Episodes

  • Notion Employee Shares 4 Secrets For Successful Notion Workspaces
    Jul 14 2024

    Meet Ciarán Doyle, the Head of Solutions Engineering for Notion EMEA GET 21+ FREE NOTION TEMPLATES: https://matthiasfrank.de/special

    Ciarán Doyle, Head of Solutions Engineering for Notion EMEA, is an expert for large-scale Notion adoption.

    His experience helping Europe's biggest companies transform their workflows makes him the perfect person to talk to if you want to learn more about the challenges of implementing Notion across teams and organisations.

    In this episode, we dive into the common pitfalls companies face when adopting Notion and how to avoid them. Ciarán reveals the one thing every company should implement in Notion for maximum impact, shares an often-overlooked step in the rollout process, and offers a simple yet effective trick to use before building anything in Notion.

    Whether you're a small team or a large enterprise, Ciarán's insights will help you unlock Notion's full potential.

    If you're using Notion at work, here are some additional resources:

    Ultimate Notion For Business Setup Guide: https://youtu.be/cHg8erTsdY8

    Get Help From A Notion Consultant: https://matthiasfrank.de/discovery-call/ Notion and the Notion logo are trademarks of Notion Labs, Inc., and are used here with permission. Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that help support this channel 😇

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Meet The Notion Creator Who Makes $250k/year (without templates)
    Jul 8 2024

    Here's how Sara Loretta runs her Notion Business GET 21+ FREE NOTION TEMPLATES: https://matthiasfrank.de/special Sara Loretta was one of Notion's earliest certified Consultants and has since grown her business to $250k / year - and that mostly without a team. Which makes her the perfect person to have a conversation about what it takes to be a successful Notion Creator. In this episode, we'll cover how to set your prices and why twitter is wrong about productised services. Sara shares her opinion on Notion Templates (and why you probably shouldn't start a Notion Business centred just around that) and gives us some insights into how the runs her own business. If you want to learn more about Sara, here's where you can find here: Work with Sara: https://systms.club/ Personal Website: https://www.saraloretta.com/ Connect on X: https://x.com/thesaraloretta Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saraloretta/ Find Sara on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SaraLoretta

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • S1 E2 How To Make $1,000,000 / Year From Notion (Tem)
    May 21 2024

    In the second episode of unBlocked, I sit down with Tem, the founder of Optemization to talk about how he went from earning $15 / Hour as a Startup Intern to crossing $1,000,000 in ARR with Notion Consulting.


    GET 21+ FREE NOTION TEMPLATES: https://matthiasfrank.de/special We discuss how a Bullet Journal kickstarted his career as a Notion Consultant and how he went from freelance consultant to building a team. Optemization is a fully remote consultancy, so Tem shares his approach to building a great company culture and which tech stack they use to run the Notion Consultancy. Last but certainly not least, we discuss why anyone would hire a Notion Consultant for $5,000 or more when they could just pay $5 for a Notion Template instead. Looking to get in touch with Tem? Here's how: Tem on X: https://x.com/temnco Tem on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/optemization/ Optemization: https://optemization.com/ And here's the Tech Stack for Optemization: Notion: https://affiliate.notion.so/mfreihaendig Slack: https://slack.com/ Loom: https://www.loom.com/ Grain: https://grain.com/ HeyTaco: https://heytaco.com/ Zapier: https://zapier.com/ Make: https://www.make.com/en/register?pc=mfreihaendig Attio: https://attio.com/ Superhuman: https://superhuman.com/ Texts: https://texts.com/ Arc: https://arc.net/ Pitch: https://pitch.com/

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    56 mins
  • S1 E1 Notion Is Changing... Here's What To Expect In 2024 (John Hurley)
    Apr 30 2024

    Meet John Hurley, the Head of Product Marketing at Notion. GET 21+ FREE NOTION TEMPLATES UnBlocked is a brand new podcast for Notion Fans, where I sit down with people who work at Notion or work a lot with Notion.

    In the first ever episode, I had the pleasure of meeting with John Hurley. John Hurley is the Head of Product Marketing at Notion, so his job is to think about what features Notion should build next - and who their actually building Notion for. In this interview, we discuss his background and how selling books in third grade and later starting his own wine company ultimately led him to Notion. We also learn how John Hurley stays productive every day and what the Lord of The Rings has to do with Notion. You'll learn:

    • What is Notion's biggest challenge
    • The key to using Notion successfully
    • What is on Notion's upcoming roadmap
    • One thing that really caught Notion off guard
    • And of course we have to talk about Offline Mode for Notion Learn more about John Hurley's Wine Company: https://www.drinkorigin.co/ For the full transcript of the interview, check out the blog post: https://matthiasfrank.de/interview-john-hurley/
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    51 mins