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I’m going to say this directly… A lot of Skool and Facebook group owners are putting pressure on themselves to “increase engagement”… without actually knowing what to post or why it isn’t working. If you’ve ever Googled or asked AI things like: • “what should I post in my Skool group” • “what kind of posts get engagement in a Skool community” • “what should I post to get more engagement in my Facebook group” • “why aren’t people engaging in my community” You’re not asking the wrong questions. You’re just being handed surface-level answers. Here’s what I see happening. When engagement becomes the goal, posting starts to feel forced. Say it this way. Use this prompt. Post more often. Ask better questions. “Engagement” has become a buzzword that tries to cover everything…the tactics, the hacks, the prompts, the hype. And at the same time, it’s become a complete buzzkill. Because once we start chasing engagement, community posts turn into performances… not conversations. What most people are actually looking for isn’t a better engagement tactic. They’re looking for real connection. Actual conversation. A sense that there are humans on the other side of the screen. But that part rarely gets said out loud. So we keep calling it “engagement”… and miss what people are really asking for. What if engagement was just: • “Hey, here’s what I worked on today.” • “This came up for me last night.” • “I went down a rabbit hole on this and wanted to share.” Not optimized. Not engineered. Just human. I think about my Bunco group when I look at communities. We all showed up because of a silly dice game. That was the topic. But we don’t sit around talking about Bunco all night. We talk about our kids. Our jobs. Our relationships. What we’re watching. What’s hard. What’s funny. Two people in the group are competitive and keep the game moving. Without them, we’d probably stop playing altogether and just talk. The game brought us together. The human connection is why we stay.

Community Review for Facebook & Skool Group Owners If you run a Facebook group or Skool community and something just feels off… people join but don’t engage, conversations rely on you to move, or growth has slowed… (no, you’re not imagining it) I’m opening a few paid Community Reviews for online group owners. This is a focused working session where we look at one specific issue inside your space and identify what’s quietly breaking momentum. Not everything. Not forever. Just the thing that’s making this feel heavier than it should. People usually book a Community Review because: - members join but don’t post - engagement depends on the owner starting every conversation - onboarding feels confusing or overwhelming - the group feels quiet or scattered in five directions - reach or visibility has dropped - effort isn’t compounding the way it used to If you’re wondering what makes this different… I’m not just looking at posts, prompts, or engagement numbers. I’m looking at how the system is training people to behave… where momentum breaks… and why effort isn’t efforting even when you’re showing up. Most issues aren’t about doing more. (I guarantee you're probably already doing plenty.) They’re about order, load, and how energy is flowing through the community. And the part most people don’t say out loud: - it feels like the algorithm is working against them - it is! - posts that “should” .... yes, I said THAT word.... get seen but don't seem to land - they’re tired of doing everything right with little return - the group feels harder to run than it should - they’re quietly wondering if the platform is even worth it anymore This applies whether your community lives on Facebook or Skool. This is especially helpful if you’ve already tried fixing things and it still feels heavier than it should. That’s usually the tell. This is not coaching. This is not a full rebuild. It’s a clear review of what needs a tiny tweak so your community is easier to run and easier to engage with.

So we're testing out this hashtag theory. If you want to organize your community by a topic or provide a way to quickly find all posts by a certain category of members <all musicians> #music might be the hashtag. <Testing this for The Classifieds> <<yes, that's an affiliate link but the community is free for Skool owners to join and public for anyone looking for communities to join>> Be aware that hashtags actually allow you to quickly link to courses in your classroom tab. EX: #CHAI makes me happy which now reminds me to go change the name of this course page. BUT if there is no course associated with #music, it makes it easier to put that hashtag in the search bar and find anyone who used it to tag their post about their community. This could lend itself to additional "categories" within the community without adding the category buttons. You'll need to create a list of those hashtags and include them in your START HERE course so new members know how to find or tag their niche. What would be your top 5 hashtags you might use in your community?