#76: Breaking Up with Facebook: Why I Moved My Community to Skool

Soulful Sales With Ruth Poundwhite

I have finally left Facebook, and in this episode I'm sharing why I am moving some of my offers over to Skool, why I love the platform, and beyond that, how I'm taking a risk to shake things up in the name of simplicity and choosing what supports me.

This shift has been brewing behind the scenes for a long time, and it feels both exciting and vulnerable to finally talk about it. After years of feeling drained by Facebook’s distractions, limitations, and lack of genuine connection, I knew I needed a space that felt more aligned with how I want to work and show up.

Skool has been that breath of fresh air - a cleaner, calmer, more intuitive platform where real community can thrive.

Beyond the tech, this move is really about honouring my own capacity. I’m simplifying, consolidating, and choosing the path that supports me so I can better support the people inside my offers. Taking this risk has brought up fears, of course, but it’s also opened up a new level of clarity and excitement for what’s possible.

🎧 Tune in to hear:

• Why I finally left Facebook for good
• What I love about Skool’s simplicity
• How I’m simplifying my business behind the scenes
• The fears that came up during this transition
• What this new chapter means for my community

💭 [11:48] "I know that I cannot make decisions in my business based on me guessing what other people will think about those decisions."

💭 [15:29] "I also questioned about having separate groups in skool, like one for my free group and one for my paid members. I decided to deliberately combine them into one group. My concern was that it would water down like it would devalue the support that members saw they were getting from me in a community group. But actually, I decided that a boosted engagement across the board and more, you know, more people to support them as well as me is only a benefit."

💭 [21:55] "It's more about sharing from along the way in the journey, which includes me sharing and the other members sharing and also, you know, being okay to be imperfect and share the human side of things."

Links:

• Join the Free Soulful Sales Community
• Create Your Own Community on Skool (affiliate link)
• Join Evelyn Weiss’ Skool Community (affiliate link)
• Apply To Speak At the Soulful Sales Summit
• Sponsor the Soulful Sales Summit
• My Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sale
• Soulful Sales Society Membership

QUICK LINKS:

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