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Historical Fiction Club

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A community for readers who love historical fiction and are curious about the real history behind their favourite historical novels.

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118 contributions to 30-Day Skool Hackathon
Showing Up is My #1 Strategy!
live events is your accelerator for growth. because they help you boost your know, like and trust factor in a matter of minutes. now, live events are not easy. but doable. i shared my experience and what i do on first ever Skool Events Daily podcast. honored to be the first guest. great conversation with @Des Dreckett ! where do you struggle with live events? ⬇️ ps love the cover image, for sure use it for my own podcast.
3 likes • 6h
I look forward to listening. I’ve only done a couple of live events so far and the thing I was most concerned about (people participating) hasn’t been an issue at all. Probably the biggest issue is me feeling nervous beforehand 😂
2 likes • 3h
@Des Dreckett Thanks for sharing that. When I saw you host Lidia’s debate, you didn’t seem nervous at all! Were you?!
What's holding you back?
since i started my third community (this one), and with all personal crap going on, i CONSISTENTLY feel like i am falling behind. anyone else feels the same? if so, the bigger question is WHAT's ACTUALLY HOLDING YOU BACK? ⬇️ honestly, you do not even need 3 communities to feel that. even one is more than enough. cause there is life/family, there is job, and there is this: - you run around like hamster in a wheel trying to handle traffic, engagement and monetization - you tend to do easy tasks , familiar tasks - but not the strategic or boring or scary ones - you easily get distracted, by shiny new communities, new tactics, new videos... and the list goes on and on. days, weeks, months go by and still stuck with - <100 members, no traffic - low engagement, unhappy members - no/low monetization, no money in the bank and lots of guilt and disappointment. i have been through this cycle not once with my online businesses. so, i know i don't want that. and for this evolution of my business, i am not letting it happen again. ➡️ enough pep talk, it's action time i am finally dedicating today - this Friday - to setting up Claude Cowork, so i can connect it with my Notion, in order to: - work on my strategy first (cause it feels like the biggest block right now): the business evolved, so the business model needs an upgrade and it will take me forever to do it manually; that's where AI would be most helpful and then - help me choose and execute the important tasks - help me track commitments to other ppl and execute them on time - help me design and implement better business processes: onboarding, tracking, CRM, project and task planning and review. i pretty much starting from zero with Cowork. i tried it before, but without a proper set-up/systematic approach. it did not really worked. i just abandoned it. i believe it will be useful to document my steps, so you can follow them. not theoretical things, actual steps to set it up and start using it right away. i also selfishly using this as an accountability thread.
What's holding you back?
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I’ve been consistently feeling “behind” (which doesn’t even make sense). But this week, with the help of AI, I tried a different planning/scheduling method that works backwards from goals to tasks (rather than working from a to do list) and it has felt much better. I’m hoping it will continue to feel better because feeling behind is no fun 😭
MAGIC Niche Architect! Get clarity on your niche
Picking a niche, picking a topic, is one of the hardest decisions. I've struggled with it. I've seen my clients struggle with it. Here are some things you should know: - It's not a marrying decision, it's a dating decision - You can change at any time - There is no right or wrong niche, rich or poor niche - Choosing a niche is way better than not choosing one Use my MAGIC Niche Architect to help you generate ideas and then: - Share your 3 niches with the scores - Tell us which one is your favorite (if any) - Explain why NB: You do not have to choose just yet! We'll validate/ refine your idea tomorrow PS The GPT is not perfect yet, it's beta - so, any feedback is welcome!!
MAGIC Niche Architect! Get clarity on your niche
1 like • Apr 14
@Ellen Westbrook They all sound great to me. My only intuition is to avoid the “tried multiple reading strategies” unless you know that applies to a lot of people. My suspicion is that most parents in this situation just don’t know what to try! I don’t have much feedback otherwise because, honestly, this wasn’t a problem with my kids. We were lucky- and made a point of never judging their reading choices AND my husband was brilliant at doing character voices when he read to them so they always saw it as a treat. My biggest achievement in this department is buying my reluctant reader nephew the first Captain Underpants book, which he loved 😂 Good luck with your community! It would be wonderful to help more parents get their kids into reading!
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Coming back to this. Here’s my favourite niche from the GPT (plus some tiny adjustments I made): People: Small and medium-sized B2B business owners and consultants Problem: Their content marketing isn’t producing leads because they don’t know what’s really holding it back and they don’t have time to waste figuring it out. Result: A prioritized content marketing roadmap that generates more qualified leads and revenue while reducing wasted effort. Method: Strategic Content Marketing & AI Assessment combining business research, a diagnostic interview, AI-assisted analysis, and an action plan. I had been thinking I should niche in construction (because that’s most of my business connections), but I feel incredibly unenthusiastic about that. So I’m going to start fairly broad with B2B business owners and consultants. Of course, their specific problem narrows it down (not getting results from content marketing, feeling like it’s a waste of time). I really don’t want to niche by industry.
Fresh Start Monday
every Monday i invite you to pick the Priority of the Week! Monday is your opportunity to start fresh ☘️ - choose the priority for the week - consider what could go wrong - come up with the plan - go forth and conquer p.s. i am keeping the Fresh Start live for July. welcome to join next live event - check out the calendar
Fresh Start Monday
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Number one priority is to wrap up some client work I have on the go. Number two is getting the next batch of projects rolling. Unfortunately, the latter depends on other people, which always slows things down.
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@Lidia Axe I will be, once I have feedback/testimonials from the free trial projects I did. Another thing that involves waiting for other people.
🥑 We Just Passed Mid-Year Point Yesterday
half of 2026 is gone. can't believe it, you? well, i don't do yearly planning - only 90 days/12 weeks periods. cause we are unable to predict what happens in a year. in particular when we have a start up biz. the world changes , the biz changes, the technology and the market all change at a light speed. still, kind of cold shower moment 🚿 i am still to do the detailed plan for the next 12 weeks, but the rough plan is this: - July - go heavy on audience growth/traffic with content, activity on Skool and ads - August - focus on onboarding, engagement and connection - September - sales, sales, sales these correspond to the themes in Community Income Mastermind - my paid group where we go deep and we build profitable business. i promised to increase the price from $17 to $27 it on 1 July, but life interfered so, i am keeping it till tomorrow's morning - 4th July!!! and an even better deal is annual at $70 (pretty much for free). going to be $170 tomorrow morning. so, if you feel like you want the second half of the year make a difference, like you are ready to monetize what you starting to build, join today and save some cash 💰 questions? ⬇️
🥑  We Just Passed Mid-Year Point Yesterday
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@Lidia Axe I’m sorry, that sucks! I guess disagreement is not allowed 😔
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@Lidia Axe It’s really bad 🤬
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📚 Owner of the Historical Fiction Club, copywriter & content marketing strategist for B2B business owners & consultants 🏳️‍🌈☕️📚🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

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