I have been around. OK – let’s rephrase that before your mind goes in the gutter: I have been in the teacher blogging and social media game for a long time now. While I won’t pull out the “back in my day, when a Facebook fan “liked” your page, they saw all the posts” and […]
3 Social Media Mistakes You Are {Probably} Doing Right Now
“I don’t even hear crickets it is so quiet on my Facebook page.” “I can’t seem to get new Pinterest (or Instagram, Twitter, ________) followers to save my life.” “I can’t seem to find other bloggers to cross-promote with online.” Do you find yourself saying any of the above? I know I have from time […]
Strategic Blogging to Sell More Products
Have you ever wondered why some of the top sellers in the teacherpreneur market are so successful and why, even though you KNOW you have something amazing to sell, it is like hearing crickets? Believe it or not, it doesn’t need to be Russian roulette when you are posting a new product! You can actually […]
Facebook Groups for Teacherpreneurs
“Facebook Group vs. a Facebook Business Page: Which should you have? Or should you have both? Doesn’t it seem silly to have 2 of the same thing?” These are a common questions by many teacherpreneurs. I believe as of today, you should have both and I will explain why below. But, as with ANYTHING on […]
Teacherpreneur Email Education
Dear Teacherpreneur friends: Do you have an email list set up and are you actively driving your fans, followers, and readers to it? If not, you are LOSING money and WASTING your time. Sorry to sound so harsh, but I really, really, really want the best for you and if your goal is to make […]
Crafting Interactive Holiday Gift Guides
Do you have a plan for promoting your teacher-created items this holiday season? No?! Was the plan simply to post links of your best-selling or newest products on your blog, Facebook, and/or Pinterest? {Psssst…I am here to tell you that’s not a marketing plan. It is pretty much just spamming your links and little to […]
How To Create More Page Views From One Blog Post
Here is an interesting concept I have been seeing more and more of lately: Break your longer blog posts into multiple page posts and watch your page views increase as a result. Now, I know you might be asking yourself, “Why would I care about having more page views?” That answer is usually: It […]
Top 10 Teacher Blogger Fears
I adore Top 10 Lists! They give you a concrete set of items. And this list is no different. The thing with the Top 10 Teacher Blogger Fears is that ALL of these items can be done – with little to no fear! Seriously! I even have a short free online workshop that talks about […]
Get A {*New Product Creation} Life
It can be super frustrating to KNOW you have an amazing idea and product, yet for some weird reason, it just doesn’t sell. Can you relate to the following scenario? You create an item to list list on Teachers Pay Teachers. You post it. And you know it is awesome. It is going to help so […]
Recycle Those Tweets
Today I just wanted to do a quick tutorial about a service you may, or may not have heard about. It is called Tweet Jukebox. It’s pretty handy. I’ve just recently been playing around with it for a little bit to see what it’s about before I shared it. Basically, what it does is you […]