A common roast I give inside my place is a very frequent mistake for people and that I also made when I joined skool. They focus too much on what they are providing inside and not enough on what the members will be doing. If you're focusing on what you're providing, if you're centering your skool on you and your content, you're not building a community. You're just using skool as a funnel to sell your infoproducts and services. And that's not wrong, it's just underusing the potential of this platform. So how are you giving incentives for people to engage inside your space? Here are some ways you can do it: - Competitions, challenges, gamification - Support - Shoutouts - Exposure opportunities - Accountability - Regular live events - Feedback (the whole premisse of my community) I always take those points into consideration when I'm sharing a community idea. Those are some of the things that makes the community feel less like a funnel where people can just consume and ditch and more like an exciting place where people can keep coming back to.

57 to 62% engagement rate. Consistently. I didn’t believe those numbers were possible when I started this journey. Our members proved me wrong. Here’s what’s actually happening inside Crust and Crumb Academy. Our Saturday Bake-Alongs generate over 7,000 interactions in a single thread each week. Likes, comments, encouragement, troubleshooting, wins, fails, all of it. That kind of activity is what earned us our star on Skool.⭐ But the thing I look forward to most every week isn’t Saturday. It’s Sunday. Every Sunday I write a recap of the bake-along the way ESPN recaps a game I missed. Play by play. All highlights and no commercials. Every member who showed up gets mentioned by name. It’s long. It’s funny. It’s informative. And when you read it you feel like you were there, at the game. When you participated you feel seen. Everyone wants to see their name in print and my job is to make sure the ones doing the work get the spotlight they deserve. Last month I started a monthly roll call. Every member, new or veteran, re-introduces themselves. A paragraph that tells us what’s going on in their life. What they’re baking. We talk in passing every day in the chat but, we don’t really know each other that way. Oh your bread looks nice, beautiful score, nice oven spring. That’s not conversation. Turns out when you give people permission to open up they will. 654 members. Over 400 comments from members in that one introduction thread. That’s engagement. We also reach out to every new member personally. The application asks a question: what do you hope to learn or gain as a baker by joining the Academy? We use that answer to connect them with a specific classroom resource, a lesson, a recipe, something that speaks directly to what they came here for. Members who had never said a word in the community reply to those DMs. Now they’re involved.

This weekend to celebrate ⭐3000+⭐ members we’re turning Pinterest Skool into a massive support party for every small business, Skool group owners, creator, coach, Etsy seller, service provider, maker, and solopreneurs. 🎉Stop by and promote your offer!🎉 ⭐This is a FREE event... just JOIN!⭐ I will be hanging out all day, pining your amazing offers to the top, and featuring businesses in featured posts! Win a FREE 24 HR Pinned POST! DON'T Post your LINKS HERE. ⭐GO HERE⭐ ______________________________________________ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Here is what Pinterest Skool members are saying!

🏆 @Jean Day McCarthy! 🏆 You didn’t just drop a comment… you brought the GREEN energy AND kept the conversation flowing 💚 Message me your post so I can get you pinned for tomorrow! ☘️✨ 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗜𝗧…𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 👇 Jean dropped a prompt in the comments that creates a super fun St. Paddy’s themed image 🍀 So if you want to keep the party going… 👉 try the prompt 👉 drop your image below 👉 and let’s see what you create 😍 Mine & Jean's are below! I have a feeling this thread is about to get GREEN! 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓 (adjust it for you & add a photo of you to ChatGPT): A high-detail portrait of a captivating young woman with bright green eyes, styled in an elegant emerald-toned fantasy aesthetic. She is dressed in a richly textured gown with delicate lace and shimmering embroidery, paired with luxurious gemstone jewelry featuring deep green stones and pearls. Her long, softly curled hair frames her face beneath a wide-brimmed decorative hat adorned with feathers and intricate accents. The entire scene follows a cohesive green color palette, blending her outfit seamlessly with a softly blurred background. Lighting is gentle and cinematic, with subtle shadows and a soft glow that enhances her facial features and skin texture. The image has a polished, editorial look with a dreamy, slightly magical atmosphere, as if from a high-end fantasy photoshoot. - with this prompt create me a new image based on the pic I am attaching.

Alright friends… let’s have some St. Paddy’s Day fun ☘️ I’m gifting ONE person a FREE pinned post tomorrow 💚 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬: Drop anything festive in the comments 👇 🍀 Lucky quotes 😂 Memes or GIFs 💚 Your personal “good luck charm” ✨ Or just bring the St. Paddy’s energy Then… If you see a comment or GIF you LOVE, vote for it by replying with this emoji: 🏆 (You can copy and paste it from here if you can’t find it in your emojis.) Every 🏆 counts as a vote! ⭐ The person with the most overall engagement (comments, replies, and votes) wins the pinned post. ⚡ 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭: This ends TODAY at 6:00 PM CST, and I’ll announce the winner shortly after. If you win, you’ll need to send me your post tonight so I can pin it for tomorrow ☘️ Alright… let’s see who’s bringing the luck AND the laughs today 👇🍀