I'm sharing with you a text sent to me by Maureen Erokwu who is trying to win the Skool Games this month. We've had a few exchanges over the past few weeks, she is a very ethical a sweet entrepreneur. I invite you to give her a follow and/or to visit her communities here: https://www.skool.com/@maureen ---------------- My community is currently #16 on the Skool Games leaderboard and here’s how 👇 Do we have an audience? No. Had we run ads before? No. Did we have a free community? No. 😳 But…. In the last 14 days, we;ve generated $9,000, grown our free community to 153 members (all with a new ad account), and hosted 2 JV webinars! 🤯 It’s still going to be an insane last 7 days to win this thing….but there’s a bigger reason for me. We want to make history. Change what the Skool Games landscape looks like. Because as a woman of color, and a single mother, there are two worlds that aren’t represented much on skool. But ok ok… Everyone I know is asking: “How the heck are you going to get from #16 to #10, Maureen?” We have something of a plan 👇 We’re going crazy to try and find 1 more affiliate, double our ad spend, post content every day, and do daily webinars. (I guess I’ll celebrate Christmas next year lol) 🧑‍🎄 So if anyone's feeling festive, and has a strategy they could help us become a part of Skool history as a massive underdog, please share it.

Let's have a discussion around the holiday seasons. Will you be announcing "I'll be back in 3 weeks", or will you be present during the whole time?

I just stumbled on a free community with 17k members. They are offering something similar to one of my community in French, so I went inside to see how they are doing. There are 5 posts. No more than 5-10 people online at the same time, out of 17k. ZERO post written by someone else than the owner. Now, I'm not saying this is bad in itself. The owner created a simple landing page for his lead magnet, and this is how he is using Skool. It's clever, and it's making him some affiliate sales. But it got me to reflect on how this is NOT how I want to use Skool. Yes, I want my member count to increase. But I don't want my community to be a simple billboard for my free lead magnets. That's why I'm selective on who I let in, and how I invite people to participate. I'd rather go for quality over quantity. And starting small is the best way to create a solid, active community with people who are deeply engaged. What is your take on this?

I don't have the official source yet, but they are now putting some rules into play. I know you are not all concerned by it but it will be interesting to see how they enforce it, and if some stay allowed to break the rules, and other not... As soon as I find the official page I'll let you know!

I'm not doing anything this year, because I'm launching something next week, and it would not make sense. But feel free to share your own Black Friday offers, especially if they are useful for Skool community owners! If you see some cool offers from others, for tools that are useful for community owners, let us know as well!