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Keywords are now available! Go to Settings and Discovery and you can now add up to 11 keywords to help people find your group more easily. I’d like your input. What words do you think would attract new members to this group? Who do you hope will join? What do you think they will be searching for?

I just wanted to highlight some of the amazing opportunities that are coming your way in case you haven't checked out the calendar lately. On Wednesday, the CLASSIFIEDS own @Stacy Covitz is hosting the $5/Day "Be Seen" System masterclass. If you've ever wanted to get into Meta ads but were scared you were going to lose your shirt, she will teach you how to dip your toe into the waters in a measured and meaningful way. Free for ALL MEMBERS. On Thursday, I will be hosting the PERSONALS for premium members. Since this is the first meeting of the month, it will be our beloved "Business Card" exchange. It's an opportunity for you to tell us about your community and what makes it special. We record it and share it with the entire group. So start practicing your spiel and get ready to make meaningful connections! Next week there are three other amazing sessions that you will want to add to your calendar. I'll talk more about them in a future post - but check it out now and save the dates. Finally, I've added a new Onboarding Welcome Call for new members on May 14. Anyone is invited to attend. Moderator @Faith Adebayo will help me host the session, and we'll talk about how to make the most of this community. If you've been sitting on the sidelines waiting to jump in but not sure exactly how, you won't want to miss this session! Check out the calendar here for times!

A lot of people still think a good course is the one with the most content, the most bonuses, or the most polished branding. But that is not actually how students experience a course. They experience whether it makes sense.Whether they can follow it.Whether they feel supported by it.Whether it helps them move forward, or leaves them feeling confused and discouraged. That is what this week’s podcast episode is about. In this episode of The Art of Online Course Creation, I’m unpacking why a good course feels different from a bad one, and why high-quality course design has so much less to do with quantity than people think. If you create courses, trainings, workshops, challenges inside your Skool group, or any kind of educational content for your community, I think this conversation will give you a deeper lens on what actually makes learning feel effective for the people on the other side. You can listen here. And I'd love to know, when you think about courses you've taken yourself, what was the difference between the ones that felt "good" and the ones that felt discouraging, confusing, or overwhelming?