GPT-4, and set up the prompt. The prompt should instruct OpenAI to generate a concise LinkedIn post based on the newsletter content from Google Sheets. Map the newsletter title and content from the previous step into the prompt fields.

Select OpenAI and ChatGPT as the action event. Enter your OpenAI API key to connect. Map the newsletter title and content into the prompt.

After configuring the prompt, click on ‘Save and Send Test Request’ to generate the LinkedIn post. You will receive a response containing the generated post content, which can then be used in the next step.

Conclusion: Posting on LinkedIn

Finally, we will share the generated LinkedIn post using Pabbly Connect. Add another action step and select ‘LinkedIn’ as the app. Choose the action event as ‘Share Simple Text’. Connect your LinkedIn account and select the author for the post. Then, map the generated content from the OpenAI response into the content field.

Set the visibility of the post, either Pabbly or connections only, and click on ‘Save and Send Test Request’. Upon successful completion, your LinkedIn profile will display the newly generated post. This integration showcases how Pabbly Connect can streamline the process of turning newsletter content into engaging LinkedIn posts.

In this tutorial, we detailed how to auto-generate LinkedIn posts from newsletters using Pabbly Connect. By following each step, you can efficiently automate your LinkedIn content creation process, enhancing your online presence.