Hey everyone — I want to fill you in on what's been happening and a shift in direction for this community. For about a decade, I've been cycling through marketing tools: ActiveCampaign, MailChimp, High Level, N8N, Zapier, Calendly... the list goes on. Each one eventually frustrated me enough that I dropped it. (I'm still on High Level, but that relationship is... strained.) These are legitimately hard problems to solve, and I don't fault anyone for not getting it perfect. But the frustration kept piling up. About a month ago, something clicked: I have the skills to build exactly what I want. With some AI coding assistance, I can actually create my own marketing toolbox — tools I'd genuinely love using. So that's what I've been doing. For the past month, I've spent roughly 10 hours a day on this: developing the plan, making key architectural decisions, designing the initial UI/UX (about 2 weeks ago), and just last week I started building the actual framework. I'm also restructuring how I earn income to make this sustainable. Starting in the new year, I'm taking on a sales role with a specific goal: dedicate 2 weeks to sales, then use the other 2 weeks each month for development. What this means for YDTB: This community is shifting. Moving forward, I'll be posting status updates, sharing tutorials, and showcasing progress as I build this thing out in the open. But more than that — I want this to be a two-way conversation. This is your space to provide feedback, share ideas, and help shape what this toolbox becomes. If you see something that could be better, or you've got a feature idea that would solve a problem you've been dealing with, I want to hear it. Your input will directly influence what gets built. A question for you: As you know, we have a free tier and a monthly contribution tier. The free community will always get updates on progress. But I'd love to hear from you — what would make a monthly contribution feel worth it to you? Early access to tools? Behind-the-scenes breakdowns? Direct input on the roadmap? Something else entirely?

@Ivan Vazquez Welcome to the community! Everyone, lets make Ivan feel welcome!

Each week I want to have a weekly accountability call for everyone who wants to have other people help to reach their goals. My 100% commitment this week is to have a finished PDF that you will be able to fill out for these calls and put up by your workspace during the week. Let me know what your 100% commitment is for this week in the comments below!

@Steve Atencio Its great to have you here! Lets all make him feel welcome!

There are some communities that I have been seeing recently that are doing a great job, and I am inspired. @Paulo Costa Is showing up! In his community and others that I'm seeing him in. Check him out over at Plan Your Tech One thing that I am excited to help him on is doing live calls with "Experts". I love the idea of doing more of a "podcast-style interview" with people in the community who are building their own thing and are each "experts" in what they are working on. I will be developing an automation live over in Paulo's community shortly, But we wanted to know what you would be interested in having us build for you. Give us some ideas and we will pick one to build live.