The year is coming to a close, and it is time to start setting goals and planning for 2017. I didn't take planning and goal setting seriously until about a year ago. I have now settled into a routine that I use every 90 days. I am more organized, more focused, and more productive with my TPT work. I put everything together in a mini seller course. If you are looking for some structure to your planning, this might be what you are looking for. In this mini course, I share how I create a schedule, set goals, plan out a product calendar, and plan my week. I also provide some tips on focusing and moving forward with your business. This is a mini course and focuses a great deal on the planning part. You ...
You've created materials for your classroom for awhile now. You've decided you need a little extra cash. You decide to sell your created materials on TPT. Now what? Here are a few things to do and know. 1) Add a photo or logo. You will be seen as a more serious buyer if you have a picture/logo vs the default logo. Go to My Account (or your name depending on the screen)>Store Profile>Edit and upload your profile image. ...
Is the Note to Followers worth using? Some sellers say it isn't because they never look at them. I used to think that way as well. Then I decided to give it a try again. I became a believer in using them. Here's why: 1) It's a great way to a) provide an exclusive freebie as a "thank you" without having to do a flash freebie that they probably won't see and b) remind them of your new products, old products, and seasonal products. 2) It's free promotion going directly to people that clicked on the green star. Okay some of them may just be following you because of a giveaway or something, but maybe you'll hook them in with your fabulous notes. 3) Over 50 followers clicked on the download link I provided. Yes, I have over a thousand followers, but that is over 50 people continuing to interact with me. Buyers that aren't sellers don't always act like seller-buyers. Many of them do open those notes, so send them out! ❉ You can send out a note every...
Write your goals down for the week and keep working. Have a fabulous week!...
Most of us are or were teachers and consider ourselves professionals. We want our customers to view us as professionals just like the big teacher resource companies. Here are a few things to consider to see if you are being professional as a TPT seller. 1) Products *Are you just slapping something together as fast as you can to get it in your store? Quality over quantity is so important. *Are you lining things up or centering items on the pages so your products look polished? Take the time to line text up or clip art up. Make sure your titles and frames are centered. You also don't want text overlapping onto frames or missing parts of borders because you put a white rectangle with text over it. Another thing to be mindful of is your clipart. Try to use clipart in png format so you don't have to worry about the big white box not blending in with your colored background. You are now a publisher, so you want things to look polished. *Are you editing your products (or having someon...
This is a great TED Talk about Your Why. Do you know Your Why? Have an awesome week!...
I see way too often the complaint of "this product looks exactly like mine". I've had it happen to me. It appears the person took one of my free products, changed it from matching to open-ended, and created a product line with a similar title based off of my resource. Maybe they did, and maybe they didn't. If you sit down with someone else's product and recreate it with some tweaks here and there, this is wrong! You definitely were not inspired. You are actually just copying someone else. There are some ideas out there that have been tossed around classrooms for years. For example, bingo or a quiz show style game are not new ideas. And those type of resources will most likely look very similar from one seller to the next. That doesn't mean they stole your idea. ...
Have a positive mindset, set some goals, and have a fabulous week!...
Sometimes your store just needs some small changes. One way to do that is to change out your Primary Free Item and/or your Featured Items. These are super easy to change up. Primary Free Item ✎ Either create a new Primary Free Item or choose a free resource that is already in your store. If it is something that already exists, be sure it is representative of your store. If it was something you created a while ago, it may need some updates first. ✎ Once you have picked out your free item and it is uploaded to your store, go to your TPT drop down menu from your name and click on My Product Listings. You can also get to the same spot from the Dashboard by clicking on Manage Resources. ✎ My Product Listings looks like this: ✎ Scroll until you find the free resource you want to be your Primary Free Item. Click the Quick Edit link. ✎ Click the box next to Primary Free Item. Click Update. You now have a new Primary Free Item. Featured Items ✎ This is a great place to show off some of...
We all want people to follow us. You might think that if you just had hundreds of thousands of followers in all of your social media and store then you would be a millionaire. Well, I'm not really going to tell you how to get hundreds of thousands of followers. First of all, I can't because I don't have that many. What I am going to tell you some Do's and Dont's to getting followers. THE FOLLOWER DON'TS: ⊗ Don't tell people you are following them and ask them to follow you. ⊗ Don't post on another seller's Q&A that you are following them and that they should check out your store. ⊗ Don't give things away just so people will follow you. You know the, "If I get 10 more followers, I'll do a Flash Freebie." ⊗ Don't do giveaway after giveaway just to get followers. Once in awhile is fine. ⊗ Don't do a "Follow Me and I'll Follow You" party. THE FOLLOWER DO'S: ✓ Do let people know where they can fo...
The first priority you should worry about is making QUALITY products. If you don't have products, you can't market your store. When you do start marketing, there are some different opportunities for you. Remember though that you don't want to be pushy or sales-spammy on many of these. ✪ Submit a free and paid resource to the TPT newsletter weekly. The free item must be 10 pages or less. That includes the resource, cover, credits, etc. Everything is included in this count. The paid resource will cost $50 if your product is picked. The paid resources that I have had selected have been worth the fee. The money comes out of your monthly earnings. ✪ Promoted Resources on TPT. You can check out the blog post here for more information. ✪ Pinterest. Remember this isn't about just posting product cover pins. Create pins of your resource in action or staged. Also, try to pin with the 80/20 rule in mind - 80% content (blog posts, articles, funnies, memes, etc that are your...
Have a positive attitude with your life, your family, your job, and your business. Enjoy your week!...
Summer is winding down for many. You may or may not have accomplished that giant to-do list you created right after school was out for the summer. Hopefully, you were able to get a few things crossed off the list. What I find to be my downfall are TIME SUCKERS. You know them by Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, the TPT Forums, email, and on and on. You think you are only going to spend just a couple of minutes checking something. And then, WHAM! You've spent 2 hours of doing nothing but social media. It's true and you know it. What do you do about it now that school is going to be starting soon? TURN THEM OFF! Yes, that's what I said. Turn them off. If you have 3 things you want to accomplish for the day, you will not get them done by being on social media. Turn them off until you complete those 3 things. Turn off the notifications and the sounds so you aren't tempted to look. Yes, I've been there. Yes, I've gotten myself lost on social media an...
Feel free to join us in the Facebook group if you haven't already. Take that first or next step in your goals! Have a great week!...
In Part 1 , we talked about setting up your Pinterest account and boards. In Part 2 , we talked about pinning and repinning things. In Part 3 , we discussed creating pins. Part 4 is some additional thoughts and tips on Pinterest. For Part 5, we'll talk about adding a Pinterest Widget and the Pin It (Save) Button. Pinterest Widget Just an FYI. My blog is on Blogger. There are Wordpress directions on Pinterest. The Pinterest Widget can be added to the sidebar or bottom of your blog. I put mine at the bottom. I don't know the best place. I just don't like a cluttered sidebar. ↬ Go to Pinterest's Widget Builder page here . ↬ Choose Profile. In the Pinterest User URL box, delete the wording and paste your Pinterest URL in the box. Be sure when you copy your Pinterest URL you are on your profile page not your feed or a specific board. ↬ Choose the size you would like your Widget to be. Mine is a Custom size (115x120x900). I probably had some thought to that but not su...
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