Simon is the founder of Better Creating, a business he started in 2020 geared towards simplifying productivity and finding the best ideas tools and tech to help people create the life they want. His YouTube channel has over 130,000 subscribers, where he makes tutorials, tech reviews and more. Simon is another creator who has gone deep on Notion, building a second brain and many other systems that he sells as templates. Today we’re going to find out what it’s like being a full-time creator and why the Notion ecosystem is booming still in 2024.

Links

James Recommendations

JR Recommendations

Simon Recommendations

Thinking, Fast and Slow
Anything You Want (James has some spare copies of this. DM him if you’d like a copy for free)
Into the Woods
Scott Yu-Jan
Sleep No More

Timestamps

00:00 Intro
01:15 From theatre director to content creator
05:47 Choosing to make content not based on his career
07:36 Staying consistent creating content as a side project
12:47 Making money with small audiences
22:38 Keeping up a production schedule
24:53 The Notion template business
27:07 Are Notion templates a waste of time?
31:38 Is the template space too crowded?
34:53 Platform risk building on top of Notion
38:54 Coming up with template ideas
41:58 How to price Notion templates
45:27 Building a team
54:41 Book, YouTube and Theatre recommendations

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