Then, I can add a filter to ONLY see ads with angles. To get an overview of ONLY ads, I can choose one of my saved views (e.g. proof of value-angles I learned from Joseph Sugarman’s book, The Adweek Copywriting Handbook.) (If you’re curious, an example might be fear vs. I often write Facebook ad copy and need inspiration for two angles to test against each other. Finally, I save my favorite views to avoid having to view all subpages upon each viewing. I have one page called “Swipe File.” Then, within that page, I have subpages, tagged by ad type, copywriter, and more. With Notion, I’ve simplified my swipe file as much as possible. But how often do you remember the name of something you’re searching for, especially something you saved years ago? If I knew the name of the ad I was looking for, I could use Evernote’s search feature, of course. The tag’s naming convention was Work > Copywriting > Swipe File > Ads > Gary Halbert Ads. But because I used nested tags, I often ended up with notes three, four-even five levels deep, at times, defeating the purpose of quick retrieval. I tried building and maintaining a swipe file in Evernote. Having a swipe file-a collection of tested and proven advertising material-is an essential resource for any marketing professional.įor years, I’ve managed a swipe file in Gmail for good marketing emails, organized by brand.īut for (Facebook) ads, sales letters, and other online marketing efforts, I couldn’t find a good way of capturing them. With it, I can format book summaries for greater readability using subheadings, dividers, blockquotes, and more. My favorite addition, though, is Notion’s blocks feature. (More on that shortly.)Īn example of tagging book summaries within a category to add context. What’s more, I can add tags like “Sam’s Favorites,” or “Books with Bibliographies” to give each summary more context.įor example, if I’m looking for a new book to read, I can browse titles with the tag, “Books with Bibliographies.” Or, even better, I can create a filter for ONLY books with that tag, and save that view to reduce having to browse in the future. I can now read a book summary without having to leave the book’s category page. Not only are my book summaries now easier to navigate, but they’re also viewable without having to open a new page. Thankfully, that’s NOT an issue with Notion.Ī preview of “Sam’s Commonplace Book 2.0.” This meant I had to add a “Back to Book Summaries” link to each note, which, as you can imagine, was time-consuming. The problem, though, was as it grew, and bugs began hurting the UX, it became harder to navigate.įor example, jumping from one book summary to another made it harder to return to the Table of Contents. The first iteration of my commonplace book. In it, I kept notes on books I read, courses I enrolled in, quotes I liked, and more. In fact, a few years ago, I began building one in Evernote (which I wrote about here). If you’re a longtime reader, you know that I’m a big advocate of having a commonplace book. “The purpose of the book is to record and organize these gems for later use in your life, in your business, in your writing, speaking, or whatever it is that you do.” “A commonplace book is a central resource or depository for ideas, quotes, anecdotes, observations and information you come across during your life and didactic pursuits,” writes author Ryan Holiday. Notion Use Case #1: Build a Commonplace Book
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I’ll also show you how you can use Notion to get more organized in your personal and professional life, starting from today. Today, to announce my move to Notion, I want to share my three favorite Notion use cases (#1 is my favorite).
I recently moved my Commonplace Book-and the rest of my Evernote contents-to Notion and I must say, I am floored. And after much research, one solution came up, again and again, more than any other…
So, I began researching alternatives to Evernote. Was Evernote no longer a viable option for note-taking? Was there a better solution on the market? My feeling aside, giving customers anything but a great user experience (UX) was unacceptable. Notes were disappearing in the browser, and when they weren’t, they were taking too long to load-my commonplace book was riddled with bugs.Īs a longtime Evernote user, it was a reality I wasn’t ready to accept. A few weeks ago, I started getting emails from readers telling me that my Commonplace Book wasn’t working correctly…
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