Podcast & Blog
Practical tips, tricks, and hacks, for beginning teacher bloggers, plus advice on growing your money mindset.
3 Ways to Use a Blog to Get Out of Teaching
At this moment there are an unprecedented number of educators looking to get out of teaching. It’s a sad, and more than slightly terrifying, prospect, to be sure. But it’s also understandable… I’m not going to start in on the state of...
How Much Does It Really Cost to Start a Blog?
A blog is a quick and easy way to start marketing an existing business OR start making money while you decide exactly what your business is going to be. In terms of building authority, establishing and strengthening relationships, and...
11 Most Popular Blog Niches for Teachers
What should my blog be about? That’s one of the first questions you have to answer when starting your journey into blogging. And it’s one that many people get stuck on. Of course, your blog niche can be literally anything. The only limit...
8 Free & Easy Ways to Increase Your Blog Traffic
When it comes to your blog audience, there’s no denying that size matters. While your blog traffic is not the most important thing when it comes to profitability, you’ve got to have someone to sell to. And if you’ve ever felt that your...
5 Primary Ways Bloggers Make Money
When I started blogging, and told people about it, I heard a lot of, “Yeah, but how do you actually make money with a blog?” At the time, I will admit, I had no idea. But I knew it was possible, so I kept going. Even a couple years later...
3 Things Successful Bloggers Do That Others Don’t
As of this writing, there are over 600 million blogs on the internet. That’s a lot. However, not all are active and not all are profitable. Why? There are a number of reasons blogs don’t make money, but the most common are these 3: It’s...
7 Pieces of Bad Blogging Advice You Should Ignore
The internet is full of blogging advice, and a lot of it is really useful. Unfortunately a lot of it used to be useful, but became outdated 20 years ago, and some of it is just plain wrong. So how does a budding blogger discern the...
How Blogging Can Benefit (or Help Build) Any Business
One objection I hear over and over again when I talk to people about blogging is that what they do is different, so they don’t need to blog. This is a very common misconception. The fact is that I have a hard time coming up with any...
3 Fundamental Things to Focus on for Your Fledgling Blog
A blog is a really great entry point into the world of online business. It’s got a low barrier to get started, and literally anyone with internet access can do it. But you’re not just anyone. You’re a teacher. And if you’re going to do...