Your FIRST TIME using Notion: Beginner's Guide

[@keepproductive]

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[@Jim.Hummel]

As a Notion virgin, I had high expectations for this video. And other than getting an extremely quick introduction on building pages, it missed the mark for me. As others commented previously, the video could have been shorter based on the actual useful content, there were several Ooops moments with no explanation of how they were resolved, and probably the most accurate summation, "The irony of making a presentation about a planning software without planning the video itself..." The potential for having an awesome "Your First Day with Notion | A Beginner's Guide" is still available.

[@felixjosephbamba9917]

Great videos BUT it's a shame that when you hit a difficulty, you tend to fix it off camera instead of showing how you actually got it fixed. People watching the videos will encounter the same issue and the video could then've helped. Just a suggestion here

[@aneesanoor5750]

for the calender issue you could just go to the top right corner of the page and from there you will be able to delete the page entirely and make a new page which is really simple

[@zmwarkoczynski-prochownik4828]

Thanks. One thing to consider: This video should start around 6 minutes. The introduction has no added value.

[@deniseleraaen9733]

Thanks for saving me the time.

[@gaspi3501]

Thanks dude

[@sorrychangedmyusername3594]

Legend here

[@FarhanMehmood]

do u have a time stamp

[@ashleyh2647]

Thanks man

[@captainpatsajak]

This video should have been 5 minutes. I'll save you the trouble - click here to start: 6:16

[@TdotTbot]

What a useless video

[@AsifMehedi]

Anyone can criticize. But only a few create. I hope someday you learn to say thanks to those who take their time to make something useful even if it's not perfect (nothing ever is).

[@Dmytrozern]

Thank you.

[@jointogethernow1]

IT'S A FREE VIDEO! (dang)

[@vikterstein9053]

captainpatsajak thank you

[@Dallas76JJ]

I was introduced to Notion by this channel and I didn't know what it could do. But once I started to learn more about it I am continually amazed. I can organise my work exactly how I want to. I have tried so many apps that ended up being a disappointment. This is something truely different. I love it.

[@nanostar7660]

Time Stame 4:36-Sat down and figure out what you want 6:36--choose picture for background--add a simple name 12:20--calendar

[@moroccandeepweb5880]

Haha, lol

[@kris12321]

damn that was a waste of my time

[@sarojapandy2059]

lmao

[@ashleyh2647]

Thanks

[@cdbaxul4726]

The irony of making a presentation about a planning software without planning the video itself...

[@sarojapandy2059]

😂

[@AshokKumar-yi5ph]

This channel gives more value information to subscribers, so that, i will never skip any ads while paying. It's my contribution from my side.

[@SandraAlvarez-tr8ep]

This is BRILLIANT! Thank you Francesco! This was incredibly helpful - and thank you for answering my tweet

[@moshet842]

Why don't youtubers just jump straight into the content of the video? Drives me up the wall.

[@MrCorpsy6]

You can't monetize videos that are too short.

[@TheRooks1215]

He literally says there's timestamps in the description to skip forward

[@davefink2326]

Kaya Dokrat exactly! What a bunch of whiners!

[@shonk7201]

Revenue, you tubers make their videos like 10minutes long to get it

[@jd156]

you should've checked the timestamps then

[@MrLittletube]

This is EXATLY the video I’ve been looking for.

[@kelvinemilio2941]

I'M LOOKING FOR A PLANNER FOR WEEKS AND I saw Notion and I love this app 🍃

[@yarilochka_vaishnavi]

I love your planning! Thank you for the inspiration, I'm gonna make my own

[@tishbouvier]

OMGOSH I was about to give up on Notion, but you just made it so simple to start. I really appreciate this video.

[@raisingbarssince1978]

Starts at 2:53

[@moola9755]

Nils thank you lmaooo

[@greencoder7419]

Actually starts at 6:20

[@BDV000]

So much useless talk with his videos. This is why I really don't follow him anymore.

[@lorimast]

Thank you soooooo much for this extensive walk-through!!! I had seen another KZbinr talk about Notion, but I couldn't figure it out. I asked him for help, but he never replied. I found your video and it was exactly what I needed!!! Thank you thank you thank you.... now I can actually use it!

[@LeeNourse]

Thanks for this video Francesco. I had to stop it several times though, and go back to see where/how you got to the element you were talking about. I think it could have been slower and more detailed for us Notion newbies.

[@julie7035]

After reading all the negative comments: Better done than perfect! Thank you for a good introduction. I will watch your other notion videos in the upcoming weeks.

[@scottmzt]

Made me realize notion is a much bigger idea and will solve many more of my productivity challenges other than just moving to dos from Evernote. Excited and inspired to dive in. Thank you!

[@domorrison003]

Thank you for the general basics in using Notion as a beginner. I just started a bookkeeping business and I’m trying to find the best layout and design to keep track of my clients and their ongoing due dates and deadlines. I’ve been using Trello, but things are starting to get a bit too jumbled and convoluted. So Notion really seems like a very promising option. I just have to put a lot of thought into it. Thanks again!

[@karinrushin5034]

Thanks Francesco, very helpful. I’ve had this downloaded for months and not known how to get started! Feeling more confident to give it a go now.

[@TakuyaUMEDACHI]

I just started to use Notion. Your video is very helpful for a beginner like me. Thanks a lot!

[@bobkoss280]

As other's have said, lots of fluff in the beginning. Video really needs to be more focused and to have a point - it wasn't at all clear what the goal was. That said, thanks for making the video. I know this is a lot of work.

[@manonogueira1523]

Excellent overview. Congrats! I particularly liked your mention that your project can grow as you become more familiar with Notion & you don't have to start again from scratch since you dont really loose your data but rather use it in different ways.

[@sumbulnekqadamova5760]

Thank you, that was really helpful!!!

[@jordanri9741]

the background music is burning brain cells

[@RyanandSaraDelling]

The most clear and straightforward Notion tutorial for beginners!

[@keepproductive]

Cheers Ryan 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@nourcauveren]

Amazing tutorial. It is just what I need. Thank you Francesco for a brilliant video that is going to save me from a lot of stress.

[@michalrv3066]

Thanks, I've moved core of my trello to notion today and also made placeholders for fitness stuff, app development and notes :)

[@prophetessmarie9742]

It helped me! Thank you!

[@anthonyfoister23]

Awesome vid!! Gives me some great ideas! Keep making more Notion vids please! Maybe- how Notion could be used for note taking instead of Evernote...

[@keepproductive]

Glad you found it helpful Anthony and watched it when you got back to the hotel, don't worry you can always bank them to watch on one day ;) Thanks for your support + musings on Notion :-) Francesco.

[@piratemacfan]

You’ve given a nice overview. I’m [still and again] at a loss, however: “And just how do I use Notion in order to be more productive?” I just haven’t “gotten it” yet. Its usefulness eludes me.

[@elimatrix]

Thanks I'm learned so much

[@mlpcharles]

Summary (starting at 6:16) 1. Start with a default page. - It's your workspace. - Set a gallery picture you like. - Pick an emoji you like - Name the page something personal - Add a sub-header (mini-description of workspace purpose) - Add a divider to separate sub-header from workspace area - Title the different areas, e.g., "short-term" and "long-term" - Put a divider beneath the different areas 2. Templates then come in - Create a page - Say you want a roadmap, add a roadmap template - Look for a template that matches what you need - You can add direct links on your workspace to your templates - Start with a template, and modify it from there 3. Fill your workspace rapidly - Over time you can gain control over new areas - Notion is a space you can manipulate - Keep it simple at first

[@TurnFullCircle]

Another great / enjoyable vid thanks for sharing your experience with us.....Cheers Chris

[@keepproductive]

Thanks Chris!!!

[@jimekrut]

Thanks for the overview. It's just going to take some exploring and experimenting. Thanks especially for suggesting that you started simply and mentioning that recommendation several times!

[@andricheli]

Thank you!! I have been looking for a good project management app for work and have installed and deleted Notion several times, not really knowing how to use it. Then I found this video. Was exactly what I needed to get over the initial hump.

[@finbar000]

Hi, for someone who is new ie as still very lost. Couldn’t really follow what was going on. For me it needs to be step by step. Jumped around a bit. Thanks for taking the time though to talk about what seems to be a really useful tool

[@avemariaborja4206]

Love the tip to start off keeping it simple!!

[@carlosalvarez8076]

Thanks man, this is what I needed to start with Notion, feel the same at the begining

[@rvenneman]

Thanks for taking the time to make this great video. I learned a lot!

[@Alina-qw2cy]

Thank you for this video. It really helped me to understand the basics of notion and it gave me some good ideas to start with!

[@BlendtutsES]

Hi, Francesco!! I've been exploring Notion and I'm liking it so far, but there is something I've been missing: let's say you havea project, and you finish it, so you want to take it out of the way. Is there a way of "archive" it? Up to this point, only way to do that I found was to create my own "Archive" page and dragging things into it when they're done. Great video!

[@bifrost999]

You are great! Thanks from Latvia🇱🇻!

[@gm-sp5nx]

I'm a Day-One Newbie and app's tutorials were too piecemeal for me. This overview helped me see some ideas for simplifying my future complex plans. And, yes, I started watching video at 6:00 min! (thanks to earlier commenters for this valuable suggestion) Best advice came at the very end... start with only 1-2 most important pages to get used to things. In between, lots of functionality detail here, which was great to see scope. I'm easily overwhelmed, but realized that I can always come back for more and SLOWLY take in each bit, right? thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@joshuaidowu7289]

really helpful mate, tried it in the past, left it 'cause I had no idea what was going on. Your video really cleared the panorama :))

[@nandinichandkar2349]

Thnk u soon much bro .. it just helped me as a beginner.. I would love to check out more on this .. ❣❣

[@carlareeves3182]

Super great and helpful. Thank you so much! I've gone from a tad overwhelmed to excited to get started.

[@jennanicoleavila5753]

Great video, really helpfull

[@davidyadav6289]

Quick tip: typing 3 dashes will insert a divider i.e "---"

[@YelCan]

Thank you! I was lost ... I have a few flagstones under my feet. Had to go back to see _exactly_ how to set up columns. Much to learn (obviously). Is there an overview that is comprehensive in naming the parts of Notion and how they interact? _This is a page. These are things that go on pages. These are the properties of each of those things. Etc._ Thx.

[@varmourx1061]

Thx, very useful

[@djgery95]

Thank you very much for this video. I really had no idea what to do at first when I registered to this app. It made so much more sense after watching your video Francesco :)

[@rebeccagyan4238]

thanks for the video it is really helpful 😬😬

[@audreythouvenin4816]

Educating video for beginners! Opening the app is a bit overwhelming. But you make it easy to understand in a few minutes the simplicity, AND, the power of this app. Thank you for this. I now feel comfortable using the app and learn more about it later ;)

[@msss213]

Man, It's so awesome! Thank you so much, it was really helpful information for me.

[@dottygirl6973]

Many thanks, great vid

[@keepproductive]

Ahh, thank you! :-)

[@jasperjia110]

Thank you for sharing this! Really helpful!

[@keepproductive]

Ah, glad it helped Shizhen! Francesco.

[@likeyoumeanit5425]

Thanks for the tips man, this program seems amazing!

[@po-kaichang3757]

Just a suggestion that you may turn off Grammarly; so its icon won't possibly confuse any beginners on the web page; good job bro!

[@SaintOrCinema]

This was brilliant. Thank you xxx

[@keepproductive]

No problems! 👋🏼👋🏼

[@byaziztalks]

I really liked notion and I want to learn more about it But unfortunately there are few tutorials and ideas for the app Please provide us more about notion Thanks for your efforts

[@hadiyaacoub735]

Thanks a lot for the work. It was all what I need to start!

[@keepproductive]

Thank you Hadi, hope I can help further :-)

[@weski79]

Thanks for making this video! 👍🏾👍🏾

[@keepproductive]

Why thank you, will be making more Notion features soon Kizzy, keep an eye out! Francesco.

[@minarai9868]

Pourreurkioğ

[@harterjay]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[@liedmond7336]

Frankly speaking, your vedio is absoultely friendly to our freashmen in notion. But it is a little bit superficial, hope more related vedios to teach us how to make full full full use of it.

[@damilarearowojobe5436]

Really helpful video, thanks for creating this.

[@keepproductive]

😊 Pleasure

[@CharliesCustomClones]

As one in the market for a solution to manage time and pull together to-do, people, calendar, projects, etc., I wonder if there is a good way to take Motion App and integrate into Notion. As a beginner if I choose one or the other first, which should I choose?

[@kirubeltadesse4364]

Thank you it's such a useful video on a useful app!

[@FuegoPazzo]

Thank you, this is excellent. I'm trying to build use Tony Robbins RPM and wanted somewhere to record and save the info daily and after trying several alternatives Notion is looking like a great way to achieve this. Cheers

[@jamesduff9382]

Notion's privacy policy states that "Notion Labs, Inc. has the right but not the obligation to monitor all Content provided by users." ... So not private?

[@shahedali02]

Best advice to students is get your spec!!!!! E.g I do Weimar & Nazi Germany as part of my course, I have the spec on my left on the wall on my desk. So we have headings which is like the main topic e.g The Establishment & Early years of Weimar , 1918-1924 So that's like my heading In that will be like the lesson focus area, so e.g Impact of war & political crisis of Oct-Nov 1918; context for the establishment of the Weimar; terms, + & -. This can be broken down by lesson!!! I'm making this now, so if anyone is doing AQA A Level History, & if I can share it I will do. Also thank you my man, because you gave me the idea of just looking at my Spec!!!!

[@keepproductive]

Glad you found it nifty, thanks for the context to your use.

[@shahedali02]

@@keepproductive thank you and Ali Abdal for going through it because it's something I could only wish for but thank you seriously!

[@pfpedro87]

Cheers from Brazil, you are awesome!

[@keepproductive]

Good to hear from you Pedro, happy to help further if you need it! Francesco :-)

[@DJAlienoverpowerd]

Thank you very much sir. A very useful video!

[@segunkareem9012]

Thank you and God bless

[@jrdexterinc]

Very Helpful. I use this to create my first page

[@ValentineVernigor]

Great reivew

[@wayofthewonderer]

Great video, thank you. I've thumbs up'd and subscribed to show thanks

[@myo3939]

You're right! Notion is hard for first-time users

[@BeyondtheLens]

Can the calendar be connected with my google calender? If not I dont get it

[@alvarosantos11]

Would you mind showing how did you create the 3-month roadmap?

[@Karl-rc8rk]

Excellent video, thanks ! 😆👍🏼

[@shemmoirichards]

Awesome video, i would have liked you to explore a bit more the app but now i have an idea where to begin.

[@andre_lug]

Thank you for the video!

[@lulusplannerlifegmz1202]

omg! im so lost dont know how to begin; I just dl this app Do i create on the very 1st page that shows examples or make a brand new one. thanks for your video.

[@DpH0844]

How about using an Ipadwith an Apple Pencil or should I give up

[@msdaniellejm69]

Thanks, this was helpful.

[@keepproductive]

No worries, any help you need - let me know. Francesco :-)

[@Mumpet]

Thanks, that was very useful

[@keepproductive]

Always here to help.

[@Commonsensecommodities]

I have a Trading Journal Database in Notion. I have students who pay me to have access to that page. I place new trades and updates to existing trades every day. I will have between 5- to 100 Guests on that page/database. I need to let them know immediately when I add a new trade or update an existing page. I can't figure out how to do that. I don't want to have to @mention (name) 100 times each time I make a new trade. I set reminders for like 5 minutes into the future after I make a trade but I don't think all the Guests will see the reminder. How can I make Notion notify all Guests to a page at once when I add or change something to that page?

[@rakshitapt1148]

It was a very helpful guide! But. My notion isn't working on my browser :( "Cannot save changes" in red next to the names of all pages doesn't allow me to edit ANY of my pages :( I just wanted to ask if someone has encountered the same issue and how they figured it out. (Also, should i download the app on my windows? sorry if that was a stupid question)

[@rafaelperes548]

Thanks for the video! I think Notion is not intuitive as Evernote is. As a beginner, I'll try out more Notion.

[@amaliekaastrup-hansen9502]

Shout out from a random Dane passing by. Saw "Basic Danish" as under learning. Not one to make it easy on yourself I see. Our pronunciation seems to be pure hell for a lot of foreigners. Hope you haven't given up. Danes will be impressed out of their minds by even the most basic phrases. Knæk og bræk (google translate it)

[@shaikikbhalBasha]

Its helpful

[@javierdelgado_]

Thank You.. Great explanation.

[@bonfa54]

Thanks for the video, it really helped. The problem I have with Notion is that I use it as a substitute for other services and I feel like I'm not getting the full potential of the tool. Can you make videos like the ones for todoist with various setups? It would be very helpful to view how other people organize themselves in this malleable environment. It really feels like the only limit is my imagination and I'm concerned that it will become too dispersive for work really fast.

[@LaurensiusAdiKun]

I thought the same. For me it's the ability to see all my task and calendar in one place instead of having to open each page/note. What do you think?

[@godstenrules]

Is there a way to integrate the notes you write down on the pc to the Android app?

[@AmritAssi]

Do you suggest this over evernote premium ?

[@NikoKolios]

We use Podio at work. It’s transformed how we work, similar features to this but far simpler to use. Far less ‘noise’ than Notion. Can you do a video on Podio?

[@arazkhazen4871]

That was really helpfull💪💪💪