If I give someone access to putting my course in their skool group can I remove their access of I need to? I'm talking with someone about doing that now and definitely want to retain control only my IP

I'm talking to a few creators about licensing their content and finding licensees to distribute it to new audiences. @Travis Sago uses Kajabi and gives licensees a link to share with buyers. I don't use Kajabi and neither do most of the people I'm talking to. I'm wondering what other content delivery methods Ronin are using where we still keep control of the content while making it seamless for licensees to deliver to their buyers? One way is to create a Skool group for each licensee but that might get overwhelming for me.

@Marcus Karl and I had a debrief call with a partner we ran an auction for last month. Shoutout to @Travis Sago for referring us to the opportunity. As much as I would like to report another $174k banger: it was far from that. His Skool community was pretty much dead. Before we arrived his last post was 6+ months ago. He has an email list of 20k that's mostly dead too. We still wanted to get our reps in so we still ran the campaign. The auction brought was less than $20k revenue and around $6k CC. Not exactly the sexiest numbers. But... we're still walking away with some big (non-monetary) wins. Win #1: We honed our auction campaign skills. And, in my opinion, executed the campaign wonderfully. We learned from our last campaign not to make the same mistakes this time around. Between the copy, the tapping, the hero offer, the domino offer (thanks Travis for helping us)... There's really not much that I can think of that we could have done better. We made due with what we had to work with. Win #2: We got to put our mojo/ronin learnings into play. There was so much that needed/needs to be fixed in this partners business. Overall messaging, lead gen strategy, etc etc. Marcus and I genuinely enjoy working with this partner, and his offer is insanely good. As we demonstrated our expertise, the partner had full trust in us. We were able to bounce ideas, try new things out, and make a meaningful impact on how he runs his business moving forward. Win #3: Partner sees us as longterm, ongoing partners. Could this turn into a money printer? Potentially. The offer is good enough. But the real win here is that Marcus and I are now seen as a trusted business partners. We'll be able to test new ideas, run different campaigns, set up JV's and sharpen our skills. For example, we're setting up a deal with another coach to take up some real estate in the group, we're getting an email marketer on board to get his list rockin, there's talks of JVing with another RE coach to offer his HT backend to the community as an upsell and putting this partners offer to fulfill the LT needs.

Peeps can't vet someone's character when they're too busy trying to impress them. I've been guilty early on of walking into coffee dates with a potential partner like I was about to audition for a Broadway show. Stats ready. Case studies loaded. Smile cranked up to an 11. Full song and dance. Basically a one-man circus act... complete with the little hat. And while I was busy juggling flaming batons trying to look impressive... ...the partner was sitting across the table dropping hints like a trail of breadcrumbs that would've told me EVERYTHING I needed to know. The controlling tendencies. The vague, squirmy answers about why their last marketing person "just wasn't a good fit." The way they talked about their audience like a faceless ATM machine instead of actual human beings. It was all RIGHT there. Neon signs. Blinking. But I had my performer hat on... So I missed every single one. I've watched sharp, talented people walk into what looked like a dream deal... ...like a kid on Christmas morning, tearing into that beautifully wrapped box... ...only to find out a few weeks (or months) later there was a dead fish inside. And they missed it because they NEEDED it to work out too badly. That's the thing nobody talks about. It ain't a skills problem. It ain't a strategy problem. It's a stance problem. Investor status isn't something you GET to... It's a stance you come FROM... The moment peeps show up needing the yes like they need oxygen... ...it's like walking into a poker game with their cards facing the wrong way. They've handed over the only thing that actually protects them in a deal. The ability to see clearly. And once that's gone? You're not vetting a partner anymore. You're just crossing your fingers and hoping they're one of the good ones. In your corner, ~ Tony

Just a heads up for my CDOD peeps (and anybody else using Manus)...installing the desktop version and working from there reduces task costs by 50% through 3/30. Nice time to double up on potential leads (if you're into that kinda thing).