Sorry not sorry for the title. I'm closing my Skool Monetization Lab community, and the reason is simple. I give away good content for free, and free members don't act on it the way my paying members do. I'm in my 50s, and I don't have time to waste like the younger "whippersnappers" (I have never written that word before 🤣). For me, time is currency, so I looked at this as return on time. In my paid communities, people have put money in, so they turn up and do the work. In SML, free content gets treated like a free sample. People take it and don't act on it 😏 That gives me a simple rule on pricing: 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰: a low-priced subscription is the better model, because paying filters for people who will act. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁: stay free. A price on an empty room only leaves you with an empty room. My own traffic comes from YouTube, and that's what keeps my paid communities full. Two more reasons. There are now a lot of free communities teaching the same thing, so it's hard to look different from the one next door. And the same hours in my other communities earn more. I use one test. If I'm not hearing at least one "KACHING" a week, the time and resources are being wasted. SML started as a test, and it worked at the beginning. Then Skool changed the rules. I'm not going to sit and cry about it. I've never been afraid to kill what isn't working, so I'm closing the doors. 𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗔 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝘃𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿. Here's how to check yours this week: Add up the hours you spent on it last month, including posting, replying and prep. Then count the sales, bookings or paid sign-ups that came from it. Divide the hours by the sales and you have your number. If you can't point to at least one sale a week, ask yourself two questions. Do I bring my own traffic? Would the people in here pay for what I give them? If the answer to the first is no, the pivot may be as small as changing who you're bringing in.

YouTube used to be my main traffic source. Now the fastest and most targeted are online events and presentations 🤯 The best channel for a community changes over time, and mine did. I'd have missed the shift if I'd kept doing what had worked before. Here are all ten ways I use, with a closer look at the three behind that change. 1. Film one long video a week and cut everything else from it. 2. Say your community's name in the video, link it in the description and a pinned comment, and make your About page match the video's promise. 3. Leave one useful comment a day in communities where your people already are, with no link in it. 4. Give each video one small resource, and make joining the way to get it. 5. Write The Skool Classifieds posts with a story ahead of the offer. 6. Go to events in person. You get fewer people than online, but they've already spoken to you before they join. 7. Test every network, then double down. Give each one the same weekly effort for four to six weeks, ask every new member where they found you, and divide joins by hours spent. Look at more than the top number, because a video keeps working after you stop and a comment doesn't. 8. Run online events with a date on them. Put the outcome and the time zone in the title, such as "Fix your About page in 30 minutes: live workshop, Thu 7 pm UK", and list it where people from other communities can find it. A date gives people a reason to join today rather than eventually. 9. Present inside other people's communities. Their members already trust the host. Comment usefully and come to their events first, then offer a 30-minute session on one specific problem, and agree with the host beforehand on what you can mention at the end. 10. Write your About page for search. Skool has no keyword box in the dashboard, so I put my main keyword in the first few paragraphs, with related terms alongside it. The PDF goes deep on all ten: how to set each one up, word-for-word scripts, templates and the mistakes I'd avoid. 👇

What would you do differently if you trusted yourself to handle what came next? Maybe you’d have the conversation you’ve been avoiding, make room for something you keep postponing, or admit that something that once worked for you no longer does. That’s what we’ll be exploring in our upcoming women’s circle, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲. We’ll gather online for guided meditation, journaling, and honest conversation about change, what we want, what makes it difficult, and one step we feel ready to take. You’re welcome to share, and you’re equally welcome to listen and reflect. Come give yourself a little time and attention. I’d love to see you there. Register Here: https://lesleychristine.com/womens-circle-registration

Just as we are taught that rest is a reward… Which is a big fat lie… Often we’re taught that play is the thing we can earn if we work ourselves to exhaustion. That’s also a big fat lie Doing something playful, even for a few minutes, helps us to refresh and reset. So I hope you played today Here are a few ideas in case you would like a spark - Color - Doodle - Play a game - Create something or part of - Do a craft - Bounce a ball Doesn’t have to be a long time. Even five or 10 minutes will refresh you. How do you know? Just noticed how you feel before and after even a short playtime Obviously, the possibilities are endless. I definitely hope you will play today. Inside my community,Empath Haven, we have a live play date the first Saturday of the month. But all through the month, we have quick fun experiments and ideas for learning something about yourself while having fun doing it This is a free community, and I would love to welcome you to Empath Haven

I was in a situation recently where I needed to honor my energy but I didn't. I stayed out of support for someone else when I really needed Anyone else ever done that? Just Well, here's a short video for you plus an invitation to receive your permission slip. I created a format where you can customize it and create something that suits your exact needs and desires. Come and get it here inside Empath Haven. Bonus, a picture of my two cats because they're cute and you could use some cut