The BEST Way to Capture and Organize Web Content in Notion!

About this video

Jeff Su explains his workflow for capturing and organizing web content in Notion by combining the Save to Notion browser extension with a custom clipped-content template in what he calls his knowledge database. Content is sorted by type — educational how-to versus creative/inspirational — plus medium (video or text) and life categories. Each page uses properties including Implication, a one-sentence takeaway, Status (WIP or Completed depending on whether action items remain), an optional Date with reminder, and the source URL, illustrated with his research on a 24 to 72 hour fast and a reminder set for January 25th. He shows how to create a Save to Notion form linked to the database, set defaults like type Educational and status WIP, and fix the image field so pages look clean. His key hack is to uncheck ‘Clip page content’ in the form so a new page arrives empty and can apply his Notion template with Key Takeaways, Action Items, and Notes sections, then use right-click Add Highlight on selected paragraphs to add only the important parts instead of the whole article. He demonstrates linking related pages, such as a sodium loading article inside a main fasting page, and recommends filtered views including a ’not organized’ catch-all where Type is empty.

Key takeaways

• Organize a Notion knowledge database by Type (educational vs. creative), Medium (video vs. text), category, Implication, Status, Date/reminder, and URL, customized to your own use case.
• Use the Save to Notion extension with saved forms that pre-fill defaults like Type and WIP status for one-click capturing to a specific database.
• Leave ‘Clip page content’ unchecked so clipped pages can use a Notion template with Key Takeaways, Action Items, and Notes, rather than dumping the full article.
• Highlight specific paragraphs and use Add Highlight to save only the most important excerpts into the Notes section.
• Create filtered views for your workflow, including a ’not organized’ view where Type is empty to catch pages where properties were forgotten.

Episode details: published November 16, 2021 · 8:07 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Jeff Su’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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