How to Unlock the Power of the NOAN Assistant: A Complete Guide

Unlock NOAN Assistant: AI strategy, content, automation & more.

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How to Unlock the Power of the NOAN Assistant: A Complete Guide

The NOAN Assistant is more than just a chatbot—it’s your AI-native business partner, strategist, and productivity engine. Here’s a practical guide to everything the NOAN Assistant can do, with clear examples and pro tips for getting the most out of every feature.

1. Conversational Business Strategy & Brainstorming

  • **What it does:**Chat with the Assistant to develop, refine, and evaluate business strategies in real time.

  • How to use:  Ask for help with go-to-market plans, brand positioning, or sales tactics.

  • Request a SWOT analysis or competitor comparison.

  • Get instant feedback on your business ideas.

2. Smart Block Creation & Editing

  • **What it does:**Generate, update, and evaluate facts—the building blocks of your business knowledge.

  • How to use:  Say “add a new fact for my value proposition.”

  • Ask the Assistant to review or update any fact.

  • Archive ideas in notes for future reference.

3. Content Generation with Create Mode

  • **What it does:**Instantly create marketing assets, emails, blog posts, and more—always aligned with your strategy.

  • How to use:  “Write a LinkedIn post about our new feature.”

  • “Draft a cold outreach email for SaaS founders.”

  • “Generate a blog outline for AI in small business.”

4. Contact & Network Management

  • **What it does:**Add, tag, and recall contacts (and their details) just by asking.

  • How to use:  “Add Jane Doe, CEO at Acme, jane@acme.com to my contacts.”

  • “Tag all these people as ‘VC’.”

  • “Show me all contacts interested in AI strategy.”

5. Task & Note Automation

  • **What it does:**Create, retrieve, and manage tasks and notes—hands-free.

  • How to use:  “Create a task to follow up with John next week.”

  • “Summarize my last three notes.”

  • “List all open tasks tagged ‘urgent’.”

6. Document Insights & Uploads

  • **What it does:**Upload documents for instant AI-powered summaries, insights, and content extraction.

  • How to use:  “Summarize this pitch deck.”

  • “Extract key points from my business plan.”

  • “Draft an email based on this PDF.”

7. Live Web Search & Real-Time Data

  • **What it does:**Search the web for up-to-date news, trends, and competitor info—contextualized for your business.

  • How to use:  “What’s the latest in AI for marketing?”

  • “Find recent funding news for SaaS startups.”

  • “Compare our pricing to top competitors.”

8. Gmail Integration

  • **What it does:**Connect your Gmail to summarize, search, and act on emails directly from NOAN.

  • How to use:  “Summarize today’s emails from investors.”

  • “Create a task from this email.”

  • “Show all emails from Jane Doe.”

9. Tag Management & Automation

  • **What it does:**Create, edit, and assign tags to contacts, notes, and assets—by voice or text.

  • How to use:  “Tag this contact as ‘priority’.”

  • “Create a new tag for ‘Q4 Campaign’.”

14. Personalized Memories & Workflow Triggers

  • **What it does:**Set preferences and workflow triggers with memories, the Assistant remembers across sessions.

  • How to use:  “Always reply in bullet points.”

  • “Whenever I say Research analyze the url and tell me about their brand and business and whether they are a good customer for us”

  • “Remember to use US English.”

Pro Tips

  • Be direct: Use action verbs (“Create,” “Summarize,” “Tag,” “Draft”).

  • Reference by name: Mention facts, contacts, or tags for precision.

  • Ask for options: The Assistant can suggest, compare, or brainstorm.

  • Automate: Use tags, memories and integrations to trigger workflows and save time.

**NOAN Assistant is your always-on, always-learning business partner.**Experiment, ask for help, and let it handle the busywork—so you can focus on what matters most.

Written by

Neal Mann

Co-founder

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