What's the difference between managing a community with a daily Q&A text post versus a weekly call?
The daily Q&A is text-based: I go through the vast majority of community posts each day and answer questions myself. For example, I recently welcomed a new member named Joseph from New York who loves tennis, gave him a wave, and engaged with his post. I'm very active in Maker School because many communities unfortunately get you to sign up, charge high fees, and then the founder disappears, leaving you without support. In Maker School, I personally respond to most text posts. The difference between the daily Q&A text posts and the weekly Zoom call is that only about 10-15% of members attend the calls, whereas roughly 90% see the text posts. Since I focus on efficient value delivery, I prefer the text posts where the majority of people see the content, making it a better mechanism for value transformation.
The daily Q&A is for my community product called Maker School, which is the simplest design path to getting your first AI automation customer and is often ranked number one or two in the school games. I made a video explaining how I did it, which is one of the more popular videos on the daily updates channel. The difference is that the daily Q&A is text-based: I go through the vast majority of posts in the community each day and answer questions myself. In contrast, the one call per week is a Zoom chat where only about 10-15% of the group attends. With a 2,650-member group, that's roughly 200 people on calls, whereas about 90% see the text posts. I find it more efficient to provide value where the majority of people see it, rather than relying on the smaller, more engaged call audience.
Right now I do one weekly call inside Maker School. There's also a bi-weekly event run by a friend and colleague, Connor Kaplan (a sales pro), who does live sales roleplay for free, out of goodwill and for the exposure. For my other community, Make Money with Make, I run two events: a 25-minute “agency hot seat” where I sit someone down, have them share their stats, and walk through how to improve their business live in front of everyone else — part live consultation, part accountability, part letting people see how I think through business problems. There's also a weekly office hour, plus a Friday fireside chat hosted by another friend and colleague, Santi.
I wake around 5 a.m., handle community management (30–60 min), then record a daily update. After that I manage Platinum and Maker Zero communities (5–10 min), record main‑channel content or write a script for the next session, have lunch and hit the gym, then spend a 3–4‑hour block on growth‑focused work (personal brand, businesses), followed by sales activities, then fulfillment/consulting work. My day is built around large growth blocks because I view growth as the most important activity. I also track growth rates financially, aiming for ~0.55% daily to compound sign‑ups, and note a ~72‑hour lag between viral content and new members.
My typical day starts with waking up—sometimes around 5 or 6 a.m., though today I woke up at 7:45 and felt rushed. On days with seminars, workshops, or community group calls (like last week’s cold‑email workshop at 8 a.m.), I wake up, deliver the session, and finish early. Otherwise, I immediately do my daily actionables: I wipe sleep from my eyes, open my communities, and engage with 50–70 % of posts because I believe the community owner’s presence adds value—most owners just hire a manager and ghost, hurting engagement. Since communities drive most of my income, I invest heavily in them. After community management, I create content (like recording this daily update), then handle client management from 12 to 2 p.m. PT, which is my retainer time for working on client stuff. That block lasts about 2 hours 37 minutes before I’m obligated to do anything else; I then tackle client demands and push any calls to the afternoon so I can do knowledge work in the morning when I’m freshest. I could improve on health—I’ve planned to jog daily for the last four days but keep skipping it because work feels more important. In the evenings, I handle personal obligations: sometimes I spend time with my girlfriend, go on dates, or watch movies (recently we saw Mickey 17 and threw popcorn at each other).
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