Congratulations to Lara, who won the $50 gift card from Amazon. Lara also tied for the most referrals made in the last month (8!) so it was well-deserved. The meeting started off with a few quick announcements from me (which I would highly encourage you to watch), the Wheel of Names, and then a very interesting and valuable meet and greet. Several people signed up for each others group while on the call!!!! If you would be interested in more meet and greet/ live networking opportunities inside the Classifieds, please comment below with details about a format that would be helpful for you. 😊

Got a podcast (or thinking about one) and want it to actually grow your Skool community? Join us Wednesday, Oct 9th at 12:00 PM ET inside the Skool Launch Lab for a casual, ask-me-anything style Q&A session with Pamela Krista! 🎙️ 🎙️ We’ll jam on: - How to start (without overthinking gear + tech) - Simple formats that keep you consistent - What to say in your first 10 episodes - Turning listeners into Skool members (CTAs, offers, and funnels that don’t feel pushy) - Easy repurposing: clips → posts → emails → Skool threads 👉👉Fun perk: We’ll spin the Wheel of Names for everyone who attends live—one person wins a $10 “I’ll buy you a coffee” raffle ☕💸 Bring: your questions, When: Wed, Oct 9 @ 12:00 PM Eastern Where: Live inside the Skool Launch Lab Replay: Yes, inside the Skool Launch Lab, but the coffee raffle is live-only 😉 This is meant to be super casual, practical, with some fun thrown in! Drop your questions below. We’ll address those first and then open the floor to any other questions that pop up ⬇️ Skool Launch Lab

I watched a video from a Skool owner who suggested treating your community LIKE A COMMUNITY and not a funnel. Whenever you are posting anything, whenever you are commenting, always have it in the back of your mind that your community is just that. Don't just see it as a money tree. Of course, we are all selling something at some point, but it doesn't have to be every day or even every week. A funny thing happened. My members are now starting to have conversations between themselves, helping each other out and popping back to see what's new. I love that! I'm not saying I was doing anything wrong before, but keeping the "community" spirit in mind when I'm crafting my posts really does shape the way my community is shaped and delivers so much more than it did before. For that reason, I have posted a lot more fun things (nothing to do with YouTube or content creation), and the engagement has really picked up since doing so. Have you found this in your community? Would really love some feedback on how you've been encouraging engagement.

One of the biggest challenges for community builders is consistently attracting new members while still having the time to engage and serve your existing audience. That’s where automation comes in. Instead of manually posting, following up, or promoting your community across different platforms, you can set up workflows that run in the background 24/7, leaving you with more time to do the tasks that you find are more important. Here are some examples on how to automate your outreach efforts: - Use a form to get emails. You can hook your audience with a freebie on social media, linking the form, getting their emails and putting them on your list. Every new lead automatically receives your Skool invite link via email. - When someone joins your Skool, automatically send them a welcome email. Add them to an onboarding sequence (tips, community guidelines, and your best content). - Post once inside Skool → automation pushes it to Instagram, LinkedIn, or X/Twitter. - Someone replies to your Instagram story? Automation sends them a DM with your Skool invite. - Post a free lead magnet → automation delivers it and guides them to your community. - Comment Keyword → Auto-Reply: Ask viewers to comment a keyword (e.g., “community”) if they want access to something. When someone comments that keyword → they instantly get a DM or email with your Skool link. - YouTube Analytics → Targeted Outreach: Connect YouTube and Google Sheets via automation. Track people who comment the most or watch certain videos. Automation notifies you (Slack/Email) so you can personally reach out and invite them to Skool. - YouTube Shorts, Tittoks and Instagram Reels → Social Cross-Posting: Post one YouTube Short. Repurpose the same video automatically to TikTok, Instagram Reels, and LinkedIn. Add a call-to-action (CTA) in each caption: “Join my free Skool community for more.” Stay tuned as I fill my Automation Classroom with illlustrated step by step guides on how to implement such automations.

Personally I am recognizing a huge over use of AI for people’s about pages, descriptions etc. the common emojis and layout of AI descriptions is a dead giveaway. I have also explored using chat gpt to help me find better ways to describe what I’m thinking but it also comes off as insincere and like the same old script being used over and over. I’ve recognized this for my own stuff as well and I’m choosing to build my group around authenticity instead. Just curious on everyone else’s thoughts on this subject, do you get put off by these kinds of descriptions and about pages or is it not really a big deal? I know I’ve checked out some groups I thought would be interesting but didn’t join because the description was clearly AI generated and I didn’t feel as called to it after seeing that.. thoughts?