Welcome to the 2026 version of my Official Skool Blog. Let's GO! What You'll Find Here: - Genuinely useful posts about best practices in Skool - Shared by a Skool-obsessed gal who has owned multiple top 1% groups and won the Skool Games (for the Connect & Collab group, we have a pretty awesome thing going there) - Favorite Skool groups and the cool things happening in those groups - Curated mix of some bangin' posts from around Skool What You WON'T Find Here: - Naval-gazing personal bits -- like what I ate for a snack today - Tons of personal stuff about me -- although sometimes I'll share personal stuff in the mix if it feels special and worthwhile enough - Boring rants (if we have a rant, the hope is that it will at least be interesting) How Often I'll Post: - Could be as often as 3-7x each week - At least once weekly - Probably not ever more than once daily unless there's a really good reason - We'll see as the year goes on, won't we?! Quick Background: - This started as an experiment, but in the last month or so I was too busy winning the Skool Games to keep it rolling (such a cool flex 💪🫠) - The flex was somewhat tongue in cheek. That last month was insane, and my MRR was nothing like what you'd see in the Money or Tech category. I had no sense of balance, and it was actually kind of a miracle that we won! 😃 - I freaking love the photo shared with this post because it might display just a tiny fraction of the obsession I have with Skool. - Pictured: my husband Carlos, married to this amazing man since 2005 and lucky AF, the Skool Cat (ha!), and me (hi! ::waving::) P.S. It's a "blog" but is also technically a group. Feel free to join by clicking the "JOIN GROUP" button, but you won't be able to post like in a normal group.

OK, Skoolers!! Are you sleeping on the affiliate program? IT'S SO GOOD! I've had lots of conversations about affiliates this week, and I want to start one right here and now. Because we're ALL community builders, I bet that what I'm about to describe matches many of YOUR personalities too?! PERSONALLY... my business model is built on relationships and collaborations. One of the cool parts about communities is that we get to grow *together*. All of my easiest successes have been built on the foundation of collaborations (guest post swaps, affiliate programs, co-hosted workshops, promoting friends offers, giveaways to gamify sharing and make it extra FUN). AND ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, WE WON THE SKOOL GAMES!!! But here is the crazy part that's super related to this conversation... when I did the numbers, it was super emotional and humbling and just freaking AMAZING to see it in black and white... 🎉🎉 WE WON FROM REFERRALS! 🎉🎉 The numbers PROVE IT = without referrals, we would *not* have won. Our sweet little group of only a few hundred members had 183 members join with affiliate links (I just looked it up). More than half! 🫶 I want to share some tips BUT ALSO if you are doing well with too, please don't hoard your good ideas. Share them with us!! ➡️ SOME TIPS TO GROW WITH AFFILIATES: (some of these might be obvious, just feels like they need to be said anyways) - RUN FUN AFFILIATE CONTESTS! We've done a couple merch contests for top affiliates, and this just feels FUN! I want to do something fun again soon but haven't quite decided if we'll switch it up. Our members did vote on wanting merch, so it was fun to just do the same thing a second time. (We do so love Skool!) - HAVE FUN, TIMELY EVENTS HAPPENING. This makes it easy for a member to say "hey, there's [xyz] happening tomorrow/next week/whenever!" - MAINTAIN TRULY SOLID RELATIONSHIPS. When friends and colleagues "know, like, and trust" you because they see you showing up with the goods day after day AND caring about them for real... it's a given that they will want to send friends your way. Just like you will do the same in their direction! This is nature! - HAVE A GREAT GROUP. You need to have a genuinely good group for this to work. It has to be fun, active, and generous! In my opinion, it's also super important to avoid engagement bait posts and instead keep the community focused on meaningful connection and growth for your chosen community topic. - ALLOW + ENCOURAGE AFFILIATE LINKS. We are promo-positive and affiliate-positive. The culture is wayyy too strong for it to get spammy, thank goodness. BUT basically... our policy is that if you are sharing about a group, affiliate links are ALWAYS OK. (It's the default anyways when you click the "Invite people" button in Skool.) - RELATED TO THIS, ENCOURAGE *SHARING* WITH THE LINK. I tell members often... when you share... I hope you will use your affiliate link because I want to be able to easily thank you!

This seemed like suuuuch a good idea, but I'm so focused on my communities that I'm not so sure I have the bandwidth for this now. Hard to say the right thing to do!! I'll make a decision by end of day today!! Meanwhile, we WON THE SKOOL GAMES! Sure would be nice to blog about that! 😅🫶🤠

I don’t know about you, but I’ve met some really lovely friends here on Skool. This place is different… I feel like there really is the right space and dynamic for us to be able to connect from human to human. But no matter what, there’s nothing like meeting in real life! IRL = In Real Life, BTW. I’m only explaining that just in case, for any friends haven’t heard that yet! So a couple of days ago, I had the great pleasure to have a genuinely fantastic and so-very-real conversation with @Heather Majors!! We went to the Hard Rock Cafe, which was cool! The next thing you know, we’re extending the date to walk along the Mall! My teenage daughter came along too for the walk, but she doesn’t want to be pictured on my Skool blog. 🙃🌻🤓 There’s so much I can say about all of this. - You’ll almost never regret making the time to meet a friend. - Whatever it costs to travel and to go do the things, there are often ways to minimize the expense, raise the funds, and/or make some kind of magic… AND it’s always worth it! - We can learn so much from each other! This is why masterminds can be so powerful… Putting our hearts and minds together as helpful both on a strategy level and just as a human! - Wear comfortable shoes on big adventures! 🤣🙃 P.S. I will absolutely come back to Washington DC. This was such a good adventure, and it’s a really cool place with a lot to see and do! P.P.S. Scout is the darling doggy pictured. 🐾💕

I’m in Washington, D.C. for a trip (both business and pleasure) And… I’ve managed to leave my computer at home by happy accident! Whoops! I’m actually amazed at just how much I can do with the mobile app! We’ve been chatting about this in the “Connect & Collab” group. It’s a surprise to me how many friends use a mobile device more than the computer! 🤓 Out of curiosity if you’re seeing this… can you respond to the poll even without commenting turned on for this post?!