I am considering changing my free group to a $9/month group

Sean Mize

14d ago (edited) in Product Feedback

👉 I am considering changing my free group to a $9/month group

here's why:

My premise for having a free group is building new relationships and having them in one place.

I've used email for years for this, but connection has gotten harder.

I've built an fb group in the past (only 990 members) and the thing I didn't like was the low engagement.,

I THRIVE on engagement.

So with the free skool group, the engagement is fun.

But it still remains that I prefer to teach and only talk with people online when there is a serious way I can help them.

With the free group, I am finding myself compelled to comment on everything . . , and most of it is not me giving helpful advice.

I MUCH prefer the help I've been giving in these comments and posts.

👉The biggest reason I haven't gone to paid for the free group in the past is two-fold:

1) I viewed it as a way to build audience.

But now I am seeing that the audience (YOU) right here in the Skool group is just as much of an audience as "my own free group"

2)I wanted my clients to have a ready-made group THEY could use as practice.

(and yes, I'm going to ask them this same question on my live weekly coaching call in the next hour)

👉But if I were to remove those 2 criteria, I am left with the stark truth that:

a) I don't like fluffy social media. I want to pick and choose and ONLY comment when the question is interesting or I can add genuine value, which I find I am doing BETTER in 10 groups like this than my own free group

b) The cheap paywall keeps out the spammers (I have 12 trying to get in right now), and the low-interaction people who just joined to "see" what I am doing - but never post and drive engagement down

the money doesn't matter to me . . .

I make good money at $97/month

and $1000 - $10 clients

the $9/month would be a moat to keep those above types of people out

and then:

👉The RESULT:

because I am no longer spending my time sorting spammers and people who never post, etc

I can spend my time giving GENUINE VALUE in my group

(like

@Evelyn Weiss

does in her group)

And now my time is spent 100% on people who are at least willing to invest $9/month for access