Using Your TPT Note to Followers

Are you interested in promoting your resources for FREE? I love it when I can do something for free! This FREE promotion is the Note to Followers found right on TPT.

I know you are wondering, "Is the Note to Followers on Teachers Pay Teachers worth using?" Some TPT sellers say it isn't because they never look at them. I used to think that way as well. Then I decided to give it a try again. I became a believer in using them. Here's why:

• When I sent out a Note, over 50 followers clicked on the download link I provided. Yes, I have over a thousand followers, but that is over 50 people who continue to interact with me. Buyers who aren't sellers don't always act like seller-buyers. Many of them do open those notes, so send them out!

• It's FREE promotion going directly to people who have clicked on the green star to follow your store. Okay some of them may be following you because of a giveaway or something, but maybe you'll hook them in with your fabulous notes. Don't miss the opportunity to use something for free.

• It's a great way to provide an exclusive freebie as a "thank you" without doing a flash freebie they probably won't see. 

• You can remind them of your new products, old products, and seasonal products. 

Let's learn how to use your Note to Followers so you can promote your resources for FREE!

Part 1: Get Started with Your Note to Followers

✓ You can access your Note to Followers from the drop down menu or the Marketing tab on your dashboard.

Part 2: Include Images in Your Note

✓ You can add images to your note. Your image needs a URL. Here are some options for hosting your images:

• use a site such as Flickr or Tinypic
• copy from your newsletter (like MailChimp, ConvertKit, etc) and everything copies over (images and hyperlinks)
• host on a secret Pinterest board
• use an image already on TPT - right-click on the image and choose "copy image address". 

✓ Click on the tree image in the toolbar and insert the URL in the pop-up box.

Part 3: Use Hyperlinks

✓ You can hyperlink to products, blog posts, social media, etc. Highlight the text you want to link. Click on the chain link image in the toolbar and insert the URL in the pop-up box. 

✓ If you want to track the number of clicks, use a UTM code created on TPT or a bit.ly link.

• UTM codes are great if directing them to something on TPT. Other link shorteners can be used if you are directing them off of TPT like to your blog post.

• UTM codes are created on TPT from Dashboard>Traffic. Scroll to the bottom and click on URL Builder. Fill out the form that pops up and click to get your UTM code. Copy the code and use it for the URL. 

• For a video on creating UTM codes, check out my video.

Part 4: Other Information

✓ Be sure to preview your note before sending. You can go back and edit if you need to.

✓ You should be following your own store. If not, go click your own green star. Once your note arrives, be sure to check it. I had one go out without the image even though it showed the image on the preview. If this happens, submit a ticket to TPT through the Contact Us link. They were able to delete the note and allow me to resend it.

✓ You can send out a note every 30 days. I would not waste it on announcing a site wide sale. TPT puts up banners announcing the sale right on the site. Also, everyone puts up images on all of the Social Media outlets to announce a site wide sale. So use it for something more important.

✓ Use something like Google Drive or Dropbox to host any free resource you want to send them. Then provide a link to download in your Note.

✓ Do not use emojis. This evidently causes problems with your post showing everything.

It's now time for you to use some FREE promotion by using your Note to Followers. 

Need more marketing advice. Check out Ways to Market Your TPT Products.

Happy Note sending!!