@Sam Ovens

Hey guys, wanted to show how I'm using Skool. I'm using 1 community to work with free and paid users (despite everyone sayings you should use two). I explain why in the video and why I think it's working for now (and helping generate more sales). I'm selling a $97/month membership to help people get clients with video. A $1,497 automation product to automate your content workflow. And soon I'll have a $7,500 product where I show people how to hire/train a content specialist to run their content marketing program. More of my logic is in the video. Hope this helps, let me know if you have any questions.

If you follow the advice of a lot of Skool gurus, they will have you focus on: - Creating funnels - Testing headlines - Copy that converts - "No brainer" offers - A website - Cold email - Chat bots - YouTube - ...insert more tasks here The list goes on and on. What don't they tell you? non of it matters without experience or audience insight. Only experience that is APPLIED to help your niche succeed will really move the needle. The bad news? Well experience takes time, you CAN'T skip this. No coach can give you a piece of advice to get around this. (that means maybe you won't be rich in 30 days) If you focus too much on that long list above—you'll never get the experience you need to really make an impact on people. You need to go deep on something. If you focus too much on that long list above—you'll get clients but then you will lose them. More time should be spent on gaining the experience to really help people. I could write a bunch of post and videos on how I did this in 30 days (and I have). But if I'm being honest my success is due to 35 years of working with technology. I've helped hundred of founders and businesses successfully use technology in their business. I was on the internet 5 years before most had heard of it. I was luck to have the internet in the early 90s. And long before that I used BBS's, where you'd call local computers and exchange information computer to computer. I'm not saying you need 35 years to crush it, but you do need that experience. And if you don't have broad experience, which takes a lot of time, you need NICHE experience that people care about, now. Even if you're just starting out, you can get the experience you need to make good money, but you will need to focus and go deep enough on a skill (that matters to people) that can make a difference. I do think its possible to launch a business very fast and gain the niche experience you need very quickly. BUT, to do that you will need a deep understanding of your audience, the problems, so you can focus just on the experience you need to move quickly.

Hey Guys, I made a quick video detailing my Skool Classroom setup that sells products without sales calls. I talk about: - My philosophy around public vs private groups - My philosophy around using 1 group for free + paid members - Why the first 2 courses in your classroom are critical for success - How people can learn about my paid products (compare and buy them WITHOUT talking to me) - Why I have a totally public free course (and how I built it) - How I built the other free courses without working more - How not to overwhelm yourself as you build this out Here is the video → CLICK HERE If you like this video have a couple of others you should watch. - $40K using Skool ~ 30 days (no sales call) - A to Z automated Skool funnel using TikTok, YT, Skool & ThriveCart Hope all this helps let me know if you have any questions.

The jury is still out—but this is my experience from growing a Skool community to $78K/month. I've seen lists of various tactics you can use, but I think the secret to long term growth is MISSION and VISION. Moving people forward, keep their eyes on the next step. Making sure people are progressing towards THEIR goals. It's a lot harder than... - Trying to "increase engagement" to keep people from leaving - Adding a cancelation video to keep them from cancelling - Updating your about page to increase conversions - Making a smooth onboarding process These are surely all important tactics to growing your membership. But truthfully all those actions need to be seen through the lens of a strong mission and vision that is way bigger than you or your community (as it sits now). Those tactics alone are UTILITY, without meaning, without VALUE. It's vision and mission that will turn a community that provides ONLY utility into a TRUE movement. That's my take. I have a long list of improvements I could make, but for me investing in mission, vision and a roadmap seems to be my secret weapon.