Last time I joined one of the most fun and engaging community experiments I've seen on Skool. Our fellow Navigator @Lidia Axe is running another Community Crawl this weekend - this time focused on men's communities. And it's a great example of something I've been thinking about a lot lately: 👉 people don't just like to consume content they like to play A simple challenge... A clear next step... A bit of curiosity... A reward at the end... Suddenly people are commenting, exploring communities, meeting new people, and actually taking action instead of just scrolling. That's exactly why I believe gamification has huge potential - not just for engagement, but for building stronger communities and better businesses. Even better, several familiar faces from OBB1 are hosting stops in the crawl, including @Maurice Chism and @Andrew Kendall 🙌 If you're curious, jump in, have some fun, and pay attention to how the experience is designed as much as the communities themselves 👇 https://www.skool.com/skool-100/welcome-to-the-community-crawl-male-edition?p=1d53307b I guarantee you'll come away with at least one idea you can borrow for your own group. 🧭

This might be the biggest Skool update we've seen so far. Not because of a new feature. Not because of a new design. Because Skool is now officially trying to solve the problem every community owner has: Getting more members. What is Growth Boost? Skool has been quietly running ads that promote community owners. Many people started noticing unusual spikes in signups over the last few weeks. Some owners reported getting members after months of no activity. Others started seeing their communities featured in Skool ads. Now we know why. The "secret project" was called Growth Boost. How it works Skool promotes communities through off-platform ads (Facebook, Instagram, etc.). If Skool brings you a paying customer, Skool receives a 30% commission, similar to an affiliate commission. If you bring the customer yourself through your own traffic, nothing changes. You only pay normal processing fees. The interesting part is the logic behind it: Skool wants a sustainable loop. Instead of spending millions only to attract more community creators, they're now investing part of that budget into helping existing communities grow. If the system works, the money gets reinvested into more promotion. More promotion → more members → more growth. Why this matters For months I've been paying close attention to Skool SEO, Discovery, keywords, About Pages, search improvements, and the new trending algorithm. Looking back... all those updates suddenly make a lot more sense. They weren't isolated features. They were building infrastructure for this. 👀 Search improvements. Discovery improvements. Keywords. About Pages. Attribution. Trending. And now Growth Boost. It's starting to look like one connected ecosystem designed to match members with communities. What Skool recommends optimizing If you want better results from Growth Boost, the Skool team specifically highlighted: ✅ Cover Image ✅ Group Card (title + description) ✅ About Page ✅ Free Trials (for paid communities)

This may not be the most exciting update on the surface… …but it could become one of the most important for community owners who care about understanding where their members actually come from. What changed? Skool completely rebuilt its attribution system. In simple terms: 👉 Traffic sources are now tracked per community, not across the entire platform. 👉 Affiliate attribution is much more accurate. 👉 Attribution is now locked when someone requests access (instead of changing while they're waiting to be approved). 👉 Less accidental affiliate credit. 👉 More accurate reporting for YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Google, affiliates, and Skool Discovery. For most owners, the number of members won't change. What may change is your dashboard becoming more accurate. A few things that caught my attention 👀 1. Languages are getting closer - The Skool team confirmed work is about to begin. - This could be a huge unlock for international communities. - As someone running a community from Croatia, I'm definitely watching this one. 2. Faster payouts are coming - The goal is near-instant payouts globally. - Some countries currently wait several days. - That may soon become seconds instead. 3. The “mystery” everyone is talking about - A lot of members have started reporting something interesting... - Their communities are appearing inside Skool ads. - Several owners reported seeing new members arrive after being featured. - No official details yet. But if Skool continues investing in Discovery and distribution, this aligns perfectly with what Sam has been saying for months: 👉 Build a great community. 👉 Let Skool help distribute it. Biggest takeaway What stood out most wasn't the attribution update. It was a story from a community owner who said: Skool now sends 80% of her members She spends less time marketing Works 25–30 fewer hours per week Earns more than before Whether every community reaches that level or not...

Hey Navigators 🧭 This week’s Skool News was short… but important. The big update: New Discovery Trending is live. And this is another step toward Skool becoming a stronger growth engine for community owners. Not just a place to host your group. A place where people can actually find it. ✅ NEW DISCOVERY TRENDING IS LIVE Discovery now has a new default sort: Trending Before, Discovery always looked almost the same. Same groups. Same order. Not much reason to check it often. Now it changes based on 24-hour momentum. So instead of only showing the biggest groups, it shows what’s hot on Skool right now. That makes Discovery feel much more alive. And that matters. Because if people check Discovery more often, more communities can get seen. 🔥 HOW TRENDING WORKS Trending looks at which groups are gaining momentum in the last 24 hours. So you’ll see: - groups doing big pushes - groups launching - groups getting real traction - groups consistently performing well Some groups may pop up for a day and then drop. Others may stay hot for longer. That’s good. It creates movement. And movement creates attention. 🏆 “TOP” IS STILL THERE Skool did not remove the old ranking system. You can still sort by Top. Top is more like your long-term rank. It gives you a sense of progression. Trending = what’s hot now Top = what’s strong overall That’s a good split. Also important: Skool made the Top algorithm harder to game. So if a group is genuinely active and healthy, it should be fine. But if someone was trying to cheat the system… they may feel it. Good. Because fake engagement is not community. It’s just digital noise with a leaderboard. 🔎 NEW FILTER MENU Discovery also got a better filter menu. You can now filter by: Trending / Top Private / Public Free / Paid / Free Trial Language The language filter is especially interesting. You can now see what’s trending in Spanish, for example. That matters as Skool becomes more global. 🗺️ ROADMAP UPDATE

Hey Navigators 🧭 Big update last week. The new Skool Discovery Search is now live. And according to Sam and Kirby… it’s night and day better. This matters because search is already the biggest driver inside the Skool Network. So if your group can be found better, you have a better chance of getting more members. ✅ NEW FEATURE (LIVE NOW): Discovery Search Go to: skool.com/discovery Now search is much smarter. It can handle: - typos - people’s names - group names - better topic matching - more relevant results Example from the episode: Search “meat ads” and Skool understands you probably meant Meta ads. But search just “meat” and it understands you mean actual meat. Small detail. Big difference. Search is also much better at finding specific people and communities. Before, some searches were messy. Now the results actually make sense. Finally 😄 🔍 WHY THIS MATTERS Skool Network already sends around 30% of new members to communities across the platform. And of that Skool Network traffic: - 70% comes from search - 20% comes from user profiles - 10% comes from discovery browsing That means search is the big one. And that was with the old search. So now that search actually works better… this could become a much stronger growth channel for community owners. 🧩 KEYWORDS NOW MATTER Remember the new Discovery Keywords feature? Now it actually factors into search. Skool search looks at: - your keywords - your About Page - your group description So this is your reminder: Go check your keywords. You can add up to 11 keywords inside: Settings → Discovery Think like your future member: What would they type to find your group? Not fancy words. Not “cool” words. Search words. That’s the game. ✅ NEW: DISCOVERY CHECKLIST Skool also added a checklist to show why your group may not be listed in Discovery yet. To show up, you need things like: - cover image - group description - About Page - at least one post - at least three members who are not you