The first episode of The Online Community Show is officially live. This podcast is focused on real conversations about online communities, community building, trust, traffic, and connection. Not just the biggest success stories, but the full range of experiences from people who are actively building communities right now. In this first episode, @Eric Howell and I introduce the show, share how we met through Skool, and talk about why online communities are becoming one of the most important places on the internet in 2026. Here are a few of the things we get into: • Why social media often feels less social today and why communities are filling that gap • How online communities create real human connection in a world full of AI generated content • The difference between traffic tools and nurturing tools when you are growing a community • Why podcasting can become a long term trust builder for your future members • How overthinking and perfectionism stop people from starting communities or creating content • Why testing, experimenting, and learning together is one of the biggest advantages of communities One of the biggest ideas we talk about in this episode is that people are looking for something real again. When most social media feeds are filled with algorithms, ads, and content from strangers, communities create a place where people can actually talk to each other, build relationships, and learn together. We also talk about something that many creators misunderstand about podcasting. A podcast is not mainly a traffic tool. It is a trust builder. Someone might scroll past dozens of short videos and forget them instantly. But when someone spends thirty to sixty minutes listening to you talk, they begin to understand how you think, what you value, and whether they trust you. That is where communities grow. We already have 3 more episodes recorded with upcoming conversations featuring @Matthew Burns, @Victoria Gallagher, @Artin Asghari, & @Ethan Brits, each bringing a different perspective on building, growing, & running online communities.

If you’re looking at Skoolers who are making a lot of money, winning games, and consistently getting traffic from Skool, you’ll notice something simple... They have a YouTube channel! Not all of them. But enough of the top earners that it stops being a coincidence. That's also when they start to get an amazing amount of traffic from Skool, because it's coming alongside their outside traffic and accelerating their growth. I remembered watching a Skool Games recording where The Goat at the time shared his story of winning Games, hitting $300k/m without a team, and making 95% profit.. so I went on a hunt to find something about that recording. Wanted to share it with you: I grabbed the video at the time stamp 1:00:01 and MUST watch til about 1:05:33. But I recommend watching it til about 1:35:06. I was just trying to find how much content he was making at one point, which he shares how he started and where he was at the time of the video. A quote I liked from Sam Ovens in this was "I think the main point is you got to make content. You're going to suck at first. You got to keep going. Make a lot." Alex Hormozi said for a volume example he put out about 35,000 pieces of content so far that year... which is a LOT! That recording was July 29, 2025 when he was at $300k per month. At the time of this post, he is still at $227,217 per month.. which means he's definitely doing something right even if it's a bit different of a plan now. I've been working on my content plan for when I start posting consistently again on YouTube. I know I won't necessarily hit Alex's amount of content lol but I do want to have a good bit ready to go, because I'm learning those lessons that there are many phases to motherhood ...while also working on health stuff. It can be a lot! BUT one step at a time. So I'm planning on at least doing 3 videos a week, until I can build up to more. 👇 If you are building right now, what does your actual output look like? 👇 If you want to put out more, what would that look like?