Over the next few days, I am going to be sharing a series of posts about public Skool communities. Public communities rarely get the spotlight they deserve for how powerful they can be. It has been a long time coming, and I have gotten a lot of questions about this decision from people building on Skool, people considering it, and people trying to decide what direction to go. So instead of making one long post that could turn into a novel, I wanted to break it down into a series of posts so we can cover everything properly and answer questions as they come up. ✍️✅ Here is what we will cover: Why I made my Skool community public Should you have a public Skool community or a private one? Things to make sure you do if you go from private to public What will help your public Skool community Skool tips for a public community, including how to prevent spammers and low quality posts And the Skool strategy I personally recommend and will lead by example with After that, I will shift back to what this community is here for: - Resources and templates you can use. - New Skool videos and podcast episodes. - Highlighted communities that are worth checking out. - Posts about new Skool features and platform changes. - Breakdowns of how different Skool communities are structured and what is working. - Plus, little things I find across Skool that most people miss, like features, pages, or tools you might not know exist. Yes, I did say a podcast! 🎤 I finally can announce that my podcast host Eric and I are launching a new one together! We had one when we first started on Skool two years ago, took a break, and now we are starting fresh with a new one focused on online communities and what actually works in practice. So… who is @Eric Howell? If you are building a Skool, it is really easy to feel like you should be able to do everything yourself. Content, community, offers, systems, traffic. And the truth is, you probably can.. I know I felt like that.

While I'm still working on cleaning up the community, I wanted to make space for those who have Skool related questions. Feel free to drop any questions you have about Skool, Community Building, Monetizing A Community, etc. If you see a question that you want to give your thoughts on or you know the answer feel free to chime in! :) This will be the thread for December 2025. I will be going through these and giving an answer to them as I'm able to.. currently still sick with some sort of awful respiratory thing that was going around in my area. Which is the reason for the delay in finishing clean up of the community and why I've not responded to everyone. Some have asked why the clean up is necessary prior to going public. Simple answer: There are people who may have said things and shared more freely knowing this space was private. As I was just cleaning up a few things, I noticed a few of those posts and comments. To me, if I was trusted with such information, then I want to honor and respect that trust. And so it doesn't feel singled out, I'm removing most of the posts that were in here and leaving it to be more of a resource. There were over 1k posts, because you guys are AWESOME! Now we are about 1/2 there, and working on that in between resting for recovery. That's why I wanted to make this Q&A option available and I will be making responses as I can and when it's all cleaned up I'll be posting a video about public communities, the reason why, when to do it, how to switch an existing community over, and other little helpful info. Side note: Something I do to help track things like a Q&A thread is that I will like a comment that has either been answered or I've acknowledged. It's a fast way to get through and make sure nothing got unseen or unanswered. Also, I know we are headed into the holiday season with Christmas and New Years. I hope all of you are giving yourself a bit of grace to enjoy the now even with all the exciting plans you have for 2026! 🫶