Most community builders freak out way too fast. They launch, post a couple times, hear crickets, and immediately start questioning everything. Wrong niche. Wrong offer. Wrong platform. Maybe I’m just not cut out for this. Slow down. Probably none of that is true. You’re likely just in Middle Skool. That weird phase where people are lurking, figuring out if it’s safe to actually say something, deciding if participation is a thing that happens here. Your job isn’t to panic and rebuild. Your job is to pay attention. What got even a small reaction? Who keeps showing up? What question keeps showing up in the comments or DMs? That’s your signal. That’s the thing worth chasing. If you want help figuring out what grade your community is actually in, come join Community Skool.

I’ve been building community in my day job for almost two decades, but I didn’t know it until I got to Skool. I’ve built Community Skool to show you how I did it so you can shrink your awkward middle skool phase. Here’s my $5,000 hard lesson learned: I joined Skool earlier this year and went all in on the framework and teachings of Max Perzon and Kourse. They gave amazing value and I learned a lot. My classroom was set and I was posting every day to get people in. I had one problem I didn’t know I had. Once people came in no one was talking. Just a wall of me in the community page and it was deflating. Also my course completion rate was horrible. I was stuck in the Awkward Middle Skool phase 😂 Sitting at the lunch table talking, but no one listening or engaging. So that’s when I remembered that at work I built connections and a great environment for everyone through conversations. I scrapped that approach and decided on imperfection action and just got curious about people. These conversations and this approach helped two communities to grow over 100 people each and rank up. One is balancing between 29 and 31, while the other is in the low 60s, both in self improvement. The biggest lesson, and one I will always give away for free, is that Skool is only as good as the conversations and connections you build. People will leave courses, but they never leave their friends. People Over Content! Brian @ Community Skool 👇 If you made it this far, do you agree? Drop your epic YES gif.

One of the most important things I've learned since becoming an online entrepreneur is that the most important thing you can do to grow your business is to build relationships. Many of us (myself included) have rushed to promote our groups and services that we care so deeply about. And it only makes sense - we are excited about what we are doing! Today, I'd like to invite you to take a step back and introduce yourself to the group by answering the following questions: 1. Who are you personally? 2. Who are you professionally? 3. What is something you love doing outside of work? 4. What is something surprising about you? As you open up and make more connections, you will find that not only are people more interested in what you do, but they will also be more interested in helping you make connections with other people they know! 😉 After you introduce yourself, please scroll through the other introductions and add a comment to someone you have something in common with or would like to know more about. 😊 Please add your introduction in the comments below! ⬇️