The truth is, if you want more paid members in your Skool community, you need a strategy. Even when I launch books on Amazon, I don't just throw them out there and hope for the best. I have a pricing strategy, positioning strategy, and launch strategy behind it. Ever since I started working with @Mona Weathers and learning her approach to pricing offers and launching consistently inside of Skool, it has been helping me bring in more paid members to my community. One of the biggest mistakes I see people make is creating an offer based on what they want to sell instead of what their audience actually wants to buy. Studies consistently show that businesses with a strong understanding of their audience tend to see significantly stronger revenue growth because their messaging and offers connect with the right people. When you know your audience, understand their pain points, and create an offer that feels like the obvious next step, selling starts to feel much more natural. Mona is hosting a FREE workshop inside of her community on 📆 May 22nd at 2 PM Eastern Time. In less than a year, she made over $10K in a brand-new niche starting completely from scratch, and in this workshop she's breaking down exactly how she did it. ➡️ No huge audience. ➡️ No fancy funnels. ➡️ No complicated sales tactics. Just simple strategies that help move members from free to paid in a natural way. 👉 👉 👉 JOIN NEXT LEVEL GROWTH HUB

Summer time is right around the corner, and my son's birthday is at the end of July. As I was reflecting on the past, the present, and the future, I thought it would be a great time for me to share this book of mine called Newborn Care Made Easy. I wrote this book because, as a first-time mom, I found many of the recommended parenting books overwhelming and packed with too much information. I wanted to create a guide that felt realistic, supportive, and easy to follow for new and soon-to-be moms. Inside, you’ll find practical guidance on preparing for a newborn, packing your hospital bag, understanding important baby milestones, and knowing what to realistically expect during those early stages of motherhood. If you know anyone who is a soon-to-be mother or first-time mother, this could make a wonderful gift. ➡️ ➡️ GRAB IT ON AMAZON TODAY

🔥You get out what you put in. I wanted to take a few minutes to recognize some community members who are taking what they’ve learned and actually putting it into motion. Results don’t happen because you join a community, buy a course, or save a post. Results happen when you take action. 📣 @Gemma Coles (my VIP client) launched her book in less than 8 weeks. She’s already seeing sales, working on gathering reviews, actively marketing her book, and she's already thinking about the next one. That's publisher thinking. @Pat Terrell followed the lessons inside Premium and used the step-by-step process to get her book published and live on Amazon. @Gale Bates started by moving her planner from only being sold on her own website over to Amazon KDP, making it easier for people around the world to buy it. Since then, she’s already moved into launching a children’s book and has plans for more. @Tara Adler joined the call last night where I was able to help with some keyword research (replay coming soon 👀). She’s actively working on multiple books at once... and no, not ideal Tara is just an overachiever 😂 @Jim Flach has some great ideas in the works and decided to start with a children’s book in his niche so he could move through the process more quickly and learn by doing. 🎉 There are many people in this community making progress, and every small step matters. Whether you're writing, researching, designing, publishing, or marketing — movement creates momentum. The people taking action are moving closer to launch goals and sales goals. The people sitting on the sidelines? Those goals stay exactly where they are. "You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to become great." Drop a comment below and tell us: What is ONE thing you're working on right now? 👇

📖 If you currently have a book in progress and maybe you're also working on growing your own community, one ingredient that might be missing from your recipe for success is YouTube. People don't usually open YouTube because they're bored and mindlessly scrolling. They go there because they want to learn something, solve a problem, be entertained, or explore something new. That matters because the people finding you are often actively looking for answers. And if you're sitting there thinking, "I'll start YouTube after I publish my book..." or "I'll start after my community grows..." — no. Start now. The numbers alone make a strong case: ➡️ YouTube has over 2.5–2.7 billion monthly users worldwide ➡️ More than 122 million people use YouTube daily ➡️ People watch over 1 billion hours of content every day Unlike quick-scroll platforms where content disappears in a day or two, YouTube videos can continue showing up in search for months or even years. One video can introduce people to your book, your expertise, your community, and your offers while you're sleeping. And when it comes to communities like Skool, YouTube can become a powerful funnel because people get to know YOU first. They hear your voice, see your personality, learn from you, and build trust before ever clicking "Join." People who already know, like, and trust you often become stronger community members than someone who randomly lands on a page. Today I also want to spotlight @Des Dreckett and his community THE CONTENT REVENUE LAB, who has been an amazing partner on this journey and one of the top referrers in this community. Des teaches people how to use YouTube not only as a way to grow a business but also as an additional income stream. You do NOT need thousands of subscribers to begin. You just need to begin.

Audible is rolling out major royalty changes for Audiobook payouts, and authors are definitely talking about it right now. Here’s the quick breakdown: ✅ PROS Higher royalty rates are coming: - Audiobooks can now potentially earn from Audible’s “all-you-can-listen” subscription listening - More discovery opportunities for series authors and bingeable content - Authors can now suggest pricing for audiobooks ⚠️ CONS - Royalties are becoming more tied to listener engagement instead of straightforward purchases - Payments may become less predictable - Some authors are concerned about “pooled revenue” models similar to Kindle Unlimited - The legacy royalty system is being phased out by the end of 2026, so creators will eventually need to adopt the new model or leave Audible distribution Personally, I think this is going to hurt smaller creators who only have a few hundred hours of listened time per month in their portfolio, while larger creators who are already making strong audiobook income will likely continue making even more money under this model. One thing is clear: audiobooks are continuing to become a bigger part of the publishing industry. 🎧 Read more directly from ACX here: https://www.acx.com/mp/blog/audible-new-royalty-model