unBlocked - the podcast for Notion Fans

Matthias

unBlocked is THE podcast for Notion Fans. Join us as we talk to the people who actually build Notion and those who build with Notion every day. New episodes every other week

Episodes

  1. 30 APR

    Why Did Notion Build… Email?

    Meet Andrew MilichGET 21+ FREE NOTION TEMPLATES: https://matthiasfrank.de/specialMY FREE NOTION TUTORIAL 👇🏼https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqSccYLztOfMuRKHnaWavQVhJyYKDC0YOBECOME A NOTION PRO & AUTOMATION AVENGER:📩 Join 26,000+ tech-loving productivity fans who are levelling up their Notion & Automation skills:https://matthiasfrank.de/special/🐦 Twitterhttps://twitter.com/mfreihaendig🎥 TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@mfreihaendig📸 Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mfreihaendig/💼 LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/matthiasfrankprofile/🌍 The Bloghttps://matthiasfrank.de💪🏻 WORK WITH MEInterested in tailor-made solutions to help your business waste less time and get more done? Send me a message on any channel and let’s have a chat 📣 SPONSOR MY WORKInterested in getting your product or brand in front an audience of 26,000+ tech-loving productivity fans who who are interested in tools and products that help them lead better lives?https://matthiasfrank.de/sponsor/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 😇

    22 min

  2. 28 APR

    Can Notion Keep The Magic Alive While Growing To 1B Users?

    Meet Erica Anderson, the Chief Revenue Officer at Notion.GET 21+ FREE NOTION TEMPLATES: https://matthiasfrank.de/specialNeed A Notion Consultant? https://matthiasfrank.de/notion-consu...In this episode of my Notion Podcast, I sit down with Erica Anderson, the chief revenue officer at Notion.Join us as we talk about the insane "summer of launches", how Notion is trying to balance their accelerated growth with keeping the magic alive and what it means to build software that is used both by monks and car manufacturers like Toyota.MY FREE NOTION TUTORIAL 👇🏼   • Notion Tutorial: From 0 To Hero With ...  BECOME A NOTION PRO & AUTOMATION AVENGER:📩 Join 26,000+ tech-loving productivity fans who are levelling up their Notion & Automation skills:https://matthiasfrank.de/special/🐦 Twitter  / mfreihaendig  🎥 TikTok  / mfreihaendig  📸 Instagram  / mfreihaendig  💼 LinkedIn  / matthiasfrankprofile  🌍 The Bloghttps://matthiasfrank.de💪🏻 WORK WITH MEInterested in tailor-made solutions to help your business waste less time and get more done? Send me a message on any channel and let’s have a chat 📣 SPONSOR MY WORKInterested in getting your product or brand in front an audience of 26,000+ tech-loving productivity fans who who are interested in tools and products that help them lead better lives?https://matthiasfrank.de/sponsor/------------------------

    14 min

  3. 12/12/2024

    The Unusual Project Management System Notion Uses To Build AI

    Meet Shir Yehoshua, the AI Engineering Lead at Notion. GET 21+ FREE NOTION TEMPLATES: https://matthiasfrank.de/special Need a Notion Consultant? https://matthiasfrank.de/notion-consulting/ In this episode of my Notion Podcast, I sit down with Shir Yehoshua, the AI Engineering Lead at Notion, to talk about Notion AI and how development teams have to adjust to a new technology, where it isn't quite clear yet what it can actually do. We also talk about best practices for prompting, what AI is actually good at (and where you should rather do the work yourself) plus her favourite AI use cases right now. This is part of an ongoing interview series where I sit down with Notion Power Users or the people who work at Notion to look behind the scenes and show how others are using Notion to organise their work.

    18 min

  4. 14/11/2024

    S1 E7 The Secret Behind Notion’s Success Story

    Meet Francisco, the Global Community Lead for Notion. GET 21+ FREE NOTION TEMPLATES: https://matthiasfrank.de/special In this episode of my Notion Podcast, I sit down with Francisco Cruz Mendoza to talk about his journey at Notion, discussing his passion for community building and the evolution of Notion's culture. We dive deep into the magic that is Notion's community and how it has been instrumental for Notion's success. Francisco was one of the first 100 employees and over the past years, he's had a front row seat to the culture at Notion, the growth of the community and the insanely cool things people do with Notion all over the world. MY FREE NOTION TUTORIAL 👇🏼 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqSccYLztOfMuRKHnaWavQVhJyYKDC0YO BECOME A NOTION PRO & AUTOMATION AVENGER: 📩 Join 26,000+ tech-loving productivity fans who are levelling up their Notion & Automation skills: https://matthiasfrank.de/special/ 🐦 Twitter https://twitter.com/mfreihaendig 🎥 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@mfreihaendig 📸 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mfreihaendig/ 💼 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthiasfrankprofile/ 🌍 The Blog https://matthiasfrank.de 💪🏻 WORK WITH ME Interested in tailor-made solutions to help your business waste less time and get more done? Send me a message on any channel and let’s have a chat 📣 SPONSOR MY WORK Interested in getting your product or brand in front an audience of 26,000+ tech-loving productivity fans who who are interested in tools and products that help them lead better lives? https://matthiasfrank.de/sponsor/ 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 😇

    48 min

  5. 23/09/2024

    What’s Next For Notion? Co-Founder Explains in 15 Minutes

    Meet Akshay, the co-founder of Notion GET 21+ FREE NOTION TEMPLATES: https://matthiasfrank.de/special Recently, the Notion Team invited me to visit their office in Dublin - and there, I got to meet Akshay Kothari, one of Notion's three co-founders. In this interview, Akshay and I go over a typical day in his life at Notion and what inspiration video games like Super Mario have for the product roadmap of Notion. You'll also learn how Akshay would explain Notion to a stranger, one thing he'd like to change about the tool and the big promise of AI (that could soon feel like magic). Finally, we talk about the future of Notion and how the tool will change in the next three years. MY FREE NOTION TUTORIAL 👇🏼 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqSccYLztOfMuRKHnaWavQVhJyYKDC0YO BECOME A NOTION PRO & AUTOMATION AVENGER: 📩 Join 26,000+ tech-loving productivity fans who are levelling up their Notion & Automation skills: https://matthiasfrank.de/special/ 🐦 Twitter https://twitter.com/mfreihaendig 🎥 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@mfreihaendig 📸 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mfreihaendig/ 💼 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthiasfrankprofile/ 🌍 The Blog https://matthiasfrank.de 💪🏻 WORK WITH ME Interested in tailor-made solutions to help your business waste less time and get more done? Send me a message on any channel and let’s have a chat 📣 SPONSOR MY WORK Interested in getting your product or brand in front an audience of 26,000+ tech-loving productivity fans who who are interested in tools and products that help them lead better lives? https://matthiasfrank.de/sponsor/ Notion and the Notion logo are trademarks of Notion Labs, Inc., and are used here with permission.

    15 min

  6. 04/08/2024

    The Easy Notion Setup Behind This Startup’s Marketing Success

    Meet Ivanha, the head of marketing at Jam GET 21+ FREE NOTION TEMPLATES: https://matthiasfrank.de/special In this episode of unBlocked, the Notion Podcast, I sit down with Ivanha, the Head of Marketing at Jam. Jam is an early stage startup developing a bug reporting tool for developers (which happens to integrate with Notion). In this fast-paced environment, setting up a functional Notion Workspace can be tricky - after all, you don't want to spend all your time tweaking a setup that could be already outdated next week. Ivanha shares how she approaches this challenge at Jam and later even walks us through some parts of their super simple Notion Setup. Which goes to show: Notion doesn't have to be complicated. Get Jam: https://jam.dev/ Connect with Ivanha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanha-paz/ Get Jam's Marketing Templates: https://jam.dev/blog/how-we-use-notion-for-marketing-planning/

    50 min

  7. 14/07/2024

    Notion Employee Shares 4 Secrets For Successful Notion Workspaces

    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 😇

    1h 5m

  8. 08/07/2024

    Meet The Notion Creator Who Makes $250k/year (without templates)

    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

    1h 4m

  9. 21/05/2024

    S1 E2 How To Make $1,000,000 / Year From Notion (Tem)

    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/

    56 min

  10. 30/04/2024

    S1 E1 Notion Is Changing... Here's What To Expect In 2024 (John Hurley)

    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/

    51 min
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