I've been thinking a lot over the past several months about the idea of a CLASSIFIEDS Directory.
I've always kind of called the Classroom our directory, but several people have mentioned that it would be nice to have things organized according to topic/industry/niche, which prompted me to ask you all about organizing the community that way (we/I decided against it for several reasons).
If I were to do it, it would be one "course" in the classroom with a page for each industry. It would be available to annual premium member and VIP members (when I release VIP) with VIP members having top billing, and it would be updated monthly.
Here are my concerns:
- It would be a lot of work to create and update, and I'm not sure if the ROI would be there in terms of increased visibility.
- There are a lot of other sites (ProveWorth and others) that are doing a great job at letting people list their communities as well as many Skool groups that now are sharing directories. Do we really need another directory???
- Having a course in the classroom that people can easily scroll through is already a pretty prominent visibility opportunity and it rotates weekly, so everyone has a chance to be on the first page.
- It's a lot of work. Did I mention it's a lot of work???
- The only benefit above the ads already posted in the classroom would be that it could be sorted by niche.
- Skool is going to do a lot of improving this year to searchability and discoverability, so there may no longer be a need for this in the near future.
I'm going to post a picture below of what an entry would look like.
I'm super curious about your thoughts! Please share below and don't hold back. All opinions are welcome! 😊