Skool News #79 was basically: “The robot can make your ads. But you’re about to get the crayons back.” 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄: - See your Growth Boost level and ads in the Growth tab - Change your packaging to refresh the AI ads - Turn AI ads off if they miss the mark; Skool uses your cover image instead 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴: - Level 3: upload your own image ads, working toward up to 30 - Your images compete with the AI versions. Better performers become the default. - Level 4: your social handle, partnership ads, and your own videos 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: If the robot gives your tattoo business a tattoo you never made, you can fire the robot art director. But your cover image and about page still need to tell the same story. More creative control means more ways to test that promise. Also: free members don’t count as paying customers for the levels, freemium gets limited promotion for now, and a major global payment rebuild is in progress. Fewer card declines might be the least flashy, most useful update in the whole episode. Full breakdown here: https://skool-nerds.vercel.app/p/upload-your-ads-well-run-them-skool-news-79.html 👇 Keeping the AI ads, or ready to bring your own pixels?

Skool News #78 was basically Growth Boost getting a progress bar. Level 1: cover image carousel Level 2: 10 custom ads Level 3: 30 custom ads + dedicated campaigns Level 4: partnership ads + video ads + very serious ad spend Tiny nerd translation: Your about page, cover image, price, and positioning are no longer “nice to fix later.” They are the raw materials Skool uses to generate ads for you. Also, reviews now sort by “top” first, which means your best proof gets more visibility. About pages just got more important again. Shocking. The packaging nerds were right. Full breakdown here: https://skool-nerds.vercel.app/p/the-4-levels-of-growth-boost-skool-news-78.html

Most builders I know (me included) jump straight to the fancy stuff. Chief of Staff bot. Marketing bot. Ops bot. It feels productive until you're reviewing five drafts and still wondering what to post in your own community. I've been testing the opposite. Pick one recurring job you already do. Give it to one AI teammate. Give it a budget. Review the run. That's it. Not ten agents. Not a course. One Job Card you can actually grade KEEP, FIX, or KILL after you use it. Stuff that fits a Nerds community without getting weird: - Weekly pulse on what's heating up vs dead - Welcome draft when someone joins - Which posts actually started conversations - A few next-post ideas from the real feed - Quiet members you might want to check in with I don't want the AI contacting people for me. It drafts. I decide. Human approval is the system. Don't start with bots. Start with jobs. I'm opening AI Teammate Lab free for the first 20 people so a small group can run First Shift with me before this goes paid. After that, paid. If you want to build one useful teammate instead of an expensive mess: https://www.skool.com/ai-teammate-lab-9763/about

I just had a member request for the AI Teammate Lab. It’s free right now, so it has a high potential for spammers. Here’s my process: 1. Review member questions. If one word answers then decline. 2. Review profile page. If new account or sporadic daily usage I’m cautious. If profile pic and bio are spammy then I decline. 3. Check how many groups they are in. Are they related or just a ridiculous amount? Spammer I’ve been doing this a long time, so I’ve got some good rules around it, but I’m curious if any of you do this or have different approaches?

382 visitors. 7 signups. I asked here last week and the feedback helped. I made changes. Now I want to test one thing: can a stranger tell who it's for in 10 seconds? Tell me the first thing you think it's about. Don't be nice. I'll post the before/after numbers next week.