It's so exciting when you sign up to sell on TPT. You start thinking about putting all of your classroom made things on there and the money you will make from people buying what you created. However, we need to take a few moments and think about what we are doing and what we are uploading to TPT. You are now selling. That means you are now a business. Which means everything you use and upload to TPT comes with some rules. ❇ ❇  THINK COMMERCIAL USE!  ❇ ❇ In this post, I want to focus on three areas software images fonts These are definitely not the only areas of selling where there are rules, but we'll start with these three. Software You can use just about any software you want to create your resources. There are many choices out there including ✢  Powerpoint ✢  Keynote ✢  Canva ✢  Photoshop ✢  InDesign ✢  Google Slides™ ✢  and many more! When it comes to using software, you do need a version that is allowed to be used for commercial use.  In my research, the Adobe programs suc...

Motivation comes and goes. You always want to take advantage of it when it's with you. I remember when I started my store and how motivated I was. I would teach all day, do paperwork, have a conference, and hurry home to work on some new product. I loved it, and I was so motivated! I kind of enjoy starting things. Continuing to work on them can be a whole other story. So the motivation fades. Yep, it happens as I'm sure you have all figured out by now. So what do we do about it? Here are some tips to help you when you are no longer motivated: 1) Work on something that excites you! Sometimes what we are working on just isn't "floating our boat". Put it aside and switch gears. If you need something creative, start a new product. If you need something that is repetitive, create some pins or update product images. Again remember to come back and finish what you weren't so excited to work on. You don't want to find 20 unfinished products on your computer a yea...