Summary: <p><em>We’re focusing on <i>teacherpreneur </i></em><em>email lists this episode!</em></p> <p>Have you heard about the importance of building an email list but don’t know where to start? Or, have you tried but haven’t had the results you’re looking for? Join us in our Facebook group <a href="http://www.growwithusmastermind.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.growwithusmastermind.com</a> after checking out this podcast where we will further discuss email list building and many other topics related to our Teacher Pay Teachers businesses.</p> <p>We are super excited to have a special guest on the podcast this week, Jennifer Findley from <a href="https://teachingtoinspire.com/">Teaching to Inspire</a>. Jennifer focuses her store on grade levels 4 and 5 but also has resources for 3rd as well. Her email list has… wait for it… 59K subscribers. Her blog was actually one that has been an inspiration to Angie since she first started her store.</p> <p>Jennifer is going to share with us the tips and strategies that she has used to grow her email list, thus growing her TpT business. We want to give you a quick reminder that we do have an affiliate link for <a href="http://growwithuspodcast.com/convertkit">ConvertKit</a>. At the end of this page, we’ll share some additional details about it if you are interested.</p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="g1-content-img-wrap"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1013" src="http://www.growwithuspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Growwithuspodcastpins-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300"></p> <p>Now let’s jump into our interview with Jennifer. Below are some of the questions we asked her and a summary of her answer. To hear the full interview make sure to listen to the podcast.</p> <h2>How did you get started with your list?</h2> <p>Jennifer began building her email list somewhere between three and four years ago. She had a virtual assistant that had been experienced in food blogging before switching to working in the TpT business. She was really big on newsletters and helped Jennifer get started.</p> <p>However, Jennifer shared that it was more of a traditional newsletter format that had lots of images, kind of like what you would receive from Target. That helped give her a start, but she really began to pick up traction between six and 12 months later when she switched it up a bit. She admits her first efforts had little connection for her subscriber and that’s not what she was looking for.</p> <h2>What’s your goal for building an email list?</h2> <p>While not everyone will have exactly the same goal when building an email list it’s important to know what your goal is. Jennifer’s goal is to serve her audience. Her blog is the backbone of her business, but she knows teachers. She knows that they don’t always have the time to sit and read through post afte</p>
