If you are looking to your members to help you decide what direction to take your community or what to put in your classroom, there's an effective way of getting the information from them and a way that just ends with crickets. To learn the exact steps you need to take to get meaningful information to make this important decision, check out the standard tier of the "Your Best Course" Build Lab. At the bottom of the classroom in the Build Lab, you will find the "Validate Your Best Course" mini-course that takes you through the proven process of completing an environmental scan - the 7 steps to conducting an informative needs assessment and the 5 steps to conducting a useful market analysis. After going through these steps, you will be confident about the direction you need to take your group and clear about what needs to go in your classroom. Let me know any questions you have in the comments below!

If you’re running a Skool community (or thinking about starting one) and you’re still sleeping on Pinterest in 2025, you’re quietly leaving hundreds — sometimes thousands — of your perfect members on the table every single month. Pinterest isn’t “old-school” or just for recipes anymore; it’s the highest-intent traffic source most creators have never touched. Here’s exactly why it works and how to use it to fill your Skool on autopilot ↓ 1️⃣ Pinterest in 2025 is quietly one of the most powerful platforms on earth • 500M+ monthly active users • Users spend 14+ minutes per session (longer than IG or TikTok) • 85% of users have made a purchase based on pins they saw People go to Pinterest to plan, learn, and buy—not just to doom-scroll. 2️⃣ Why Pinterest is absolute gold for Skool community owners • Pins live for weeks or months (your content keeps working while you sleep) • 97% of searches are unbranded → people are actively searching for solutions YOU teach • Drives more referral traffic than Twitter/X, Reddit, and YouTube combined Your dream members are literally typing your topic into Pinterest right now. 3️⃣ Tip #1 – Turn your best Skool content into “Idea Pins” or carousels Take one lesson, framework, or win from your community and make a quick 8–15 sec video or 5–10 slide carousel. Example text overlay: “The exact 4-step system I teach inside my community…” Always end with “Full training + community support → link below.” 4️⃣ Tip #2 – Treat Pinterest like Google (because it is) Create boards with keyword-rich titles your audience actually searches: • “Passive Income Ideas 2025” • “Beginner Watercolor Tips” • “Notion Templates for Productivity” Use the exact same phrases in your pin titles and descriptions. One good pin = traffic for months. ✅Check out Pinterest Skool https://www.skool.com/pinterest/about

We talk so much about how to create a party in our communities that it’s no wonder some of the classrooms in Skool are forgotten wastelands! Is your classroom organized in a way that helps your members get results efficiently, effectively, and in an engaging way, or is it an afterthought that you hope no one clicks on? If you’d like to have a classroom you are proud of, that sparks conversation in your community, and that makes you stand out above every other similar Skool group, then check out The “Your Best Course” Build Lab - the place to create exceptional courses that showcase your expertise and get your members results. I’ll also be hosting a free masterclass in this community in December that you won’t want to miss. It’s called No What? and it’s all about planning an intentional and strategic classroom. Check the calendar for date and time!

Monday is the day I open the doors and share the behind the scenes of the CLASSIFIEDS. If you are new here and wondering why I do this, it's because it was requested by some of our very early members, and it has been very interesting to track! Number of Members: 650 Number of Premium Members: 64 (+11) About Page Visitors: 844 (-277) Sign Ups in the last 7 days: 79 (-27) Conversion: 9.36% (-0.10%) Discovery Ranking in Money: #42 (+6) Discovery Ranking Overall: #121 (+13) Highest Activity Day: 1234 on Wednesday (-145) Lowest Activity Day: 726 on Monday (+140) The Context: There are a few interesting numbers here: after several weeks of fast growth, we slowed down a bit this week. However, it wasn't because of a lack of requests. I am literally now declining more requests than I accept, and I feel absolutely okay about this. The vision for this group is that we prioritize quality over quantity. That they posts and interactions are high-quality and that this is a place that feels good and where you want to spend time. And, I think our meet and greet (the PERSONALS) on Friday proved that to be exactly what is happening! 😊 Another interesting number is the number of people who have chosen up upgrade to the Premium tier. This number has stayed consistently at 10% of the total member population since tiers were introduced. We have gone up in both the money category and the general discovery again. This is the highest we've ever been in either category, so let's see if we can maintain it next week. I can definitely feel that it's getting tougher to crack that top 30 barrier! Just a reminder that your comments, likes, and posts as well as your referrals help the entire group. Don't hold back from contributing. If you are not ready to make your own posts yet, start commenting on others to get yourself know. And if you are ever unsure if it's okay to post something, check out the pinned How It Works post (there's a lot of information there) or send me a DM!

I “randomly” created a free community to have place to talk about everything Apple related (products, features, updates, tips, etc). Not sure what I’m going to do with, but if you love Apple products and want to join here’s the link: https://www.skool.com/apple-lovers-9524/about Let me know if you request and I’ll let you in. PS - Anybody have the new OS 26 update? If so, what are your thoughts? It messed up my iPad which is why I created the community lol