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What a fun few days this has been. During the Birthday Bash celebration we welcomed 23 new members into the directory and officially crossed the 300 member milestone. 🚀 Thank you to everyone who shared the directory and invited others to join. I always love seeing new members enter this space, but it’s even more rewarding when they arrive through referrals from people already in the community. That kind of support is what helps this directory grow stronger for everyone. Now… let’s celebrate our winners! 🎉 Member #300: @Rena Nicole 🎯 Referrer of Member #300: @Angel Conway 🏆 Most Referrals During the Birthday Bash: @Michelle Spark with 5 referrals! 🔥 🎁 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐧 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 ✨ 𝟑𝟎-𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞 We’ll optimize their directory post so it’s searchable inside the Skool directory and easier for Google and AI search tools to understand. 📌 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 A 24-hr pinned post at the top of The Directory main feed posted by Heather 📍 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤 Up to 3 Pinterest pins created to drive evergreen traffic to their post — even after it’s no longer pinned. Pins will be shared to my Pinterest account (19K+ monthly views) to extend visibility. I’ll be reaching out to the winners shortly to schedule their sessions. 🌟 Shoutout to Everyone Who Participated 👏 @Michelle Spark – 5 referrals 👏 @Angel Conway – 2 referrals 👏 @Robin Meder – 2 referrals 👏 @Christina Adam – 1 referral 👏 @Lisa Drennon – 1 referral 👏 @Molly Murray – 1 referral 👏 @Tim Adam – 1 referral Every invite helps 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐧 𝐒𝐤𝐨𝐨𝐥 become more powerful for everyone inside it. Thank you all for making the Birthday Bash celebration such a success! 🎉

🎂 𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐍𝐃🚀 𝐓𝐡𝐞 D𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬! So let’s celebrate together. Between now and Tuesday, March 10th (my son's birthday), we’re throwing a 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 — and three people will win a Visibility Boost for their offer. 👀 𝐖𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 #𝟑𝟎𝟎? 🎁 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 ✨ 30-Minute Visibility & Creative Session with me We’ll optimize your directory post so it’s searchable inside the Skool directory and easier for Google and AI search tools to understand. 📌 Featured 24-hr Pinned Post in the Directory 📍 Up to 3 Pinterest pins created to drive evergreen traffic to your post — even after it’s no longer pinned. Pins will be shared to my Pinterest account (19K+ monthly views) to help extend visibility. 🏆 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐢𝐧 1️⃣ The person who invites the most new members 2️⃣ The person who invites member #300 3️⃣ Member #300 themselves 🎯 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 Invite someone who would benefit from having more visibility ton their offer. Just make sure you share your unique referral link, because members who join without using your link won’t count toward your referral total. Even if you’ve never invited someone before, this is a great week to start. Every new member helps this directory become more powerful for everyone inside it. ⏰ Referral Party runs now through Tuesday night 🏆 Winners announced Wednesday If we hit 300 members before Tuesday, I’ll celebrate #300 right away… but the referral party keeps going. Now let’s see who brings in member #300 🎉