Absolutely @Allison Saunders. Addiction to social media isn’t like typical addictions (e.g. to alcohol). When withdrawal symptoms hit with alcohol you can still have a drink and at worst feel guilty about it the next day. But once you decide to delete a social media account it’s final – it’s gone for good and you might struggle with that decision for weeks, months or even years. Last week I put together a course on mindful social media exit which is now available in the classroom of our community. In it I provide a practical guide on how to measure the effectiveness and level of dependence on each social media platform. Then I explain how to prioritize your usage gradually realizing which platforms no longer serve you. The process involves backing up contacts informing them of your intention to leave a specific platform and inviting them to an environment that feels right for you – a place where you want to centralize your interactions. For example Skool.

@Allison Saunders we are on the beginning. I had an community building agency. In the biggest peak we had 15 people in the team, and managed 11 FB/Slack groups for our clients. Than I burn out little bit. :-)

A Google Sheet with direct links to the parts of the community where you’re active will suffice. My process, for example, isn’t about opening Skool or Facebook and randomly searching for a group through the search bar. Instead, I go directly to Tarifa Entrepreneurs (my local WhatsApp group), then visit High Vibe Tribe or The Skool Games. I don’t waste time filtering because I’ve done the work of creating links that filter for Unread Posts sorted from newest to oldest (not by activity). And of course, I evaluate each community because I spend only measured time on social platforms and want to be where it brings me the most value. This also helped me realize that I impulsively wanted to launch three groups at once. Thanks to this method, I slowed down and temporarily paused two groups here on Skool to focus on setting up processes in the one that’s already working well for us.

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Your comment is thoughtful @James Tuckerman, but it seems you might not fully understand our business model. We’re not talking about building communities from scratch. Our focus is on migrating well-established Facebook communities to the Skool platform. Migration, as you rightly pointed out, is indeed a senior-level skill because it’s not just about conversions. It’s about maintaining engagement and transferring the community’s value to a new environment. Most importantly, you need to uncover all the “whys” that will motivate members of a free Facebook group to create a profile on Skool and start paying for membership. For example, I’m currently negotiating with the owner of a Facebook group with 2 million members to create a VIP Skool community for $9 per month. The goal is to migrate at least 1% of members to the paid group and eventually leave Facebook behind. For the past two years, I’ve been involved in acquiring and selling established communities across the community industry. This isn’t about random attempts but about strategy and experience. Thanks for sharing your process. It’s always interesting to see how others approach these challenges! 😊

That’s absolutely fine @Kai Cole, that’s what I’m here for. If you want to understand it better, just ask, and I’ll be happy to explain further.