I recently overhauled how I onboard new members to my Skool communities, and the results have been game-changing. For a long time, I followed the standard process of creating a welcome post that directed people to a classroom with a series of steps they had to complete before engaging. I also used the auto-DM to make sure members knew to get their asses over to the classroom. This approach created unnecessary barriers, and as a result, most people didn’t even make it through the first steps. For some reason, I and many others thought this was just how it had to be done. After hearing @Calvin Hollywood talk on @Matthew Thompsons podcast about how auto DMs should start conversations rather than give instructions, I decided to rethink the entire process. Here’s what I did instead: 1. Completely scrapped the classroom – No more arbitrary steps or confusion 2. Created a simple welcome post where people can introduce themselves right on the timeline. 3. Sent open question DMs to start real conversations instead of giving directions. The impact has been incredible: • 80% of people now respond to my DMs. • HUNDREDS have engaged with the welcome post. • Engagement feels natural and inclusive because people are participating directly in the community rather than being siloed into a classroom. I launched my new community just over a week ago and it's become #5 most popular in the Music category on Skool. It’s clear that this shift - making the onboarding experience seamless and engaging - has been a major driver of that success. A huge shoutout to Calvin Hollywood for the inspiration. If you’re still using a classroom for onboarding, I’d seriously recommend rethinking it. Focus on creating connection and momentum right from the start, and you’ll see a radical difference in how your community comes alive. What’s working for your onboarding process? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Recently had a great chat with @Lex Christopherson and I saw he did some cool things with skool. I was like "wait hold up, what did you just do" And so I found out about Arc Browser. It's free, so simple to set up. You can migrate your previous browser to it AND It makes using skool just that little bit better! Here’s a link to download Arc, the browser I was telling you about! THIS IS NOT AN AFFILIATE LINK I DO NOT GAIN ANYTHING FROM THIS: https://arc.net/gift/4aa7b4a1 Check out how I'm using skool with it, I think you will like I mean LOVE IT 🥰

[UPDATE: GOT IT BACK 🥳] For those that were curious the domain was https://www.skool.com/music. Just HAD to get that bad boy back. I just reactivated a group that I archived for a week but have lost the custom URL I had set for it. I understand it goes back to being available when it's archived but now that I am paying for the group again, is it not possible to resume use? No one has taken it yet. The option to even change URL is totally greyed out. Any ideas how to fix this?

Skool has 9 amazing plugins. But they don't get enough love in this community! How are you using them?

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