How to get customers to “like” our facebook page
Facebook is a great way to build up an audience for your products. As a group of sellers we can work together to grow the Alphabet Tree and showcase the wonderful resources that we have on offer. Not sure how to invite your friends to ‘like’ a page? It is really...
Guidelines for teacher sellers
The Grey Area- Can you create resources for sale, when you are teaching? This is a question that is frequently asked in selling groups, and it is one that I recently posed in a group of Australian sellers. The responses were varied, but the underlying feedback was...
Product design using PowerPoint
You will need to include the following in your product A cover Your Terms of Use and copyright Credits page Your copyright on each page Flatten your images Your cover can be the most fun to play with, you will be able to have fun with both clip art and fonts. It is...
Use of trademarked materials and products
When creating your teacher resources that you are indending to sell, the use of trademarked materials and products can be very grey area. In the classroom setting, you are free to use trademarked names in your own activities, but when it comes to selling it is a...
Crello vs canva for designing your resources
These two websites are a wonderful design tool for anyone who blogs, creates resources or need to create Social Media posts. Crello and Canva both require you to set up an account and many of the free features of both, are enough for most Teacherpreneurs. The...
Working on your logo
You have chosen your colour palette, you have a name picked out for your store, so the next step is to design your Logo. Let us look at some of the designs created by our ALPHABET TREE sellers and consider Colour choice Clip art and design Fonts Consider how their...
Flattening your images to protect your work
Why do you need to flatten your images and what exactly does it mean? In the blog on clip art we discussed the importance of reading the terms of use (TOU) written by each clip artist. The reason that we need to flatten their images is so that they cannot be...
Resource design tips for an effective store
So you have been thinking about setting up a store for a while, but not sure where to start? Here are some tips to help you to get started. Firstly, think about your speciality……is your passion art? STEM, literacy, general primary, secondary...
How to create your resources as a square product in PowerPoint
We have discussed in previous blogs how to save your terms of use and copyright page as a PowerPoint template. Similar steps will be taken to set up a cover design page. ...
Creating your resources – terms of use and copyright in a PowerPoint template
Let’s dive right in to the nitty gritty of some of the essentials that you will need to include in ALL of your resources. In this blog we will be covering Setting up your terms of use and copyright Setting up a template in PowerPoint for your resource Observing...