Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator

Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator


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"One of the biggest problems I found with the Modular Degree system was the tracking, or rather the ""proof"" that you learned something. I always-always encourage people to create content. It helps you distill, define in new ways, and is solid time-stamping of your learning."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
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"Some other great tools some people use are Roam Research or Obsidian, they work like a brain connecting ideas together. The problem is that they aren't the easiest to use/learn, and they have some setting up to do. While they bring ideas together, they don't inherently bring ideas in easily."
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"we are social creatures by nature. We have only accumulated this much progress as a species by sharing knowledge. Breaking it down for the next generation, Feynman technique or not, there was a passing along of information. In the digital age that should be even quicker."
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"There are learners around the world on the same topics as you, but there isn't really great communication tools for this. Unless you find a specific discord, or perhaps Twitter community"
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"With the Modular Degree, as well as Glasp.co, there is an inherent peer based social dynamic. Letting you see what other people make public of what they are learning, and for the most part I wouldn't think people would have a reason to make things private."
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"One of the biggest problems I found with the Modular Degree system was the tracking, or rather the ""proof"" that you learned something."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
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"Glasp allows you to highlight on any page and bring it into your social profile on the site."
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"Once again like with Notion, Roam and Obsidian, they are all isolated for just yourself."
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"However, this is not the case. We have rather archaic methods of learning through traditional schooling, and if you ask anyone in tech they most likely learned their skills on their own."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
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"This social highlighter concept helps out everyone in that field for example, if a new article or methodology comes out for their line of work."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
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"With the Modular Degree, as well as Glasp.co, there is an inherent peer based social dynamic."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Highlight Your Web Exploration with Glasp.co
"Letting you see what other people make public of what they are learning, and for the most part I wouldn't think people would have a reason to make things private."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
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"More importantly get you thinking about your style of content can be changed into other styles."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Repurpose Your Video = Blog = Podcast into Each Other
"Probably the simplest in the manner of converting to other kinds, and it was one of the first to be thought about repurposed."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Repurpose Your Video = Blog = Podcast into Each Other
"From audiogram tools to Repurpose, and even just using https://www.synthesia.io/ to generate an AI talking head. There are some really interesting outcomes this way."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Repurpose Your Video = Blog = Podcast into Each Other
"Record your audio, convert to a video of your choice (i.e. whiteboard, animoto, Synthesia, audiogram, etc), then transcribe into a blog post."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Repurpose Your Video = Blog = Podcast into Each Other
"BONUS: Livestream to Video to Podcast to Blog"
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Repurpose Your Video = Blog = Podcast into Each Other
"The goal is to syndicate across all platforms, which is how people find you in the first place."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Repurpose Your Video = Blog = Podcast into Each Other
"Finding a 15-30 sec clip, or 1-3 min clip from your episode, then making a square for Meta, LinkedIn, and Twitter."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Repurpose Your Video = Blog = Podcast into Each Other
"Then a vertical for stories, Reels, Shorts, and Tiktok."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Repurpose Your Video = Blog = Podcast into Each Other
"You can answer a question on Quora, with most of the answer, enough to help the person, then send them to your post if they want more"
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Repurpose Your Video = Blog = Podcast into Each Other
"You need to be putting out 100 pieces of content everyday. -Gary Vaynerchuk"
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"It also isn't just a matter of CREATING, but also REPURPOSING and CROSSPOSTING as well."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"It is simply the process I explained above, taking one piece of content, and transforming it into another."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"Writing blogs is still a top way of growing your content ecosystem."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"For me I wanted a minimalist system, which Ghost provides, even for non-coders!! I did code a decent chunk of my website, even with my limited coding knowledge."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"I tried this one out before making the plunge into Ghost, and I really like the simplicity of it as well."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"For one stop using Medium.com, the company is rather toxic about the content. They have made it to where large publications can no longer export their content, in an effort to stop another situation like the Hackernoon migration."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"They don't share your piece if it is not monetized at all anymore, and they just don't give you the control over your own work anymore."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"Quora ""Spaces"" or Blog posts; These are Quoras attempts at making it more of a social platform, and they were great once upon a time for growth, but now it is just either not worth it, or not even functional anymore."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"I cross post all of my images on insta over to pinterest, as an automation, as I don't have a particular strat I am using right now."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"A part of the OmniContent process, is taking the blog post and making it into a slidedeck."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"Now that Slideshare has moved to Scribd I am not convinced it is worth the effort of making the slides."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"Too many podcasters think they can get away with not doing video, or video creators thinking they can get rich quick. Neither one is true, and you do need to put in the work."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"I think FB groups are not the best way to do it anyways, go use circle or tribe to make a social network."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"Much better in the long run, short term even, and you have your own place."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"Despite my aversion to FB, I am actually quite confident about IGTV, still many people sleep on the vertical format."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"If you make at least 3 a day, there is a large chance you'll grow. I've seen someone go from nothing, and in 7 months go to 20 million followers"
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"The idea of very short form casts, and making clips for people to listen to. Much like my Fireside Micro-PolyCast series."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"The idea of livestreams are to engage with your audience in real time. I even thought about writing a blog post live, perhaps doing video at the same time to see what people think."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"Honestly I would consider this the main platform for stories at this point, FB is thrown in there for good measure as they are linked. In fact they're getting more and more linked."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"Insta stories are a powerful way of engaging with your audience, no special filter needed, and you can have them go to links if you have a big of enough following."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"Since it is a more professional network, there are some unspoken rules of course in any content you create."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"They recently announced Story Pins, which give a unique level of interactivity to the platform. I'm sure many people will benefit from using it, but it is hard to tell whether or not you could theorectically cross post."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"If something is bad, then it is up to the community to block/downvote/report it."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"The internet is like a web or tree, with the branches sprawling outward, and the more branches you can get yourself on (contextually) then the more influence you'll have. That is the point after all, to become a thought leader in your space, even if you don't realize that is your intention at first."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"At this point I have gotten over 500,000 views on Quora, and I've only made around 300 answers to questions."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"However I digress, the point of the platform is to solve people's problems, or at least get them on the right track. If you can answer their question solidly, then it is wise to leave a link to one of your related posts on the subject."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"It is more sensitive when it comes to self-promotion, and thus you shouldn't do it much. However if you are able to make a post that is more value to others than yourself, then you can make one."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"The reason why you would want to, is that there is massive potential for virality on the platform."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"I've been studying how to do social media marketing from way back in 2012, and from what I've learned over the years is that you have to echo out your right hooks."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"I've tried over 90 SMM tools, and none have solved the problem for me."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"It is interesting too because just like Gary Vee points out, we are giving you the keys to success on a silver platter."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
How to Go OmniChannel with Content | PolyInnovator
"No matter what I think you should start here, and learn the skill of writing."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Different Kinds of Written Content Mediums
"Honestly I don't think wordpress holds the same weight as it once did, and even though a large chunk of the internet runs on it doesn't mean it is good."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Different Kinds of Written Content Mediums
"I once stated that I wouldn't ever go back, and in truth I haven't. Even now as I am writing this and planning out my next endeavors there is a hint of resistance."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Different Kinds of Written Content Mediums
"One of the two top organic platforms for growth as of the time of this writing."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Different Kinds of Written Content Mediums
"The more platforms you are on, then the potential for you to be discovered increases."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Different Kinds of Written Content Mediums
"The only time I'd cross post your main series is on Hive.blog, and even then I'm still mixed on."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Different Kinds of Written Content Mediums
"Share the same post to Medium and Linkedin, share the same email newsletter to ghost emails, substack, and revue."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Different Kinds of Written Content Mediums
"Building a great life can be hard, this is because often people start from scratch. What if you could stand on the foundations of the greats before you?"
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Modular Degree (DIY degree) | Personal PolyInnovation System
"This is what I wanted to create through the PolyInnovator Academy."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Modular Degree (DIY degree) | Personal PolyInnovation System
"This do it yourself approach inspired the Self-Curation aspect behind it all."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Modular Degree (DIY degree) | Personal PolyInnovation System
"Allowing you to pick and choose what you are learning, and little did I know that my interests would change over time."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Modular Degree (DIY degree) | Personal PolyInnovation System
"With the Modegree the focus is on Modularity, and so when it came time to build up PolyInnovator."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Modular Degree (DIY degree) | Personal PolyInnovation System
"With the Modular Degree you choose, or perhaps AI/mentor assisted down the line, what you are learning next. Meaning if something big like that comes up in your life, then you input another module to take the place of what you were currently learning."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Modular Degree (DIY degree) | Personal PolyInnovation System
"The Modegree, and by proxy the Modular Education Platform by PolyInnovator, both are made to give you the ability to organize that education."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Modular Degree (DIY degree) | Personal PolyInnovation System
"""What frustrated me was that I couldn't find a traditional pathway to the career I wanted. There was no precedent for my Ideal Career, so I created my own."""
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Modular Degree (DIY degree) | Personal PolyInnovation System
"The Mod Degree allows you to create your own semesters, with your own choices of courses."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Modular Degree (DIY degree) | Personal PolyInnovation System
"We are a species of adaptation, and so what we need is not a one size fits all curriculum for each person. Each learner is unique, and may have their own learning needs/wants. Let that person grow an education that fits them."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Modular Degree (DIY degree) | Personal PolyInnovation System
"The point of the Modular Degree, is to give you a framework based around the concepts of spaced repetition, interleaving, and maximizing your interest in the learning."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Modular Degree (DIY degree) | Personal PolyInnovation System
"The cool thing about building your own is that other people can do it too."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Modular Degree (DIY degree) | Personal PolyInnovation System
"Then we have that ability to share that pathway with each other."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Modular Degree (DIY degree) | Personal PolyInnovation System
"the point being is that you track it. Then you can prove you learned from it."
Dustin Miller - PolyInnovator
Modular Degree (DIY degree) | Personal PolyInnovation System

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