n8n Automation for Business

42 episodes taking you from complete beginner to building production-ready business automations. Free, practical, and no fluff.

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Why Your Business is Bleeding Money on Manual Tasks

Every hour spent on repetitive tasks is an hour not spent growing your business. This series teaches you to build automations that actually work in production.

Season 1: Foundations

Episodes 1-5 • Getting started with n8n

Episode 1: Why Your Business is Bleeding Money on Manual Tasks

Ep 1
  • The real cost of manual workflows
  • What is n8n and why it matters
  • Real business use cases overview

Episode 2: Your First n8n Workflow in 10 Minutes

Ep 2
  • Installation options (Cloud vs Self Hosted vs Desktop)
  • Docker installation walkthrough
  • Building first workflow: Google Sheets to Slack

Episode 3: APIs, Webhooks, and Authentication

Ep 3
  • Understanding integration types
  • OAuth vs API keys security
  • Practical examples (HubSpot, Custom APIs, Webhooks)

Episode 4: Error Handling That Doesn't Break at 3am

Ep 4
  • Why workflows fail and prevention
  • Try/catch blocks and error workflows
  • Retry logic and exponential backoff

Episode 5: Data Transformation

Ep 5
  • JSON, XML, arrays, and objects
  • Expressions and functions
  • Set, Split, Merge, and Code nodes

Season 2: Business Workflows

Episodes 6-10 • Real-world automation patterns

Episode 6: Automating Customer Onboarding

Ep 6
  • Trigger: New customer sign up (Stripe, forms)
  • CRM records, welcome emails, provisioning
  • Complete workflow walkthrough

Episode 7: Lead Management Pipeline

Ep 7
  • Lead capture from multiple sources
  • Enrichment, scoring, and qualification
  • Routing and follow-up automation

Episode 8: Content and Social Media Automation

Ep 8
  • Scheduling across platforms
  • RSS to social, approval workflows
  • What to automate vs keep human

Episode 9: Document Processing

Ep 9
  • Invoices, contracts, and data entry
  • OCR and data extraction
  • Accounting integration and audit trails

Episode 10: Internal Operations

Ep 10
  • Time tracking, expenses, reporting
  • Team productivity dashboards
  • Slack/Teams integrations

Season 3: Advanced Techniques

Episodes 11-15 • Level up your automations

Episode 11: Conditionals, Loops, and Complex Branching

Ep 11
  • IF nodes and Switch nodes
  • Looping through data sets
  • Sub-workflows and performance

Episode 12: Building Your Own API Endpoints

Ep 12
  • Webhook-triggered workflows
  • Authentication and security
  • Building APIs for your business

Episode 13: Database Integration

Ep 13
  • Postgres, MySQL, and beyond
  • CRUD operations and data sync
  • Security considerations

Episode 14: AI Integration

Ep 14
  • OpenAI and Claude API integration
  • Content generation and analysis
  • Cost management for AI operations

Episode 15: Monitoring and Production Best Practices

Ep 15
  • Logging and debugging
  • Alerting strategies
  • Backup and version control

Season 4: Industry Specific & Scale

Episodes 16-20 • Vertical solutions and growth

Episode 16: E-commerce Automation

Ep 16
  • Orders, inventory, fulfilment
  • Customer communication sequences
  • Returns and refunds handling

Episode 17: Marketing Automation Beyond Email

Ep 17
  • Multi-channel orchestration
  • A/B testing and attribution
  • Ad platform integration

Episode 18: Finance and Accounting

Ep 18
  • Invoice generation and payments
  • Subscription management
  • Xero, QuickBooks integration

Episode 19: HR and Recruitment

Ep 19
  • Candidate tracking and scheduling
  • Employee onboarding
  • Leave management and offboarding

Episode 20: Scaling n8n for Teams

Ep 20
  • Dev, staging, production setup
  • Team collaboration and access control
  • High availability and cost optimisation

Season 5: Real World Projects

Episodes 21-25 • Complete system builds

Episode 21: Complete Lead Generation Machine

Ep 21
  • Full system design walkthrough
  • Capture, enrich, score, route
  • Analytics dashboard

Episode 22: Customer Support Ticketing System

Ep 22
  • Email to ticket creation
  • SLA monitoring and escalation
  • CSAT surveys and reporting

Episode 23: Content Creation Pipeline

Ep 23
  • Idea tracking to publishing
  • Multi-platform distribution
  • SEO checks and performance tracking

Episode 24: Event Management Automation

Ep 24
  • Registration and payments
  • Communication and reminders
  • Post-event follow-up

Episode 25: Building Your Automation Strategy

Ep 25
  • Auditing and prioritisation
  • Calculating ROI
  • Implementation roadmap

Season 6: Beyond n8n - Enterprise Automation

Episodes 26-32 • When you need more power

Episode 26: When n8n Isn't Enough

Ep 26
  • Recognising the limits
  • Performance bottlenecks
  • The right tool for the job

Episodes 27-28: GitHub Actions

Ep 27-28
  • CI/CD pipeline basics
  • Production deployment pipelines
  • When to use Actions vs n8n

Episodes 29-30: Kubernetes and EKS

Ep 29-30
  • When you actually need K8s (spoiler: probably not yet)
  • Running n8n on Kubernetes
  • Cost analysis vs simpler hosting

Episode 31: Infrastructure as Code

Ep 31
  • Terraform and GitOps
  • Managing changes safely
  • When manual is actually fine

Episode 32: When to Hire a DevOps Engineer

Ep 32
  • Signals you need help
  • Build vs buy vs outsource
  • What to look for when hiring

Season 7: Professional Platform Engineering

Episodes 33-38 • Enterprise-grade practices

Episode 33: Zero Trust Architecture

Ep 33
  • Security for modern businesses
  • Common automation security mistakes
  • Compliance (GDPR, SOC2, ISO27001)

Episode 34: Observability

Ep 34
  • Monitoring vs observability
  • Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch
  • Alerting without alert fatigue

Episode 35: Disaster Recovery

Ep 35
  • Backup strategies and testing
  • RTO and RPO planning
  • Incident response

Episode 36: Cloud Cost Optimisation

Ep 36
  • Understanding cloud billing
  • Common cost traps
  • My £120k savings story at SciBite

Episodes 37-38: Multi-Environment & Engineering Culture

Ep 37-38
  • Dev, staging, production strategy
  • Deployment strategies (blue/green, canary)
  • Process without bureaucracy

Season 8: Making the Business Case

Episodes 39-42 • ROI, products, and the future

Episode 39: Calculating ROI

Ep 39
  • Time savings methodology
  • Presenting to leadership
  • Real numbers from real implementations

Episode 40: From Automation to Product

Ep 40
  • Building SaaS on n8n
  • White labelling and pricing
  • The productised service model

Episode 41: Consulting and Services

Ep 41
  • Selling automation expertise
  • Service packages and pricing
  • My approach with AlanOps

Episode 42: The Future of Business Automation

Ep 42
  • AI agents vs traditional workflows
  • Skills that remain valuable
  • Preparing for what's next

Bonus Episodes

Additional content as needed

Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

n8n vs Zapier vs Make: When to Choose What

Self Hosting Deep Dive: Infrastructure and Security

Community Workflows: Adapting Templates

Troubleshooting Workshop: Fixing Broken Workflows

Q&A: Your Automation Questions Answered

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