📅 DAY EIGHT DATA DROP — The Stagnant Stretch (aka The Real Test)

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Confession:Still rocking the bedhead, dog walk done, coffee in hand.

And yep — things have slowed down a little. But this?

This is the juicy part of the experiment — the no-promo, let’s-see-what-happens-when-we-do-nothing phase.

🎥 There’s a Loom attached below if you want the full walk-through — this post sums up the key data + insights.

📊 Dashboard Snapshot

👀 About-page visitors: 59 (down from 85+)

✍️ Signups: 25 total (no new joins since the first couple of days)

⚡ Conversion rate: 20.34% (down slightly as organic reach tapers)

🏆 Discovery rank: #292 (was around 200–250 range earlier — some dip)

💰 Sales: $0 (still not the focus right now)

🧩 Category:

🎨 Hobbies (still in testing phase)

👥 Active members: 92% (strong retention even with slowed traffic)

💬 Daily activity: Down from 190+ → now hovering lower organically

🧠 What’s Happening

I haven’t promoted this since Day2

No emails. No posts. No plugs.

Just one Skool post per day to mirror how we’d use a social feed

So now we’re in the real organic growth phase — the “will Skool discovery alone grow this?” test.

And it’s interesting…

Total reach slowed down (expected).
Rank fluctuated (as low as #292, as high as #203).
Engagement stayed strong — the quality of activity is still high, even if quantity dipped.
Discovery shows ~1,000 groups in the Hobbies category → I’m sitting roughly top 25%.

⚙️ Key Discoveries

Activity matters more than size.
Inactive groups with hundreds of members are buried in discovery
This 25-person group is ranked in the top 25% because it’s alive.
You can’t disappear. If the group owner (you) goes quiet, your discovery rank dips fast. Momentum = visibility. Period.
The algorithm rewards consistent energy, not numbers. 92% of members being active is a huge signal to Skool. But we have to keep feeding that engagement loop.
Dog content should’ve won — but didn’t. I found a “dog” group with 60+ members ranked super low. Why? Inactivity. The lesson: category ≠ discovery. Engagement = discovery.

🧩 What’s Next

💬 This week’s goal = Boost Activity (not numbers).

Here’s the mini-plan I shared in the Loom:

Drop 1 post per day (Monday–Friday).
No outside promo.
Engage in comments + react to each other’s posts.
I’ll drop polls + convo prompts to mix up the format.We’re testing whether internal engagement alone can move discovery rank back up.

🔍 Side Note: YouTube Cross-Test

I also dropped my first YouTube post this week.

Brutal honesty? It flopped. Five clicks. Barely any watch time.

Still — it’s data. It tells me what didn’t land.

That’s what this whole Owned Social Feed experiment is about — visibility without vanity.

💬 Takeaway

When growth slows, don’t panic — pay attention.

This is where the real learning happens.

We’re not chasing spikes. We’re studying patterns.

📅 Day 8 — logged.#OwnedSocials #SkoolExperiment #DataDrop

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