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How to Go From Instagram Influencer to Teacherpreneur

Today Anna Monteil, Instagram superstar, shares her journey from Instagram Influencer to teacherpreneur. Anna’s path is unique and inspiring for all teachers who think you can’t break into the teacherpreneurial world without having jumped in years ago. Anna breaks all the rules and shows us all that we can start whenever we are ready! (And maybe before we are ready! LOL)

Anna is THE example of someone who took her love of teaching and creating and shared it with the world. Sixteen thousand followers later, Anna is nearing her first milestone on Teachers Pay Teachers after just a short time on TpT.

Sit back and be inspired by Anna’s creativity and enthusiasm. It is certainly contagious! You also might want to grab a pen and paper! She is full of ideas!!

Anna’s biggest piece of advice is to take your enthusiasm and share it with the world through Instagram right away! People will love it.

Links Mentioned in the Show:

Anna Monteil on Instagram- tothefourthandbeyond

Anna’s blog post- Top Ten Instagram Tips for Teachers

To the Fourth and Beyond on TpT

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5 Easy Steps for Affiliate Marketing for Teacherpreneurs

Have you considered adding an additional source of income to your business? Affiliate marketing can be the extra money source you are looking for. Recommending products you have used or digital courses you have taken can earn you some extra cash just by promoting and mentioning them in your next blog or podcast.

The win-win effect comes in when you truly believe what you are offering is something of great value to your audience, then they purchase it through your unique link, they get what they need/want, and you get a small commission on the sale. You are doing some of the leg work, but it is something you believe in and would share anyway because the product is so awesome!

This week I am going to share 5 easy steps for affiliate marketing for teacherpreneurs and a little behind the scenes of my partnership with Amy Porterfield’s Digital Course Academy. I hope you’ll join me.

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Teacherpreneurs, Are Digital Courses for You?

Are you ready to create a digital course, but clueless about where to start? Well, if anyone can demystify digital courses and get you to the finish line without getting sucked into overwhelm, it’s my friend and mentor Amy Porterfield.

Today I answer all of your hot questions on should I join Amy Porterfield’s Digital Course Academy? And the short answer is Yes!

Links Mentioned in the Show:

Digital Course Academy

DCA + PAT

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How to Choose the Perfect Topic For Your Digital Course

I’m so excited to talk all about choosing your perfect topic for your first digital course. My mentor Amy Porterfield took me step-by-step through creating a course, marketing, and launching a digital course back in January of this year in her course DCA. And today I’m going to share with you some of Amy’s secrets to choosing a digital course topic. I hope you stick around!

How to choose a topic for your digital course:

Know your expertise

Go with a topic in which you have had success or helped others find success

Follow Your Passion

Links Mentioned in the Show:

Amy Porterfield’s Masterclass- 3 Behind the Scenes Secrets to Digital Course Success

Podcasting Academy for Teacherpreneurs

Online Marketing Made Easy Podcast Episode 279: Should I Create a Digital Course?

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Today Angie Kratzer tells teacherpreneurs the value of being a crockpot seller. You know the old saying- slow and steady wins the race. Well, Angie helps teacher-authors really understand this adage. Angie dives into the importance of perseverance, grit, and staying the course. She offers valuable insight into the things we can actually control. You will be amazed!

One of my favorite parts of this interview is how adamant Angie is about mindset. It is truly the key. She stops herself at one point in the conversation and says, “I’m not going to use that language.” She won’t even allow herself to speak in a way that isn’t affirming. I love that!

Links Mentioned in the Show:

Amy Porterfield’s What Type of Course Should I Create Quiz

Amy Porterfield’s Forbes Article (AMAZING!)

Podcasting Academy for Teacherpreneurs Wait List

Angie Kratzer’s Facebook Group 101 Ways to Grow Your TpT Business

Angie Kratzer’s 101 Ways to Grow Your TpT Business Video on Teachers Pay Teachers

Grab Angie Kratzer’s TpT Seller Progress Planner FREEBIE!

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Teacherpreneur on Fire

Just like Girl on Fire, Melissa Castello is a teacherpreneur on fire! Melissa talks about her new found enthusiasm and passion for transitioning from retired teaching into the world of teacherpreneur. Melissa is a wealth of knowledge in teaching and in business. This girl is totally on fire!

Links Mentioned in the Show:

Virtual Learning Party for Teacherpreneurs Group on Facebook

Episode 12: 7 Timesavers to Learning New Things for Teacherpreneurs

Straight Outa Class Facebook

Facebook group: New and Beginning Teachers Prepping for Success

Straight Outa Class on Instagram

Straight Outa Class Blog

Melissa Castillo- Straight Outa Class TpT Store

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Why Should I Create a Digital Course?

Have you ever thought about creating a digital course? Today we talk about three reasons that teacherpreneurs may want to think about adding a digital course to your business offerings.

Digital courses allow you to share your knowledge, procedure, roadmap and more. Digital courses also allow you to generate more income and diversify your offerings.

The digital course guru, Amy Porterfield, is currently offering two FREEBIES that you will want to grab. The FREEBIES are linked below.

Links Mentioned in the Show:

Podcasting Academy for Teacherpreneurs Waiting List

Episode 8: Going Above and Beyond the Product: A Conversation with Jamie Sears

Amy Porterfield’s Digital Course Quiz: What Type of Course Should I Create?

Amy Porterfield’s Digital Course Academy Starter Kit

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Fulfilling Your Purpose With TpT

Melissa Falkner, a fellow teacherpreneur, shares her journey through teaching and finding a way to stay home with her three sons. Melissa also talks about how she has created her own path with teaching online and selling her resources on TpT, and in turn, she has taken her purpose and shared it globally.

Melissa’s attitude is fantastic. She has a tremendous amount of grit and determination to make the world better for her own children and others around the world. She is on a mission to help parents who face hard roads when their children are delayed or have issues that make learning and traditional schooling more difficult.

Melissa and I also discuss what you can get done when you have a limited amount of time to work on TpT. There is so much to do. Where do you start?

There comes a time on your TpT journey where you realize there is more to creating products then just throwing them up on TpT. There is an abundance of tasks we can take on to stand out in the crowd. But what do you do if you have limited time?

Create quality products!

Write good titles and precise descriptions. (Melissa shares an excellent strategy for finding keywords.)

Make eye-catching covers.

Connect with your audience. (This can be on Instagram, Facebook, blogging, podcasting, but pick ONE if you have limited time.)

Help your audience know who you are. Share your story. Be vulnerable. Our audience WANTS to know us, and those that don’t aren’t our people, and that’s okay.

Links Mentioned in the Show:

Little Owl Academy on Teachers Pay Teachers

@melissaslittleowlacademy on Instagram

Amy Porterfield’s FREE Digital Course Academy Starter Kit

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Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone

We are going to talk today about getting out of your comfort zone. And not only being proud of what you do, and owning it but also standing up in front of people and telling people about it. My guest Hallie Sherman is a Speech-Language Pathologist in the New York school system who is here to talk about getting out of your comfort zone. She even spoke at the TpT conference in Austin this year, sharing the importance of being brave and putting yourself out there.

Hallie’s journey began by finding a hole on Pinterest. She was one of maybe ten other speech-language pathologists who were blogging. She then started creating products on TpT, and the rest is history.

Hallie was anonymous for about three years, but she quickly realized that she couldn’t put her voice into things staying silent. She couldn’t build the know, like, and trust you factor by remaining in the background.

As TpT has evolved into being a marketplace that teachers are proud to be a buyer, authors have become more open about who they are and what they do. If Hallie could share one thing, she says-

Be proud of what you have accomplished. Be proud of it and own it. I’m proud of it. I did it. Hear me, roar.

Hallie also offers advice about finding your niche and then realizing when it is time to niche down even further when the marketplace gets crowded. She is a wealth of ideas and indeed, an exceptional person. Take a listen for more.

Links Mentioned in the Show:

Amy Porterfield’s FREE Digital Course Academy Starter Kit

Hallie’s Website: Speech Time Fun

Speech Time Retreat - Hallie’s Conference!

Create Your Own Low Prep Therapy Ideas

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Today we are going to talk about how we find time to add new things to our business. As an expert in all things teaching, we find making the transition to creating products for our business the relatively easy part. Although, once we actually get serious about what we are doing and seeing it as a business, we realize there is a lot more to it. That’s when we have to shift into high gear and learn some valuable skills. Time management, organization, marketing, branding, social media, graphic designer and the list goes on. If only there was enough time in the day. Today, I ‘m going to offer you some tips on how to find the time to learn crucial skills for your business.

7 Timesavers to Learning New Things for Teacherpreneurs

Take one thing at a time.

Start with a goal.

Find an expert to learn from.

Talk it through with an accountability partner.

Keep things organized.

Analyze your progress.

Focus on sub-skills.

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