Stop Selling Products, Start Building a Community
The CEO Teacher Podcast
Kayse Morris
5 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Are you ready to build a community for teachers? This one is for you even IF you don’t think you are ready yet!
We love to nurture our people through every piece of content we provide, but what if you could create a true sense of belonging through an online place for your audience to come together? FB groups aren’t the only place to build a community of your ideal clients anymore.
In 2025 you have options! You have probably already started creating community online in a place like Instagram, Facebook, TikTok or Twitter. So pop in your headphones and head over to find out how you can leverage what you are already doing.
“It's one thing to be a part of an organization. It's another thing to be a part of the community”. Travis Kelce
In this episode, you will learn:
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You CAN foster engagement as a TPT seller
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Build brand loyalty BEYOND just selling TPT products
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Develop stronger relationships and increase brand awareness
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Paid communities like a teacher membership can be your next step
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The #1 way SEO is going to help your community be found
Links Mentioned in this Episode about building a teacher community:
CEO Teacher® Resources Worth Their Weight in Gold
You're already a wealth of knowledge! You’re a teacher after all. You've got the skills, the passion, and the creativity to build a thriving online business. You may just not yet know what you want to create or how to get started.
If that’s you- First things first: Grab our "10 Steps To Get Started Selling Your Teaching Resources" workbook. It's your roadmap to success! This isn't just another worksheet to fill your Google Drive downloads folder– it's your personalized blueprint for getting started building a profitable online business.
Now if you are a seasoned CEO Teacher® who has all the systems in place, has started showing up, and is still feeling overwhelmed with all the tasks and to-dos of building your teaching legacy? No problem! Let's break it down together.
Your first step is to understand your CEO Teacher® Type, and all the goodness and inspiration that comes along with your already remarkable skill set! Take the 2 Minute quiz here so we can navigate the hard parts together!
And if leveling up your knowledge with books is your love language, I have a whole library shelf of goodness just for you! CEO Teacher® Book List
Ready to connect with a community of inspiring educators? Join the conversation!
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Instagram: Tag me @theceoteacher and let's chat about your edupreneur journey. No topic is off limits, and it’s always a party in the DM’s- just sayin’
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Podcast: Subscribe on iTunes and never miss an episode. This is your weekly go-to for all things teacher business, marketing, and mindset…
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Leave a Review: Help other teachers discover the CEO Teacher® Podcast and lean into their teacher magic!
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Join The Community: The CEO Teacher's Lounge is a community for ANY educator building an online business who doesn't want to do it alone. kaysemorris.com/patreon
Let's make your teacher community and dreams a reality!
P.S. Check out our latest CEO Teacher® Podcast episodes and blog posts for more inspiration and actionable advice.
P.P.S. Don't forget to grab your free bag of virtual teacher goodies and start making your mark online!
I believe in you! YOUR best is yet to come!
Kayse 💖
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, CEO teachers, welcome back to the show. Today we're going to talk about why I think you should |
| 0:06.1 | stop selling so much and start focusing on building a community. Now, this is going to be a |
| 0:13.0 | lot different than what we normally talk about, but I've got some top secret information that |
| 0:17.3 | might just help you out for many, many years to come. |
| 0:21.3 | So stick around. |
| 0:22.5 | You don't want to miss it. |
| 0:26.0 | Do you ever feel like you're just trying to stay afloat with everything you have to do as a teacher, |
| 0:29.8 | making copies, trying to get bathroom breaks, even when it's on your lunch break? |
| 0:33.6 | Probably not even taking time off because the thought of writing lesson plans is just |
| 0:36.8 | too daunting |
| 0:37.6 | to leave for the sub. Look, I've been there, I felt that. And I believe every teacher listening |
| 0:42.7 | right now is nodding along and says, you know what, I totally am in that season of life. But I want |
| 0:47.9 | to help you out. So we have a gold mine of an uplifting and supporting community. And I want you to know |
| 0:52.7 | you belong here, where you can come |
| 0:54.6 | and it's a safe place to talk about all the things you're stressed out about, or just to get |
| 0:58.2 | some advice on how to get through each and every day in a better, more positive way. I want to |
| 1:03.6 | officially invite you into the room where it all happens, introducing the CEO Teachers Lounge. |
| 1:09.5 | It's a community for educators building their online |
| 1:11.9 | businesses with their limited free time, even if you haven't got started yet or if you're |
| 1:17.0 | doing this for a while and we don't want you to do it alone. It's led by myself and our |
| 1:21.4 | integrator, Allie Elliott, where we're going to explore how to live a purposeful, balanced |
| 1:26.6 | life and also attain our wildest dreams without burning |
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