i can't believe it's Wed again. oh, well. it is. so, the Skool News are out. and here is the good, the bad and the ugly about it. let's get started. === the good: - Skool is working on Live Calls v2 - great improvements are under way: better quality, stability, performance, chat, etc. it's great news. let's see when it's out - i would love to use Skool live calls more - hopefully, it increases events attendance + group activity. - more payment methods are coming - also good. some ppl like to pay PayPal or smth else, not the credit card. so, hopefully, increases conversion/decreases resistance to paid. - Global search and Global Calendar are in process. both are great features. let's hope they come soon. Growth Boost UPDATE - for those who use it - v2 should be out this week. with this version: - ads are dynamic - so, if you change cover image, pricing, whatever, changes are reflected in the ads within 1 hour (very ambitious goal) - you should get a dedicated campaign with 10 images if you have 100 clicks and 1 paid sign-up over the last 30 days. this looks realistic. - partnership ads have a dedicated tab in your settings - GROWTH - you can see if you are eligible or not. still no transparency about YOUR efficiency score vs what score you must have, cause they say it will make you focus on the wrong thing 🤔 no comment === the bad: - they keep saying that they spend $5k per day on some campaigns. promises, promises, promises... no clarity for how many ppl? who are those ppl? what are their efficiency score? what's our efficiency scores? so, again, it's a BLACK BOX situation. === the ugly (truth): - Skool of the week... i usually don't watch - cause it's often "survivorship bias" or "lottery winners". both have no significance or learnings to my business or yours. but i did this time. and surprise-surprise , the first Skool of the week is Dr. Izzy Sealey, "who is making $4,419 MRR and it's only a few weeks old group - very new" - how cool is that 🤩 ?!

saw a post today from someone who's been consistent on Skool for a full year. my first thought wasn't "impressive." it was: does that move the needle? she doesn't have a ☘️ yet. neither do i, you might say. true! but i am working on it, hard. the real question is what actually does move it. not followers. not subs. not likes. what does? - presenting in other people's communities (borrowed trust) - commenting with real value in rooms that aren't mine (borrowed trust) - replying to every comment in my own community (must get better at it, with help of CRM) 10+ touches a day is not enough on its own — it's mechanical. the real strategy is showing up in the right places, giving value, and getting ppl to pay you! so, make sure you are tracking and celebrating the right thing.

My new book hit #1 in Chronic Pain, #1 in Pain Management, and #1 in New Age Mental & Spiritual Healing this weekend. Full transparency: these are Amazon's free charts, not the paid ones. I’d rather state that clearly than let anyone assume otherwise. But it still put the book directly in front of hundreds of strangers looking for relief. What actually drove it: - Gave it to my community first. 20 personalized advance copies, addressed to real people by name. They became the first reviewers and the loudest sharers. - Taught instead of pitched. Two live sessions over the launch —10 minutes of teaching, practicing together, then Q&A. People buy after they’ve experienced the work. - Kept the community free. The free school is the distribution. People trust me enough to download a book because nothing was extracted from them first. The uncomfortable truth: None of this happened because of launch week. It happened because of three years of showing up weekly to a room of people(Circle, then switch over to Skool), most of whom will never pay me anything. The launch simply collected on built-up trust. 📖 You can grab the book for free through Tuesday, Sept 1: 👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HF2RBHWX (No Kindle device needed—works on any phone, tablet, or laptop via the free Kindle app.) The short story: I spent 38 years chronically ill—living with MS, bipolar, migraines, and psoriatic arthritis, using a cane, a walker, and 13 daily prescriptions. 15 years ago, I stopped handing the job of healing over to my mind. Today, I walk freely without daily meds. It's not just a health book. The section on The Five Depths of Head Trash covers the exact overthinking that keeps you researching instead of shipping—which, for community builders, might be the most useful part. Question for the room: What is something you built slowly that later paid off all at once?

this week’s edition is packed AS ALWAYS with amazing events and opportunities to connect, learn and grow. ‼️ want your event in next week's edition? join Skool Events Daily! 🗞️ editor's picks: Play, Purpose & Connection — featuring events from the summit being held in Connected Through Play, including: - When Dad Has Nothing Left - Play It Again, Claude! - Simple Science in the Kitchen and more family-focused sessions designed to bring people together. 🚨 what caught my attention: - experts corner — Why Events Are The Heartbeat Of A Community — sharing why connection and community matter. plus dozens of more events... click on the PDF then click on the words "Weekly Bulletin" on the front cover to get to the events.

everyone asks me the same thing: "Lidia, how do i get traction without posting 5 times a day?" value commenting. what the hack is it? ...ok fine, i'll explain. but you owe me a pinned comment. why commenting beats posting (especially on Skool)? commenting is easier than posting: - no topic anxiety. the topic is already there. someone else did the hard part. - it can be short. three sentences of substance beats 800 words of "here's my framework." - more eyeballs than your own post. if you comment in a community bigger than yours, you're borrowing their audience. legally. for free. on Skool it works even faster than on other social platforms, because everyone is already here. they're already logged in, already scrolling, already in learning mode. you're not interrupting someone's vacation photos with a business insight. 📌 bonus points if it gets pinned. that's the achievement unlocked moment. when an owner pins your comment, you didn't just add value - you added so much value they wanted more people to see it. more visibility for you, better thread for them, everybody wins. ‼️ i have 45mins masterclass on how to get pinned now, what value commenting is NOT: - a gif , "great post!" / "this 🔥" / "agreed" - tagging three friends and running away - restating the post back to the poster in slightly different words - a comment that's actually just a pitch wearing a trench coat - a wall of text that hijacks the thread and makes it about you what value commenting IS: - it adds value. duh. new angle, missing piece, real data. - it shows your PoV. not just agreement - your actual take. - it shows your credibility. you've done this thing. you have receipts. here's a real one. @Des Dreckett just posted in Skool Monetization Lab that Friday is a great day to publish because members are "pretending to work" and are in buying mode. well done, Des 👏🏻