Welcome to Day 1. Today is about making the community easier to recognise. Before an online fitness coach decides to join a community, they should be able to understand one simple thing: Why is this community useful to me? For Fitness Coach Club, the goal isn't simply to give coaches another place to post or consume content. The community is being built to give online fitness coaches a place to connect with other coaches, share real experiences, discuss challenges, exchange ideas, and learn from each other as they grow. The posts, discussions, resources, and conversations are the support. The real job of the community is to help online fitness coaches learn from one another and make progress together. So here's the question for you: If you joined a community specifically for online fitness coaches, what would you want that community to help you do, solve, or improve? Drop your answer below. 👇 💬 I’m building this in public and would welcome your perspective: Does the role feel clear, useful, and specific enough?

𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 If you have been meaning to start the 8-Step Community Foundation Pathway and have not opened it yet, start here. We are going to make the first step smaller. For the next five days, we are only working on one thing: 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱. You do not need to map the whole community this week. You do not need to fix your About page today. You do not need to build more content before you know what that content is supposed to help someone do. We are going to begin with the first layer of the Foundation: positioning. Each day gives you one part of the positioning work. Day 1 helps you make the community relevant. Day 2 helps you define useful progress. Day 3 helps you turn the clarity into language. Day 4 helps you check whether the experience delivers the promise. Day 5 helps you use the foundation you built. By the end, you will have a one-page positioning foundation you can use for your About page, welcome message, content decisions, member journey, and community structure. Are you up for the challenge? 👇 Say I'M IN below

I want to open a different kind of thread for the members here who think a lot about community growth, engagement, Skool, member movement, and what makes people actually participate. Let’s call this a Community Friction Clinic. Not a promo thread. Not a “what is your community about?” thread. Not even a general networking thread. A friction clinic. Because most community problems do not show up as one big obvious problem. They show up as a tiny moment where movement stops. A new member joins but does not take the first step. A post gets views but no replies. A member says they are interested but disappears. People consume content but do not apply it. The community has value, but the path is not obvious. The owner keeps posting, but the room still feels dependent on them. That is the layer this group is especially equipped to see. A few people I would love to hear from: @Mike Tielemans you think about community belonging, loyalty, and why people actually want to be part of a room. @Joshua Guerrero you are building around helping people get their first paid proof on Skool and turn attempts into momentum. @Stephen Lekan you are looking at freelancers, entrepreneurs, client acquisition, networking, business strategy, and community growth. @Carolyn Bruton you are coming from a community success / online business growth angle, with interest in AI-supported engagement and personalized support. @Janelle Anderson you are focused on community engagement and consistent value. @Victor Jackson your AI Business Operating System work connects closely with the systems side of keeping people moving. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Where does member movement currently slow down in your community, or in the communities you help people build? Choose one friction point if you can: - They join but do not introduce themselves - They introduce themselves but do not take the first action - They consume but do not post - They post once and disappear - They ask for help but do not implement - They get value but do not invite others - They need too much owner attention - They do not understand what to do next - They do not see why the community matters yet

There’s a clear hesitation about automation right now. People want the speed and consistency AI offers, but they worry about losing the thoughtful, human parts that make communities feel alive. Lean into the unresolved piece of that conversation with a sharper, practical frame: when you’re deciding what to automate, treat it as a small experiment aimed at one clear result. Here’s a simple three-step approach you can use right away: 1) Name the result you want. Be specific: the first reply that reduces churn, a clearer onboarding action, or faster routing of support questions. 2) Pick the smallest step that produces visible movement. Automate a single repeatable task. Not the whole flow. For example, auto-summarize a new member’s intro for a human to review, or draft a welcome message that an owner personalizes. 3) Use what happens next to decide what to improve. Watch the member signal (response rate, first-week activity, questions asked) and iterate. This keeps AI focused on amplifying useful tasks (catching signals, organizing inputs, drafting consistent responses) while reserving judgement, empathy, and final decisions for humans. Where are you getting stuck right now when you try to decide what to automate and what to keep human?

We often talk about getting more members into a community. But what if the real challenge isn't getting people to join... ...it's giving them a reason to come back? The more I think about it, the more I believe people don't return because of more content. They come back because they make progress. Maybe they received helpful feedback. Maybe they solved a problem. Maybe they built a connection with someone who understood what they were working on. Those moments create momentum. So here's my question: What's one thing you've seen a community do that made you genuinely want to come back again and again? I'd love to learn from everyone's experiences.