Stop hesitating, start creating

A collection of templates tailored for creators ready to jumpstart their journey. Whether you're a YouTuber, podcaster, writer, social media creator, builder, or indiepreneur, these tools are designed to help you organize, plan, and grow your creative pursuits.

1One-Page Business Plan

The One-Page Business Plan is a pre-made template that you can fill out and utilize. It assists you in understanding your business better and crafting a plan for the future.

Gain Business Clarity: Create a Vision for Success

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2Content Machine

Only 1% internet people create content religiously.
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We have designed this content planner specifically for the creators who want to take content creation seriously!

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3Idea Pad - a system for capturing product ideas

A process for capturing and validating ideas

In the Idea Pad, ideas are placed in 4 stages:

Inbox: this is where I collect any new ideas that I come across. Each new idea creates a card with 8 questions I need to answer before I can move the card to any other stage. Capturing ideas also works with Notionโ€™s Web Clipper. As a bonus, I get the link to the page I had the idea on for additional context.

Go Validate: If at the end of answering the 8 questions, I think itโ€™s an idea worth validating, I move it here. If not, it goes into the Dead category.

Validated: Ideas that went through my validation process, and I can start building them.

Dead: Ideas I discounted from the inbox or after an unsuccessful validation.

Evaluating the idea

Before I commit time to validate an idea, I want to asses if it's any good. Iโ€™ve borrowed and adapted a set of questions from Tyler Tringas and his meat grinder approach to startup ideas. Each question makes me think deeply about the idea and spot any weak points.

Questions:

- Describe the problem: what is my understanding of the problem people have?
- Describe the solution: what is my solution to their problem?
- Benefits to users: list the benefits of using my solution.
- Is anyone paying to solve this problem today: check if there is a market for this problem. For instance, many people are upset with ads on social networks. No one is, however, paying for an ads-free version of Facebook.
- Possible monetization streams: whatโ€™s my hypothesis on how this could be monetized?
- What to validate: based on all of the above, what questions require a positive answer for me to proceed? For instance, do content creators need a dedicated tool for drafting blog posts?
- How to validate: what is the cheapest, fastest way to validate the idea?
- Is it sustainable? Does the economics of this make sense? Can I scale this idea to a point where my time is being paid for?


Rating the idea

To get an initial understanding of how I feel about the idea, I rate it against 4 factors:
- Usefulness: how useful I believe this will be to my users
- Complexity: how hard is it to build this idea?
- Excitement: do I feel like dropping everything and starting working on this right now?
- Product/Founder fit: am I the right person for this idea? Will I enjoy working on this a year from now?

This allows me to compare ideas against each other and prioritize the ones that are more useful, less complex, Iโ€™m more excited about and I generally feel theyโ€™re a better fit.

Note: As the idea progresses through the system, its rating will change; maybe Iโ€™ll realize something is more complex than I initially thought.

Researching

To better organize ideas, Iโ€™ve started tagging them. This allows me to reference an entire category of ideas, like โ€˜Tools for makersโ€™ using Notions built-in filters. Itโ€™s great for pattern matching, especially when ideas start piling up.

You can come up with your own tagging system. I tend to explore specific trends, and my tags are based on them. Here are some as inspiration:

Tools for makers
- Domains
- Fiverr unbundling
- Newsletters

Every bit of research I do lives on the ideaโ€™s dedicated page. Competition research, tweets of frustrated people asking for a solution, and game plan to validate the idea. All this lives in one place and can be referenced in the future.ย 

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4Podcast Manager

This podcast manager allows content Creators to track their episodes, guests, and analytics. The growth dashboard also allows podcasters to learn if their podcast is trending upwards.

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5Creator Content Planner

๐Ÿ’ก It includes a content dashboard to track your ideas and drafts, and a content calendar to schedule your posts.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ You can customize the template to fit your unique needs and preferences, such as adding specific social media platforms or types of content.

โฐ With this template, you can save time and reduce stress by having everything you need in one place.

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6Content Planner

Be it YouTube, Instagram, Blog or your own website, a smooth, easy-to-use and versatile content planner can make your life 10x easier. This planner makes working on multiple projects at once much more seamless.

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7YouTube Idea Generator

A Notion Template that walks you through the YouTube ideation process, from topic validation to formats, angles, and criteria, to help you generate a killer idea shortlist of your own.

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8commission tracker

Use this tracker to keep track of your commissions while providing transparency to commissioners about where you're at in your process. Not an artist? Use this template to keep track of your Notion commission or writing commissions! Even frequent commissioners can use this template to keep track of the things they've commissioned with some light editing.

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9Fundraising Database and CRM

Level up your fundraising game with Clay's Fundraising Database for Notion. Keep all your investor intel in one sleek hub - from first pitch to signed term sheet.

- Track every interaction, note preferences, and set timely follow-ups.
- See your pipeline at a glance, sorted by stage, amount, or likelihood to invest.
- Jot down those crucial details like "loves sustainable tech" or "always checks references" to personalize your approach.
- Customize views to fit your fundraising style and keep your whole team in sync.

Whether you're a seasoned pro or raising your first round, this template helps you stay organized, impress investors, and close those deals faster. Ready to turn those maybes into yesโ€™es? Let's get those pitches started.

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10Beta Reader Feedback Tracker

This template features a feedback log where authors can input any feedback received and keep track of readers. The Feedback Action Log allows you to list action items based on the feedback received. Categorize action items based on current status.

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