I think this community should be paid only...here's why

As 20+ year entrepreneur myself, I've been wondering whether to create a free community, free to paid or paid community only.

Based on the stats of this community alone, I think paid communities work best.

Stephen is pretty direct, and I hope this post isn't taken the wrong way - or at least, incites discussion.

Looking at the stats - 85% of all the members on this board are Level 1 - Procrastinator's. That means they signed up, and then don't comment or interact with anyone on the board. That's a lot of people doing nothing, but the 8k member count looks impressive!

Skool is set up in a way where you have to comment on posts, in order to upgrade your posting ability. So you'll see welcome post replies, "thanks" comments and unproductive replies to posts. I don't think it helps the community.

Instead, paid members usually join either to download resources or to ask direct questions that they need answers to. The post quality will go up, as the posts will be super specific too.

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