can I add multiple membership/subscription option for my skool community? Lets say certain people will pay $9 and some specific people that I chose pay $99
@rajnomadheart no you can only change it. If you want that you either, change it after a certain time or just have 2 different communities. The idea with the price is the value of the community.
One thing I've noticed about Skool is that a lot of people have almost no real engagement beyond the 'hello' post. I always check what percentage of their community is on level 1. One of the biggest guys on Skool right now has like 91% of people on level 1. Pretty much zero engagement. I made 2 posts and I'm nearly on level 2. I'd be on the top 8% of his community and I've done nothing.
That's just how communities work overall. 95% of people are just readers while the other 5% will be more active. It's normal behavior of online communities
This is just what it looks like when people are starting something new. After months of consistency... or not... then you see who has stuck with it and still generates content and does active outreach and builds something with the engagement and activity you are looking for. 20% or less of people will stick with it and do what it takes to build something because things come up for people and they give up. I wouldn't worry too much about seeing this. If you are just noticing it, you will start to notice it everywhere. It's the same in every online space.
That’s a really good point. I suppose you have to incentivise active members. For example, a community I am in rewards the number 1 spot on the leaderboard with a free consultation call every month. But another way is just to price your community higher so that you only have serious people in your community. If I pay someone $100 a month, you bet I’m gonna be active there
Hey, I appreciate your take on this G. Yes, it’s trendy but Skool has substance that can easily be missed or misunderstood. I also joined (and soon left) communities that looked cool, but I didn’t feel like I belonged there. I don’t just walk into random places and chat up everyone like we’re instantly cool - nor do I do that online. But the right group is a combination of shared goals, respect for each other and wanting the “community leader” to succeed. There’s more to it, of course, but I like how you advised would-be band-wagoners to go into this with their eyes wide open. Anxious to see how this shapes up in the next few months. Great video!
This was very helpful Gusten, thank you. I enjoy making comedy content here on YT. I have been thinking about what I could bring to Skool and how to bring value for even a free community there, as I don’t particularly know what to teach or what journey to take my audience on. But this video has helped me gain some new perspectives. Hope we meet someday, you seem like an awesome energy & super intelligent too!
I think this is the best point that anyone has made in relation to the direction of the next internet opportunity. Helping other people be able to make their own businesses through things they would have never thought possible... Thanks Gusten!
So let’s say that I am a small batch polymer clay earring artist and have a successful e-commerce business but I’m entering a place in my life that I need to build a foundation for my retirement and continuing to rely on jewelry sales is not feasible. I plan on creating long form TH-cam videos helping others learn the clay business. I also just learned about Skool and am very intrigued by it because I love helping people and community. So what I’m hearing you say is that if I do open a Skool, I should go in with the mindset to help other people and the monetization will come? I don’t currently have any digital products to offer. I only have affiliate relationships with product and services that I personally use. I hope that all makes sense.
Passion & Expertise + Audience : You have a proven track record in polymer clay artistry, and you're clearly passionate about helping others. This is a fantastic foundation for a successful Skool.Also you have an audience through your e-commerce business, which you can leverage to promote your Skool and attract early members. I say go for it, PS: If you're interested in joining Skool, you can use my referral link to sign up. You'll find it in the description of my channel. Thanks!
@@TheSkoolZone thank you so much! So do u think my Skool should be free or just a few dollars and by teaching people all the things I know and providing my affiliate links when appropriate, that’s how I will build my foundation?
@@wendyvarnerdesigns Sorry for the late reply Wendy ,It actually depends on your audience,not all audiences are equal, Alex Hormozi the co-owner of Skool recommends two-tiered approach a free group and a paid one(PS:additional group is another $99/month), he's recommending to funnel all the traffic to a free group and inside the group you offer valuable content, demonstrate your expertise and offer compelling reasons to join the paid group. But you can start with one paid group, invite your audience and start from there, Also the pricing you charge varies, you can start with the pricing you have in mind and adapt with time, If sales are strong, consider increasing the price. If sales are slow, reduce the price until you find the sweet spot for you & your audience.
@@TheSkoolZone ok thank you so much! So let’s say I change $5 to join my group. If I want to increase to $7, will that raise the price for existing members who are paying $5?
I’m really curious to see if Skool can evolve to a social network for communities or if it goes into the direction of “just” having your courses and communities there and not caring that much about distributing others’ communities (“algo”). The first one sounds very interesting although the question is for me: Can they make everything great all in one or should they focus on what they are doing now 🧐. Either way, enjoying the Funnel Grandmaster community a LOT and also FFD/FU. If someone is still not sure whether to buy it - buy it 😄
Is up to the owner of the community. People throw the word gamefication because there is a leaderboard. You have to use the tools to make it happen. There's plenty of things skool needs to improve on for sure. I have seen lifeless communities that suck
As long as you provide real value and do some type of content distribution - people will find you. The better the content within the community the higher the success. MLM isn't the only option to grow. Skool is a baby still, will grow and improve :)
@@Mila-Kae yeah but skool won't add share feature so you can also share a Skool post in social media which would be great for driving people to join your Skool community
Skool needs to evolve to be effective. Sam stated his goal was to have 1 million people sign up to $99.00 per month, which would bring Skool in 1.2 billion a year if prices stayed the same. Alex has stated that tech /software companies are valued at 10 - 20x income. That would give skool a valuation of 12 -24 billion dollars if their goal was reached. Then they will probably take it public and cash out!
Hey Gusten , I just watched your video and I must say that it was really informative and well-made. I was wondering if I could help you edit your highly engaging videos and thumbnails which will help your video to reach to a wider audience and increase your subscribers and viewers.
@@Gustens Thought, 99 $ gives unlimited communities? I was wrong... In my opinion, Skool started to kill itself, because of their affiliates, who sell like idiots.
Free community + 30 day Funnel Grandmaster course www.skool.com/freedom-funnels-9971
can I add multiple membership/subscription option for my skool community? Lets say certain people will pay $9 and some specific people that I chose pay $99
@@rajnomadheart Everyone pays 100$/month to Skool and then pays extra for subscriptions to individual groups.
@rajnomadheart no you can only change it. If you want that you either, change it after a certain time or just have 2 different communities. The idea with the price is the value of the community.
One thing I've noticed about Skool is that a lot of people have almost no real engagement beyond the 'hello' post. I always check what percentage of their community is on level 1. One of the biggest guys on Skool right now has like 91% of people on level 1. Pretty much zero engagement. I made 2 posts and I'm nearly on level 2. I'd be on the top 8% of his community and I've done nothing.
That's just how communities work overall. 95% of people are just readers while the other 5% will be more active. It's normal behavior of online communities
This is just what it looks like when people are starting something new. After months of consistency... or not... then you see who has stuck with it and still generates content and does active outreach and builds something with the engagement and activity you are looking for. 20% or less of people will stick with it and do what it takes to build something because things come up for people and they give up. I wouldn't worry too much about seeing this. If you are just noticing it, you will start to notice it everywhere. It's the same in every online space.
That’s a really good point. I suppose you have to incentivise active members. For example, a community I am in rewards the number 1 spot on the leaderboard with a free consultation call every month. But another way is just to price your community higher so that you only have serious people in your community. If I pay someone $100 a month, you bet I’m gonna be active there
Dude it supposed to be like that not be like spammy
Hey, I appreciate your take on this G. Yes, it’s trendy but Skool has substance that can easily be missed or misunderstood. I also joined (and soon left) communities that looked cool, but I didn’t feel like I belonged there. I don’t just walk into random places and chat up everyone like we’re instantly cool - nor do I do that online. But the right group is a combination of shared goals, respect for each other and wanting the “community leader” to succeed. There’s more to it, of course, but I like how you advised would-be band-wagoners to go into this with their eyes wide open. Anxious to see how this shapes up in the next few months. Great video!
I agree with the comment as looking to start my Skool
This was very helpful Gusten, thank you. I enjoy making comedy content here on YT. I have been thinking about what I could bring to Skool and how to bring value for even a free community there, as I don’t particularly know what to teach or what journey to take my audience on. But this video has helped me gain some new perspectives. Hope we meet someday, you seem like an awesome energy & super intelligent too!
Agree
I’m exactly where you are
I think social media is distribution and skool is the monetization
Well said
I think this is the best point that anyone has made in relation to the direction of the next internet opportunity. Helping other people be able to make their own businesses through things they would have never thought possible... Thanks Gusten!
I was wondering about that as well, I like having Skool access from my phone, and would like to have that for my GHL community.
Thanks G, I just went to check out your community, nice mate!
I don’t like competition so I’m probably going to copy their playbook and start my own niche specific community with no code tools.
That's actually a great idea for a community as SaaS is becoming a real big thing in 2024. Wish you lots of success with it!
What is SaaS?
Fire valuable video. I am also within FFD which is also fire.
I think a business model that encapsulates this vision is IPGA. It takes e-learning experience and adds a community to it
IPGA is mostly for course creators, and that leaves out millions of other personal brands like consultants, coaches, authors, speakers etc
So let’s say that I am a small batch polymer clay earring artist and have a successful e-commerce business but I’m entering a place in my life that I need to build a foundation for my retirement and continuing to rely on jewelry sales is not feasible. I plan on creating long form TH-cam videos helping others learn the clay business. I also just learned about Skool and am very intrigued by it because I love helping people and community. So what I’m hearing you say is that if I do open a Skool, I should go in with the mindset to help other people and the monetization will come? I don’t currently have any digital products to offer. I only have affiliate relationships with product and services that I personally use. I hope that all makes sense.
Passion & Expertise + Audience : You have a proven track record in polymer clay artistry, and you're clearly passionate about helping others. This is a fantastic foundation for a successful Skool.Also you have an audience through your e-commerce business, which you can leverage to promote your Skool and attract early members.
I say go for it,
PS: If you're interested in joining Skool, you can use my referral link to sign up. You'll find it in the description of my channel. Thanks!
@@TheSkoolZone thank you so much! So do u think my Skool should be free or just a few dollars and by teaching people all the things I know and providing my affiliate links when appropriate, that’s how I will build my foundation?
@@wendyvarnerdesigns Sorry for the late reply Wendy ,It actually depends on your audience,not all audiences are equal, Alex Hormozi the co-owner of Skool recommends two-tiered approach a free group and a paid one(PS:additional group is another $99/month), he's recommending to funnel all the traffic to a free group and inside the group you offer valuable content, demonstrate your expertise and offer compelling reasons to join the paid group. But you can start with one paid group, invite your audience and start from there,
Also the pricing you charge varies, you can start with the pricing you have in mind and adapt with time, If sales are strong, consider increasing the price. If sales are slow, reduce the price until you find the sweet spot for you & your audience.
@@TheSkoolZone ok thank you so much! So let’s say I change $5 to join my group. If I want to increase to $7, will that raise the price for existing members who are paying $5?
@@wendyvarnerdesigns The price doesn't change for previous members. They pay the price you set at the start. Any new price will apply to new members
I’m really curious to see if Skool can evolve to a social network for communities or if it goes into the direction of “just” having your courses and communities there and not caring that much about distributing others’ communities (“algo”).
The first one sounds very interesting although the question is for me: Can they make everything great all in one or should they focus on what they are doing now 🧐.
Either way, enjoying the Funnel Grandmaster community a LOT and also FFD/FU. If someone is still not sure whether to buy it - buy it 😄
Is up to the owner of the community. People throw the word gamefication because there is a leaderboard. You have to use the tools to make it happen. There's plenty of things skool needs to improve on for sure. I have seen lifeless communities that suck
Yeah great video. I will document my Skool channel on my TH-cam channel starting today.
Gusten! We want you as a guest on our show!
Is it true that Iman Gadzhi is now a co-owner of skool?
New here … trying to navigate where to start… What’s your take on Eddie Cumberbatch?
Hey Gusten, great content. What is this "White Label App's" for building communities with your brand, that you are talking about?
Once you have started tol set up skool and said I want this but I have changed my mind - How can I cancel my account
Thanks for this enlightenment.
Skool is not like an MLM.
This is the biggest problem I see with it.
It doesn't help you get members to your community in any way.
As long as you provide real value and do some type of content distribution - people will find you. The better the content within the community the higher the success. MLM isn't the only option to grow. Skool is a baby still, will grow and improve :)
@@Mila-Kae yeah but skool won't add share feature so you can also share a Skool post in social media which would be great for driving people to join your Skool community
@@Mila-Kae you can provide value by sitting on my lap. I dont care how heavy u think u are
@@martyk6207it doesn’t have a share feature? Does your school have its own url?
tge guy just describing next ponzi scheme
I have the software to start your own "skool" platform
sold
Skool needs to evolve to be effective. Sam stated his goal was to have 1 million people sign up to $99.00 per month, which would bring Skool in 1.2 billion a year if prices stayed the same. Alex has stated that tech /software companies are valued at 10 - 20x income. That would give skool a valuation of 12 -24 billion dollars if their goal was reached. Then they will probably take it public and cash out!
Hey Gusten , I just watched your video and I must say that it was really informative and well-made. I was wondering if I could help you edit your highly engaging videos and thumbnails which will help your video to reach to a wider audience and increase your subscribers and viewers.
membership pending
One thing no one is talking about skool... you have to pay 99 dollars month prior to any income LOL what a joke!
Per community, too. I have 2 right now, so it's $200/m
@@Gustens Thought, 99 $ gives unlimited communities? I was wrong... In my opinion, Skool started to kill itself, because of their affiliates, who sell like idiots.
get to the point. You ramble and ramble and ramble ff... wasted my time
skool sucks