Ship 30's focus on refining course experience with clear goals and gamified learning process.
Building authentic relationships on Twitter by helping others and fostering collaborations leads to meaningful growth.
Integrating automation tools like Circle for student tracking and Type Share for centralized publishing enhances learning outcomes.
Deep dives
Evolution of the Ship 30 Course Experience
Over the past year, Ship 30 has focused on refining its course experience. They have clarified their goals, reverse-engineered successful outcomes, and gamified the learning process. By identifying key checkpoints like watching live sessions, writing consistently, making friends, and staying engaged, Ship 30 ensures that participants achieve their writing goals and build a strong community.
Building Authentic Relationships on Twitter
Authenticity in forming relationships on Twitter is crucial. By approaching conversations with a mindset of helping others, building genuine connections, and focusing on mutual benefit, creators like Dickie Bush combat transactional interactions. Making friends in the same niche and fostering collaborations based on shared interests can lead to meaningful growth and support in the creative community.
Enhancing Student Progress Tracking in Ship 30
Ship 30 has revolutionized student tracking by integrating a low-code tech setup to automate processes. Through Circle, a learning management system, participants receive badges for completing assignments, posting essay replies, and engaging in live sessions. This streamlined progress tracking provides clear roadmaps, objective achievements, and personalized support, enhancing overall learning outcomes.
Importance of Automation in Course Management
Automating course management processes, such as providing insights into course progress and catch-up mechanisms, can significantly enhance the student experience. By utilizing automation tools like zaps and maintaining efficient operational processes, it becomes possible to manage a large student base effectively with minimal staff. Additionally, incorporating email automation for marketing purposes can streamline communication and create valuable educational resources for potential students.
Type Share: A Centralized Publishing Platform for Writers
Type Share serves as a centralized publishing platform for writers, enabling them to write once and publish across various channels, such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Medium. With a focus on empowering writers to reach a broader audience without redirecting them to external platforms, Type Share simplifies the content distribution process. The platform also aims to integrate educational components from initiatives like Ship 30, providing tools and resources to support writers in their creative journey towards building equity and value.
Dickie Bush is the creator of Ship 30 for 30, a cohort-based course and community of people developing a writing habit in 30 days.
He is passionate about providing writers and creators with the tools, resources, processes, and mindsets required to find points of leverage and achieve exponential growth—both personally and professionally.
Since our first interview, Dickie has grown his Twitter following from 10,000 to more than 175,000 at the time of publishing. He's also now served 4,000 students through Ship 30 for 30.
In this episode, we talk about Dickie’s wild year of growth, the evolution of the Ship 30 for 30 student experience, Dickie’s underrated growth technique, and why adding his new software product Typeshare is adding to their business Flywheel.