Okay, Directory friends, I need your brains on this one because the numbers have me scratching my head! 😂 When I first joined Skool, my community, The Smell of Money, was placed in the Relationship category. I immediately requested to move to Money because that's what I teach! Cash flow, debt reduction, money management, and wealth building. What I didn't realize was how many communities in the Money category focus on MAKING money through marketing, advertising, technology, and selling. Apparently teaching people how to MANAGE the money they make is a whole different animal! Maybe I belong in the Hobby category! 😂 But that's not why I'm posting. Let's talk about Discovery and ROI. 💸 I turned on Skool Discovery to see whether it would help grow my community. Currently, I'm ranked #1,684. Then something happened. One of my Premium members joined, and I realized she hadn't used the referral link from the VIP member who invited her. Instead, Skool received a 30% commission! 😳 That didn't sit well with me. So I decided to test turning Discovery OFF. Skool immediately warned me that my ranking would drop into the 3,000s and I'd receive NO Discovery referrals. Interesting, right? 🤔 Meanwhile, SEVEN spammers have tried to join my community. And between migrating my business systems and dealing with AWS holding my domain hostage, I haven't had time to dig into whether Discovery is actually producing results. But here's where my financial brain kicked in... Are we measuring GROWTH or PROFIT? Skool lets us give up anywhere from 30% to 70% in commissions to potentially get more traffic. But more traffic doesn't automatically mean more paying members. And more paying members don't necessarily mean more profit if we're giving away a significant percentage to acquire them. I teach entrepreneurs to stop making money decisions based on feelings and start looking at their numbers. So I need to practice what I preach! Here's what I'm curious about: 💸 Are you using Discovery? At what percentage?

65% of people say this is their favorite treat from the ice cream truck. What is it? @Kristi Rieke

It's time to play MARRY, DATE, or DUMP — pricing edition. 💰 How to play: I'll give you three suitors. For EACH one, vote: 💍 MARRY — you'd commit to this pricing all day 💐 DATE — you'd try it, but you're not sold 💔 DUMP — hard no, never happening One line on WHY for each vote. That's it. Short and honest. Meet your suitors: Suitor #1: The $397 Year-Long Container. A full year of someone's best work for less than your monthly grocery run. Suitor #2: The Four-Figure Transformation. $997 to $2,997. Real support, real results, real price. No apologies. Suitor #3: The "DM Me for Pricing" Mystery. No price on the sales page. You have to get on a call to find out if you can afford it. Example: Suitor #1 — DUMP, because I'd resent every client by month two. I'll feature the best answers in my next podcast episode. Go. 👇

Let's celebrate @LM Sharron, who has officially reached LEVEL 7 inside 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗢𝗻 𝗦𝗸𝗼𝗼𝗹! 🎉 And if you haven't checked out what LM is building yet, this is a perfect excuse to do it! ❤️ 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 is a free community for people who love animals and want to find meaningful ways to make a difference. LM Sharron has years of hands-on experience in rescue, wildlife rehabilitation, nonprofit work, and animal advocacy, and Empowering Animals is an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Inside the community, she's bringing together animal lovers with trusted rescues and nonprofits, animal stories and facts, conversations with rescuers and advocates, and practical ways everyday people can help. 🐾 Whether you volunteer, foster, donate, rescue, advocate... or you're simply the person who stops scrolling every single time an animal appears on your screen 😂... there's a place for you there. And I LOVE the message behind LM's community: None of us can help every animal. But together, we can help a whole lot more. ❤️ Now LM has another reason to celebrate because reaching Level 7 means she's officially earned her place in the 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲! 🌟 So go check out LM's new spot in the Spotlight, then wander over to 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 and see what she's building! Congratulations, LM!! 🎉🐾🌟 Thank you for everything you contribute to The Directory AND for creating a space that turns a love for animals into ways to actually help them. Everybody give our newest Level 7 some love below! ❤️

Confidence is the #1 thing men look for in a woman. What is the #2 thing? Oh this could get interesting! @Kristi Rieke