Two Wacky Teacherpreneurs Tell All
Jess and Amanda have been friends and teacherpreneurs for over ten years! They are excited to share their silly banter and business acumen with teachers who are looking to start a business and begin making recurring revenue online!
Episodes
79 episodes
Your TPT Products Could Be Books: How to Pivot From Digital Resources to E-Books and Audiobooks
What if every TPT product you've ever made could also be a book? In this episode of Two Wacky Teacherpreneurs Tell All, Jess shares everything she learned from a published author in her sci-fi social club who created an entirely new genre of fi...
Jess is Going to the TPT Conference! TPT Forward 2026: Picking Sessions, Planning Strategy, and Finding Your People
Jess said she might not go. She went to Germany for a month. She was worried she'd come back with a "weird disease." But Jess is officially going to TPT Forward 2026 — and in this episode of Two Wacky Teacherpreneurs Tell All, she and Amanda go...
Should Jess Go to the TpT Conference in Vegas?
TPT Forward 2026 takes place July 7–9 at the Las Vegas Hilton at Resorts World — and Jess lives in Las Vegas. So she's going, right? Maybe. In this episode of Two Wacky Teacherpreneurs Tell All, Jess and Amanda go through the entire TPT Forward...
The Clip Economy Explained: Why Teacherpreneurs Need to Make Shorts (And the Tools to Make Them)
Most people don't listen to full podcast episodes anymore — they watch the 10-second clip that got pulled from it. Welcome to the clip economy. In this episode of Two Wacky Teacherpreneurs Tell All, Amanda and Jess dive into one of the biggest ...
How to Create a One-Pager That Sells Your PD to Schools (Selling to Schools, Part 2)
You've built a course, a membership, or a year-long curriculum — but how do you actually get a school to pay for it? In Part 2 of the Selling to Schools series on Two Wacky Teacherpreneurs Tell All, Amanda screen-shares the actual one-pager she...
Selling to Schools Instead of Teachers: How Teacherpreneurs Can Land PD Contracts (Part 1)
What if instead of selling a $5 product to one teacher, you could sell a $10,000–$58,000 package to an entire school? In this episode of Two Wacky Teacherpreneurs Tell All, Amanda and Jess explore one of the biggest untapped opportunities for t...
How to Build an Email List as a TPT Seller (Even If You've Failed Before)
Every successful TPT seller Amanda and Jess have ever talked to credits the same thing for their success: their email list. Not their TPT store. Not their social media. Their email list. So why is it the one thing most teacherpreneurs never act...
3 AI Prompts Every TPT Seller Needs for Market Research (We Tested Them Live)
What if you could do hours of market research in minutes — and actually get answers specific to your TPT niche? In this episode of Two Wacky Teacherpreneurs Tell All, Amanda and Jess test three powerful AI prompts live on screen using Claude to...
Can TikTok Actually Make You Money as a TPT Seller? Real Teacherpreneur Success Stories
A TPT seller posted one TikTok about test prep strategies — and made $200 in an hour instead of her usual $15 for the whole day. A teacher influencer made $900,000 in three years just filming her daily life. So should you drop everything and st...
Stop Trying to Beat AI: How to Stand Out as a Teacherpreneur When the Market Feels Impossible
AI can generate a slideshow in two seconds, a video you can't tell from real life, and an email that sounds just like you. So what's the point of even trying anymore? In this episode of Two Wacky Teacherpreneurs Tell All, Amanda and Jess tackle...
When to Pivot Your Teacherpreneur Business (and When to Stay the Course)
Should you pivot your teacherpreneur business — or are you just chasing the next shiny object? In this episode of Two Wacky Teacherpreneurs Tell All, Amanda and Jess have an honest conversation about every major pivot they've made in their teac...
Is AI Killing Women-Owned Businesses? What Teacherpreneurs Need to Know Now
Watch this Episode on Youtube! Don't forget to subscribe:)Is AI threatening your teacherpreneur business — or is it the biggest opportunity you've never had? In this episode of Tw...
TPT Seller Discounts: How to Use the New Discount Feature to Boost Your Sales
TPT just rolled out a brand new Seller Discounts feature — and in this episode of Two Wacky Teacherpreneurs Tell All, Amanda and Jess walk you through it in real time. They screen-share the new Discounts dashboard, activate every available disc...
ChatGPT vs. Claude: Ethics, Privacy, and Which AI Teacherpreneurs Should Use
Jess and Amanda discuss major AI platforms for teacherpreneurs, focusing on ChatGPT versus Claude. Jess admits she used ChatGPT exclusively until Amanda introduced her to Claude about four to six months ago. Amanda explains that Claude is Anthr...
The Ethics of Using AI to Create and Sell Classroom Resources
Amanda Werner and Jessica Martin discuss their evolving views on AI, debating the ethics of using tools like Claude to create teacher resources and whether it’s acceptable to sell AI-assisted products on Teachers Pay Teachers. They describe ear...
Full Time Freedom? Part II
This is Part 2 of our conversation about leaving the classroom. In this segment, Amanda and Jess shift gears to talk about building a sustainable business outside of TPT. Jess has been working with Claude AI to create a backup plan, and shares ...
Full-Time Freedom? Why Amanda Left the Classroom (Part I)
In this episode Jess and Amanda discuss the experience of leaving the classroom for good! This is part one in a two part series about leaving the classroom.Amanda shares why she left teaching after working part-time for two years
TpT Product Creation Strategies for Teacherpreneur Success
In this episode of the Wacky Teacherpreneur Podcast, hosts Jess and Amanda share their personal processes for creating educational products, especially for the Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) platform. They discuss their early approaches and how th...
Are you being used in your business?
In this episode of the Wacky Teacherpreneur Podcast, hosts Jess and Amanda discuss the challenges teacherpreneurs face when they get used and exploited by business partners, clients, customers and friends. The conversation delves into personal ...
How to Not Get Burned When Collaborating with Other Online Business Owners
In this episode of the Wacky Teacherpreneur Podcast, hosts Jess and Amanda discuss crucial insights they wish they had known before entering business partnerships. They share personal anecdotes about the importance of having contracts, recogniz...
Our Wildest Social Media and Biz Collaborations Revealed!
In this episode of the Wacky Teacherpreneur Podcast, hosts Jess and Amanda discuss their experiences with social media collaborations, sharing personal stories of challenges, successes, and lessons learned. Jess opens up about being overwhelmed...
How to Avoid the Cringe Factor When Selling
In this episode of Two Wacky Teacherpreneurs Tell All podcast, hosts Jess and Amanda dive into the challenges of marketing without being cringey. They discuss their personal experiences with feeling cringey in marketing efforts, with Jess shari...
A Special 2026 New Year Psychic Archetypal/Tarot Reading for the Whimsical Teacher!
Watch this episode on Youtube! In this lively and humorous episode, Jess and Amanda from the Wacky Teacherpreneur Podcast engage in a whimsical New Year's themed session, filled with archet...
Wtf are teachers buying in 2026?!?
In this episode of the Wacky Teacherpreneur Podcast, hosts Jess and Amanda discuss a unique opportunity for teachers to join a professional development tour to Germany led by Jess! Message Jess if you want to talk to her about the details and o...