everyone celebrates wins. wins are good. we want them. but the road to success is paved with failures, many, many, of them. so, we are here normalizing failures. no. we are not just normalizing, we are celebrating them. what is failure? FAILURE is an action - something you did - and the result was not what you expected/wanted to be. Capiche? we are NOT: - celebrating procrastination - celebrating waiting for someone or smth to save us with that... what's your FAILURE from last week that you should celebrate - and we can celebrate together? as always, i will start

i can't believe it's Wed again. oh, well. it is. so, the Skool News are out. and here is the good, the bad and the ugly about it. let's get started. === the good: - Skool is working on Live Calls v2 - great improvements are under way: better quality, stability, performance, chat, etc. it's great news. let's see when it's out - i would love to use Skool live calls more - hopefully, it increases events attendance + group activity. - more payment methods are coming - also good. some ppl like to pay PayPal or smth else, not the credit card. so, hopefully, increases conversion/decreases resistance to paid. - Global search and Global Calendar are in process. both are great features. let's hope they come soon. Growth Boost UPDATE - for those who use it - v2 should be out this week. with this version: - ads are dynamic - so, if you change cover image, pricing, whatever, changes are reflected in the ads within 1 hour (very ambitious goal) - you should get a dedicated campaign with 10 images if you have 100 clicks and 1 paid sign-up over the last 30 days. this looks realistic. - partnership ads have a dedicated tab in your settings - GROWTH - you can see if you are eligible or not. still no transparency about YOUR efficiency score vs what score you must have, cause they say it will make you focus on the wrong thing 🤔 no comment === the bad: - they keep saying that they spend $5k per day on some campaigns. promises, promises, promises... no clarity for how many ppl? who are those ppl? what are their efficiency score? what's our efficiency scores? so, again, it's a BLACK BOX situation. === the ugly (truth): - Skool of the week... i usually don't watch - cause it's often "survivorship bias" or "lottery winners". both have no significance or learnings to my business or yours. but i did this time. and surprise-surprise , the first Skool of the week is Dr. Izzy Sealey, "who is making $4,419 MRR and it's only a few weeks old group - very new" - how cool is that 🤩 ?!

yet another skool news. mainly focused on Growth Boost. but few other things as well: - Skool reviews are now visible in multiple places. that's great. now, even more reasons to get the reviews. should be part of your routine to ask from reviews. - discovery tab - they finally told us that keywords are gone - see my post. still don't believe it's a good move. but. it is what it is. - "need inspiration"? you get a link to few communities for inspiration. be careful and do not compare yourself to large communities - what they can get away with might not be a good strategy for you. - "invite tab" enhancements are here. a bit confusing for me. and then they describe Growth Boost Levels. sorry guys, not gonna go through them here... you have to watch through it yourself. i generally consider GB as a distraction and just ignore it. if it happens, great. but not spending too much time on it. the full episode is in the vault - skool news episode ps i am getting tired with the GB obsession. but, if anyone gets a good boost from GB, please let me know. i'd like to see some successful cases.

Ben organized a competition. i took a chance. i got shortlisted. more importantly, i got visibility. it took me about 30 minutes to put it together with the scrip and rehearsals. 5+ ppl joined my community from that efforts. and, which is amazing, one person bought VIP offer here in Skool First 100 right after my presentation the learnings? - don't trust growth boost to grow your community. - trust yourself to be able to communicate your offer clearly. - take chances, who knows where they lead you what do you think? was it a good pitch? are you joining VIP? ⬇️

if you check your settings, and go to Discovery tab, you will notice that it is different + keywords are GONE. hope you have them written down somewhere else, outside Skool. people noticed and asked in Skoolers. Sam commented below... hm, it would have been nice to share this in Skool News before removing them, or am i asking for too much?! rhythorical question... anyway, now you do need to focus on: - your community name - short description - about page text to include keywords so that the big smart algo pick them up and use them for search. good old SEO rules.