I aim to design inspiring, educational resources to appeal to students and teachers alike.
If you buy a resource and are happy with it - leave a review and get a resource of your choice for free! Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and your chosen free resource (up to the value of your purchased resource).
I aim to design inspiring, educational resources to appeal to students and teachers alike.
If you buy a resource and are happy with it - leave a review and get a resource of your choice for free! Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and your chosen free resource (up to the value of your purchased resource).
I began to produce TES resources in August 2015. When I look back at some of my early resources I cringe! I made so many mistakes…. Since then I have come a long way and learned so much. I have consistently been one of the top-selling authors on TES. One resource made over 900 sales in the space of a few weeks and earned nearly £2000.
In this 23-page, step-by-step guide I share my mistakes and my successes to help you avoid making the same errors and to become a successful author sooner than you would have done without this guide.
I do not claim to have all the answers and my way might not be other people’s way. However, whether you are a potential author, an author starting out or already an author; I am sure that this guide can help you in some way and will prove a worthwhile investment.
The guide includes advice on:
Making resources
Maximising the selling potential of resources
Creating a cover page
Sourcing images
Copyrighting your resources
Pricing your resources
Product Descriptions
Adding links to other resources and your shop in descriptions
Creating your TES shop
Branding
Increasing the visibility of your resources
Promoting your products through social media platforms
Dealing with reviews
General advice
The resource contains links to useful sites and tools which will help you in making and promoting your products.
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TES Author Excel Sales and Accounts Tracker
Reviews:
"This resource has given me the confidence to get started. Something that I've kept putting off."
"I was nearly jumping around the room with excitement ... Having just listed my first products and shop I feel inspired and motivated having read this guide!"
"This is a great introduction to successful sales on TES. I love the simple organization and easy-to-understand descriptions. Clear and bold reading with organized layout makes for a great resource."
"This resource is super useful and very inspiring. Thank you for creating this, it's just what I needed!"
"Fab resource. I have been an author for a while so wasn't sure how useful I would find this but I now have 10 actions to follow up and some useful resources to investigate. Many thanks for sharing and inspiring!"
This bundle contains three valuable resources for authors. Whether you are a potential author, an author just starting out or already an author; I am sure that these resources can help you in some way and will prove a worthwhile investment.
'How to Become a Successful TES Author - Step-by-Step Guide'
I began to produce resources for TES in August 2015. When I look back at my early resources I cringe! I made so many mistakes…. Since then I have come a long way and learned so much. One of my resources made over 900 sales in the space of a few weeks and earned nearly £2000 in royalties.
In this 23-page, step-by-step guide I share my mistakes and my successes to help you avoid making the same mistakes and to become a successful author sooner than you would have done without this guide. I do not claim to have all the answers and ‘my way’ might not be other people’s way.
Author Resource - Excel Sales and Accounts Workbook
This resource will help you to keep an account of the numbers of your sales and earnings each day. It will provide valuable data that will help to inform you how to most effectively manage your business.
This excel workbook will
Keep accounts of daily / weekly / monthly and yearly sales figures and numbers of products sold
Record sales figures in graph format
Provide real-time averages of products sold and sales figures for each day of the week
Provide real-time averages of products sold and sales figures for each week of the year
Provide real-time averages of products sold and sales figures for each month of the year
Provide real-time averages of products sold and sales figures for each year
It will enable you to analyse
Which days are the best for sales
How TES sales or individual sales impact on numbers of products sold
Observe trends in sales throughout the year
Author Calendar and Planner
Nine out of ten of my top-selling resources are seasonal resources and ‘special day’ resources. My everyday resources are my 'bread and butter' resources; my seasonal resources are truly the icing on my cake! Keep ahead and plan your seasonal resources with this calendar and planner which contains all the major special days and awareness days for the whole year. No more missing special days or not allocating yourself enough time to produce resources. Days that change in date each year are highlighted red; days that are fixed are black. It is available in PDF and word format to allow editing.
Read the reviews:
"This is really excellent."
"I've been an author here for just six months so I was pleased to get some good new tips about how to be a successful author. The Excel sales tracker is really helpful and I have started to complete it and seen some interesting trends - very helpful. Finally, the calendar is great. I've started working out what events are coming up and the ideas have started flowing! Thank you for your insights and help."
This resource has been designed to enable pupils to record their progress and achievements on a regular basis. Completing the Progress File will give the pupils the opportunity to think about and record skills, strengths, weaknesses and to set themselves targets, strategies and action plans for achieving them.
The resource is available in both PowerPoint and pdf format. Pupils could complete the progress file on the computer or the document could be downloaded and completed by hand or a mixture of both.
Sections include:
Personal Details
Interests and Hobbies
Certificates of Achievement
Special awards or commendations
Membership of clubs/groups
Personal targets, action plans and review
Personal statement
Work Experience
Photographic evidence
Qualifications, Examination Results and Accreditation
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Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
