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How to Create a Content Management System for Content Creators in Notion
Medium writers, Youtubers, and TikTokers do it already. Here is how you can organize your blogs, videos, and digital products with Notion. A free template is included.
Every content creator needs to manage their publications. No matter if you create blogs, videos, or digital products, you need to have a management system at some point. Notion can help you with that. In this guide, I’ll show you how to use Notion to build an organizational system for your content.
I can promise you this: At one point, you’ll be lost without proper organization.
- Maybe you want to republish on another platform but you don’t have the raw files anymore.
- What tags did you use for what type of content and how did it perform?
- Collect information about the content type, platform, direct links, or other useful metadata
Good organization is indispensable! That’s why we start today by building our own customizable management system. It’s better to start late than never!
You have never heard of Notion or what it can do for you? Here is a short introduction:
We’ll cover how to
- Set up and fill a database
- Create custom views to only see specific data
- Add templates for different item types to be faster
- Enhance the visual output with icons, descriptions, and colors
Brainstorming phase
First, you need to clarify what information you want to store and why. It doesn’t make sense to put “everything” in a database, just because it is possible.
- If you just publish YouTube videos, then a data column to indicate that the platform is YouTube doesn’t…
