we are told that if we only get 5 star reviews, something is wrong. well.. in my paid community i got 8 five star reviews (closed for now, only waitlist). in my free community i just got 24 five star reviews on ProveWorth and 5 five star reviews ppl paying me $1 so, tell me - what do i do wrong?

I thought more communities meant more reach. What it actually meant was the same people seeing me over and over. Plenty of members belong to a dozen communities. So if you're posting in 40, the overlap isn't small. Those members were getting notified about me several times a day, sometimes the same title sitting in two different feeds. A few of them said something. Politely, but they said it. I'd been counting communities. I should have been counting people. Three things changed after that. I cut the number right down. I post mainly in my own now, plus a couple of others where the audience is actually different. I use Panda to schedule posts across different parts of the day, so anything that does overlap lands hours apart instead of together. And I don't reuse a title across communities. Same idea is fine. Same title just looks like broadcasting. Worth remembering that reach isn't the member count. It's whoever hasn't already seen you somewhere else that morning. If you're working out how YouTube feeds a Skool community, that's what I write about in The Content Revenue Lab: https://tinyurl.com/TheContentRevenueLab Des

- Yesterday I shared an analysis of the NEW Trending Discovery (this is a HUGE change and worth checking out) - In July, freemium Skools were updated so that you could see paid plans IMMEDIATELY - Of course there's also the Growth Boost (here's some real talk on the deeper details) - No more Skool Games (now the "Skool Game" is just going for emojis that represent income and if you get to $100k MRR, you get to be in a secret club and win a shiny trophy + join an in-person mastermind at some point) - No more 1% star groups. RIP ⭐ - Now we have reviews (FUN! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐) - There have also been some developments on the language side so that Skool is now available in 11 languages (currencies coming soon enough) So I'm just genuinely curious... what are YOUR thoughts on the recent Skool changes? Are you questioning Skool? More excited to be here than ever? Waiting to see?!

Hey friends in the Classifieds, Did you see Skool News this week? They mentioned there would be some wonkiness and changes in Discovery. We now have a new algorithm. AND last week, we found out that we could move the slider from 30% to 70% to give Skool a larger commission, as a help with potentially getting more traffic. What I believe is that Skool's new efficiency score is almost exclusively what is determining the ranking on the trending page. It looks at conversion rates, traffic, income and revenue, but also the Growth Boost percentage (we have the option to slide from 30% all the way up to giving Skool 70% of our revenue in order to get more traffic). And perhaps other details I've missed or simply am not privy to. In practice, that means that "trending" is almost more like an auction or marketplace for how much revenue a group can bring to Skool, rather than a more traditional meaning of how popular something is. This is way more than popularity. The 30 communities on page 1 more or less show which groups Skool's algorithm currently sees as the most profitable / "efficient" to promote. THE FORMULA IS LIKE THIS: Expected value per visitor ≈ Conversion rate * expected customer LTV * Growth Boost percentage (and then some other bits that surely factor in, like the amount of traffic a group is sending to Skool) MORE PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS - A lot of the Platinum program folks are there (meaning: those supported by Skool's platinum program, with at least 1/3 who were in it) - Many have huge audiences and are likely sending a lot of traffic to Skool - Most didn't have tiers OR had simple tiers dynamic (24 out of 30 didn't have tiers, in the top 10 NONE of them had tiers!) - ZERO free or freemium groups - Many of the groups are way more expensive than just a couple weeks ago what you'd see on page 1. Now the average entry price is around $100 - The majority have at least 100k followers - Vast majority have strong promises or guarantees --> first client in 90 day, $1k/day, $2k/mo, get hired, get funded, hit $100k/mo, close on the first call, money-back guarantee - More than 2/3 have an annual plan and those are often steeply discounted

It's time to celebrate each other! In the COMMENTS BELOW, please share a Skool community you think is doing really great things. It can be one you've participated in yourself or one that you've heard from others is amazing. Please do the following: 1. Tell us the name of the community and link to it (affiliates allowed). 2. Tag the person who owns the community. If they are not in the CLASSIFIEDS, then please send them a DM and let them know that you mentioned them here. I promise you will make their day! 3. Describe why the group is so wonderful and how it has helped you. Please DO NOT just copy and paste the About page! 4. Comment on each others comments and scroll through the referrals to see if there's an amazing group you are missing out on! Thanks so much for supporting each other and this community! Please note that any #FriendFriday mentions that are created as new posts will be deleted. Thanks! Please DO NOT promote yourself. 🤨. The entire community is for promoting yourself. This post is for celebrating someone else. 😊