If you joined this community, you’re not a consumer. You’re an action taker. Most people talk about building a community. You decided to build one. 👉🏻 So first things first: TAKE ACTION! STEP 1. Introduce yourself in the comments here: - Who you are - The outcome you want in 30 days - Your current stage (idea / validating / building / live) . PLS USE the poll or in the comment STEP 2. Do NOT Launch Yet (If You Haven’t) If you haven’t created your Skool community, pause. Action does not mean rushing. Start with Day 1 inside the Classroom and move in order. Clarity → Launch. STEP 3. Questions so far? Post them here or as a separate post in the Q&A category. Or in the relevant step. Public questions help everyone move faster. The rules are simple: - There are no stupid questions - The only stupid questions are those not asked No silent observers here. You joined because you want results. Let’s begin.

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.

last case study i did, you liked it. here is one more. this time it's actually anti-case study: what i do not recommend doing. shout-out to @Des Dreckett - founder of the Content Revenue Lab - who brought this to my attention. let's meet Dee: - Dee has (had) Undeterred community on Skool - it used to be a free community, when i joined. and it had i think 800 or more members (can't remember) - he was trying to sell high ticket 1:1 or group to his members then, Dee went on a wild hunt 🏹 - he decided to remove all inactive members and got it down to 250 members or smth, cause he said he is not interested in lurkers and it should improve engagement and ranking of his community (that failed) - then, he decided to make his free community paid, and turned it into $75 /month - promising to kick ppl out shortly , if they don't want to pay. at this point i left. (that did not work either, apparently) - today, now, he decided to pause/close his community permanently i do not know exactly what was/is going on in Dee's head. i can only infer from what i see from the outside. ‼️ what we all can learn from this case study‼️ what i see, he was pretty consistent on Skool - posting, commenting, participating in other communities. he invested a lot of his time & energy on it. but i think here is where he went wrong: he thought he can sell high ticket right away and he expected different conversion numbers/ conversion time. and he did not have a clue how community plays a role in his business model/funnel when i observed Dee, i noticed too much agony, unrealistic expectations, and just lack of basic marketing and business strategy. sorry, Dee (he left my community btw). the bottom line: - he worked on tactical level, strategy piece was missing - the expectations were off base - nurturing takes time, long, long time - maybe the community vehicle is not the right vehicle for him and he needs to find a better one - final point is, he says he will do content instead. if he thinks content game today is easier - good luck!