the latest Skool updates. and the honest, unfiltered verdict from me. THE VERDICT (text and video below) i see Growth Boost is like a casino married to a financial pyramid: - if you are free, low ticket, low conversion/retention rates, forget it - no ads on you - if you are doing okay, they will include you in the carousel 🎠 which is no different from option 1. it means you only get visitors from discovery and search and profile. it means, they are growing Skool, you pay for it - if you are doing good (based on efficiency score we have not seen - but know how is calculated), you get dedicated campaign with $1-5k per day budget. but, let's get real here for a sec: if they do it for 100 communities, spending $3k on average, their daily ad spend is $300k, monthly - $9mln. well, do you believe that they have such investment? and even so, 100 communities is 0.16% BOOM! because, there 160k members in Skoolers. forget free communities. even then there are 60-80k paid communities. my real verdict is - i just don't see ppl joining small/ paid / expensive communities right away - focus on getting traffic to your community by yourself - they just announced "re-adjustment" so, sorry, you might not see results for next 1-2 weeks - getting your community into the carousel?? i see no value in it. and then, ppl search and find you and you pay Skool 30-70%. is it fair? - more importantly, you advertise, ppl go to skool, check your profile, join from there and you give Skool 30-70%. is this fair? --- here is the summary for the curious or find the recording in the Vault, as all previous recordings 🤩 New Features: - Skool reviews are now visible on Google. YEY. i could see them for Community Income Mastermind. but not for this community. it's weird. i will ask in Skoolers and update you once i understand the issue. - now Skool in the browser will autodetect the language and will translate the menu, and the content of the groups.

finally, we got something other than GB 😜 💥 BIG NEWS: Skool introduced native reviews! but please don't run deleting your profiles elsewhere, continue reading. ⚠️ UPDATE: i just realized that every community you left a review, has a link in that review, and when ppl click and join that community, i think they will be marked "Skool Network" and Skool will get 30% if GB is turned on 🤔 ℹ️ few things to note about reviews: - you can edit or delete the review that you've left. GOOD! - you can only leave 1 review per community. i can live with that - because you can edit your previous review. - your reviews are gonna be shown on your profile. so, if you are toxic and like to poo-poo on ppl, it will be visible. - owners and admins cannot leave reviews for their community - you can leave a review only after 30 days. make sense. - only paying RECURRING members can leave reviews (not free, not one-off). this sucks if your model is not MRR driven. - you can start leaving reviews and collecting reviews, but they will not be shown to NON-members. Skool wants to collect some reviews, and slowly turn them on (testing first), so that it does not damage your conversion rates. SMART! - if you offer incentives for review (courses, discounts, lollypops - Sam's words, not mine), you will get a BIG RED warning on your about page. this one is a bit shady for me... like, how would Skool know? are they checking DMs? posts inside my community? what about confidentiality? hm🤔 - more updates for this feature is coming. so, i hope they fix some of the things e.g. one-off paying members leaving a review now, the big question - should you focus on Skool reviews only now or not? thanks to Matt (founder of ProveWorth platform) who explained it very well in the video - go and check it out if you are member, if not - join his community, cause it worth it!

smth that people don’t say that often. cause they show you the shiny side of the story. and forget about the other side. the dark side of the moon. cause… building a business is hard. f*cking hard. and lonely. so. If you ever feel the need to talk, DM me. does not matter the level. that’s all. no pitch. no catch. open door

it's time for Community Crawl. but this time, it is a little different. the Theme is SURPRISE. but first, WHAT IS COMMUNITY CRAWL? - you visit 9 communities of other HQ builders - you learn new places, you meet new people, find new friends & collab partners - when you finish all 9 communities, you get a present 🎁 WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU? - these are 9 good communities run by 9 HQ Builders worth knowing. the fastest way to a collab is to turn up in someone's space and be useful in it. - and you get to see those communities the way you'll never see your own. how the onboarding actually feels. what the classroom looks like from cold. who's posting, and what they're posting about. you've stopped being able to see your own community. everyone has. nine fresh ones fixes that faster than any lesson i could write. - so walk in as an owner, not a visitor. same question at every door — what's working here that i'd steal. that answer is the whole point. the doors and the fun is just the excuse to go looking. 💥 SURPRISE: this weekend i'm sending you into 9 communities. BUT you don't know which ones WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? - to start, comment DOOR or your fav gif below. i'll DM you the first 3 links. - you walk all three, then come back here and comment "first 3 done" and what did you notice interesting/surprising about them and worth trying in your community. - then i'll send the next three. - BTW, if you are waiting for the entry (cause some hosts need to let you in), go ahead and ask for the next batch - you do the same with them. come back, comment....you got the idea. THREE ROUNDS. NINE DOORS. - when you've walked all 9, come back and tell us the ONE thing you're changing in your own community because of it. plus any cool HQ builder you've. - doors open NOW, they close Monday at 12:00 my time. that's three days for nine doors. THERE IS NO RUSH. i'm in Israel and i do sleep. if you comment at 2 am my time your next three come in the morning. nothing is lost, nothing expires.

we just finalised yet another Community Crawl. every time i try to make it better. so, this time, it was a Surprise One. overall, i am happy with the results. both, for hosts and visitors. Let's celebrate participating community hosts: - Door 1. AI pathway club, by Pacita Florida - Door 2. Inner Healer Skool, by Baba Sam Shelley - Door 3. Expert Society | Side Hustle, by Ian Bosler - Door 4. Healthy People Have Gardens, by Kate DuBois - Door 5. Historical Fiction Club, by Zena Ryder - Door 6. Podcaster in 7 Days, by Carin Chantel - Door 7. The Success Forge, by Dino Tartaglia - Door 8. Kommuity Kids, by Paul Sirvinskas - Door 9. Roast & Promote, by Paulo Costa, The Roaster - Extra Door. ADHD unmasked, by Steve Cobble i hope you guys got new members and amazing feedback from crawl participants that can help you improve your processes. now, the WINNERS (harder choice, cause i appreciate everyone who participate): - @Steve Cobble was the first and the fastest to finish all the doors 🎁 - @Roberto Srpak gets an appreciation award for being the most thorough about reviews 🎁 - @Aimee Jardon gets an appreciation award for being HONEST with her feedback 🎁 - @Jill Hart gets an appreciation award for being BRUTALLY honest & super FAST with feedback 🎁 - @Vladimír Bohm gets an appreciation award for participation 🎁 - @Vladimir Belokapov gets an appreciation award for being BANNED/Not accepted 🎁