Archive for May 2021

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette Hello. Hello, my friend. Thanks for joining me for another legal quickie episode. I’m recording this right now it is Friday afternoon and I am itching to get the weekend started. I can’t wait to get out in play. My husband and I, I turned to…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette Hey there, welcome back to another episode. Thank you so much as always for being here. Now before we dive into this week’s legal quickie, just wanted to check in with you, if you’re listening to this when the episode first aired, we are in the…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian.  Annette Hey there. Thanks for coming back for another episode of Office Talk. In today’s legal quickie episode, I’m going to be answering a pretty straightforward question. It’s more of like a logistical question versus like a legal question per se. But I was just having a…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette Are you a blogger who receives free products or payment in exchange to share a review about that product on let’s say your Instagram account or your blog? Or are you an online business owner who participates in affiliate programs where you promote another company’s…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette Hey there! Thank you so much for joining me for this episode of Office Talk. Now, I wanted to do something a little different this time around. This is not your traditional legal quickie episode.  I’m not answering a question about law. I’m not interviewing anybody. I…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette Hi everyone! Annette here and I’m back with another legal quickie episode. But before I dive in, I wanted to take a minute to thank you for listening and for being here. And for all the great feedback that you guys have been giving me…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette When you first start your business, one of the first things you need to invest in from a legal perspective are a solid set of contracts. But then the question becomes, what contracts do I need for my business? I’m going to answer that question…

[Intro Music] I love you, but I’m not your lawyer. This is for your educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should not act, or refrain from acting, on the basis of this content without first consulting a lawyer. Annette Let’s talk licensing. What is licensing all about? Well, licensing is a really…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette Hey, hey, hey, Annette here and I’m back with another legal quickie episode. In this episode, I want to answer the question, what do you do when a client won’t pay you. So let’s assume you’ve done all of the hard work, you’ve delivered the…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette Hey guys! Welcome back to another episode of Office Talk. First up, I want to thank you so much as always for listening. I know some of you guys have shared with me that you listen to me during your commute to and from work. And…

[Intro Music] I love you, but I’m not your lawyer. This is for your educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should not act, or refrain from acting, on the basis of this content without first consulting a lawyer. Annette Hey there and welcome back to another episode of Office Talk. I’m your…

[Intro Music] I love you, but I’m not your lawyer. This is for your educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should not act, or refrain from acting, on the basis of this content without first consulting a lawyer. Annette When I often talk with business owners, they often get these two terms…

[Intro Music] I love you, but I’m not your lawyer. This is for your educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should not act, or refrain from acting, on the basis of this content without first consulting a lawyer. Annette Hey everyone!  Today, I want to talk about picking names for your company, for…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette: Thanks for being here. I can’t believe it’s November. I don’t know where the year when I really feel like we were just celebrating New Year’s. But lo and behold, we are in November, which can be a scary time because the Year is coming…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette Hi, friend. It’s Annette. And I’m back with another legal quickie episode. Now before we dive into this week’s question, I just want to give a huge thank you to all of you who have taken the time to leave a review on iTunes. It really…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette Hey guys, Annette here and I’m back with another Office Talk episode. Before I dive into this week’s legal quickie question, I wanted to share a few housekeeping items. The first is next month, I’m going to be doing a ton of webinars for you…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette Hey everyone, it’s Annette Stepanian. And we’re here with another episode of Office Talk. I hope you guys are doing well and you’re enjoying the podcast so far. If you are, please subscribe or leave a review, let me know what you guys are liking…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette Hey, welcome back. This is Annette and I’m back with another legal quickie episode where I answer commonly asked questions about the law in about 10 minutes or less. This week’s question is all about trademarks. And particularly – Do I need to file for…

[Intro Music] I love you, but I’m not your lawyer. This is for your educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should not act, or refrain from acting, on the basis of this content without first consulting a lawyer. Annette So you have this amazing name for your next product, your next service,…

[Intro Music] I love you, but I’m not your lawyer. This is for your educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should not act, or refrain from acting, on the basis of this content without first consulting a lawyer. Annette You’ve entered into a contract with a client and things aren’t going so…

[Intro Music] I love you, but I’m not your lawyer. This is for your educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should not act, or refrain from acting, on the basis of this content without first consulting a lawyer. Annette  In this episode, I wanted to share a situation that happened to someone…

[Intro Music] I love you, but I’m not your lawyer. This is for your educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should not act, or refrain from acting, on the basis of this content without first consulting a lawyer.   Annette Welcome back to another episode of Office Talk, my friend. In this episode,…

[Intro Music]I love you, but I’m not your lawyer. This is for your educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should not act, or refrain from acting, on the basis of this content without first consulting a lawyer. AnnetteWelcome back to another episode of Office Talk. I often talk about the importance…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian.  Annette: Hey guys! Annette here. And we’re back with another episode. Thank you so much as always for being here. Now before we dive into this week’s topic, I want to bring you guys up to speed on a bunch of things that are happening, and…

[Intro Music] This is Office talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette Hey there! Thank you for joining me for another legal quickie episode where I answer questions about law and business under 10 minutes or less. I want to know, do you have an online course? Or are you considering starting one? Well, it’s something that has…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette: Welcome back to another episode of Office Talk. In this week’s episode, I want to talk to you all about online courses and the things you need to be thinking about when you launch an online course, at least from a legal perspective.  Now, we…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette: Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of Office Talk. I’m your host Annette Stepanian and in this week’s episode, I want to talk about two of my favorite things: spring cleaning and your business.  Now, if you’re listening to this episode when it originally…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette: Welcome back to another episode of Office Talk. I’m your host Annette Stepanian. And in this week’s episode, we’re gonna dive into the most common questions I get from designers.  If you’re a graphic designer, a web designer, a print designer, maybe you design beautiful…

[Intro Music] I love you, but I’m not your lawyer. This is for your educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should not act, or refrain from acting, on the basis of this content without first consulting a lawyer. Annette: Hey there, welcome to Office Talk In this week’s episode, I’m talking…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette   Welcome back to another episode of Office Talk. I’m your host, Annette Stepanian. And in this week’s episode, I’m having a really, really great conversation and an important one, with Kristy Rice of Momental Designs.  Now, if you find yourself that you’re in a creative line…

[Intro Music] I love you, but I’m not your lawyer. This is for your educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should not act, or refrain from acting, on the basis of this content without first consulting a lawyer. Annette Well, hello there and welcome to another episode of Office Talk podcast. In…

[Intro Music]  This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette  Welcome back to a brand new episode of Office Talk. Now, this week’s episode is – I’m really excited about this. I’ve been wanting to do an episode like this for quite a while, but just the right opportunity had not come along. So a…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette: Hey, it’s me. I’m back for the first solo episode in quite a while. I missed you. So it’s just me and you again today. It’s all we’re doing – we’re talking about the law just mean you. In today’s episode, I want to talk…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette Hey there. And welcome back to another episode of Office Talk. In today’s legal quickie episode, I want to talk about what your contract says about you.  So here’s a true story about what happened to one of my clients. And I’m not going to go…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette: Happy New Year you guys. Welcome back to the Office Talk Podcast. I am beyond excited to start the new year. In fact, I wasn’t really planning on getting back to work as early as I did. But hey, January 2 rolled around, I was…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Hey, Hey, Hey!  Welcome back to another episode of Office Talk. It’s always good to be back and talking to you one on one. Now before we dive into this week’s legal quickie episode, I wanted to let you know about a special opportunity to get your…

[Intro Music] Annette: Welcome back to another episode of Office Talk. Now, you may or may not have noticed that I haven’t published any new episodes of the podcast for a hot minute. I think my last episode came out in November, and we’re here in July. So what the heck happened? After more than…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette: Welcome back to another episode of Office Talk. Thank you so much as always for being here. And this week, we’re gonna dive into a Legal Quickie all about what you need to know when you launch your affiliate program. But before I dive in,…

[Intro Music] This is Office Talk with Annette Stepanian. Annette: Welcome back to another episode of Office Talk. Now, today I want to talk to you about three questions you need to ask yourself if you’re feeling burned out. So we are at the almost at the end of summer, which means we only have…