There's a scam going around Skool where fake accounts impersonate official support or verification teams and send messages claiming your account has been restricted or needs verification. I've attached a screenshot showing an example of one of these messages. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨, 𝘿𝙊 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨! Instead, please take a moment to report and block the account. **Here's what to do:** 1. Click through to the sender's profile. 2. Click the three dots (...) on their profile and select Report. 3. Go back to your conversation with them. 4. Click the three dots (...) in the top right corner of the chat and select Block. **Why both?** Reporting notifies Skool about the account's suspicious behaviour so they can investigate and take action. Blocking prevents that account from sending you any more direct messages. These scammers often use official-looking names, profile pictures, and urgent language to trick people into clicking malicious links. Remember, just because an account calls itself "System Verification" or "Skool Support" doesn't mean it's legitimate. Stay safe, everyone! And if you see something suspicious, please report it rather than ignoring it. You could help protect other members of the Skool community too.

**EDIT** So I officially have THREE new members that is not a friend or family member. Just someone random that joined my new community. 🥳

(With your community) One word.

One of the easiest ways to make building a community feel overwhelming is to keep thinking about everything you eventually need to do. Let's shift your thinking for a moment. Instead of: “This is hard.” Try: “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽?” I think this is especially useful when you’re building a community because it’s incredibly easy to look at the whole thing at once. I need a niche, an offer, a name, branding, content, members, engagement, traffic... I need to figure out how I’m going to make money from this thing! Put all of that together and of course it feels difficult. Training yourself to ask "What's the next step" takes your brain out of fear mode, and into problem-solving mode. You just need to work out 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽. That’s one of the reasons I’ve structured the OCL classroom the way I have. Literally do the things in bite-sized pieces, in order. You shouldn’t need to understand the entire community-building process before you start moving.

What's stopping you from starting your own community? Reply in five words or less.