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Blogging and TpT Tips

How to Get Started on Teachers Pay Teachers & Some Advanced TpT Tips!

I originally wrote a blog post about getting started on TpT a few years back.  I decided to update that original post.  I was often emailed and asked how to get started on TpT (TeachersPayTeachers) and as a full time teacher and TpT seller, I think it would be unfair to expect me to give individual ...

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Periscope and a Video Tutorial for Mac Users

In Vegas, I discovered Periscope.   Natalie of What the Teacher Wants and I had some fun with it.  She was teaching me how to play Texas Hold Um.  We loved talking to our blog friends who were not there with us.   You can find me on Periscope by searching for ...

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TpT Download Technical Difficulty Help

I wake up to about 6 questions a day in my TpT store.  Most of these questions are related to some sort of technical difficulty.  I created this post to help.  I hope it will give easy visual answers to your questions.   Feel free to pin this post and refer to it in the future or ...

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Getting Started on TpT

I am often emailed and asked how to get started on TpT (TeachersPayTeachers).   I am going to be honest and tell you that I have yet to respond to those messages.  Before you go thinking that I am some big "meanie," here is the reason: It is not some one line explanation I can give ...

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Printing at a Reduced Scale & Printing Multiple Slides Per Page – Plus More Printing Tips

This post is a smorgasbord of printing pdf file tips.  I have included printing at a reduced size, getting pdf's to print when they won't, and adding text to editable pdf files (not really a printing tip though).  I sincerely hope this post helps you - that's why I wrote it! I don't ...

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Teachers Pay Teacher Purchasing Tips

I am teaching an inservice class for my district and it came to my attention that some teachers did not know that you could re-download your purchases.  Some teachers also don't know about TpT... SPREAD THE WORD, PEOPLE!   Seriously, sign up for the newsletter (go all the way to the ...

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Erica’s “Tell it Like it Is” Blogging and TpT Tips: Technology

There was such a positive reaction to my first "Tell It Like It Is" post a while back, that I decided to create another "Tip" themed post.   First,  I want to thank you for the positive comments.  I was not trying to be "The Boss of the Applesauce" but I wanted to get some simple, ...

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“Tell It Like It Is” Blogging and TPT Advice

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I'm from NY, so I am going to give it to you straight :) There is no magic, easy way to be an instant blogging or TpT success!   My advice for you is this: Work hard, have patience, play by the rules, and play nice.    Here is the breakdown: Work Hard - Did you know that it ...

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I have been with TpT since 2008!  I remember looking for a place where I could share my computer created resources with other teachers without having to set up my own website.  TpT was suggested.  I started off with a few Microsoft Word created resources 😬. At the time, the founder of TpT, Paul and his brother Dana, were single-handedly running things. I loved getting their newsletters.

In 2009 I was in a NY times article for TpT about who owns the copyright to teacher’s lesson plan ideas…the schools or the teachers.  This was not the article the author or editors told me I would be in, but that is another story! 

I stuck with TpT and creating resources and then in 2011, the site really took off and I met all these other amazing teacher-authors and finally met Paul in real life! 

As a single homeowner on a teachers salary, I worked nights and weekends on TpT resources just to be able to afford to live in my little house.  Then something amazing happened, my hard work paid off and I was able to get myself some breathing room.  I am so grateful for TpT for giving my life purpose and financial freedom back in those days.  Even though I am married now, I am so proud of myself for being able to own that little house (I still have it and rent it out) and buy my forever home in my dream neighborhood all by myself.

So many of you found out about TpT and so many more sellers joined.  It truly became the open market place that Paul envisioned all those years ago. 

TpT is still a big part of my life all these years (and hair colors) later.  I know when I eventually retire from teaching, I will be able to do TpT full time.  I love creating and sharing resources (880 and counting) with all of you.

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