- ✅ 12 questions
- 📊 A score on 5 pillars
- 🧭 Your action plan
- ⏱️ About 2 minutes
The five pillars of a growing Skool community
A Skool group grows when members keep arriving, take a first step, stay active, stick around and pay. The audit asks two or three questions about each.
1. Member acquisition
Where new members come from, and whether you know which channels work.
- How do new members mostly find your community?
- Do you know which links or channels actually bring you members?
- Do you run an affiliate or referral program?
Quick win: Give every channel its own trackable link (and a QR code for events and anything offline). After two weeks, double down on your top two sources and cut the rest. Hand affiliates ready-made links and swipe copy.
2. Onboarding
What happens in a new member’s first week, and how many take a first step.
- What happens right after someone joins?
- How many new members take a first action within 7 days?
Quick win: Send a welcome DM within minutes of someone joining, with ONE clear first action: an intro post or the first lesson. Pin a 'Start here' post and check how many new members do that first action in their first week.
3. Engagement
How often you post and host, and whether members post without being asked.
- How often do you (or your team) post?
- Do you host live calls or events?
- Do members post wins and questions without being prompted?
Quick win: Run a simple weekly rhythm: a Monday prompt, a mid-week live call, a Friday wins thread. Record calls into the Classroom so they keep working for you.
4. Retention
Whether you reach quiet members before they leave, and how clear the Classroom path is.
- Do you reach out to quiet or inactive members?
- Is your Classroom organized into a clear path?
Quick win: Every week, list the members who went quiet and send each one a personal check-in DM. Give your Classroom a clear path so members always know their next step.
5. Monetization and admin
How the group makes money, and how much of your week goes to repetitive admin.
- How do you make money from the group?
- How many hours a week go to repetitive admin (DMs, links, approvals)?
Quick win: Add a premium tier with clear extra value, and automate repetitive admin (DMs, links, tracking) so you buy back hours for growth work.