Hi Circle!

After considering it for a few months, and chatting to a number of Circle members, I have decided to make a shift in one aspect of your membership.

As you know, there are currently 29 (soon to be 30) workshops available in the Circle. From my conversations with you, it’s become clear that most people don’t do the workshops as they come out – and that many of you haven’t done all of the workshops (yet!). And, I know that many of the workshops cover a lot of information, with many, many possible actions/outcomes.

I feel like there is already a huge amount of content here for you – and that, combined with the YYTT lessons, is a lot to keep you busy!

I would also like to foster more focus and collaboration in the group… while still giving you something fresh each month.

And so, the idea of monthly Projects was born.

(Please note, though – if you’re not in the FB group, or you are a quiet member, you are absolutely NOT required to participate – you can always do the Project on your own.)

The idea is this.

Instead of me just creating a ‘workshop’ every month, where I teach via a video, I will run a Project for the community.

This will be a small, important business task that you can get done within a month – with my guidance and the help of all the other Circle members who are also participating in that month’s Project!

Some examples of possible projects are:

• Create 3 new products this month, and get them in your online shop
• Overhaul your social media profiles
• Send 2 emails to your mailing list
• Improve your website SEO (via a few key tasks)
• Update your About page
• Focus on your Facebook biz page for a month and post at least 2 times a week
• Pitch your business to 3 bloggers/media outlets

Some of you may remember the #PinterestChallenge we did a while back – it will be a little like that!

What will this actually look like?

Well, I’ll create a banner for the FB group each month, highlighting the monthly project (with a hashtag you can use to talk about it). I’ll give you links to resources (mostly mine, but also other people’s that I think are relevant) that will help you with your Project.

This might be past workshops, podcasts, blog posts, etc. It might also mean some months that I DO create a new video workshop, if I feel it’s necessary for that Project!

I’ll do a little intro video, as well as a post here on the site – and send it out in the monthly email, and share it in the FB group.

I’ll ask you questions during the month to encourage you and help keep you on-track to complete the Project.

Basically, the idea is to help and support you on taking one concrete action step that will help to move your business forward – with my help, and the support of the Circle.

So, what do you think? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

I am, of course, open to suggestions – so if you have any ideas for Projects we could do, please leave them in the comments below!

P.S. As it’s almost June, I am going to do a ‘combo’ Workshop/Project this month on Facebook Business Pages, to give you an idea of what this is going to look like.