Creative Use for NotebookLM
This Quora question was oddly specific:
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐๐-๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ, ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐๐, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต?
From my perspective as someone who works with blog ghostwriters, I've seen some pretty smart uses of NotebookLM.
Specifically, its "๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐" feature, when you guide it with precise instructions, is really powerful.
I've seen it used to unearth academic papers or scholarly articles that would normally take a lot more time to find or even user concerns around a product.
Once the data is available (and youโre satisfied with the number of sources to hand), you can query NotebookLM to sift through all that data.
The key is ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ in your prompt, emphasizing that you only want a certain kind of resource and for what purpose.
This means writers can spend less time sifting through irrelevant information and more time on the strategic aspects of their workโlike crafting a strong brand voice or analyzing content performance.
Here's a simple prompt I use for NotebookLM to find academic sources:
"๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ [๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค]. ๐๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต 2-3 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ง ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ."
And for clarifying user concerns via forums like Reddit:
"๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐บ๐ป๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต/๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ [๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค/๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต/๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ]. ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด."
NotebookLM isnโt just for storing your clientโs content brief and data anymore.
It can also be a refined web search then allowing you to โchatโ with the data to see whatโs happening.