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Candice Grobler

After ditching the security of full-time employment, I found an empowering freedom in becoming self-reliant and supported by community. I love to write about how I go building, optimising and automating new online businesses for divergent brands.

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If your business took a fitness test?

Dec 5, 2025

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8 min read

If your business took a fitness test?

How would your product, market, channel model and YOU measure up?

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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Are you running or being run?

Nov 28, 2025

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7 min read

Are you running or being run?

Founder Fit, the Rule of One, and why “I’ll just do it myself” is quietly wrecking your nervous system.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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Why does your automation feel like yet another job?

Nov 21, 2025

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9 min read

Why does your automation feel like yet another job?

I made 12K in two weeks and barely slept. The automation wasn't the problem: I was.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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Platform fit > Platform features

Nov 14, 2025

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7 min read

Platform fit > Platform features

Spoiler: it's not another welcome email. It's a workflow that actually works.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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Why your new members ghost you

Nov 7, 2025

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7 min read

Why your new members ghost you

Spoiler: it's not another welcome email. It's a workflow that actually works.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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What the Flywheel?

Oct 31, 2025

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8 min read

What the Flywheel?

Community isn’t a place. It’s the engine that makes growth feel easier.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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Busywork - let's automate it?

Oct 24, 2025

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9 min read

Busywork - let's automate it?

Let AI do the admin, so you can do the work you love.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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Does your model help you, or hold you back?

Oct 17, 2025

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9 min read

Does your model help you, or hold you back?

Here’s how to spot limiting models, rebuild your operating system, and show up for what truly matters.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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How do you test your ideas?

Oct 10, 2025

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6 min read

How do you test your ideas?

How I validated the ops for a mentorship program with a Notion-only MVP.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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Creator or owner—who are you today?

Oct 3, 2025

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7 min read

Creator or owner—who are you today?

How Dakota went from YouTube Creator to Community Builder, and more resources to boost your business this week!

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

Podcast

From YouTube Creator to Community Builder: Renting vs Owning Your Platform

Oct 3, 2025

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5 min read

From YouTube Creator to Community Builder: Renting vs Owning Your Platform

Learn how Dakota Snow moved from YouTube, to Discord, to Circle.so and now completely OWNS his entire community tech stack.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

Blog

Notion 3.0 Update: How Notion’s New AI Agent Replaces Admin Work

Sep 19, 2025

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6 min read

Notion 3.0 Update: How Notion’s New AI Agent Replaces Admin Work

Custom agents, granular permissions & integrations — here’s what community entrepreneurs need to know.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

Blog

Free Bulk DMs from Notion to Circle?

Sep 11, 2025

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3 min read

Free Bulk DMs from Notion to Circle?

Yep, it’s possible. Here’s how I did it.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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Is your pitch working?

Sep 4, 2025

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6 min read

Is your pitch working?

This shift changed everything about my discovery calls — and saved me from proposal burnout.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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What if social posts had a second life?

Aug 28, 2025

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6 min read

What if social posts had a second life?

Discover the LinkedIn content loop trick that boosts visibility without posting daily—plus free Notion AI, community wins & a quick survey that shapes what we build next.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

Podcast

LinkedIn SEO: Turn One Post into a Rabbit Hole

Aug 28, 2025

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4 min read

LinkedIn SEO: Turn One Post into a Rabbit Hole

Yurii Lazaruk shared his tips in the latest Scrappy Systems podcast!

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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Summits as a lead generator

Aug 21, 2025

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5 min read

Summits as a lead generator

What if you could grow without an audience?

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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Clients from community?

Aug 14, 2025

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6 min read

Clients from community?

How Yurii structures strategy + the systems that turn relationships into revenue, RSVP for Tuesday!

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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Are you invisible online?

Aug 6, 2025

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5 min read

Are you invisible online?

Let’s fix that. Today’s issue is for the solopreneurs shouting into the void

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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Feel like your community’s not clicking?

Jul 30, 2025

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6 min read

Feel like your community’s not clicking?

Read this!

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

Blog

How to Design Real Engagement in Your Community

Jul 30, 2025

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8 min read

How to Design Real Engagement in Your Community

Why “Just Post More” Doesn’t Work

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

Newsletter

Can you take a sick day?

Jul 23, 2025

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7 min read

Can you take a sick day?

Or does your business topple over when you're away?

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

Blog

From Audience to Advocates: Building a Community-Led Growth System

Jul 23, 2025

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9 min read

From Audience to Advocates: Building a Community-Led Growth System

It's not about promoting a membership. It's a full-blown marketing strategy.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

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Your framework for community-led growth

Jul 16, 2025

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8 min read

Your framework for community-led growth

This system maps what to fix, and when, across your entire client journey.

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler

Podcast

What if you never had to "make" content again?

Jul 9, 2025

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7 min read

What if you never had to "make" content again?

Marisa Crous shared her secret in the latest Scrappy Systems podcast!

Candice Grobler
Candice Grobler
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