7 Social Media Marketing Ideas for Teachers to Use this Back to School Season

Let’s get into our Social media marketing ideas, and find ways to grow your teacher business. The world is changing, times are changing, online marketing is changing – and that, my friends, makes me jump for joy, I’m ready. I’ve been in this business for 9 years. Nearly a decade and I’ve had my moments of anxiety attacks when the strategy I thought would be my ticket to freedom stopped working. 

Anytime something changed I’d hear the online chatter of my teacher besties and see the look of fear in their eyes. Their fear engulfed me like fire around a southern campground on a dry humid summer night. I let that fire consume my every thought. Until I kept listening to people who felt like a fresh cool drop of summer rain. Those people said, while everyone else is freaking out. That’s actually when an opportunity for you to step up, is better than ever. 

“If Opportunity doesn't Knock, Build a Door.” ~ Milton Berle

I want to share 7 social media ideas that will kickstart your business this school year that you can start right away. I want you to take MASSIVE action on these 7 steps today and next year you’ll look back on this moment and be glad you did. You can press play on this episode here.

The process is simple, think – become- do. Sure, today I’m going to be sharing 7 quick social media ideas to kickstart your business this school year, but just know that you’re here because you are already thinking the way you should be to create the life and business of your dreams. By using these strategies you’ll begin to become that person and by doing each of these things you will undoubtedly have the things your heart desires. 

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” – James Allen 

7 Social Media Marketing Ideas

1. Start short quick videos for social media today.

Gone are the days of long – exaggerated – not to the point content. We are living in a world that wants it faster and better than ever. Tiktok is making us receive content in a much different way. It’s actually helping my improve on my speaking skills because I’ve realized I’m enjoying quick how-to videos more than ever because I get more information that’s quality in a short amount of time. Let me say that again – I’m getting more information that’s high quality in a shorter amount of time. We are rerecording all of our lessons inside of our memberships and realizing that our lessons are shorter than previously because I’m better at speaking and conveying what needs to be taught more quickly than I was 3 years ago. So tip #1 is to start short quick videos for social media today and teach fast. Real fast. This will mean you need to practice. Before you could just slap something up on socials and call it a day but not anymore

2. Grab their attention in the first 3 seconds.

That’s the secret sauce. All of my viral videos have stood behind this principle.

Captivating. Polarizing. Controversial. Unique.

You must grab their attention in 3 seconds, period. We have a strategy we use that we will be putting inside of our new TikTok course for our members before the end of the year that’s top secret but here are a few ideas for teachers:

• I once had a kid running my classroom every single day until I did this one simple trick that changed my classroom management strategy forever.
• The #1 thing that helped my students with their writing is this video
• It’s impossible to teach the way you used to after this
• My students outperformed the entire school on their standardized tests with this strategy

3. Another Social Media Idea: share a story that tells more than sells.

People relate to stories, not anything else. Stories let us share information in a way that creates an emotional connection.“We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.” — Jonathan Gottschall, The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human

4. Share a day in your life once a week.

There isn’t a one-size-fits-all magical formula that makes someone successful. Instead its a culmination of the habits they implement each day.  What if you could listen or watch a teacher entrepreneur's daily routine and turn it into your own? That’s what you want to offer your audience. A way for them to take your successes and turn those into their own wins. That is what will keep them coming back. Seeing their own transformation just by learning simple habits from other people!

5. Educate your audience on your area of expertise. 

There are riches in the niches. So it’s better to hone in on one topic that you can become known for than choose something too broad and get lost in the sea of noise. Then find ways to educate your audience about your specific topic. 

6. Give helpful tips or tricks today.

Here I share how to create the life you want, CEO Teacher® Style with tips and strategies… 

7. Share before and afters.

I recently did a podcast episode all about the before and afters of building a membership for teacher entrepreneurs. From why deciding to fix my online course for teachers was the tipping point to success. To why we as a company had to slow down before speeding up. Transformations are always the way to share value. What before and afters would resonate with your audience? 

Social Media Marketing Ideas Using CEO Teacher® Tools

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