I discovered Skool a few months ago. And immediately created my first community. Step 1: I planned to run a FREE 5-Day challenge. I was collecting leads for a challenge I was going to do in a few weeks. I had already started promoting the Challenge before I found Skool and created my community. Step 2: I told the participants who signed up for the Challenge that the Challenge will be happening in my new Skool community. Step 3: One by one over 100 people joined within a month. Step 4: I asked everyone to introduce themselves in the Intro Post and share what they’re looking forward to learn in the Challenge. Step 5: I ran the Challenge and each day, asked participants to leave their takeaways inside the community. Step 6: 80% engagement during the challenge month and 5 new members in my newly paid community! It was such an incredible moment, specially because I did the challenge for the first time on Skool! Listen - if you want to grow your membership faster, Give people something irresistible that solves their problem fast! Invite them to your community to get it. And watch your community fill up with members who are interested in you and what you have to offer!

Hello everyone! 👋🏼 I would love to know how everyone is engaging with people beyond local/existing connections? I feel as though certain new communities definitely benefit from having existing relationships in which communities can initially be built on. As for engaging with people outside of local and known relationships, how is everyone connecting with potential community members? I thought of trying to engage with people through Facebook groups, Reddit communities, and various other social groups. Just curious if anyone has any other ideas that have worked well! Thank you! 🙏🏼

If you think ads are the secret to building a thriving Skool community, you’re missing the point. Shortcuts don’t build empires. Mastering the fundamentals does. Remember Pinocchio? He thought taking the easy route would turn him into something real. It didn’t. It was integrity, effort, and doing the right thing that made him a “real boy.” The same goes for your Skool community. Your Skool needs to be built on authenticity and real value if you want it to last. After working with countless communities, I’ve found that real success comes down to five things: Offer. About page. Ads. Fulfillment. Retention. That’s it. Nail these, and you’ll build something that lasts. Let’s break it down. OFFER Get obsessed with your offer. You don’t need perfection to run ads, but you do need something that hooks people. Launch ads early, even with a rough draft of your offer. Spend a few hundred bucks, get real customers, and refine based on their feedback. Quick iterations win. Have real conversations. Let your offer evolve. FULFILLMENT What do people actually get when they join? Maybe it’s a course, or a monthly call. You have to think about scale. If you promise one-on-one calls to every member, how long until that breaks? Can you handle 30 calls? What about 100 members? You need to think ahead, or you’ll hit a wall. ABOUT PAGE Your about page is your storefront. If you’re driving traffic but not converting, it’s one of two things The ads or the about page. Dial in your about page. Spend days refining it. VSL, images, copy. It all needs to hit hard. It’s not just about getting eyeballs. You need something substantial behind the door, or you’ll burn through ad dollars for nothing. (It's ok to run some traffic to an unoptimized about page to get early customer feedback to build your offer.) RETENTION Retention makes or breaks you. You can have the best offer, the slickest ads, but if people bail after one month, you’ve got a major issue. You're just a hustle.

If you have a free group that anyone can join post your links here and tell us what your niche is.

When Skool introduced 7-day free trials, it felt like a great way to let people experience the value of a community risk-free. But the real magic happens when you combine it with Time Unlocks. Here’s why this combo works so well: - Immediate Value: Trial members get access to enough content upfront to see the value of joining, keeping them hooked from day one. - Built-In Anticipation: By setting your most valuable courses or resources to unlock only after 7 days, you create excitement and a reason to stay beyond the Free Trial - Retention Made Easy: Members don’t just come for the free trial; they stick around to unlock the real gold after the trial period ends. If you’re using free trials, pairing them with time unlocks is hands-down the best way to keep members engaged and turning into paying subscribers. Let me know if it works for you