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Drop Your Community Card and Link to Your Own Community
It's our 60 day celebration party here on Skool, and since we're going live at the top of every hour, we figured we'd run something simple alongside it. In the comments, drop your community card (aka profile image) and your own about page link. That's it, nothing else. The idea is to help everyone see what everyone else is building, and it makes it a lot easier for us to spot you when your ads come across our feeds. As a little bonus, I'll be running some of your cards through a few creative variations. Think of it as a fun what if, not a critique. (I'm even wearing my creativity shirt) So if your community is up and running, post your about page link and attach your current community card below.
Drop Your Community Card and Link to Your Own Community
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@Lisa Vanderveen
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@Oddysey Campbell
Win🥳
I accidentally deleted all my videos in my classroom on Sat - had them as links from my free Loom account and deleted them in Loom account without realizing I was deleting them in my Skool Classroom. was very discouraged Just Re-made and Re-posted First of my deleted (accidentally!😁) videos! Lesson Learned.
Win🥳
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Oh @Virgel Nel, now THAT is a win! 😂 Not the deleting part, of course. The “I was discouraged, AND I came back and rebuilt it anyway” part. ❤️ First video restored and a lesson you definitely won’t forget. 😂👏 Way to keep moving forward!🙌
☀️ Builder's Morning
I want to remind you of something today, because it's easy to lose sight of. You've done hard things. You built something from nothing, out of an idea and a hope and not much else. You learned skills you didn't have when you started, figured out tools that baffled you, taught yourself things nobody handed you. You pushed through your own self-doubt to keep going, more than once, on days you weren't sure you had it in you. You did all of that. And somehow, you still wonder if you're worth it. Here's what I want you to see. That feeling of "I'm not enough, who am I to charge for this," it isn't telling you the truth about your ability. It's just fear, and fear has a short memory. It conveniently forgets everything you've already overcome to be standing where you're standing right now. So when the doubt shows up, don't argue with it. Just look at your own track record. You've faced hard things before and come through them. That isn't luck, and it isn't an accident. It's resolve, it's yours, and it's the same resolve that will carry you into whatever comes next, including finally charging what your work is worth. The proof you're looking for isn't out ahead of you somewhere, waiting to arrive. It's behind you, in everything you've already built and come through. Turn around and look at it once in a while. So today, sit with this... What's one hard thing you've already overcome in this journey that you've stopped giving yourself credit for? Name it. That's your evidence. That's who you are.
☀️ Builder's Morning
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@Helen Harris Helen, coming back is so much harder than never leaving, and I don't think people give that nearly enough credit. Anyone can show up when it's easy. Showing up again after eight months away, carrying all that embarrassment and the story that you'd let everyone down, takes a kind of courage that quietly leaving never requires. You didn't just return. You faced the shame and returned anyway. I want to gently push back on the embarrassment, because you were injured. You were stuck on the couch without the headspace to work on something that matters deeply to you. That's not letting people down. That's being a human being with a body and a limit, tending to yourself when you had to. The story that says you failed is being awfully unkind to someone who was healing. Here's the part I most want you to see. That DM you sent. Owning the absence, no excuses, just "here's where I've been and here's what we're doing now," is exactly what a real leader does. Most people would have quietly let the community fade rather than face that message. You wrote it. That took more strength than eight uninterrupted months ever would have. So give yourself the credit you're withholding. The comeback is the accomplishment. 🙌 What made you decide it was time to show up again? 🧡
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@Elsebeth Fogh Elsebeth, I read your list twice, and I hope you'll read it a few more times yourself, slowly, because it's extraordinary. Family secrets faced. Motherhood as a teenager. A divorce. Fourteen years walking beside your husband through sobriety, and then through a heart attack and cancer. A successful business built through all of it. Children and grandchildren thriving. And now, at 63, starting over again, AI, coaching, going international, when so many people your age have decided their reinventions are behind them. That is not the résumé of someone who wonders if she's capable. That's the résumé of someone who has proven, over and over, across decades, that she can face the hardest things life brings and keep building anyway. So on the days the doubt whispers, "who am I to do this," this list is your answer. You've already done far harder things than the one in front of you. The phrase you used, "the inner power to give myself permission to start over," that's the whole thing, isn't it? You don't need anyone else's permission. You've earned your own, many times over. Integrate those inner pandas and go. ❣️🐼 The world needs what someone with your life behind her has to offer. 🐼🧡
🎉 60 DAYS. 60 WINS. CAN WE DO IT?
Skoolology is officially 60 days old today. But a community isn't 60 days of content. It's 60 days of people showing up, trying things, asking questions, experimenting, learning, changing their minds, and moving forward. So today, we're not celebrating Skoolology. We're celebrating YOU. 🥳 And I have a challenge for us... 🏆 CAN WE COLLECT 60 WINS FOR 60 DAYS? Drop ONE win you've had since joining Skoolology. And before you say... "Yeah, but mine isn't really a big deal..." Nope. Not today. 😂 Big wins count. Tiny wins count. Messy wins count. Quiet wins nobody else knows about count. Maybe you... → Finally posted instead of overthinking it → Welcomed a new member → Tried something you learned here → Changed something in your community → Got clearer about what you're building → Simply kept going when it would have been easier to stop If it moved you forward, it counts. And there's a reason I want us to do this. What we focus on, we notice more of. When we're always looking at what's unfinished, what's not growing fast enough, or what we haven't figured out yet, we can miss something important: Evidence that we're making progress. Sharing wins makes that progress visible. But here's the really cool part... When you share your win, someone else gets to see it too. And they might think: “Wait. Maybe I can do that too.” THAT matters. Because healthy communities aren't built only by people teaching each other. They're built by people showing each other what's possible. So here's our 60-day mission: 👇 Drop ONE win below. Then find someone else's win and celebrate it. Let's see if we can fill this thread with 60 wins for 60 days. Big win. Tiny win. Quiet win. Slightly ridiculous but you're still proud of it win. 😂 If it moved you forward, it counts. Happy 60 Days, Skoolologists. 🎉 Now... WHO'S GOT WIN #1? 👇
🎉 60 DAYS. 60 WINS. CAN WE DO IT?
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@Kelly S. Kelly Kelly, this one means so much. ❤️ Sometimes the win isn’t something we can count. It’s feeling more confident, supported, and knowing you have a place to ask the questions along the way. I’m so glad Skoolology can be that place for you. We’re really glad you’re here! 🥰
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@Kelly S. Kelly
Monetization Starts Monday, But It Really Starts This Weekend
Monday is the kickoff for Monetization Month, and we need a little pre-work from you sometime this weekend. Monetization follows when you handle the precursors first, so we're asking you to start collecting reviews from members. There are extensions and services built to gather reviews, but the simplest approach is to ask for them directly in your community. I've put together a framework for doing this, including why the specifics matter when a review is going to live somewhere public. The full explanation is at the link below. https://www.skool.com/skoolology/how-to-ask-for-reviews-copy-this-text And if you're so inclined, our review thread is always open. A lot of you have already said kind things in other threads or DMs, which we appreciate more than you know. Gathering the longer ones in a single place just makes them easier to find later. (We really think you should do this yourself) Because our community is public, those threads, posts, and comments can be indexed. That brings me to preparation point number two. For monetization resources, we're building a new course available only to members at level 2 or higher. Some of what we'll cover isn't meant for public distribution. If you're not at level 2 yet and want access, just message Donna or me and we'll take care of it. You can also drop a comment in another thread, something like "looking forward to monetization ideas," and a few of us will like it to move you up. And if you're feeling like an overachiever, consider working on your pricing tier descriptions this weekend too. We're running a test on our own right now. The $9 premium plan is showing up in our about page text and in the community card image. We are Freemium now with a free tier, but we want to see how conversions change when the first paid tier is visible from the moment someone sees our community. Just something to consider thinking about. You never know for sure what works until you experiment!
Monetization Starts Monday, But It Really Starts This Weekend
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@Kelly S. Kelly You're not behind, my friend. Just jump in where you are and when you can. We'll catch ya!
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@Kelly S. Kelly ❣️
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