What if my blog doesn't have RSS?

Most CMS platforms (WordPress, Ghost, Ghost, Webflow, Squarespace) expose one by default at /feed or /rss.xml — check your platform's docs.

Is BCC safe for large lists?

It works fine for smaller lists (roughly under 50-100); for larger alumni bases, swap the Gmail node for a proper email marketing/transactional service to protect deliverability.

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Alumni Newsletter Digest

Once a week, this pulls your program's latest blog posts via RSS, builds a short digest, and sends it to your entire alumni list via BCC — no manual copy-paste newsletter assembly required.

Automation flow

Step 1

Weekly Trigger

Runs once a week.

Step 2

Program Blog RSS

Pulls the 5 most recent posts from your public feed.

Step 3

Build Digest Content

Formats posts into a short bulleted summary.

Step 4

Read Alumni List

Pulls all alumni emails from Sheets.

Step 5

Send Newsletter

One BCC email goes out to the full list.

How it works

1Once a week, the workflow pulls the 5 most recent posts from your program's RSS feed.
2It formats them into a short bulleted digest.
3The full alumni list is read and every email is aggregated into a single BCC field.
4One newsletter email is sent — to your sender address, BCC'd to the whole list — so recipients don't see each other's addresses.

Services used

RSS feedGoogle SheetsGmail

What you'll need

An n8n Cloud or self-hosted account
A public RSS feed for your school/program blog or news page (most CMS and blog platforms expose one by default, e.g. /feed or /rss.xml)
A Google account (Sheets, for the alumni list)

What's included

Fully automatic, no manual newsletter assembly
Uses your existing public blog RSS feed
Alumni list managed from a simple Google Sheet
Easy to add more content sources

Estimate what this could save you

Times per week

Minutes each time

Your hourly value ($)

3.6 hours/month

≈ $108/month in your time

A rough estimate based on what you enter above — not a guarantee. Actual time saved depends on your process.

Make it yours

Add a second RSS source (e.g. an events calendar feed) and merge both into the digest.
Swap the flat BCC send for a proper email marketing tool if your list grows past a few hundred (Gmail has sending limits).
Add an unsubscribe link and a small footer with your program's contact info.