If you have missed all the recent Skool News, this is what's current: ✅ Growth Boost Lifetime 30% Commission. This is a lifetime commission for members who join any paid offer in your group, if they joined the group via Skool Network. It includes members who join your group because: 1. they visited your profile (example: if you were to click on my profile after reading a post like this in a group, that is "Skool Network" or if I gave a workshop in a group and you saw my post about it, that is "Skool Network") 2. they were targeted by a FB ad paid for by Skool 3. they found your group in the Discovery 4. they saw your group on someone else's profile and clicked to check it out. The 30% commission does not apply when they click a link you provide them and they then DIRECTLY GO TO and join your group immediately without clicking around in a way that causes attribution to be reset. (It's last-touch attribution. So, let's say you have a free group and paid group. Between being in the free group and paid group, if they become part of the network, Skool takes the lifetime 30% commission.) It also does not apply when a member joins from an affiliate link provided by one of your affiliates. AS OF YESTERDAY, the most recent news is that they will be penalizing groups that have a link in their about page of any kind (presumably because this can change the attribution and no longer be the Skool Network). Soon they will also HIDE the sidebar links (that show up on Desktop only if you have a pro plan). I assume that will coincide with the Discovery penalties that will begin on next Tuesday, for those groups who have a link. This even includes a link, for example, to reviews of your group. This post is mostly to be sure you're aware about 1/ links 2/ making sure to join groups and share links intentionally 3/ how the Growth Boost program works 🙂 If you have any questions, I will probably know the answer but if not, of course there are almost 2,000 amazing humans in here who are growing on Skool!

Can you believe we are halfway through the year? It's a great time to set some new intentions. We all focus on our business goals, but it's a great time to set your personal goals, too. I recorded a video for you today to walk through my personal Focus 5 Goal setting process. I review this every quarter as part of my quarterly rhythm. Download the worksheet and then pull up the video and plan your goals right along with me. And follow me on YouTube while you're there. I'll be sharing more videos. What are you excited about creating in Q3? I'd love to hear.

Bigger than most people admit. Smaller than most people think. The research is pretty consistent. People who make the jump cite $5k-$12k monthly recurring revenue (MRR) as the point where it starts to feel real. Not comfortable. Real. Let's take the lower end. $5,000 a month. If you're selling a one-off $27 product, that's 186 sales every single month. Not once. Every month. And that's before platform fees, payment processing, and tax take their cut. That sounds bleak. And on your own, it kind of is. But here's what changes when someone shows you the way. You stop guessing which products to build. You stop underpricing because you're scared. You stop posting into the void, hoping something sticks. You start making decisions that actually move the number. It doesn't become easy. But it becomes easier. And that gap, between fumbling through it alone and having a clear picture of what works, is where most people either break through or give up. Most people get there in 1-3 years of consistent part-time effort. A few get there faster with an existing audience. Some never get there at all. Not because the model doesn't work, but because they never got clear on the economics. The sticking points are almost always the same. Pricing too low to make the numbers work. No clear path that takes someone from "I'm in the community" to "I just bought something." Building content instead of building revenue. Treating the community like a hobby while hoping it becomes a business. The turning point is rarely a breakthrough. It's usually the moment someone finally gets honest about what wasn't working and changed it. Here's the thing nobody says out loud. Most people who struggle aren't failing because this is hard. They're failing because nobody ever sat them down and showed them what a working model actually looks like. That's the gap Skool Monetization Lab tries to close. Not a guaranteed path. Not a secret system. Just a fighting chance. Real frameworks, real numbers, someone who'll tell you what's broken and why.

Have you heard about the Growth Boost program yet? It's something big that affects most Skool group owners. Want to join in a call to have an open discussion about this tomorrow? The call will take place on Zoom. You can join via the {Skool Blog group here}, the {Focused Founders group here} or simply by dropping me a DM to request the link to it. 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚: - Tuesday, June 16 - 1pm PST / 4pm EST / 9pm UK / 10pm CEST 𝗠𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗘: - What are you excited about? - What are you less than thrilled about? - What are you confused about? - What are your thoughts about this in general? There are some strong opinions about this (in both directions). That's OK. The one thing I ask is that we keep the conversation respectful, in he case you fall more deeply in the "less than thrilled" camp. The humans behind Skool are human like the rest of us. 🙂

I am now paying for two Chrome extensions. In the past, I have recommended Skooly (and I still do! See my referral link here). There are a million and one different things that you can do with Skooly to help you run your community and the post scheduler has made my life amazingly more simple. @Joe DeFilippo is also an amazing guy with the most incredible customer support. However, I am not someone who is at the stage in my business (or my tech abilities) where I need everything that is on offer. What I did need was something with an at-hand interface that was easy to navigate as well as a CRM that I would actually use - because a tool is only as good as the person who uses it. And this is what I found in Panda (which I also highly recommend). @Claudio Campobassi has gone to incredible lengths to ensure that this program respects your data privacy and also supports your productivity. So, am I flipping? No. But I am recognizing that there are different things that I need to meet my different needs. What will meet your needs will be different from what meets my needs, but I strongly support both of these programs and encourage you to check them out and determine which one is the best for you. 😊 Much love to everyone!