So, you’re going to start your Teachers Pay Teachers store?! YAY! I couldn’t be more excited for you. One of the best reasons to start your own TPT store is to make passive money using skills you already have as a teacher. There’s a few mistakes I made while creating my own TPT store and I don’t want you to make the mistakes I did! Keep on reading because I’m going to break them all down for you and what to do instead!

After years and years of buying resources (something I still do!) for my first grade classroom and tutoring business, I realized that I wasn’t always finding exactly what I needed. I resisted the urge to make my own resources because I wasn’t entirely sure what I was doing. I also thought it would take too much time and I didn’t have a lot of time to give to a teacher side-hustle. Over time, I started creating my own resources and once I learned how to create them the right way and how to sell them, I quickly started making extra money. If this full-time teacher and Tutorpreneur® can do it, so can YOU!

In February, I went to Walt Disney World in Florida with my husband, cousin and his wife. We’ve been quite a few times together and enjoy getting to do all the fun kid stuff as adults. While at the Animal Kingdom, I had a day of sales where I made over $600 passively, not with tutoring! I’m not promising you that you’re going to make this much money, but I am going to break down how I did it and give you some strategies to take away so you can do it too!

If you would have asked me a few years ago if I could make $1,500 in sales in one day using email marketing, I don’t know if I would have believed you. When I first started my business, I didn’t have an email list. I didn’t even know what an email list was. That all changed when I finally started treating my tutoring business like a real business and not a hobby anymore.

Optimizing your email list is easier than you think! There’s a few things you can do to grow your list while making sure it’s full of your ideal customers. Of course you know I’m all about list building so let's dive right into what you need to do to optimize your email list to grow your online teacher and tutoring business.

Your email list growth takes time, and with a few adjustments, you can grow your email list to the point where you can send a sales email at the drop of a hat and make passive sales. What would it be like to go on vacation with your family and your email list is making money for you? Keep on reading teacher friend, because I’ve got 3 mistakes you might be making growing your email list and what to do about it.

Starting your email list is a pivotal step in growing your online presence. When I’m coaching my students inside of Tutorpreneur Academy®, we chat a lot about putting the pieces of their business together in the correct order. One thing you’ll hear me say over and over again is you can’t build your business on borrowed land.

A few years ago my dad encouraged me to set up a bird feeder outside the window of my then kindergarten classroom. The window was ideal because it was at ground level and was easy to open. I agreed and he made a bird feeder for me with a platform that would be easy to feed the birds as well as observe them. I quickly learned my kindergartners were crazy about bird watching!

In this final week of our 4 part blogging series, I’m going to let you in on the secrets to batch your blog content like a PRO! There are tremendous benefits to batching your blog content so keep on reading so you can learn how to create content that serves your audience while allowing you to go on vacation and not have to worry about your blog.

I wanted to share with you 5 blogging mistakes you’re probably making so that you can quit making them and start earning passive income. My goal for you is to earn money passively while on vacation and while you’re sleeping.