Thank-you to all of our speakers, sponsors and contributors this week for all of their efforts in helping us pull off another LIVE event in our community. Please raise a glass to: @Demetrice Odds @Anna Choi @Tosca Fasso @Christopher Ward @Morag Kent @Ellyn Schinke @Lorri-Lynn Roche @Leah Murphy @Valarie Smith @Sarah Hankins @Rositsa Aleksandrova @Evan Gilbert @Garrett F @Artin Asghari Jenna Ostrye @Maureen Schlachter @Kerrie Wearing @Carol Tice @Shannon Boyer @Julie Butler @Kylie Kelly @Zokai Robinson @Janay Trevillion @Kimberly Armatys @Rayna Scott @Monna Tang @Jane Harbison @Stevii Mills @Christine Ross @Jessica Cosci @Miri Campbell @Lidia Axe @Niky Egerton @Gwen Roach @Elena Maren @Nicole Conley @Tamberly Hamlett @Suzan Lovelace @Lucy Reyes

I loved our session with @Rositsa Aleksandrova a few weeks ago now. I was re-watching and pulled these gems from what she shared with us! What are you doing to create magic in your community? (let's share all we know with each other!!)

So about a week ago, I went from a Freemium watercolor painting community to making my standard tier $7. I know one week is a short time, but what I’ve learned so far is interesting: 1. My healthy stream of free members is now at a standstill. But I did expect that. 2. Growth Boost picked me up and folks started seeing me in ads within hours of making my community paid. TY those of you who sent me messages about this! 🙏 3. There was some website, IG, YouTube, Pinterest, and post copy to change/shift to reflect the 7 day free trial rather than free entry to the group. 4. I have a brand new YouTube video on my channel that talks about my free group (maybe before I made the group paid) and I’ll probably have to hide it for a while… 5. I’m focusing the energy I was using to welcome new members, on free members who may not know what premium or VIP can do for them. Right now, paid seems harder because - Despite some major growth boost ads, no $7 sales yet. - I feel like I’m speaking to 4 separate groups now instead of 3, and there were some significant changes to make not only in my copy, but in my positioning. I know it’s only been a week, but I’m really missing Freemium. Especially after listening to @Brenda Rigney’s new YouTube video on why her free groups are making more than her paid ones. Thankfully, this was just an experiment and I can change it back to Freemium anytime. Brenda, or some of you with paid groups, maybe you have some tips? 😊 Should I it more time? Or call it quits?

No not the generic engagement hacks most people tell you to do… how to create a genuine culture inside your space that makes it easy for folks to chime in, make posts, meet new friends and have an experience so good they invite others?? Check the calendar, it’s happening at 9am est Friday for me, and I’m super stoked to share some things and of course have plenty of time for you to ask your questions and get answers ❤️ 👇🏻 Are you joining us??

I just spent two hours listening to Sam Ovens — the guy who actually built Skool — talk about how it really works. It's less about growth hacks. It's more about why engagement is the whole game, why urgency backfires, and why passion is quietly winning right now. If you've got the two hours, watch the whole thing. It's worth it. If you don't, I pulled 11 of the pieces that mattered most into a little tool you can click through — what he said, what's worth paying attention to, where people usually trip up, and one thing you can actually go try in your own community. It's in the All-Access Speaker Pass for $9 (goes up to $29 on July 27). If you have already purchased the All-Access Speaker Pass, you can find the new Field Guide App here Start wherever you want, there's no order to finish in. You can even write your answers right in the tool and download them to keep. I'm curious which one lands hardest for you. Drop the chapter number in the comments — I want to see if we're all noticing the same thing.