5 Changes you need to make, to bring your resources to TpT search front pages

I know, we are getting crazy with the changes on the TpT search engines. Don't worry, I'm here for you. You just need to improve the product description. Yes, I know, is not easy when you have + 200 resources. But I assure you it will be worth.

 These are the 5 tips:

1. Make your descriptions long. What I do is describe the best I can the product. You want to use keywords but inside a paragraph. Don't throw just words there, search engines don't like that. Also I include my Terms of Use to make the description longer.

2. Always link to another (or more than one) of your products. Also, external links will work, like your blog or social media. You've probably heard about SEO. If not, follow that link to know more. It will help you to understand better how the search engines work and how you will benefit from it.

3. Use bold, italics, underline, etc. This is not just to make the description look clean and organized. It works for SEO too. You will not want to make all the text bold. It works better if you only highlight keyworkds. That way, Search engines think those words are more relevant than the others.
Here is a blog post to teach you write bold and cursive text on your product description using HTML code by Ms. Idealistic

4. Snippets: This is the first 2 lines of your description. Its really important you to use the most descriptive and specific words there, I mean keywords. What I do is to repeat the resource title, using some bold text.

5. Have lots of reviews on your resources. Some people make their products free for the first hours so they can get reviews. Also, you can join support groups like The Teacher-Blogger Club where teachers work together to make each others stores grow, by giving feedback and sharing their Social Media accounts.

6 Tools to Optimize your Product Promotion

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This is a recopilation of online tools that will help you optimize the time you spend promoting your teaching products, so you can have more time to make more products.

1. Pin4Ever

Pin4Ever is a set of power tools for Pinterest that help you quickly protect, organize, create, and upload your pins. Includes different features deppending on the plan you have, but my favorites are:

Bulk Image Uploading
Pin multiple images from your local drive or images from the web, including  Facebook,  Instagram, Pinterest, and other sites, with an optional time delay between pins.

Update Pin Descriptions/Links
Update descriptions and/or source links on multiple pins simultaneously.
Pin Anything Tool
Pin pages that don't have any pinnable images by taking a screen shot of any part of the page.
Top Pins Board
See your most popular pins (most repinned and liked) on this automatically generated board.

2. Canva

Great tool to make covers and Social Media Images

3. Trello

It's like Pinterest but to manage your own project. I love it!

4. Dropbox and Google Drive for storage

5. TweetDeck and Hootsuite allow you manage several Twitter and Facebook accounts from one dashboard

6. Photobucket and Imageshack for hosting your images when you need to have the URL.

If you know any other tools feel free to share them on the comments so I can make this list bigger.

How to personalize your facebook fanpage's tabs + a FREEBIE

I just personalized my facebook fanpage. I changed the front pic and the tabs. Look:

I get lots of questions about the tabs. How to install them and how can they be personalized. Actually is really easy:

First you need to find the apps you want to add and install them. I use one for my blog, my TpT store and my top fans.

 

Now you type the app name. I recommend these:

For the blog: NetworkedBlogs
For the stores: Add Page Tab
To create promotions and giveaways (Paid): Easypromos
For the fans: Fan of the week and Topfan

Install it:

 Just follow the directions they give there. They are very easy too.

Ok, with the tabs installed, now you need to design an image for the tab. It must be 111x74 pixels. You can download and use these for free:

Also, you can ask me for custom images for your facebook fanpage.

Now, go to your page, and:

Search for the image you want to insert.

... aaaaaand ......

I hope you find useful this mini tutorial. I'd like to see your facebook pages renewed.