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How to Make $1000 on Teachers Pay Teachers

Hi fellow TPT sellers,

Are you wishing you could hit a milestone like earning $1,000 on TPT?

Are you wishing you could earn thousands of dollars every month?

It is achievable, but it does take time.

Make $1000 on TPT

TPT is a bit like a race. But not on a smooth race track. It’s more like a forest with lots of tree roots you could trip over.

Instead of getting off to a slow start and watching everyone else race ahead, you can be the one who has a head start.

Instead of tripping at every step, you can learn all the tricks so you know what’s coming and what to avoid.

Today I want to give you a hugely important tip for how to kickstart your TPT earnings in order to make $1000 on TPT. Then at the end of this post, I want to give you another option. A way to have all the answers in one place.

Make $1000 on TPT

Here is the most important piece of advice:

You need to treat TPT like a business.

What do you think of when you hear the word business? Most people think of someone who runs a shop or a restaurant. I imagine a hard-working owner who works 7 days a week and spends his hard-earned savings on investing in his business. Not many people imagine a teacher spending her evenings making worksheets. That’s a side hustle, right? Wrong!

TPT is a business. You make a product and you try to get someone to buy it. You are charging someone for your work. When you change your mindset and start to view it that way, that’s when the success happens. That’s when it’s possible to make $1000 on TPT.

Why? Because then you stop just making worksheets and ‘hoping they sell’. You start to think of those worksheets as a product that needs careful marketing. Also, you start to work on convincing a buyer that they need your product. You become a marketer.

Those sellers on TPT who are earning thousands of dollars are treating their store like a business. They invest a huge amount of time and often invest money too. That’s why they are seeing success.

Make $1000 on TPT

Is there a way to fast track things to make $1,000 on TPT?

Yes, if you’re willing to invest in your business. Take a look at my course for TPT sellers – The Terrific Teacherpreneur. It will teach you how to create quality products and how to market them so teachers will actually want to buy them!

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  1. eatsandexercisebyamber says

    July 26, 2020 at 10:54 am

    Another great post. I’ve been trying to think of my TPT as a business MORE but it’s still my side hustle when I teach full time esp during a pandemic

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    • terrificteachingtactics says

      July 26, 2020 at 9:01 pm

      Thanks Amber! I know what you mean, TPT is understandably not the first priority as a full time teacher and especially in the current climate! But it’s still good to try to get into the mindset, so that when you do get a spare moment to work on TPT, you spend your time wisely. That might mean product creation of course, but also actively spending time learning about marketing. Researching how to use certain platforms and making an effort to pin or make attractive covers. Marketing is so valuable! I hope summer school is going well 🙂

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      • AMBER says

        August 18, 2020 at 12:10 pm

        I LOVE THE NEW LOOK OF THE WEBSITE <3 BEAUTIFUL!!!!

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        • Alex says

          August 18, 2020 at 8:03 pm

          Thanks Amber! I’m in love with it!

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  2. Ernest says

    August 29, 2020 at 5:06 pm

    Thanks. I have been treating my TpT store as a business and doing my best.

    Reply
    • Alex says

      August 29, 2020 at 8:33 pm

      You’re welcome and that’s awesome to hear!

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Don’t tell them what to write about, let them decide!

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Allow them to write about something they are passionate about! They’ll be a lot less reluctant 🙌🏻

Let’s look at the video game example. 

• They can write a narrative where they pretend to be a character in the game. 

• They can write an opinion piece where they write about why the game is the best. 

• They can write an informational piece where they explain the rules of the game or how to play. 

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Batching and scheduling has been a life saver whil Batching and scheduling has been a life saver while I’m on maternity leave!

Last year, I was intentional in planning time away from my business 📝 

I recorded podcast episodes, wrote emails, and created social media images. 

It allowed me to still show up and keep my business running while with Lily 🎉

It might not be mat leave in your situation, but you may want to prepare for a time where you can’t work on your biz (as a full time teacher during bts or maybe if you’re going a vacation etc).

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You put your heart and soul into making a resource You put your heart and soul into making a resource. Hours of work. You know it’s good! 

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Want to have a profitable blog? You have to be wil Want to have a profitable blog? You have to be willing to be salesy! 💰

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If you don’t talk about your resources, you can’t drive traffic to TPT.

Check out this week’s episode of The Terrific Teacherpreneur podcast to learn more! 🎙️

Tell me in the comments, do you find it hard to be salesy? 

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Reviews aren’t something that you can control! ❌

Sure, you can remind buyers to leave reviews. But this won’t change the fact that most buyers just don’t leave reviews 🤷🏼‍♀️

Reviews will come with time, I promise! 
They will increase as your sales increase 🙂

Don’t dwell on it. 
Don’t find dodgy ways to get them.

Instead, spend your energy creating and selling great products that people want to buy (and therefore review)!

Focus on product creation, optimizing your TPT listings, and marketing your resources! 

Double tap if you needed this reminder 💗

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Any guesses which year I started taking TPT seriou Any guesses which year I started taking TPT seriously? 😂

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Here’s my suggestions for what to write in your Here’s my suggestions for what to write in your weekly emails!

• Share your long-form content (e.g. blog posts)
• Provide freebies (not too often)
• Share tips, hacks, and strategies relevant to your niche

In this week’s episode of The Terrific Teacherpreneur podcast, I dive into this topic so be sure to listen! 🎙️ 

Tell me below, do you ever struggle with what to write in your weekly emails? Will you be listening to the episode? 🙂

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When it comes to marketing on IG/FB or emailing yo When it comes to marketing on IG/FB or emailing your list, it’s so important to serve your audience!

Educate, inform, or entertain!

This can look like offering freebies, but mostly it’s sharing knowledge, tips/hacks or maybe even memes/jokes.

When your audience feels like they get value from following/subscribing, they build the ‘know, like, trust’ factor with you. This leads to sales! 💰

If all you do is show up and talk about your products, your intention is to serve yourself and your audience can sense it. So it just isn’t as effective 😬

A good example is me! If every Instagram post or podcast episode was about my courses, would you still be here? ❌ Or if I ghosted you and only showed up twice a year when I had a course to sell. Ugh that would be so annoying, right?! 🙌🏻

The other thing is that serving others can be fun. I really enjoy sharing tips! I’m sure you will too when it comes to your audience 🙂

Save this post as a reminder 💾 

And let me know in the comments if you agree! 

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Don’t dwell on the summer slowdown! Instead, opt Don’t dwell on the summer slowdown! Instead, optimize your listings and make new products for back to school 🙌🏻

What are your business plans for the summer? ☀️ 

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A while back I shared about a month where I earned A while back I shared about a month where I earned $10k. 

But Instagram is always people sharing their successes, so I thought it would be nice to share my chapter 1 and not just my chapter 10. 

I earned $2.70 my first month on TPT! And as you can see, the following months were around $100. 

We all start somewhere! 🙌🏻

Tell me below, do you enjoy these kinds of posts?

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