we just finalised yet another Community Crawl. every time i try to make it better. so, this time, it was a Surprise One. overall, i am happy with the results. both, for hosts and visitors. Let's celebrate participating community hosts: - Door 1. AI pathway club, by Pacita Florida - Door 2. Inner Healer Skool, by Baba Sam Shelley - Door 3. Expert Society | Side Hustle, by Ian Bosler - Door 4. Healthy People Have Gardens, by Kate DuBois - Door 5. Historical Fiction Club, by Zena Ryder - Door 6. Podcaster in 7 Days, by Carin Chantel - Door 7. The Success Forge, by Dino Tartaglia - Door 8. Kommuity Kids, by Paul Sirvinskas - Door 9. Roast & Promote, by Paulo Costa, The Roaster - Extra Door. ADHD unmasked, by Steve Cobble i hope you guys got new members and amazing feedback from crawl participants that can help you improve your processes. now, the WINNERS (harder choice, cause i appreciate everyone who participate): - @Steve Cobble was the first and the fastest to finish all the doors 🎁 - @Roberto Srpak gets an appreciation award for being the most thorough about reviews 🎁 - @Aimee Jardon gets an appreciation award for being HONEST with her feedback 🎁 - @Jill Hart gets an appreciation award for being BRUTALLY honest & super FAST with feedback 🎁 - @Vladimír Bohm gets an appreciation award for participation 🎁 - @Vladimir Belokapov gets an appreciation award for being BANNED/Not accepted 🎁

the latest Skool updates. the honest, unfiltered verdict from me. i will focus on what's already available and how to use it. i will skip the roadmap (what's coming) and the nonsense examples of ppl and communities that you have nothing to learn from (cause you cannot compare you to them). 🔔 reminder: you can find this week's Skool news and previous news in the Vault. this week's verdict: - freemium got another upgrade. last week, Skool introduced a new feature: when ppl join freemium community, and they click join, they are presented with the plans page right away. this week, they've added "Upgrade" button just above settings for folks who are already inside to let them know that there are more levels. VERDICT = if you have freemium community, both features should improve conversion rates. let's test & see - free trial has been upgraded as well. you can lock classes and even individual modules/lessons and even chat for FREE trial ppl. when they try to access, they are offered to skip trial and start paying. VERDICT = if you are using free trial, it should help eliminate free seekers and spammers faster and facilitate conversions to paid. let's test & see - closed doors functionality. one more new feature - you can turn your community to "close doors" in Settings/Pricing. the community will still be working good and well for existing members. but the status will be "closed" and outside ppl won't be able to join. the benefit = it will not be downgraded in the Discovery, just unlisted. so, when you open doors again, you jump right back - no need to climb back up from the bottom. 🚨 UPDATED VERDICT = "closed doors" is good for the following cases: - while you are away or sick or maybe doing re-construction of the community and don't want new member just yet. - when you run cohorts, or otherwise want to double-down on exclusivity/urgency, and only open community for a certain periods of time.

not feeling well. so, taking a day off today cancelled an event scheduled for today weekly newsletter will be tomorrow that's life.

since i started my third community (this one), and with all personal crap going on, i CONSISTENTLY feel like i am falling behind. anyone else feels the same? if so, the bigger question is WHAT's ACTUALLY HOLDING YOU BACK? ⬇️ honestly, you do not even need 3 communities to feel that. even one is more than enough. cause there is life/family, there is job, and there is this: - you run around like hamster in a wheel trying to handle traffic, engagement and monetization - you tend to do easy tasks , familiar tasks - but not the strategic or boring or scary ones - you easily get distracted, by shiny new communities, new tactics, new videos... and the list goes on and on. days, weeks, months go by and still stuck with - <100 members, no traffic - low engagement, unhappy members - no/low monetization, no money in the bank and lots of guilt and disappointment. i have been through this cycle not once with my online businesses. so, i know i don't want that. and for this evolution of my business, i am not letting it happen again. ➡️ enough pep talk, it's action time i am finally dedicating today - this Friday - to setting up Claude Cowork, so i can connect it with my Notion, in order to: - work on my strategy first (cause it feels like the biggest block right now): the business evolved, so the business model needs an upgrade and it will take me forever to do it manually; that's where AI would be most helpful and then - help me choose and execute the important tasks - help me track commitments to other ppl and execute them on time - help me design and implement better business processes: onboarding, tracking, CRM, project and task planning and review. i pretty much starting from zero with Cowork. i tried it before, but without a proper set-up/systematic approach. it did not really worked. i just abandoned it. i believe it will be useful to document my steps, so you can follow them. not theoretical things, actual steps to set it up and start using it right away. i also selfishly using this as an accountability thread.

If you joined this community, you’re not a consumer. You’re an action taker. Most people talk about building a community. You decided to build one. 👉🏻 So first things first: TAKE ACTION! STEP 1. Introduce yourself in the comments here: - Who you are - The outcome you want in 30 days - Your current stage (idea / validating / building / live) . PLS USE the poll or in the comment STEP 2. Do NOT Launch Yet (If You Haven’t) If you haven’t created your Skool community, pause. Action does not mean rushing. Start with Day 1 inside the Classroom and move in order. Clarity → Launch. STEP 3. Questions so far? Post them here or as a separate post in the Q&A category. Or in the relevant step. Public questions help everyone move faster. The rules are simple: - There are no stupid questions - The only stupid questions are those not asked No silent observers here. You joined because you want results. Let’s begin.