@Chris Hanlon Chris just won an annual membership ($497) to Community Income Mastermind - a space for Skool community builders ready to go from free to profitable. next month theme is ... $3k November challenge. More on it to come... but remember, the doors are open for October only until 1 Nov. then, closed again. huge thanks to other Community Clinic APAC participants, and with that $25 Amazon gift cards go to: @Liz Lemarchand @Katrine Hoyer @Weytze van Heerden @Vladimir Belokapov @Alexa Leitner just a reminder, the recordings are still available for everyone till end of October in the classroom. then, only to Premium & VIP.

today's roundtable was supposed to have guests. as always. it doesn't. it happens. as always, when, life gives me lemons, i make limoncello 🍋 which means there won't be a panel. but, i prepared smth super cool! === TODAY'S TOPIC IS TRAFFIC session 1 - we'll cover: - myth or truth traffic sources quiz - traffic source top 10 chart, revealed from worst to best. the #1 might not be what you expect - what actually matters: a few reminders i wish someone told me earlier + your questions session 2 - hot seats, as always - bring your community traffic sources, let's figure out better ones === see you in about an hour ps cannot come? ask your question on traffic optimization (Growth Boost is not allowed... just kidding, ask away) ⬇️

you don't need more information. you need someone to look at your community and help you fix what's not working. that's the whole clinic: - no slides - no frameworks - no hours of replays you'll never open you bring your community, and we figure out together how to make it work this is the third time we are running the clinic 🎉. same format that worked in round one and two, and this time it's on your clock. Asia, Australia, NZ, this one is for you. Europe, grab a coffee, it's early ☕️ here's what they said after the last one: - "just by being present, you learn a ton" @Ettjen Jansingh - "at least 80% of the learnings and insights I got from the event I could not have created on my own." @Vladimir Belokapov - "one conversation on the hot seat helped me immensely" @David Oliveira === TODAY IS DAY 1 AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE OFFER - session 1 we start with the welcome coffee: check in, meet the room, the plan for all 3 days - session 2 a roundtable discussion with two amazing guests, details below ⬇️ - session 3 ♨️ hot seats: bring your offer and we'll brainstorm how to make it better === THE AMAZING GUESTS AT THE ROUNDTABLE TODAY @Ben Sherry - "The Workshop Guy" and the founder of The Live Event Studio. he builds a custom workshop for you in 24 hours. and he sells it for $27 a year, so he knows exactly what it takes to make a small offer people actually buy. if anyone knows how to make people say yes, it's Ben. and @Niky Egerton - the founder of From Job to CEO The Experiment, still in her 9-to-5 and building her business live, in public. every month she runs a small experiment, she tracks every number in her CEO Dashboard and shares real results every month. no fluff, just what actually sold.

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. === 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. === 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)

my internet went down Tuesday morning, and still down. waiting for the technician to come & fix 🤞🏻 yet, preparing for the worst you might be wondering how i post this, yes, we still have 5G but... anyway so, i just bought and downloaded 6 books on community building 💪🏻 yes, it's time to get serious bout building communities Skool or no Skool, the fundamentals are the same and this month theme in Community Income Mastermind is content outside and inside community. so, i needed to dive deep anyway. here is the list: - The Business of Belonging by David Spinks - Find Your People by Jennie Allen - People Powered by Jennie Allen - Buzzing communities by Richard Millington - Building Brand Communities by Carrie Melissa Jones, Charles Vogl - Superfans by Pat Flynn anything i've missed worth adding to the list? ps once finished, i will add this to the Vault as "suggested literature" with my commentary