8 seconds to make them feel like this was built for them. 8 seconds before they scroll away and forget you exist. Most community builders lose people in those 8 seconds without ever knowing it. Not because their community isn't good. Because their messaging, their About page, and their offer are all pulling in slightly different directions. A confused visitor doesn't join. They just leave. That's one of MANY things we're fixing live at The Community Clinic - live event happening on 7-9 May. 72 hours.10+ amazing Skoolers. Come broken. Leave fixed. Free to attend live. Recordings for All-Access pass holders. 👉 Join & start fixing TODAY

Roast & Promote is just starting a fresh new competitive week. The scores are reset and those who give the most helpful, detailed and unique roasts will get a pinned post ad for a whole week. Here is why you should go for it: - You will get a pinned post ad that will stay on the top for whole 7 days. So you stay there even if you're not active in the community. - The post is also taggeed at my classroom, at the Trophy Case, so people will always be able to check it out. @Ruben Plasmeijer was the first winner and even at times where he is not very active there, he still gets new members joining his community - This community is public, so people might be able to find out about you even from outside of skool, on Goolge searches for example. I make hooks thinking about SEO optimization, things that people usually search for. - It's the best way to promote yourself on standard tier. Anyone can win RoW! - I'll also make posts on socials promoting the RoW winner once I get that going. I already started on PInterest and YouTube. Learn the details on how to win RoW here and let's Roast!

Imagine you're a pro salesman, going on a golf club full of rich people, trying to network and get them to hire you. You won't just come shouting what you do. You will develop small talk, say something personal, something interesting about you. Ask questions, let them talk about themselves. Let them complain about a problem that you can solve. Only after they gain your trust, you talk about what you do. And you make them think that it was their idea to hire you to solve their problems. How would you start that conversation? Asking a question? Sharing some fact that starts a conversation about a problem you can solve? Do that here. Try to start a conversation that can lead you to talk about what you do and make people want to keep talking to you about it. I'll engage with it like I'm your ideal client. This is a pitching exercise. I got several others at Roast & Promote. You can engage with them anytime and network with people who will be interested in what you do. You can also get constructive criticism on your ads and promotion strategies.

And that's mostly due to my onboarding process. Here are somethings that I did to make that work on Roast & Promote 1. Membership questions - This is the start of the onboarding. The most important thing is filtering out people you don't want inside. The second most important thing is giving you something to talk about when you welcome the new member. I get two of those things with one question: "Give me a link to your business (community, social/professional profile, website, store, freelancing page). No link = No approval" - Spammers will give me their email, telegram or a youtube channel or website that has no connection with their actual skool profiles. Legit people will give me something great for the DM welcoming, the next stage. 2. Welcoming DM - Most people do automated DMs. Or use long text scripts. I rarely engage with those, because I know you're not talking to me. And the long text feels like homework. If I feel like I have to read a manual in order to engage in your community, I'll problably keep delaying it. - That's why what I do is just welcome people with a simple "hi, very glad to have you here". And than I mention something that is not scripted so they know I'm the one talking to them not a bot. "you have a vegan diet community, that's very interesting, I got plenty of people in this niche too". That way people will engage because they know you're making yourself avaiable to the conversation, and not too busy to the point of just pasting scripts. That makes a world of difference on them engaging. - Another thing is inviting them to action right away. Don't give them a long manual to read. Don't put obstacles for them to engage. Make it cristal clear how they can engage and that they can do it right away. I just say: "feel free to post your community now, or if you want to introduce yourself go to the playground post

Yes. - Roast my current about page and description - Roast my first YouTube video - Roast my Skool Profile - Roast my LinkedIn profile - Roast my FIverr Gig - Roast my promotion idea - Roast my first week managing the community - Roast any teaching moment I have inside, because I'm not a guru. I'm not above improving, just because I'm managing the place. You can do all of those same submissions. All you need to do is be open to constructive feedback!