One of the most important things I've learned since becoming an online entrepreneur is that the most important thing you can do to grow your business is to build relationships. Many of us (myself included) have rushed to promote our groups and services that we care so deeply about. And it only makes sense - we are excited about what we are doing! Today, I'd like to invite you to take a step back and introduce yourself to the group by answering the following questions: 1. Who are you personally? 2. Who are you professionally? 3. What is something you love doing outside of work? 4. What is something surprising about you? As you open up and make more connections, you will find that not only are people more interested in what you do, but they will also be more interested in helping you make connections with other people they know! 😉 After you introduce yourself, please scroll through the other introductions and add a comment to someone you have something in common with or would like to know more about. 😊 Please add your introduction in the comments below! ⬇️

I see a lot of guidance for new communities about inviting people you know IRL into your community but... I've not been able to break through that wall yet! Would love to hear what others have done in this regard. Do people around you know about your community? I don't mean once earning 2-3k+, as lets be honest it's easy to share success, but when the community is first starting up, with small numbers, in the time you might still be unsure exactly how it will end up. Has anyone had a bad experience sharing their group? Or friends who still support it all?!

Our own @Des Dreckett is back again. This time with "Why Some Skool Events Get 3x The Turnout" Here's what he has to say: For ages, I assumed the best way to run a community event was getting members to join first, then watch. Turns out that's backwards, and I've got the data to prove it. I tested this across a few different communities over the past few weeks, and the results genuinely changed how I think about running events. Not a small difference either. We're talking roughly 3x the turnout when you flip the usual order. On Thursday 20th August at 8 pm GMT (3 pm EST / 12 pm PST), I'm presenting live across multiple Skool communities to break down exactly what I found. I'll walk through what the data actually showed, why the "join first" model quietly kills turnout for most community owners, and what I'm doing differently now with my own events and with clients. This isn't theory. It's what's actually working right now, and you'll be able to apply it to your very next event. If you run a community, host webinars, or run any kind of live session and want more people actually showing up, this one's for you. Drop a comment if you're planning to join live. See you next Thursday.

Firstly, the live call from @Des Dreckett last night was brilliant 🤯 It's the first live call I've joined on Skool, and I had some real light bulb moments including an answer to a decision I'd been battling with on free/freemium/paid, and I'm really still thinking about how much 'value' in free groups can diminish the value of future paid tiers.... ~~~~~ Weekend Plan: - Overcome the imposter syndrome and start commenting/posting in sites (5 comments minimum per day) - Edit the next long form youtube video by Sunday night - Start repurposing content into facebook and Insta accounts - Record two new videos - Allow myself time to rest without shame (For those who know, RDR2 is my current go-to for switching off!🤠) ~~~~~ 🗣️"𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑟, 𝑁𝑂𝑇 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒." - 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝐵𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑡; 𝑃𝐷𝑆 𝐶𝑂𝐴𝐶𝐻𝐼𝑁𝐺 A lot of self reflection this week, with a really tricky week in my 9-5 cementing my desire to turn this all into my full time venture down the road. During a podcast I was listening to (to improve my football coaching, because 8 years ago I fell into an ADHD Hyperfocus hole and became a coach🫣) the above quote resonated with me strongly across all aspects of my life. Elite performance in any venture isn't just what happens in public view, it's the actions when no one is watching. I've had a reasonably productive few days, but I have a weekend coming up I want to really capitalise on. Last night I had a really productive call with @Dave Hughes, and I released another youtube long form today as I continue to try and build my youtube channel as an eventual feeder into my Skool community (𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 @Victor Jackson 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦!). 12 months of consistency WILL get me where I want to be. I need to do it for Future Me 🫡

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