How I Write Online With Notion


Hi Reader,

I write online every day and manage my online writing projects with Notion.

Notion can help you streamline your content production and social media posting, and record metrics so you can see what’s working, and do more of it.

Here’s what I have in my Digital Writers Command Centre.

To plan my work I use a Kanban board which is a tool that helps me visualize my work.

I'll map out 5 or 10 themes or topics I want to write about for the next few months.

I can drag the topics across the board indicating my progress.

It enables me to engage in some high-level planning and I can see all of my work in one place.

I can also use it to limit what I'm working on at any one time and I add checklists to each topic card to track more detailed actions.

Next, I have a Priority Framework.

I use this to plan ideas and projects for my business and to figure out what I should spend time on, what I should outsource or what I should just basically ignore.

I'll write down a one-sentence summary describing what I want to do and why, and score the idea based on criteria like effort, feasibility and revenue.

It helps me decide where to focus my efforts to best support my business aims.

For my social media output, I built a content library where I track the performance of individual posts to see what's working and what's not.

I can then figure out which types of content to repurpose.

For example in my LinkedIn Content Library I've taken note of the hook, the first sentence that I use in my LinkedIn posts which is key if you want to capture people’s attention.

I include a link to the original post and metrics like impressions or views.

This enables me to track the success of my posts and understand what topics my audience is most engaging with.

I also have a Content Library for articles I publish on my websites.

It includes the keywords, title, article brief, status and article URL. I use it to plan and monitor content production and avoid repeat topics.

You can invite team members to any of your reports in Notion to facilitate collaboration.

Watch my video to get a closer look at what’s inside my Digital Writers Command Centre.

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Lastly, I have my reporting tools in Notion where I track site visitors, profile views, and general content performance across my websites and social media accounts.

Keeping all of my reporting in one place allows me to allocate time every week to efficiently analyse my success and adjust my output accordingly.

You can create your own command centre, or get a copy of mine that you can start using today.

Check it out

Write on,

Bryan Collins

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