So things are a bit of a sh*t show right now tbf Yes I know… health… gorgeous Bali life… grateful… I KNOW… but oh my dog when your Mac decides to have a full meltdown right in the middle of everything… wow… 😭 Last week… two days without it while it was being tested… cancelled calls… felt totes rubbish… and THEN the message comes through that it needs to go to the main service centre… 3 to 5 days… and I went absolutely no… not right now… I am in the middle of too much… So I brought it home and now I'm essentially working on a very expensive, very dramatic, very slow paperweight that can just about handle me typing… no looms… no emails… no Fathom… no screen sharing on lives… Canva is a distant dream… and working from my phone… pfffttt… too small… too fiddly… cannot see the thing… not happening… 😂 So here's where I'm at with my options… 1️⃣ Find a hire Mac while mine goes off to the service centre… 5 to 7 days… which btw WTF… still no success finding one… 2️⃣ Get mine fixed and boom happy Mimi returns… (in a week) 3️⃣ Trade mine in for a newer model… 4️⃣ Buy a new one… but why would I do that when there's a real chance mine can be fixed… So yeah… gonna have to bite the bullet… whatever the ef that means… and send Mr Mac off… SEND HELP. 😭 What would YOU do in this situation… totes asking… because I need someone to tell me the answer because my brain is fried… drop it below 👇 Sorry for the moan. Bare with me. Mwah ❤️ Mimi + poorly Mr Mac x x x PS and yes the Mac meltdown rant is exactly the kind of real-life stuff we encourage inside The Backroom… the Skool community where the woops, the wobbles, the rants and the real business stuff all live together… because humans first… always… if you wanna come have a nosy 👉 https://www.skool.com/unstoppable

Today I watched a video from a multi-time Skool Games winner—someone with over 11K members—say this: “𝗡𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘂𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴.” He went on to say this would happen to him even with a large community. No one upgraded on their own. Let that sink in. If you think more members will make monetization easier… it won’t.The same problem you have at 25, 50, or 100 members will still be there at 11,000. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹. Here’s the real issue: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻. It’s more like: - Set it and hope - Or set it and whisper about it… and hope And if that’s not working—it’s time to try something that does. 𝗜 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 (11 courses) 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗸𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. Brand new niche. No following. 𝗕𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟱, 𝗜 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗸𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿. Want to know how many members I had? Less than 50 for the first sales.Less than 100 for the second. I’ve made around $10K through my Skool communities—and it had nothing to do with audience size. 𝗜𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼: - Offer creation - Selling - Launch strategy And none of it has to feel complicated or salesy. The other day, a high-ticket client asked me what my funnel looks like. I told him it’s simple: 𝗜 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗠… 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. That’s it. 𝗡𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗡𝗼 𝗮𝘄𝗸𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗗𝗠𝘀. 𝗡𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀. ➡ I give people space. And when the offer is right—and the timing is right—they buy. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲. If you’re stuck… If you don’t know how to create offers your members actually want… If you don’t know how to launch in a way that feels good (and converts)… 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵. ➡ Join Offers To Launch. The Offer Launcher members and I are ready to welcome you in!

I've been thinking about the metrics that I want to focus on moving forward and how I want to judge success. The goal of this community has always been visibility and meaningful connections. As I've seen other communities grow faster, sometimes it's been a struggle to maintain the bar of only allowing Skoolers in. I get tons of requests every day that I turn down. The vanity metrics could be a lot higher. The reason I've stayed true to the original intention of the group is because I honestly believe that it is the right decision in the long-run and that it directly relates to the quality of the group as a whole - and it doesn't negatively affect anyone's visibility because we are a public group that can be seen by anyone. As I was thinking more about what to watch in terms of metrics, I decided to take a look at a few other larger communities to evaluate where we stand in terms of active members, which I believe is an important indicator of the health of your community. These screenshots below were taken within minutes of each other. Yes, this only represents that people are online in Skool and not necessarily this community, but if people aren't logging in to Skool at all, that's an even bigger problem. So, in a nutshell, I'm moving forward with my commitment to make this a community for Skoolers only, and I hope that at the end of the day, the quality of the interactions that you have in the community, during masterclasses, and in the live meetups will continue to prove that this is the right decision.

How do I know that? Only 24% are level one. The 2 main factors: Clear instructions and Good onboarding Clear instructions: - The whole brand is built around what people will do inside it. Not on what I provide, not on the niche, but on what people will do. Roast & Promote: You roast others, request roasts and you promote yourself (and I promote you, if you're VIP). - The premisse is simple enough to leave little to no questions, but I make a link avaiable with a collection of posts in my classroom that answer specific questions people usually have. I don't bombard them with information, I just leave a link if they want to learn more. Good Onboarding: - I immediately send a DM once they join. Not a scripted wall of text. But usually just a casual chat if they are online, or 2 sentences inviting them to engage right away. A lot of DMs are long texts that just feel like homework, and I ignore most of them. Mine is a casual invitation for them to introduce themselves and submit a roast request. And I make it personal, I check what they have, a website, an instagram, and than write about that. So people see that I'm talking to them, not pasting a script. - Once people join, I'll tag them in a post where everyone on their niche is linked. That way they can see everyone with similar communities/business that are inside there. Join us and you will get all the feedback you need from me and from relevant people. And you also get great connections to collaborate and learn from, as every member is being sorted out by categories.

Most people publish a book and hope it sells. But what if your book could build your community at the same time? When your book is on Amazon, it’s working for you 24/7 — bringing in new people who are already interested in your topic. These aren’t cold leads… they’re readers who chose you. And when your book is set up the right way, it naturally invites them to take the next step... joining your Skool community, connecting with you, and going deeper into your world. Now, instead of one-time book sales, you’re creating: ✔️ Ongoing relationships ✔️ More engaged community members ✔️ More opportunities to monetize Your book becomes the entry point… and your community becomes where the real growth happens. I’ve used this exact approach to turn readers into highly aligned members who already trust me before they even join — which makes everything easier from there. Inside my FREE masterclass, Turn Pages into Paychecks, I’m showing you how to validate a book topic that won't just sit on Amazon but actually help you get sales. 📅 April 20th at 6:30 PM Central Time ⚠️ Not recorded 🎁 Live giveaways for those who attend If you want a smarter way to grow your audience and your income at the same time… this is it. 👉 Join KDP PUBLISHING