Everyone talks about this “TPT journey” – now, let’s actually break it down into stages.
Why?
Because some “TPT Tips and Tricks” work well if you have an established TPT store… but they’re not a great use of your time if you’re just starting out.
As you go through this section, try to figure out where you are on the TPT journey to TEACHERpreneur financial freedom.
Mini Lesson D: Your TPT Journey – Stages of a TPT TEACHERpreneur (17 min 33 sec)
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Change your mindset: Teacher vs TEACHERpreneur (9 min 32 sec)
| Mindset: Teacher vs TEACHERpreneur | 0:00:47 |
| We need a paradigm shift: Teacher vs TEACHERpreneur side hustle mindset | 0:00:26 |
| TEACHER: You get paid for working; TEACHERpreneurs only get paid if people are willing to buy the product offer | 0:00:40 |
| TEACHER: Your income is defined; TEACHERpreneur: your actions influence your earning potential (which is undefined) | 0:01:22 |
| TEACHER: Danger – sense of entitlement (because work equals pay); TEACHERpreneur: Danger – waste time and money on non-viable products – risk doesn’t pay out | 0:00:52 |
| Warning: Examples of comments from a TEACHER “work equals pay” mindset | 0:00:24 |
| “I’m not going to go back and fix 200 products…” | 0:00:52 |
| Setting your TPT product price based on how much you worked (or number of pages) | 0:01:03 |
| “You should have told me you were going to change things. Now I have to do more work (because you changed things.)” | 0:00:54 |
| “You can’t shut down my store. I did all of that hard work.” | 0:00:51 |
| TEACHERpreneur mindset: taking risk with this SEOTpreneur community idea | 0:00:48 |
| Learn to have fun with the process and doing inconvenient things | 0:00:24 |
Stages of a TPT TEACHERpreneur – INTRODUCTION (0 min 58 sec)
| Introduction | 0:00:33 |
| I am here. Where are you? | 0:00:25 |
Egg – 0 sales (0 min 33 sec)
Tadpole – 1+ sales (1 min 22 sec)
Tadpole / Hamster (2 min 01 sec)
| You might have a viable product… | 0:00:32 |
| Reminder: TPT product cycle / minimum viable product | 0:01:11 |
| What is a TPT Viable Product Line | 0:00:18 |
Hamster (viable product line) (3 min 07 sec)
| About the TPT Content Creation Hamster Wheel | 0:00:49 |
| Focus on what works! | 0:00:47 |
| There’s nothing wrong with tinkering; unless you’re only tinkering | 0:00:31 |
| Hamster: Churning out content | 0:00:38 |
