I run a community built for neurodivergent creatives, genre-crossers, & anyone who's ever felt like they don't fit in the Trad writing world. We do accountability, body-doubling LIVEs, + radical creative diversity across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts — you name it. Engagement in the community is 🙌 w members attending their fave LIVEs (I run 'em 365) regularly, convos happening in Community tab, & we're cranking out Critiques weekly... *** I'm new to building out a FULL pipeline & it hasn't quite "clicked" for me yet... 😓 I'm not seeing the through-line that turns a casual viewer into "okay I need to be in this community." My 🔥 Q for y'all: - Is there a cross-platform sequence you swear by, or is it more about finding the 1 platform & going deep? Funnels are something I'm trying to learn to hack... for a community w a somewhat specific audience. Any experience you can share is genuinely useful. ^_^

What’s been most effective for you in getting people to actually use what you create — not just sign up?

Hi there. I've recently started a community on skool. I think that everyone should try it. Why not? However, I have a mental block when it comes to entrepreneurship. I've been know to say things like, "I could never run my own business," or "I don't think that I have what it takes to be an entrepreneur." I'd like to change my mindset and I think that there are a few presenters in the next summit that can absolutely help me with this. I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around how AI can help. Thanks for the opportunity to share @Brenda Rigney

When it comes to engagement and you have the purest intention to respond, engage, reply, but 😮‍💨 it can get exhausting depending on the day… What’s your goto strategy in a pinch?

I’m in a weird but exciting season right now. Most people in my new community came to me through my brand emails and Facebook posts. But here’s where I’m stuck… Before creating it, I planned for it to be a space for my art people…FREE + digital downloads they could actually use in their projects, which would be an extension of one of my businesses, only I wouldn't be printing these designs. Then… because I’m a multi-passionate business woman who refuses to stay in a box…I decided it should be something bigger. A space where all the things could live, like a creative hub. So tell me what you would do: 👉 Do I lean into multi-passionate creatives (which is 100% me) and trust the vision… even if it takes longer to get to where I want to be? 👉 Or do I double down on my art audience and build a niche space for people who already understand my world? Because here’s the tension… My creative, somewhat rebellious brain wants freedom and expansion, as multi-passionate people do, but my business brain (what I've been told all my life) is like, “pick a lane so people know why they’re here.” 😅 (Meanwhile, I could easily build 20 different groups…) For those of you who’ve grown a SKOOL community… 👉 What actually wins in the beginning? 👉 Focus first… then expand? 👉 Or build it as a bigger container from day one? I’m building this in real time, and I want a foundation that can actually grow with me. No fluff… what would you choose and why? 👇