The answer is usually 2 things: - You're not reaching out to the right people - You're not trustworthy enough for them to feel safe about the return of investment To solve both issues you need to communicate your message in a clear way, that shows both your value and the transformation you provide to your members. You also need to build a solid social proof. Want to learn what people think about your offer? See what you need to improve it in order to earn more trust? Join Roast & Promote, make a post and get instant valuable feedback from the most relevant members that I'll tag to check it out!

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If your offer is clear enough, you should. On Roast & Promote, people join to get feedback, sometimes to also give. Because that's what the group is about, to get and give feedback on your content, websites, community and ads. And they usually do it right away, as I got 71% of members above level 1 (going up to 76% sometimes). A lot of times when communities have an engagement problem it's because there is no clarity on how we should engage or because it seems too complicated to do so.

The CLASSIFIEDS is now a paid community. 🤩 I've said since the beginning that community owners shouldn't make business decisions based on Growth Boost, and I strongly believe that to this day, but there were several reasons why optimizing for GB was in the best interest of this business. Here are my thoughts, in no particular order... 1. I have always kept this community free because I wanted it to be accessible, especially for new community builders. At only $2/month and a proven track record, I feel that is still true. 2. I have to keep GB on for this community because the Skool Network provides more than 50% of our members and Discovery is very important for our growth. 3. There were never any ads for this community. Increasing the percentage to 50 or even 70% didn't make a difference - it only resulted in my paying more of my profits to Skool. I've since learned that is because free and freemium communities are only rarely boosted. 4. The CLASSIFIEDS vacillates between a level 3 and a level 4 on Growth Boost, which would be ah-mazing except for the fact that being freemium gives us ZERO benefits. 5. I just learned that @Éva Raposa made a community a one time fee of $2 and got ads! 🤯 So, given all these factors, like I said, I believe it is the best interest for the long-term growth and prosperity of this group to go paid, but for a minimal fee. Let me know your thoughts below. I'll keep you updated with the progress (or lack thereof!). And, does this mean I have to put my picture on the thumbnail now??? 😩

Just a clarification that the new $2/month fee will only apply to NEW members! 😉