Makeover Madness: Week #1

Week #1 of the TpT Seller Challenge has begun and the challenge is to make over a cover product.  (I found directions on the blog Teach Create Motivate.) I have been been working on new covers for the last month or so and have had great results.

Who knew what a difference a new background and better fonts could make?!

Here are some tips that have helped me with me with the cover above as well as others:

1.  First, I changed my cover fonts, making my titles much larger and bolder.  (My favorite fonts are

     from www.kevinandamanda.) In addition to changing the cover fonts, I also changed the titles    

     to what I thought most people would be searching for. For example, the main title in my old   

     cover page (see below) was “Writing Prompts” with “Narratives” written underneath and in   

     smaller type. Since this product will cater more to people searching for "Narrative Writing", 

     rather than "Writing Prompts",  that should be the title that people will see first, as in my new 

     cover.

2.  Although there is excellent free clip art, I spent money in order to purchase some

     great frames and backgrounds. Many sellers will tell you that you have to spend money on clip  

     art to make great products and I don’t disagree.

3.  Third, I added actual pages from my product to the cover page.  I noticed that when

     I am looking for a product myself, I usually just check out the ones that have pages

     from the product on the cover.  It is one less step for me.  If those pages look interesting,

     I will click on the product to further check it out.  (To do this, just create jpeg images of

     your product and then “Insert pictures” onto your cover page.)

Old Cover

New Cover

Here is one more example: