I wish someone sat me down and told me these before I started posting like it was any other platform. 𝟭) 𝗗𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗖𝗧𝗔𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀. No “DM me.” No “link in bio.” No “if you want help." No "here’s my group.” I got banned/kicked from multiple communities early on bc I didn’t realize how strict this is. Be helpful. Be normal. Let your presence do the work. 𝟮) 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴. If you comment like a real person and actually help, people will click. So make your profile clean and obvious. What you do. Who you help. What to do next. That is it. 𝟯) 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟬 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀. Early replies keep a post alive. So write posts people can answer quickly. Then stay close and reply fast so it becomes a conversation, not a monologue. 𝟰) 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸. 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸. The fastest growth I have seen on Skool comes from making people feel seen. Comments build culture. Culture builds retention. Retention builds everything else. 𝟱) 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴. Pick one thing and never miss. Wins thread. Teardown day. Office hours. A weekly prompt. Whatever fits your style. Consistency is what earns trust. 𝟲) 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗯𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄. When you read a post ALWAYS like it, and ALWAYS give leave a comment. That does 2 things: - With the like you give the author a point to level up. - With your comment you give yourself a point (when people like it) Most communities (including Skooler Spotlight) give more perks as you level up, so be a dear, love the people around you, and they will love you back. If you are building on Skool right now: What is one mistake you made that you would save a new community owner from?

I had some amazing clarity on how I want to serve you better, and I created a whole system that helps you run your Skool community in under 60 minutes a week. - It uses the new and approved 2.0 Flywheel: Acquire → Activate → Engage → Refer. - It needs a new clean room to work in. The Calm Engine Room. - It will launch officially after the upcoming Event. It is for: 🔄 𝗙𝗹𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 - Learn how to turn the wheel in your community in under 60 minutes a week ⚙️ 𝗚𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 - Teach mechanisms that work in your community that turn the wheel in others If you identify with one of these I would love it if you would hop in the waiting room NOW I'll be opening the door to The Calm Engine on April the 20th. That is the moment the upcoming Event kicks of. Only contributors of the event will be let in sooner. What do you think... Can you identify yourself with one of the above mentioned Skoolers? 1. Comment: Turn the Wheel 🔄 2. Hop into The Calm Engine waiting room here PS. The group is public, so you can already take a look around.

I mean that literally. Nobody in The Calm Engine has a head start. Nobody is behind. We are all Skool owners who have been carrying our communities harder than we should have to, and we are here because we want that to change. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀: Before adding anything to your community, look at the four stages honestly. Where is it turning. Where is it stalling. What is the one lever you are actually going to pull at each stage. That is the Momentum Map. It is not a complicated exercise. It is just the one most of us skip because we would rather add something new than name what is actually broken. The Momentum Map stops that. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. That is your First Turn. After that, we dive into the details together with the Flywheel Playbook. Who is jumping in with us? 👉 Get in the room here: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 Turn the Wheel. 🔄

This community has been running challenges, building up a classroom full of resources, and doing a lot of different things over time. But I realize I do not actually know what you have been using, because I rarely see anyone post about it. And I would rather ask than assume. The Calm Engine works very differently. There is one program, the whole community runs through the same playbook together, and the goal is to get your community structured so that it runs on about 60 minutes a week. No scattered resources, no wondering what to do next. So I want to know two things before I make any decisions about what stays and what goes. What have you actually used from this community that made a difference for you? And if there is something specific here that you would want to see brought into The Calm Engine, what is it? Tell me in the comments. I am genuinely asking.

A 𝗚𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 is a Skool owner who stops running the Visibility Grind, because the cost is real and the math is not working. It costs time, money, energy, and presence. The hours in other people's rooms. The promo pools that deliver noise. The output that holds the reach together until the moment you stop, and then the reach disappears. The whole thing only works while you are pushing it. 𝗔 𝗚𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. They take one mechanism that is already working inside their community, something built and tested on real people, and bring it into a room where people from every Skool category can find them. One monthly contribution. One room. And then they go back to their community. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲. The Skool Accelerator Event, May edition, is that room. One Turn puts you in front of the combined audiences of every Skool category simultaneously: owners, their members, and people who have been looking for what you teach, but never found you. You bring one mechanism that turns the wheels in your community and one freebie, something you already have, and the event does the rest: new email subscribers, new community members, from categories you have never marketed to. One contribution. You go home. The reach compounds. If you are ready to take your First Turn in May, type TURN in the comments. Submissions are open and I will send you the details directly. Turn the Wheel. 🔄