What should a teacher, a trainer or a coach post on social media?
By Guy Hamilton, founder of PlatPost. Last updated .
The short answer
Post what only you can say: a decision you made, a number you would normally keep private, a thing a customer told you. Below are 24 idea starters for teachers and coaches, the same ones PlatPost offers inside the app.
One idea, three drafts
Story
I used to price jobs on the drive home, then sit on the quote for days. So I built the thing I needed.
Number
48 hours from job to quote. It is 4 minutes now, and [gap: how many quotes a week?]I send 20 a week.
Question
Sparkies: how many quotes did you lose last month because you sent them late?
How to use these ideas
These starters are built into PlatPost under "Teaching and coaching". Pick one, add your own facts, and you have a post that nobody else can write.
In PlatPost you pick a starter, choose a tone, and get three drafts in your own voice. A draft uses only the facts you gave. A missing fact shows as a marked gap for you to fill.
Coach or mentor
Business, career or life coaching. The tone PlatPost suggests first is Friendly.
Idea starters. Each one is a prompt for your own facts, not a finished post.
- A question you ask every client in session one
- A pattern you see in people who get stuck
- What coaching is not
- A client result, with permission and no names
- How a programme is built
- What you do between sessions
- A small change with a big effect
- A question about what people want to change this year
Courses and cohorts
Teaching online, live or recorded. The tone PlatPost suggests first is Friendly.
Idea starters. Each one is a prompt for your own facts, not a finished post.
- What the course covers, lesson by lesson
- A student outcome you can measure
- Why the price is what it is
- What you cut from the last version
- The lesson people replay most
- Who the course is not for
- How long it takes to finish, honestly
- A question about what people want to learn next
Tutoring and training
One to one or group teaching. The tone PlatPost suggests first is Warm.
Idea starters. Each one is a prompt for your own facts, not a finished post.
- A topic pupils always find hard, explained
- What a session looks like
- How you measure progress
- What parents or managers should ask for
- A revision method that works
- How far ahead to book for exam season
- A result you are proud of, told safely
- A question about what people find hardest to learn
Questions people ask
- What should a teacher, a trainer or a coach post about?
- Real things from your own work: a decision, a number, a customer's words, a mistake and what changed. The 24 starters on this page are prompts for exactly that.
- Does PlatPost write the post from these ideas?
- Yes. You pick a starter and a tone, and PlatPost writes three drafts in your own voice from the facts in your Business Brain. You edit and approve each one.
- How many kinds of business does PlatPost have ideas for?
- 50, in 11 groups. You can pick any of them for a single session.