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.

Ben organized a competition. i took a chance. i got shortlisted. more importantly, i got visibility. it took me about 30 minutes to put it together with the scrip and rehearsals. 5+ ppl joined my community from that efforts. and, which is amazing, one person bought VIP offer here in Skool First 100 right after my presentation the learnings? - don't trust growth boost to grow your community. - trust yourself to be able to communicate your offer clearly. - take chances, who knows where they lead you what do you think? was it a good pitch? are you joining VIP? ⬇️

if you check your settings, and go to Discovery tab, you will notice that it is different + keywords are GONE. hope you have them written down somewhere else, outside Skool. people noticed and asked in Skoolers. Sam commented below... hm, it would have been nice to share this in Skool News before removing them, or am i asking for too much?! rhythorical question... anyway, now you do need to focus on: - your community name - short description - about page text to include keywords so that the big smart algo pick them up and use them for search. good old SEO rules.

i am not complaining. totally understand the person. yet, it hurts. the situation: i registered to participate in the summit. did not submit, what i was suppose to submit by the deadline. the complication is the host agreed to be a speaker at my event. this morning, i got a message: - i am now removed from the summit (fair) - i am also removed from the host's community (okay) - she has removed herself from speaking at my event (ouch!) again, i understand, why i was removed from the summit. but the last two... logically, i understand. but emotionally, fucking hard. oh, well. i am not looking for emotional support (maybe just a little). i think everyone has the right to do what they want to do. and face the consequences. me - i would not do it like that. but, business is business, nothing personal. my lesson learnt, be extra careful with what i agree to do for other people - speaking, participation, help. it's my problem - i overestimate my capacity, grossly. so, i am going to play "collect 100 No's game". which means, every external opportunity, invite i get, i am gonna say NO or I NEED TO THINK, before i say yes. anyone else struggle with overcommitment?

since there are bunch of new ppl, let me explain: - everybody celebrates wins. but not many i have seen celebrate failures. yet, failures are not optional, they are a MUST if you want to achieve any sort of business success. - also, you hear a lot of successes - in Skoolers, in other communities. ppl are eager to share amazing things that happened. so, you might fall into the trap of "survival bias". if only thing you hear is wins, you might believe it is a norm. it is not. win is an outlier. - finally, people love to share a hero journey story. because it's good script. it's likable. "things were bad, i took a chance, things became great - i am winner now". nothing wrong with it. or? so, we are here share raw, pure FAILURES - not covered with the success story. as is. === now, let's get clear - what is FAILURE in our playbook? - it's an action you did and the result was not what you expected/wanted to be and what failure is NOT? - when you don't take action - post, call, launch - that's not failure. that's STALLING in our playbook. and that needs to be fixed, not celebrated. finally, why do we CELEBRATE failure? failure means you took action. - action deserves celebration. - courage to take action deserves celebration. - courage to share your failure deserves celebration. === time to share ⬇️ ps please, please, please share your wins in Wins&Failures category any day, every day. we need to hear wins as well.