We had such a lovely conversation today and opportunity for everyone to hold a bit more space than normal! If you attended, please leave the link to your community below so that others can find you! If you are interested in learning more about your fellow members and what they do and why they do it, I highly encourage you to watch the recording and then come and join us next time! For those of you who are not able to join us because of time zone issues, you might want to check out the calendar for the Late Edition, hosted by @Kevin Gebert . The next one is happening on Tuesday!

It's that time of the week when I share the numbers with you. The only reason I do this is because some of the members early on asked for it, and since the group is about visibility, I thought it made sense! # Members Total: 1286 (+45) #Premium Members: 207 (+4) Percentage of members who are premium: 16.1% (-0.3%) Conversion Rate: 22.8% (-3.5%) Ranking in Money: #24 (-3) Ranking Overall: #87 (-8) Highest Activity Day: 1570 (-1704) Lowest Activity Day: 469 (-380) The Context: Last week was a week in between challenges, and as expected, it was quieter. This is totally okay. A community goes through ebbs and flows, and it's no need to panic. It's kind of like how some weight-loss coaches will tell you not to weigh yourself every day because the scale is going to go up and down. What you want to do is track trends over time...😊 An interesting this I did this week was track how many membership requests I was declining. I did this for a period of four days and found that, on average, I am only accepting 47% of the membership requests. More surprising, only a small percentage of these are flagged as spammers. There are a lot of people who do not have active Skool communities who are requesting to join the community, so every time I get a little down about growing more slowly than similar communities, I have to remind myself that we could be growing a lot faster, but I have consciously chosen to keep the group focused, and I think the payoff in terms of quality is more than worth it. I hope you think so too! 😉 This week, we are focusing on the Classroom Ads Challenge, and I really hope to see you participate. My (secret) goal is to have at least 100 of you represented there, but I would be ecstatic if it were even more!!! You also might want to check out the pinned post in the community that outlines all the benefits of becoming a premium member for only $3!!! Let me know any feedback you have. I'm all ears! 😊

🎉 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝟰𝟴-𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁! 🌟 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻 “𝗮𝗱” 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺? - A permanent, searchable home: A stable place inside the community that can be indexed by search engines. - A spot to promote what you cannot share in the feed: A place to promote paid services or opportunities that you cannot promote in the main feed. - A longer-form public-facing sales page: A page you can send the public to that is not as restrictive as your About page. - A way to share freebies and capture emails: A place to share freebies or lead magnets so people can sample your value before opting into your community, while also allowing you to capture their email address. - Easier discovery by what you do, not your name: So CLASSIFIEDS members can find you by the community you offer instead of your name. I use this often when I remember what someone does or helps with but cannot remember their name. 🗓️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸? - Today: I will walk you through how to set up a course, folders, and pages (see video below). - Tomorrow: You will have access to a custom GPT created by our own @sondraverva to help you create the main copy for your ad. 🙋 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 - Share below: Which of the five reasons is most important to you for creating a classroom ad, and why? 🌟 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝘁? If you are not a premium member yet, what are you waiting for??? It’s only $3/month, and the ability to place an ad in the classroom is only one of the many perks!

I have the amazing opportunity to announce that @Mimi Ramsey has agreed to join us all the way from Bali, so we now pretty much have 24/7 moderator support for this amazing community. Mimi is an absolute powerhouse when it comes to building communities that are full of personality and that represent your unique uniqueness! I'm really excited that she has agree to join the team, and I can't wait to have her present her own masterclass for you all. In addition, I want to sincerely thank @Mona Weathers for all of her work as the first CLASSIFIEDS moderator. She believed in this group from day one, championed it, and helped me build it into what it is today! Mona has had such incredible success in her own community that she has had to step down as moderator here so that she can support her own members fully, but she is still here, and you will still see her around. 😊 As you already know, @Faith Adebayo recently joined the moderator team and has been doing an incredible job supporting everyone in the comments and most especially bringing us very valuable information through her masterclass about how to increase our visibility through our CLASSIFIEDS posts! Faith will continue to work with me and Mimi as we have now grown to a team of 3!!! Please help me congratulate the effervescent @Mimi Ramsey on her new role!

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