So you might recall on the 1st of August we switched from Fremium to Paid to experiment with results in two main areas: 1) Improving Conversions with Growth Boost - Skool seemed to be really pushing paid communities in their ads and discovery/traffic algorithms, and 2) Preventing spam,scam, bot member applications We now have a month's worth of data and it was a spectacular success for preventing spam/scam/bot member applications - 100% reduction in that ✅ But on the Growth Boost side it was a total failure - we didn't have any legitimate conversions either ❌ So if there is no market for paid content in this niche from me, I'm rethinking the whole community. But FIRST I'd love to hear from YOU. What would you like this community to be?

So you've made your first dollar on Skool. What's next for you - growing traffic, members, MRR??

I joined Skool just over a year ago and I was really excited... amost addicted. Most of my free time was spent on Skool. But since Growth Boost has started I'm noticing there's been a shift that makes me sad. Some new Skool features (like Reviews) are only for paid communities. Communities that I had been active in and actively supporting since Day 1 that had been free (or free for me), now only have paid-options. The first community to do this happened even before Growth Boost actually, but Growth Boost has accelerated it. And the first of the founders who kicked me out have now started DM-ing me asking me to join their paid communities. I assume the others will follow at some point. It seems more and more of the focus of Skool is on making money, and those who are making money now. >>There is no recognition of the value of free communities, or of free members within communities. There's no patience to let members decide when they are ready to take their next step.<< When I joined Skool were proudly talking about how a lot of their significant growth came after they shut down the hustle bro marketers. Now they seem to be promoting them again. Is it just me? What do you think about the recent changes?

I just saw a post in Skoolers that pointed out that only 7 of the top 100 earners on the Skool leaderboards are women. I can't see any women at all in the top 30. There's a whole lot of reasons why that's interesting, but one question it sparked for me, is who are you targetting in your community? Because if your community content is only attracting women, you might be missing out on not just 50% of the population, but actually 93% of the people who have money to spend. So who are you attracting to your community? The first photo you see on the highest earner's about page is all male - more than a dozen men in a group shot. That tells men straight away that this is your home. And he makes $886,000 MRR. The first woman on the leaderboard is only making $96,000 MRR - still a phenomenal achievement. Her first About Page photo is just her with a very pink background. But that gap of almost $800,000 a month is more than $9 million every year. Is our gender blind spot costing us $9 million? Every year? I just checked my About Page using a gender lens and realised I have nearly all women - even in my testimonials. So men, please feel free to tell us from a male perspective what is and isn't talking to you when you visit female-led communities? Your answers might just be the key to helping us unlock way more sales. And women, do you even want to attract more men to your community or are you happy with the status quo?

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