If you're not familiar with the finer details of Growth Boost, this post will help. While I have kept Growth Boost on for THIS group, it's off for my main group: Focused Founders™ So here's what happened >> #1 / WE DISAPPEARED FROM DISCOVERY. - My group was #1 for "Focused". Now it's not there at all for that keyword. - My group was #1 for "Founders". Now it's not there at all for that keyword, either. - My group was also, of course, #1 for the name of the group "Focused Founders". Even that is hidden. - You previously could search my name and find my group. That also doesn't work. #2 / TRAFFIC WENT... UP. - It's slight. But this is funny. - Traffic went up the next day, not down! #3 / I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR MY GROWTH. - This means: no cold traffic from ads. - And: no cold traffic from Discovery. - But: no 30% lifetime tax for friends in my network who click my profile to join my group. - And: those who join are likely to come across my YouTube, LinkedIn, workshops, posts, comments, etc... so they have SOME kind of relationship when they join and are more likely to be kindred spirits. This feels good! OUR #1 SOURCE OF GROWTH? It's always been relationships. Showing up for members and friends, showing up in a thoughtful way, just... showing up and caring! I love my Skool network, and despite not aligning with the way this new program was released, turning OFF the Growth Boost helps me to feel good about remaining here. I felt an immediate relief on turning it off, funny enough. I don't even mind being hidden! 😅 Fun Fact: When I joined Skool in 2023, the Discovery didn't even exist! This doesn't really impact my world in any major way because I never have relied on Skool to hand me clients. I will be doubling down on what works, which is generally a great idea anyways! SKOOL GROUP OWNERS: What are you doing about this? Keeping it on? Turning it off? Watching and waiting? Or... something else?!

If you have missed all the recent Skool News, this is what's current: ✅ Growth Boost Lifetime 30% Commission. This is a lifetime commission for members who join any paid offer in your group, if they joined the group via Skool Network. It includes members who join your group because: 1. they visited your profile (example: if you were to click on my profile after reading a post like this in a group, that is "Skool Network" or if I gave a workshop in a group and you saw my post about it, that is "Skool Network") 2. they were targeted by a FB ad paid for by Skool 3. they found your group in the Discovery 4. they saw your group on someone else's profile and clicked to check it out. The 30% commission does not apply when they click a link you provide them and they then DIRECTLY GO TO and join your group immediately without clicking around in a way that causes attribution to be reset. (It's last-touch attribution. So, let's say you have a free group and paid group. Between being in the free group and paid group, if they become part of the network, Skool takes the lifetime 30% commission.) It also does not apply when a member joins from an affiliate link provided by one of your affiliates. AS OF YESTERDAY, the most recent news is that they will be penalizing groups that have a link in their about page of any kind (presumably because this can change the attribution and no longer be the Skool Network). Soon they will also HIDE the sidebar links (that show up on Desktop only if you have a pro plan). I assume that will coincide with the Discovery penalties that will begin on next Tuesday, for those groups who have a link. This even includes a link, for example, to reviews of your group. This post is mostly to be sure you're aware about 1/ links 2/ making sure to join groups and share links intentionally 3/ how the Growth Boost program works 🙂 If you have any questions, I will probably know the answer but if not, we can find out! In just under 3 hours, I'll have a 60-minute call that digs into this + open conversation for the final 30 minutes.