i can't believe it's Wed again. oh, well. it is. so, the Skool News are out. and here is the good, the bad and the ugly about it. let's get started. === the good: - Skool is working on Live Calls v2 - great improvements are under way: better quality, stability, performance, chat, etc. it's great news. let's see when it's out - i would love to use Skool live calls more - hopefully, it increases events attendance + group activity. - more payment methods are coming - also good. some ppl like to pay PayPal or smth else, not the credit card. so, hopefully, increases conversion/decreases resistance to paid. - Global search and Global Calendar are in process. both are great features. let's hope they come soon. Growth Boost UPDATE - for those who use it - v2 should be out this week. with this version: - ads are dynamic - so, if you change cover image, pricing, whatever, changes are reflected in the ads within 1 hour (very ambitious goal) - you should get a dedicated campaign with 10 images if you have 100 clicks and 1 paid sign-up over the last 30 days. this looks realistic. - partnership ads have a dedicated tab in your settings - GROWTH - you can see if you are eligible or not. still no transparency about YOUR efficiency score vs what score you must have, cause they say it will make you focus on the wrong thing 🤔 no comment === the bad: - they keep saying that they spend $5k per day on some campaigns. promises, promises, promises... no clarity for how many ppl? who are those ppl? what are their efficiency score? what's our efficiency scores? so, again, it's a BLACK BOX situation. === the ugly (truth): - Skool of the week... i usually don't watch - cause it's often "survivorship bias" or "lottery winners". both have no significance or learnings to my business or yours. but i did this time. and surprise-surprise , the first Skool of the week is Dr. Izzy Sealey, "who is making $4,419 MRR and it's only a few weeks old group - very new" - how cool is that 🤩 ?!

everyone celebrates wins. wins are good. we want them. but the road to success is paved with failures, many, many, of them. so, we are here normalizing failures. no. we are not just normalizing, we are celebrating them. what is failure? FAILURE is an action - something you did - and the result was not what you expected/wanted to be. Capiche? we are NOT: - celebrating procrastination - celebrating waiting for someone or smth to save us with that... what's your FAILURE from last week that you should celebrate - and we can celebrate together? as always, i will start

the weekly newsletter is BACK 🎉 your weekly dose of what's coming this week, what you might have missed last week. === 📣 COMING UP THIS WEEK - 9-11 Oct 👻 Ghost Hunt - find the members who joined and never said a word. send 10 real DMs by Sunday. report how many you brought back from the dead. best DM script wins btw, you can find more October events on the Calendar. you wanted earlier heads up - there you go. - i am starting to update Hackathon lessons, cause some things have changed on Skool + i learnt a lot. and there is nothing on Growth Boost. i am also updating the Vault with communities to promote your group and our VIP members communities. - i am beta-testing the Night Agent - an agent trained to direct you to the right lesson/event in Skool First 100. hope to make it available to all Premium and VIP members by the end of the week. even more reasons to upgrade. === ⏪ WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED LAST WEEK - Skool removed Keywords - so, if you are replying on Skool traffic, make sure your About page is SEO optimized for your keywords. - we wrapped up Community Clinic 2.0 with great feedback as always. recordings are available to Premium & VIP members. huge thanks to all participants and guest speakers! - i was shortlisted as a finalist in the contest, organised by @Ben Sherry . amazing challenge. we should organize smth like this here, right? === 🔍 MEMBERS POSTS HIGHLIGHTS

Saturday movie time: Julie & Julia. one of my favs and it's secretly a movie about building a community. if you haven't seen it, Julie decides to cook all 524 recipes from Julia Child's cookbook in 365 days. and blog about every single one. her first reader was her mom. that's the part i love most. she kept cooking and posting for an audience that didn't exist yet. day 12. day 40. day 90. mostly quiet. but then people started showing up. not because one post blew up. because she'd been there every day when they arrived. that's why consistency matters on Skool. people do stay where someone has clearly been showing up for a while. which brings me to the flame 🔥 yes, there is a lot of discussion about the flame: to flame or not to flame. in the Hackathon i keep nagging you about it: - 10 activities a day on Skool. - a like, a comment, a post, - anything counts. and i know some of you are thinking "what does a little flame have to do with getting 100 members or success on Skool" everything, actually. the flame is your Julie blog. it's proof that YOU ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY. because the people who get to 100 members aren't the most talented ones. they're the ones who kept showing up on the boring days. i know that most of you have a job, a family, a life. BUT 10 activities is something you can do on a coffee break. Julie had a day job too, and she still boned a duck at midnight. so while you watch, ask yourself: 1. when does Julie want to quit, and what keeps her going? 2. Julia gets told no on her book. what would you have done at the first no? 3. Julie cooks after work. where's your "after work" slot for your business? 4. if you committed to your community for a full year, not a month, what would you do differently starting Monday? grab popcorn. come back and drop your answer in the comments: what day of your flame are you on? ⬇️ p.s. i changed my plans here to annual only: Premium at $9/ VIP at $90. you must commit or it does not work.

yet another skool news. mainly focused on Growth Boost. but few other things as well: - Skool reviews are now visible in multiple places. that's great. now, even more reasons to get the reviews. should be part of your routine to ask from reviews. - discovery tab - they finally told us that keywords are gone - see my post. still don't believe it's a good move. but. it is what it is. - "need inspiration"? you get a link to few communities for inspiration. be careful and do not compare yourself to large communities - what they can get away with might not be a good strategy for you. - "invite tab" enhancements are here. a bit confusing for me. and then they describe Growth Boost Levels. sorry guys, not gonna go through them here... you have to watch through it yourself. i generally consider GB as a distraction and just ignore it. if it happens, great. but not spending too much time on it. the full episode is in the vault - skool news episode ps i am getting tired with the GB obsession. but, if anyone gets a good boost from GB, please let me know. i'd like to see some successful cases.