Just because someone posts something confidently doesn’t mean it’s true. I’ve seen a few things floating around lately about Skool that people are taking as fact, getting upset about, and then repeating to other people without actually knowing if the information is accurate. And that’s how fake news spreads. Before you change something in your community, get mad about how something works, or start teaching it to someone else, make sure you actually have the right information. I was just sent the craziest rumor yet about Google taking a percentage of payments that is just completely fake news. It made me go “what the helly?” so much that I decided tomorrow on The Skool Morning Show we’re clearing up fake news. Eric won't be here tomorrow, so just me answering and clearing anything up. So what have you heard? Drop it below or ask live on the show. Growth Boost? Affiliates? Payments? Attribution? Something else about how Skool works? Ask me anything you’ve heard that you’re not sure is actually true. If I know the answer, I’ll give it to you. If I don’t, I’ll tell you I don’t know. BUT I will find out the answer! ...if you try to tell me a rumor about the secret project, I will rick roll you. LOL this is not for trying to be sneaky! Let’s see how much fake news we can clear up tomorrow! (Cuz I'm over the BS and we need to be able to focus on truth and traffic.)

If you’ve been on Skool for at least 90 days, check whether you qualify to claim your custom Skool username because some REALLY good usernames are still available. I claimed @jenna early, but I’ve noticed plenty of successful Skool members still have the automatically generated username attached to their profile. To qualify, you need: • 90 contributions • 30 followers • At least 90 days on Skool You only get to change your username once, so don’t just grab something random. Check your name, your full name, or even something related to what you’re known for. I found some pretty surprising ones that are STILL available. @Marty B make sure to grab yours! @Jesse Woltersom actually deserves some credit for this video because his post in Skoolers reminded me of the exact qualifications and I didn't have to work too hard to find that information. So I used Jesse’s affiliate link for Make Money With Community on this video. It’s one of the perks I’m giving my Soft Launch Founding Members. When their ideas or contributions inspire content I create, I want them to have an opportunity to earn from it too. If this video helped you and you’ve been thinking about joining us, you can use Jesse’s link to join the paid community! Click here. And go check your username before somebody else gets it. :)

Have you seen this on a membership request? ⚠️ SPAM RISK SCORE: HIGH If you've been wondering what "SPAM RISK SCORE: HIGH" means in Skool or what you're supposed to do when you see it, this video walks through exactly how I handle those membership requests. I use Auto Approve in my communities, so the only membership requests I have to manually review are the ones Skool's AutoMod flags as High Risk. In the video, I walk through my entire process. The first thing I do is start looking for anything that doesn't add up. Sometimes the location doesn't match. Sometimes their profile activity is just copy and pasted "Hello everyone, I'm new here" posts across multiple communities. Sometimes the messages are the typical spam conversation starters that don't feel genuine. None of those things by themselves prove someone is a spammer. I'm simply looking at the signals available to help me decide whether I want that person in my community. If I'm confident it's a fake account or spammer, I report the account and ban it. The reporting part is important because it helps Skool review the account. Banning also keeps that same account from sending another membership request to your community. According to Skool's Help Docs, AutoMod looks at multiple signals to identify High Risk users. That's why I don't ignore the SPAM RISK SCORE: HIGH warning. I take a minute to review the account before making a decision. AutoMod catches a lot, but nothing catches everything. I also have posting and chat restricted for new members because every once in a while a spam account will still get through. Hopefully seeing my process gives you a better idea of what to look for the next time you see SPAM RISK SCORE: HIGH on a Skool membership request. Have you had AutoMod flag any High Risk members yet? What patterns have you noticed?

There's been some confusion around how Growth Boost attribution works between multiple communities, whether that's free to paid or low ticket to high ticket. One question that came up was: If someone joins a community through Growth Boost, does Skool get attribution for every community that person joins afterward? The answer is no. According to Sam, attribution is per community and uses last touch attribution for that specific community. Here's a simple example: Let's say someone discovers your free community through Growth Boost. They join and show up as a Skool Network member in that community. Later, while they're inside your free community, they see a post about your paid community. If they click a direct link to your paid community's About Page and join from that link, the paid community signup is attributed as Direct Traffic, not Skool Network. What matters is how they arrived at that specific community. The original Growth Boost attribution does not automatically follow them everywhere else. The same concept applies if you have: • A free community and a paid community • A low ticket community and a high ticket community • Multiple paid communities Another thing worth knowing is that owners and admins should use their community links when promoting their own groups. Affiliate links are no longer used for owner attribution the way they were in the past. This allows traffic sources like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Direct Traffic, Search, Discovery, and Skool Network to be tracked correctly. The main takeaway: Growth Boost attribution is community specific. Just because someone originally joined one community through Skool Network does not mean every future community they join will also be attributed to Skool Network. In the video, I walk through examples and show exactly how this works. To help all other Skoolers understand this, please feel free to share! My goal is for everyone to have the answers they need about Growth Boost, so that they can optimize for it and this Skool project succeeds!

Happy First Day Of Spring!! Today we are going over 12 things you can do to Spring clean your Skool (Business)! Plus, a fun rate on a scale of 1-10 for outside traffic sources! @Eric Howell We are going LIVE for The Skool Morning Show now. 🎥 👇 To Chat with us LIVE comment on this post and we'll pull up some of the comments.