You got people into your Skool group…now how the fuck do you get them to come back? 👀 Getting members is one problem. Getting those members to actually participate, connect with each other, use the shit you built, show up again tomorrow and eventually become the people who make your community feel like a community is a completely different one. And no…I don’t think the answer is posting “What’s your biggest struggle right now?” every Monday and hoping for the best 😅 I’m putting together a 30 Day Engagement by Design Sprint for existing Skool community owners who already have people inside their group and want to intentionally design what happens after they join. This isn’t 30 days of engagement hacks, generic post prompts or me handing you a calendar of shit to copy and paste. We’re going to look at the actual experience you’ve created for your members. Do they know how to participate without needing a fucking instruction manual? Is the next step obvious and small enough that they’ll actually take it? What behaviors are you rewarding…intentionally or accidentally? Are you creating opportunities for actual connection, or mostly giving people more shit to consume? What kinds of posts make it ridiculously easy to jump into a conversation? And are you trying to force engagement…or designing a space where participation makes sense? The sprint is based on my Engagement by Design framework, which I recently taught in the skool Scale Camp community, built around one big premise: Every community gets the engagement it was designed for. We’ll spend 30 days actually applying the principles to YOUR community, with plenty of room to implement and see what happens instead of cramming a bajillion lessons into four weeks and calling it transformation. This is specifically for existing Skool owners with actual members to work with. It’s not a build your first community program, and we’re not spending 30 days overhauling your About page or chasing some mythical engagement formula.

Does your Skool community have 200 members…and 11 of them apparently have custody of the comment section? 😅 There’s usually a handful of people you can count on. They comment, come to calls, answer questions, welcome people and generally make the place feel like something is happening. And then there’s everybody else 😬 I don’t automatically think lurking is a problem. People use communities differently, and nobody needs to comment on every damn post just so the engagement numbers look pretty. But if almost every conversation in your Skool involves the same small group of people, there’s something worth looking at. 🧐 How easy is it for someone who’s never commented before to jump in? 💭 Does participating usually require them to come up with a thoughtful answer? 🤔 Do they know where they fit into the conversations happening around them? 😳 Are there easy entry points that don’t require confidence, expertise or a five paragraph introduction? 🕸️ Have you created ways for members to connect with each other instead of every conversation revolving around you? Sometimes we accidentally make participation require way more effort than we realize…and then wonder why the same people are the ones willing to make that effort over and over again. That’s one part of we’re getting into during the 30 Day Engagement by Design Sprint starting September 1st. This isn’t about forcing everyone to participate or filling your Skool with pointless engagement bait. We’re taking the bigger principles from my Engagement by Design framework and actually applying them to YOUR existing community. You’ll have space to look at what’s happening now, change some shit intentionally, let your members respond to those changes and figure out what actually works for the people you have. Enrollment opens August 22nd. If you’re interested, send me a DM and tell me you want the Engagement by Design Sprint info. If Skool hasn’t unlocked DMs for you yet, tell me here and I’ll come find you 😉 And for everyone with a Skool community…

Yes, absolutely! It sounds counterintuitive, but it’s true. Fasting intermittently and mindfully can create amazing healing effects in the body! It allows the body to repair damaged cells and mitochondria, allows the gut to rest and replenish its inner lining…certain time periods of fasting can even stimulate the creation of stem cells! Fasting has helped me heal long-term injuries and supported me in letting go of over 70 pounds in less than 6 months. But, fasting can also force your body to HOLD onto fat. Here’s how… If you do it TOO often, and don’t refeed properly with nutrient dense foods, you can actually create an emergency mode in your body which tells it that it needs to hold on to every ounce of fat and every calorie available. Even worse than gaining weight is creating a state of stress and cortisol dominance in your body…that’s just not a fun way to live! Watch the video below by Dr. David Jockers to learn more. https://youtu.be/EnLQoFjscOk?is=HFtcmZDHelzCIm-H Have you ever used fasting for health and wellness? How did it go for you?

It's time to celebrate each other! In the COMMENTS BELOW, please share a Skool community you think is doing really great things. It can be one you've participated in yourself or one that you've heard from others is amazing. Please do the following: 1. Tell us the name of the community and link to it (affiliates allowed). 2. Tag the person who owns the community. If they are not in the CLASSIFIEDS, then please send them a DM and let them know that you mentioned them here. I promise you will make their day! 3. Describe why the group is so wonderful and how it has helped you. Please DO NOT just copy and paste the About page! 4. Comment on each others comments and scroll through the referrals to see if there's an amazing group you are missing out on! Thanks so much for supporting each other and this community! Please note that any #FriendFriday mentions that are created as new posts will be deleted. Thanks! Please DO NOT promote yourself. 🤨. The entire community is for promoting yourself. This post is for celebrating someone else. 😊

If you use ChatGPT, AI images, AI avatars, cloned voices, chatbots, or AI agents in your business, the question of when to disclose AI use is becoming harder to ignore. I recorded a short video on this because the most interesting question for me is not simply: “Am I legally required to tell people?” It is: “At what point would my audience expect me to tell them?” There is a lot of grey area. Using AI to tidy up something you wrote is one thing. Using AI to create a realistic video you never recorded, clone your voice, or have an AI agent speak to a prospect who believes they are speaking to you is a very different conversation. In the video, I unpack: - when AI-assisted writing may not require obvious disclosure - why realistic AI-generated images, video, audio, and voice need more thought - what business owners should consider when AI agents interact with prospects - why compliance and trust are not always the same thing The bigger issue for personal brands and expert-led businesses is going to be deciding where your own transparency line sits. Because even when disclosure is not technically required, your audience may still expect it. I’m sharing the video below because I think this is a conversation more business owners need to be having now. Where do you draw the line... at what point should a business disclose that AI was involved? Chelena 🖤