Discontinuing it there at least, but picking it up on my main site here regardless. This will allow me to focus more on the membership here, and improve the paid post options on this site.

I figured why not make a post here too announcing it, and give a bit of a sneak preview of what I have coming in the future. This consolidation is an attempt to just streamline/focus my efforts, and revamp once again my strategies I've tried to do over and over again.

Here is the post I put out on Substack:

Look folks I gave it the ol’college TRY, and I looked at alternatives like Beehiiv (which is becoming more of an all in one creator hub). Not to mention of course Beamly (which has been an all in one creator tool). Although the experiences on there, and not to mention Beehiiv’s insane pricing just do not justify using them for me right now. I think for some people they’re great.

Substack has been an off and on again thing for me for FIVE plus years at this point. From my Fireside Codex personal journal, how to swim newsletter, PIOS Framework newsletter idea, and even my most recent travel blog! They were all valiant attempts at trying to make use of this interesting platform, and reach some awesome people on the Substack Notes social network.

Which I think this Content Polymath one was one of my most successful ventures yet here. Although it is simply diluting my attention, and the constant technical problems

Substack Teamfails to address or allow us to give feedback on. Are leaving me no choice. The fact that I have to put on my calendar “check to see if the video goes out” every week is just ridiculous.

Not to mention adding in thumbnails, playlist, descriptions, language, AI or kid friendly checkboxes, tags, etc. Most of which are set already in my upload defaults that Substack choose to ignore.

Despite coming back half a dozen different times, which indicates just how much Substack has the potential to offer us creatives. I’ve left disappointed each time.

Now for some people this platform will be perfect! If you are in a region where having a medium or other centralized platforms will block you. Then Substack is way more friendly I would say to people around the world.

Alternatively, if you want a free podcast host, or a way to do livestream journalism. Then I think this is an interesting use case for you.

The Content Polymath is FAR from being done, for I quite literally have at least 64 strong ideas I want to make over the next year. AT MINIMUM, not to mention live updates when new tools/features/platforms come out, as I think the news style of content is still helpful.

I get 100-300k impressions on my site each month, and 7,456 Unique Visitors. Which considering how inconsistent I’ve been on my site that is actually pretty low.

My point is that the traffic is coming because I have a ton of SEO, and more importantly For You… valuable content.

Ever since I started this Substack, it was like a double helix of content streams. The PolyTools Digest on Ghost, and the Content Polymath on Substack. However they’re both the same brand, and they’re both named the Content Polymath now anyways too.

I’m Leaving Substack?
Discontinuing it here at least, but picking it up on my main site regardless. This will allow me to focus more on the membership there, and improve the paid post options on that site.
The Content PolymathDustin Miller - PolyInnovator

Here are my plans going forward:

Let's be real here Ghost is a far better CMS and blogging tool, and I have been wanting to focus on this site for quite some time.

Not only do I have the PolyTools posts I mentioned before, scheduled out until freaking July of next year, but I have 60-70 ideas for the Content side of things as well. Meaning tons of great content creator posts coming out over the next year. Perhaps even a book, course, and more.

Just a little tangent, but I always refer to myself as a Writer - then youtuber - then podcaster. It is about time that I really up my production as a writer. Maybe I've been focusing on YouTube for too long, and the podcasts are just the audio versions of my videos anyways.

I'm still going to probably make video versions of most of the Content Polymath posts, as most of them seem to fit both mediums as a topic. However until I move to a video podcast hosting platform like Flightcast or something, where it will automatically cut the audio out for me. I might not go ahead and make podcasts for a while besides the interviews. The 🧮 The Polymath Wiki newsletter, and the Polymath 🎙️ PolyCast show will be a priority though too. Perhaps at the start of the year or end of Q1 though. So I can have time to really hustle down, and batch out a lot for the Content Polymath channel and newsletter.