I started building an ecosystem for community owners to grow together because I personally don't think it's a good idea for community owners with a similar approach, focus, or goal to compete with each other. NOT AT ALL! I see it happening all the time, but whatever the desired outcome is, competing with other community owners more often than not leads to the opposite outcomes! Without going into too much detail, I just wonder, what are your thoughts on this? Your honest take?

You can benefit from all of those, but what is the main reason for you to be here? What is the one thing that could make you quit if you don't get? Most are here for the money, some are just to pass time with a hobby and some want to make connections. I started my previous community with the intention of making money, but Roast & Promote that started as a fun side project is the one that is actually giving me MRR. Funny how that works

Most people are here advertizing their communities so that peple can join them. And than maybe pay for premium, VIP or anything they have in the classroom. So the logic is: - create content and ads -> get noticed -> have people join your community -> pitch paid stuff. That's great, and it really works! But I offer you an alternative way for you to promote your work that you can do parallel to that. 🔥 Join Roast & Promote ! 1. Show your expertize by helping people in the comments, giving detailed roasts/audits/reviews to their submissions. That alone will build your authority as you gain trust from the people you help. 2. Submit your own stuff to be reviewed and get detailed feedback on it. Great exposure, guaranteed engagement and continuous improvement as you correct the flaws in your work. 3. Compete to have pinned posts promoting your offers at the top. You can promote your community, but you can also promote other offers, like free calls, paid services, your website, an app you developed... Brian won Roaster of the Week last week and promoted his free audit calls with his pinned post prize. He got several calls from my community and an amazing testimonial from one of the members. Kevin got leads by giving roasts on other people's designs. @Ruben Plasmeijer got new members by submiting his community to be roasted. There are plenty other ways to get noticed and inside Roast & Promote you can explore several of them.

Hey everyone! We are currently on Day 2 of my journey to win the Skool Games: 160 DMs sent. The goal is 1 client a day. While I'm still hunting for today's win, the real victory is the volume. Volume negates luck. If you're struggling to get clients, ask yourself: 'Have I sent enough messages today to actually deserve one?' I’m documenting this entire journey and sharing the exact strategies that work (and the ones that don't) in my community, while helping as much people with improving their speaking online. Join us here to watch the process live and support us HERE

For years, I chased views, followers, and subscribers. Obviously more is better… right? Well, once I hit 19k Instagram followers, I realized that wasn’t the case. I was collecting followers like badges, not building real relationships. How could I create deep connections with 19k people? It wasn’t even possible. Eventually, I stepped off the Instagram content-creation hamster wheel because I couldn’t see a real path to community there. I already knew—from years of building community in person and online—that community is the fastest way to build trust with potential customers and actually help people on a deeper level. I discovered Skool around the time I built my current brand, and everything clicked. 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬, I was able to implement real community into my business. These last 8 months have been a whirlwind in the best way, and now more than ever, I believe in growing deep, not wide. Wide growth means bringing in as many people as possible and hoping a few become clients. Then you repeat the cycle because deep connections were never formed. 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴. It lets me help individuals on a deeper level. Deep growth creates superfans—people who stay, who buy, who become loyal clients, who refer their friends because they’ve experienced real value. While deep growth may feel slower at the beginning, in the long run it builds a system that requires less energy. When you truly serve the clients and community you already have, they keep referring you. Growth becomes sustainable. You can still aim for a large community—there’s nothing wrong with that. But how you grow determines the energy required to maintain it. 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 → 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂. Grow wide → faster, but constantly exhausting because people churn quickly. I’m sharing this because I’ve fallen into the “faster and more” trap in the past (and sometimes even now). But I want to encourage you to avoid it whenever you can. It becomes a never-ending race, and over time it will burn you out and stall your business.