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Skool News | the Axe Verdict

bit late this week. yet, i am doing it 💪🏻 hope you appreciate it with your like or comment.

btw, i am officially called "growth boost hater" and "a failure"... more on this below. also, i am not going through all the praise of GB and Skool of the week - cause i consider it an anecdotal evidence and survivorship bias.

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New Features:

reviews are now sorted by Top by default. that means, if you have a shitty recent review, it will go down to the very bottom. now, ppl can still sort by "recent". yet, reviews will go to the top if - they have more text, more stars, and more months inside the community. I LIKE IT.

NEW Growth Tab - showing you what level of GB you are on and what ads are running for you. now you get way better visibility into what is going on and how much budget/ads you are getting. you can also see the requirements for getting to the next level. HOWEVER, there are still bugs and errors, so, even if you get to lvl whatever, you might not get what they promise - read below

NEW GB algorithm is picking up the new about page image/text/ pricing. which is good. I LIKE IT.

IMPORTANT: right now, free or freemium or even low ticket groups DO NOT get any budget. (Sam said it on the call with a few ppl). so, don't get too excited with levels.

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The Way I See It

i have been on a private call with Sam.. so, some comments comes from it. however, it was somewhat a controversial call where we (ppl who have concerns) were called "haters" and we were told that "ppl who are successful and making money love GB". so, implicitly, we were called loosers and those who don't understand how affiliate/internet/ online marketing works.
i think, Skool is focusing on "money makers" - large communities, with $$$ per month, who already drive lots of traffic. they are piggy-backing on them to benefit from affiliate commission (cause with the large traffic/large sign up numbers you don't notice the misattribution, do you?)
small communities - free or freemium, forget it.. at least for now. Sam said he MIGHT reconsider.. but you are at the mercy of him/them/they
small communities - paid, you might get some, but only if you do a lot on your end (see levels requirements)

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You Should Know

right now, and in the foreseeable future, there are going to be lots of mis-attributions for Skool Network.
@Éva Raposa
organized testing and Skool attribution model. it failed 12 times out of 38. i will leave it up to you to decide how fucked up is that. here are all the detailed on Eva's blog.
what Kirby said on the call is complete and utter BS. he says that they are trying to reduce our work by creating ads for us - but it is not true. they only do that for ppl who already creating lots of content, who already have traffic, who already are really good. it is a BOOST. not a substitute. and it does not sound like it.

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my VERDICT:

they are trying to optimize. for the thing that benefits THEM, not you. which is okay - they are not charity. so, be careful /mindful of what they want and what you want - might not be the same
so, again, just like any platform, you might have different goals. mind you, opposite goals.
i am on the verge or moving out of Skool.... not yet. but it is starting to violate so many of my personal values ... that it reminds me of the Diplomat Season 4 Finale ... have you watch it?

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the recording is in the Vault.

what do you think?

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Skool News | the Axe Verdict