Skool owners, one finding from our State of Skool study of 18,412 communities: in only 33% of communities is the owner the top commenter. Those communities show more participation and lower churn. And timing matters: the typical member who leaves goes after about seven weeks, so the replies you write early count most. Most of us skip the comments because creating posts eats the time. Two things that help: • Write the week's posts in one sitting and schedule them. • Spend the time you saved in the comments, starting with new members. The full report is free: https://skoolgrades.com/state-of-skool

One of my members, Olivier, runs a reflexology practice. Last week we had a 15-minute call. 6 days later: 2 new clients, around 2,000 euros. All we did: found where his bookings were getting stuck, and he copied the format of the call for his own prospects. If you run a community, this is the cheapest leverage I know. A 15-minute call with a member gets them one result fast, and members who get a result stick around. Steps you can copy: 1) Offer a free 15-minute call to new members. 2) Find their one biggest bottleneck. 3) Send them away with a simple roadmap. Check the screenshot for what he sent me after the call. Happy to share the call outline, comment CALL.

My free Skool group had 100 members on 17 Oct and has 191 today. I opened the member list and checked where the 91 new ones came from, using the source Skool records for each. 31 clicked through from my Skool profile page. 48 came in direct, mostly from a link or an invite. 9 came from Skool search and browse. 2 came from YouTube. 1 came from an affiliate link. The one that stands out is the profile page. It is the second biggest door, and people only reach it after seeing something from me somewhere else. What I do outside my own group matters as much as what I post inside it. Small sample, and Skool's "direct" also includes invite links, so read it loosely. Next I want to know how many of the 91 did anything in their first week. I have not counted that yet. Where do your newest members come from, and do you track it?

It can feel like you're paying for someone else's mistake. Don't rush past it. It's the most useful thing they'll tell you. Try: "I'm sorry to hear that. What happened last time?" Then listen. They're telling you exactly what they need to see from you. Show them how you're different on those points, then ask for their decision. What's the hardest line you've had to answer on a call? 👇 If you sell one to one on Skool and want to close your first $1k without feeling pushy, that's what we work on in Direct Sales Mastery

I’m building a content system with one goal: help coaches, creators, and service providers make daily content in 30 minutes. Before I build too much, I’d love blunt feedback: does this make sense, and are these the right three parts? Tell me in the comments what feels unclear, missing, or too complicated and what you’d change first.