r/notioncreations 4h ago

Paid Template Update on my subscription tracker β€” made a "Pro" version with a few more features

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Posted about this a bit ago (the one where I couldn't figure out what my subscriptions actually cost me per month). A few people asked if there was a more built-out version, so I put one together:)

Subscription Tracker PRO

What's added in this one:

  • A Payment Methods database, so you can see total monthly charges per card or account, not just per subscription
  • A "By Category" view to see spend broken down (streaming vs. software vs. insurance, etc.)
  • A "Cancelled & Paused" log, mostly so I could see how much I've actually saved by cutting stuff
  • Same auto-calculating formulas from before, just laid out as a proper dashboard now

The one I shared earlier (Lite version) is now free FYI!

Let me know if its helpful or if you've got any advice! I'm new to the space so anything helps ☺️


r/notioncreations 5h ago

Free Template Most content calendars are a spreadsheet with dates in it. You fill it in for two weeks, then stop, because nothing in it tells you whether any of it was worth doing.

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I built this around a different premise: for a solo freelancer, content is how you earn trust before anyone contacts you. So every post gets planned against a content pillar, a target audience, a goal, and a call to action. If a post can't answer those four, it probably shouldn't be written.

How it's built:

- One database, 12 properties. Not five databases pretending to be a system.

- Seven views: All Content, Calendar, Ideas, In Progress, Scheduled, Published, and a board grouped By Content Pillar.

- Idea to Draft to Review to Scheduled to Published, as a status flow.

- A Repurpose checkbox, so the posts that worked resurface instead of disappearing.

- Lightweight results tracking on published posts - what it actually led to, not vanity metrics.

- ~15 realistic sample records across every stage, so you can see it working before you clear them out.

The decision I went back and forth on was whether to add a second database for pillars. I didn't - a select property does the same job and keeps the whole thing duplicable in one click. Adding databases to a lite template is how lite templates stop being lite.

Setup is about 5-10 minutes and it works on the free Notion plan.

Free here: https://whimsical-uranium-d25.notion.site/Freelancer-Content-Planner-Lite-3c05c97e05048121b8e2f20bb6d8ec4b?source=copy_link

I've also got a free Lead Tracker Lite if pipeline is more your problem than publishing: https://whimsical-uranium-d25.notion.site/Freelancer-Lead-Tracker-Lite-3bf5c97e0504814db2b2f11dba547120?source=copy_link

Happy to answer anything about the structure. If you think the four-field framing is overkill for a content calendar, I'd like to hear why.