This one feels like a pretty big milestone, because this hasn’t been a quick little tool I threw together over a weekend. I’ve been building and refining this for well over six months now. A huge amount of that time has gone into researching niches, adding them individually, organising them into the right categories, rewriting and refining descriptions, cleaning up overlaps, improving the structure of the library, and gradually making the whole thing easier to actually use. And as the library has grown, I’ve had to improve the way people can find what they’re looking for too. The search is now much smarter than it was originally. It does a better job of understanding what someone is actually searching for, ranking more relevant ideas higher, and helping surface niches that might otherwise be buried among thousands of options. It can even still help you find what you’re looking for if you make a typo or don’t type the exact wording used in the niche. I’m also working on the discovery side of the tool now. The goal is to make the Niche Finder gradually get better at curating ideas based on the categories you browse and explore inside the tool itself, so over time it can start surfacing more ideas from areas you seem interested in rather than showing everyone the exact same suggestions. Go have a look. ────────────────────────────────── It’s pretty funny looking back at where this actually started. The first version was basically just a collection of cards with niche names on them. Things like cooking, crochet, kitesurfing and other broad ideas. That was it. The cards didn’t open. There wasn’t any extra information. There was nothing about starting a community, who the niche might be for, how you could approach it or what you could actually build around it. It has evolved a lot since then. I’ve still got more than another thousand niches sitting there that I want to work through and add at some point, so I’ll definitely end up passing 5,000 niches before I’m finished adding to the library.

Before I get into today's post, I just wanted to acknowledge that it's been a little quiet around here lately. I haven't disappeared. I've been spending the last month building, experimenting, and testing a few new ideas behind the scenes. I'm looking forward to sharing more of what I've been working on over the coming weeks, but for now, here's something I've been really enjoying... I think one of the best new ChatGPT features is automations. Instead of asking ChatGPT the same question every day, you can have it do the research for you and deliver it automatically. For example, if you run an online community, you could ask it to send you a daily report of: • Three content ideas based on recent trends in your niche. • Three potential collaboration partners. • Three businesses that could benefit from your expertise. • Frequently asked questions people are discussing online. • News or developments your members should know about. • Success stories from your industry. • New tools or resources worth sharing. The possibilities are almost endless. Here's a prompt you can adapt for your own community: "Every day, find three high-quality opportunities related to my niche. Prioritise opportunities that are practical, actionable, and relevant to my audience. For each one, explain why it's interesting, how it could benefit my community members, and suggest one piece of content or conversation I could create around it. Avoid repeating previous results unless there is a significant new development." Once you've got a prompt you're happy with, ask ChatGPT to turn it into a daily automation. Now I'd love to see what you come up with. Build your first automation, then come back and share in the comments what you created. You might inspire someone else to build one too.

I saw something recently that made a lot of sense to me. The idea was basically that motivation does not always come before you start something. A lot of the time, motivation is created AFTER you start. And the more I think about it, the more I think that might be true, especially when it comes to starting an online community. I think a lot of us wait because we’re expecting to wake up one day and suddenly feel ready. We imagine there will be this clear moment where the idea feels complete, the name feels perfect, the branding feels right, the classroom makes sense, and we finally feel confident enough to put it out there. But maybe that is the wrong way around. Maybe the confidence does not come from thinking about the idea for longer, it comes from seeing it become real. Because once you create the community, even if it is basic, you suddenly have something to work with. You have somewhere to send people. You have a reason to make a post. You have a place where conversations can happen. You have something that can be improved, shaped, simplified, explained, renamed, repositioned, and built around. Before that, it is just an idea floating around in your head. And ideas in your head can feel really heavy, because there is nothing to respond to. You can keep questioning it forever. Is this the right niche? Would people pay for this? What should I call it? What should I post? What if nobody joins? What if I start and then realise I should have done it differently? But once you start, even in a small way, the questions become easier to answer because they are no longer just theoretical. You post something and see what people respond to. You invite someone and hear what they ask. You explain the community out loud and realise what sounds clear and what sounds confusing. You add a lesson and notice what still needs to be explained. You get one comment, one question, one bit of feedback, and suddenly the next step is not as blurry as it was before. That is where I think motivation starts to build, from giving yourself some movement.

You can now upgrade to 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 and get 2 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗸𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲. That is 2 months at zero cost just for committing to the year. If you already know you are building long term, growing a paid community, or scaling recurring revenue, this is an easy win. Same platform. Same features. Just better economics. To upgrade: Go to 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 → 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 and switch to annual. ────────────────────────────────── Now, if you are still thinking about starting your own community… This makes the timing even better! Because when you create your Skool through my link, you also get access to my full community launch ecosystem. That includes niche discovery tools, launch frameworks, monetisation structure, automation ideas, and ongoing strategy support to help you actually turn your community into recurring income. So you are not just getting Skool, you are getting support and the blueprint behind it. To Start Your Community :👉 www.onlinecommunitylaunch.com/go If you are serious about building something that compounds over time, this is the moment. Who else is playing the long game? 🔥

A couple of weeks ago I asked about updating the Skool pricing page with a mockup I made (below). I just noticed it had been changed and it looks great!!! Go Skool devs! Check it ---> (ps. click the cat for a message) 😍