If you'd like to know more about the details of VIP, please check out yesterday's post here. If you'd like to know what current members are saying about the VIP experience, check out these quotes below: "A literal no brainer!!! One of the best VIP programs I've been apart of. 👏🔥🔥🔥" - @David Iya "What a powerful group of people. I feel we will be making waves to change Skool for the better and so many lives in the process." - @Katya McEwen "Game-changing. Collaboration building opportunities." - @Tiffany Noel Taylor "I highly recommend the CLASSIFIEDS VIP and am happy to answer any questions! I'm a happy camper in the first cohort!" - @Sybil Hall "On our call, I got feedback from actual humans. My team's advice solidified my direction!" - @Faith Adebayo "Worth it!" - @Traci Poe "A FRICKEN EPIC DEAL!!!" - @Mimi Ramsey "Love being a VIP! Great connections, great brainstorming...we'd love to have you 💝" - @Celia Kibler "There is so much wisdom inside our VIP, and everyone shares so openly. Today we got off a Think Tank-style call, and it was incredible to see how much wisdom we have inside our VIP group." - @Katya McEwen Membership is by application only. Please submit your application by tonight at midnight EST. Late applications will not be accepted. The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 3:00 p.m. EDT. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me directly. 😊

I honestly can't believe I'm writing this. This month, for the first time, referral income sat behind only consulting in my income stack. I'm not saying this to impress anyone. I'm saying it because six months ago I genuinely didn't think this was possible for someone like me. Skool changed that and I don't say that lightly. The enemy here isn't effort. It's the assumption that building a second income stream requires building a second thing. Affiliate income doesn't work like that. You recommend what you already use. Someone acts on it. A small cut comes back to you. The recommendation keeps working after you stop. Every conversation you're already having with your members about tools, platforms, communities is a referral waiting to happen. The difference between it earning nothing and earning consistently is usually just a link and a habit. That's the kind of thing I unpack inside the Skool Monetisation Lab for community owners at the $0 to $500 a month stage. If that's where you are right now, come and have a look. It's free. https://www.skool.com/skool-growth-lab-2540/about Des Dreckett - Skool Monetisation Lab

Duh. Hello. It's kinda everything. 😂 And look here… I'm not gonna sit here and be all woo woo woo about it… this isn't a manifestation chat… this is proper real juicy talk about why some people build thriving communities and others build well lets call em’ ghost towns… Becoz here's what I see happening a LOT… People join Skool spaces… or start posting… or show up in comments… and the intention behind it is hmmm basically… how do I get more members… how do I get more engagement… how do I get more money… And yes yes I get it… obvs… those things matter big time fosho… but when THAT is the starting point… Well peeps feel it. Not consciously maybe… but they feel it… that slight ick of someone showing up in your comments and it feeling a bit… off… a bit… salesy… a bit… hmmm what do they actually want here… U know that feeling right… 😬 that one… Now compare that to someone who shows up going… how can I actually add something here… what does this person actually need… what do I really think about this…how would I talk face to face just like a human having a convo with another human… Completely different energy. Completely different result. WOOP 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘'𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗦𝗬𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗧… 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝘀… 🧠 Us humans are wired to detect inauthenticity… like properly wired… we've been reading other people's intentions since we were living in caves trying to figure out who was friend and who was foe… So when someone shows up with a hidden agenda… even if they're saying all the right words… something in us goes… hmm… something's a bit kinda off here…we defo ain’t dumb And we don't always know WHY we feel it… we just do… Which is why copy pasted comments feel icky AF… why fake engagement feels hollow AF… why that person who comments great post on literally everything gives u the creeps a bit… 😂 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘'𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗧 𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗝𝗨𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗥… Intention doesn't just affect how others receive u… It affects how U show up… When ur intention is totes genuine… when u actually care about the human on the other end… when u're showing up because u want to add something not take something…

➡️ You ran the webinar. ➡️ Then the 5-day challenge. ➡️ Then the freebie with the 7-email nurture sequence. ➡️ Then the “value-packed” masterclass with the pitch at the end. ➡️ Then the social proof stack. ➡️ Then the bonus bundle. ➡️ Then the early bird urgency. ➡️ Then the countdown timer. ➡️ Then the “maybe I need to niche down more” spiral. At no point did anyone say: “Hey. Every single one of those was designed to inform people. And information does not convert.” It’s like describing the most beautiful house someone’s ever seen — every room, every detail, every glowing testimonial from people who live there… …and then asking them to sign the mortgage before they’ve ever stepped inside. You’ve been trying to sell the leap. Mini-Project Magic™ makes the leap unnecessary. One 90-minute live experience. Built around your method. Your audience moves through something real. Feels the shift. Gets the result in their own body — not in someone else’s testimonial. By the time you make your offer, they’re not deciding whether to trust you. They already know what you deliver. Because they just lived it. I made $8,580 in six weeks on Skool with exactly this. Now I’ll teach you: Mini-Project Magic™: Build the One 90-Minute Experience That Turns Rooms Into Revenue. Join PREMIUM inside Oracle Connections This is my personal result. Individual results will vary based on your offer, audience, effort and experience.

I'm so excited because the amazing @Katya McEwen will be grilling me today inside her summit on what it takes to create a successful online course! We go live at 11:00 a.m. MST. The summit itself is already getting raving reviews, and it's not too late to join. You can use my link here. As an award-winning educator with a Master's degree in education and more than 25 years of experience with curriculum and course design, I've seen my fair share of amazing courses and also the not-so-great ones. In this power-packed 30-minutes, we will be diving into what it truly takes to be successful with online courses in 2026 - no, despite what you may have been told, courses are NOT dead! If you have a gift, talent, skills, or expertise to share with others, you won't want to miss this session. Help make the world a better place by helping others (and yourself) with a high-quality, high-impact online course. 😊 See you there!