Q1 is officially done and the winners have been announced. I’ll drop the photos below so you can see the details, and here are the names of the winners for each category. (Scroll down if you've already seen the names ⬇️) 🎨 Hobbies 1. @Megan O'Hare 2. @David Jurado Muñoz 3. @Alberto Salas 4. @Gabriela Hetland 5. @Kendy Auguste 🎸 Music 1. @Finbar Horgan 2. @Ege VeKlavye 3. @Jesse Carroll 4. @Khirye Tyler 5. @Grateful Mike 💰 Money 1. @Matt Ryder 2. @Itgel Chinbaatar 3. @Sam Piliero 4. @Rashee Allen 5. @La More 🙏 Spirituality 1. @Samuel Lee 2. @Fabien Lefevre 3. @Eliane Jean-Claude 4. @Victoria Gallagher 5. @Darius Barazandeh

Good Monday Morning! ☕ Today we are talking about TikTok Lives as a Traffic Source. 🔴 Sharing some tips, tricks, and what’s actually working right now. We are going LIVE for The Skool Morning Show now. 🎥 👇 To Chat with us LIVE comment on this post and we'll pull up some of the comments.

The Online Community Show Episode 2 Is Out Now! 🎙️ In this episode, we sit down with @Matthew Burns, community builder and creator of ProveWorth, to talk about one of the biggest challenges on the internet today. Trust. As AI generated content, fake testimonials, and endless marketing claims flood the internet, it is getting harder for people to know what is actually real. That is where honest reviews and real communities start to matter more than ever. In this conversation, Matt shares his journey building communities, working with monday.com, discovering Skool early, and why he believes independent reviews will become one of the most important trust signals for communities going forward. Here are a few of the things we get into: • Why trust is becoming one of the biggest problems on the internet • Why testimonials alone are not enough anymore • How third party reviews can help communities build credibility • Why many community builders are sitting on powerful proof they are not using • The role honest feedback plays in retention, engagement, and growth • How systems help community builders scale what is working • Why launching before things are perfect often leads to better results One of the most interesting ideas from this episode is that communities are not just places to learn anymore. They are places where trust is built. People join communities because they want real connection, real feedback, and real results. But for someone on the outside looking in, it can still be difficult to know which communities are actually delivering value. That is where reviews and proof begin to play a much bigger role. Matt also shares how ProveWorth was created to help solve this problem by giving communities a place where their reputation can live outside their own platform. In other words, a place where people can see real experiences from real members before they decide to join.

About a week ago, Mark Novikov released a video to help people who are building a Skool community get clear on something that sounds simple but is actually one of the most important parts of the whole process. Your one sentence offer. I wanted to share the video here because even if you watched it, a lot of times we move on without actually doing the exercise. We consume the information and then jump to the next thing. Remember that knowledge without implementation is just entertainment. This is one of those moments where it is worth actually pausing the video and doing the work. When you force yourself to put your community into one clear sentence, it changes how you think about everything you are building. It sharpens the promise. It makes your message clearer. It makes it easier for someone landing on your about page to instantly understand what the community is about. That clarity ends up impacting not only your About page, but also your posts, your classroom content, and even how you talk about your community when someone asks what you do. If people clearly know and understand, then they can make a decision like joining your community. So if you already watched the video, take a minute and actually do the exercise. If you haven't yet, then watch it, subscribe to Mark on Youtube because he puts out helpful Skool videos, and then do the exercise! Once you're done, write the one sentence that explains what your community helps people do below! 👇 Do you have your one sentence yet?

If you make money through Skool and are getting ready for taxes, the biggest thing to understand is where your tax information actually comes from and how it is handled. Skool does not issue 1099 forms. Stripe does. Skool uses Stripe to process all payments. Because of that, Stripe is the platform responsible for tax reporting. If you meet the reporting requirements for your location, Stripe will generate and send your 1099 for the income you earned through Skool. You will not receive a 1099 from Skool support. It comes from Stripe. Whether or not you will receive a 1099, you can still access everything you need inside Skool to stay organized. If you are looking for invoices related to money you earn on Skool, you will find those under payouts. You can go into the community you own, open the group settings, click on payouts, then select any individual payout to view the invoice tied to it. Or you can go to your profile settings, click on Payouts, and see all of your payouts in one place. This includes both your community payouts and your affiliate payouts. If you are looking for invoices related to money you pay on Skool, those are found under Payment History in your profile settings. This includes community memberships, one time purchases, and your monthly subscription payment to run your own community. You can also customize your invoices by adding your business name, address, and tax information. This is available on the settings wheel in Payment History. Once you update that, it applies to your invoices automatically. This helps keep everything consistent when you are organizing your records or sharing them with your accountant. If something is not showing up correctly, you can reach out to Skool support. To make the process go smoothly, be sure to submit the support ticket under the name of the community you need help with. Explain the issue clearly, include a screenshot if you have one, and share the correct information it should reflect. You can submit your request here: https://www.skool.com/support