Thought it would be useful to share what I learned this week, to save others from making the same mistakes. *Email verification and bounce rates.* I got my email list from anymailfinder, they say that they verify the emails as well. I am sure they do, but I guess their methods are not as good as say MillionVerifier. Around 10% of my email (11 from about 100 so far) were bouncing. I took the list of bounced emails and verified them in MillionVerifier. Of the 11 that bounced MillionVerifier found: - 6 Risky - 0 Bad - 5 Good So MillionVerifier definitely finds more genuine risky emails than AnyMailFinder. From 251 emails out of AnyMailFinder only 81% were 'good', and 6% were bad! So lesson learned: AnyMailFinder verification is not good enough and misses ~20% of 'bad' or 'risky' emails!

Last night I was able to link up with two legends from this community in real life for a co-working session. @Jaron Shoptaugh and @Ryan Magill and I grabbed a room, opened the laptops and got stuck in together. It's wild how quickly things shift when you're not just boxes on a weekly Skool call but actually sitting side by side, talking through ideas, seeing each other think, and sharing what's really going on. You can't beat face to face, eyeball to eyeball, for building trust and forging real bonds. Online is great for scale, but in person is where the deeper conversations happen. The jokes land better, the hard truths are easier to share, and you walk away feeling seen, backed and a bit more fired up about the path you're on. If you're in a city where other members are close by, I highly recommend organising a simple coffee or co-working session. Nothing fancy, just “bring your laptop, let’s build”. This community gets a lot more powerful when we connect in the real world as well as here inside Skool.

Here’s something I’ve learned after sitting in both big and small rooms. The big rooms are where you get energy. You see what’s possible, you get inspired, and you realise you’re not the only one grinding. But the small rooms - the paid private ones - that’s where the real growth happens. That’s where you ask the questions you were too nervous to ask in public. That’s where you get real feedback on what’s working and what’s not. Jay’s Insiders AMA calls are a perfect example. It’s not hundreds of people shouting into the void. It’s focused. It’s tactical. It’s people building real systems and sharing what actually works - not what should work. If you’re still hanging in the free groups, use them to learn the basics. But when you’re ready to move faster, get in the smaller rooms. That’s where people actually start winning.