Most Skool owners who want to use YouTube to grow their community are waiting for the same thing. Enough subscribers. Enough views. Enough proof that the channel is working before they start pointing people toward the community. That threshold never arrives because it was never the right metric to begin with. A YouTube channel built for community growth does not need scale to work. It needs relevance. One video that speaks directly to the specific problem your ideal member is trying to solve will send more qualified people to your Skool community than a hundred videos chasing broad appeal. The viewer who watches a specific, targeted video and then joins your community already understands what you do and why it matters. That person is not a passive subscriber. They are a member before they have clicked the link. The professionals who grow Skool communities on YouTube fastest are not the ones with the biggest channels. They are the ones who stopped optimising for views and started optimising for the right viewer. This is the foundation of what we cover in Thursday's live workshop. If you want to find out more, join The Content Revenue Lab and look for the pinned post with the details. https://tinyurl.com/TheContentRevenueLab Des Dreckett — The Content Revenue Lab

You could say I've seen a few things over the years in my career. - I've broken up physical fights between students, - I've had flowers and wine delivered to me from parents as a thank you for teaching their child. - I've had police contact me because a student is listed as a missing person and hasn't been seen for days. - I've received hugs from students at the end of the year (and I'm not a hugger at all with students!), - I've been vomited on, sworn at and threatened verbally. - I've had school refusers respond to my modified timetables and work loads with success and return to school full time. - I've gone up against school Principals to overturn or back down on a decision against a student. - I've referred parents to the esafety commissioner to take down inappropriate images of students. - I've protected students from their parent/s. - I've seen a few pregnancies and helped discreetly with whatever decision was made. - I've made numerous mandatory reports. - I've suggested students take out AVO's and intervention orders against other families. - I've given my lunch to a hungry student more times than I can remember. - I've had students deal with death and grief, not only of a family member, but also of another student in the school. - I've had students with anger management issues, come and find me in my classroom right before they were about to punch someone, because they remembered my words and request. - I've had students with anxiety, request to be in my class, because I make them feel safe. - I've taken on more students that I should in my classes because "I can handle them." This list is not exhaustive. Every job has it's issues and pressures. Just know that behind every post I make, every podcast episode I record and every piece of advice given for free in my community; is delivered with 20 years of experience and possibly someone else's child in mind that I've dealt with, in a similar situation. Some days are better than others, but when we lead with connection first, everything turns out as it should. 🥰

I'm thinking of running something in my community, but I wanted to hear what others have done first and what you find is better and why. 1. Free webinar - Me talking, community attending, some questions at the end. (less engagement from members), or 2. Live Q & A session - members come prepared with their questions and I/we answer them live. I know it probably depends on interest, size of community, topic and all that stuff, but I'm interested to know what has worked in yours? Thanks.

I started building an ecosystem for community owners to grow together because I personally don't think it's a good idea for community owners with a similar approach, focus, or goal to compete with each other. NOT AT ALL! I see it happening all the time, but whatever the desired outcome is, competing with other community owners more often than not leads to the opposite outcomes! Without going into too much detail, I just wonder, what are your thoughts on this? Your honest take?

Introducing our trauma-informed space where we heal from Trauma PTSD and CPTSD together. Trauma healing usually happens behind closed doors. One person. One therapist. One hour a week. Important work… but often very lonely work. So I asked myself: “What would happen if trauma survivors from across the world found each other… learned about nervous systems… supported one another… and refused to heal alone?” And VTT was born! It's not therapy - It's a different way to heal. Today, this space is filled with people co-regulating across time zones, sharing deep trauma insights at random hours, celebrating emotional breakthroughs, and reminding each other - “that makes total sense.” We came here carrying survival stories. Somewhere along the way, we became a wonderful, deeply supportive healing family. We’re simply humans choosing to heal differently. Choosing to heal together. I'm so proud of what this space has become. If you feel our community might be right for you, someone you know, or someone you are working with, you can try it with a weeks free trial here: Trauma Healing Community VTT Ongoing membership starts at just $1 per month which helps to maintain the space. $1 = GBP: £0.76 / EUR: €0.92 / AUD: $1.52 / CAD: $1.35 Welcome to a new way to heal. Welcome home. With love, Chris🌞 Trauma Survivor & Trauma Therapist