It’s no secret that being a teacher is one of the hardest jobs in the world. You give everything to your students and have zero energy when you get home. The last thing a teacher wants to do after teaching all day is go work as an Uber driver or bartender all night. What if there was a way for you to use skills you already have to make ezra money and didn’t have to spend all your free time doing it? Well keep on reading because I’ve got 5 ways for teachers to make more money without extra work.

Many tutors I’ve worked with have the hustle mindset. While I do think being a Tutorpreneur® does involve some hustle, I also teach my students how to work less by creating systems and processes that allow them to enjoy life more. As a full-time teacher and tutor, I don’t want to spend all my time working. Making extra money at the cost of spending time with my family just wasn’t cutting it anymore. I had to find a way to make money passively while still impacting the lives of my students.

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!

One of the best parts of starting a tutoring business is tutoring will never go out of demand. Parents are constantly on the lookout for a qualified teacher to tutor their child. Whether it’s for remediation or enrichment, the possibilities are endless for you as a tutoring business owner. As a classroom teacher, you have a wide range of students to choose from to get your business off the ground. You know I’m a big fan of asking former students to be your tutoring clients.

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.