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Foundations

Doing an Annual Legal Review for Your Small Business

5 Legal Tips for Small Business Owners

GDPR for Your Small Business

Things to Know When You Work with a Lawyer: From Fees, Questions to Ask, Finding One Who Gets You, and Figuring Out How to Prioritize Your Legal Needs

What type of business insurance do I need? with Nikki Luby

What bloggers, social media influencers + content creators need to know about the law with Ellie Altshuler

What Contracts Do I Need for My Business?

Shanna Skidmore: Finance Tips for Creative Entrepreneurs

What Do I Need to Know Before I Sell My Online Course?

Can I Have Multiple Companies Under One LLC?

Amy Northard CPA: Understanding Taxes, 1099s, and W9s as a Small Business Owner

Should I File My Business as an LLC?

What is a DBA and Do I Need One for My Business?

What’s Right for Me – an LLC or Sole Proprietorship?

How to Find An Attorney for Your Small Business

Contracts

Post-COVID Contract Terms for Event Professionals to Consider

Doing an Annual Legal Review for Your Small Business

This Easy-To-Fix Mistake Cost Her Nearly $25,000

Legal Roundup: Your FAQs Answered

How to Get Out of a Contract

How to Fix the 5 Biggest Mistakes in Your Wedding Planning Biz

The Most Common Questions from Photographers – Answered

The Most Common Questions from Graphic, Web, and Print Designers – Answered

The Most Common Questions from Event and Wedding Pros – Answered

What’s Coming Your Way in 2018 + How to Handle Contract Revision Requests From Potential Clients

What Your Contract Says About You

Should My Client Proposals be Separate from My Client Contracts?

3 Easy Fixes to Double Check Before You Send or Sign a Contract

How to Draft Contracts When Providing Multiple Services or Packages to Your Clients

Do I Really Need a Privacy Policy and Terms of Service? And More with Ryan Morrison, Esq.

What Contracts Do I Need for My Business?

What Do I Need to Know Before I Sell My Online Course?

How Do I Get a Client to Pay Me?

How to Amend a Contract

How Do I Get Out of a Contract?

Who Really Owns a Copyright When I’m Hired to Do Work for a Client?

Do I Really Need All That Legal Mumbo Jumbo at the End of My Contract?

Quick Tip: Save Your Important Contracts

Quick Tip: Choose a Business Structure that Fits the Needs of Your Business, Not Someone Else’s

Quick Tip: Review Your Business Contracts on a Regular Basis

How to Draft a Contract When Providing Multiple Services

Is an Electronically Signed Contract Valid?

How One Sentence in a Contract Can Cost You a Business Client

What to Expect When You Take Your Case to Small Claims Court

Mediation, Arbitration, Litigation, OH MY! What is the Best Option for Me if a Client Doesn’t Pay?

Your Legal Rights When a Client Won’t Pay

5 Mistakes to Avoid With Your Contracts

Communications & Your Website

Using Customer Testimonials in Your Marketing

How to Protect Yourself and Your Online Program

GDPR for Your Small Business

5 Things You Should Know Before Launching an Affiliate Program

5 Things You Need to Know Before You Use Customer Testimonials in Your Marketing

4 Essential Things the FTC Wants You to Know Before Endorsing a Company’s Products

Do I Really Need a Privacy Policy and Terms of Service? And More with Ryan Morrison, Esq.

What bloggers, social media influencers + content creators need to know about the law with Ellie Altshuler

What Do I Need to Know Before I Sell My Online Course?

How to Set Up Your Next Online Giveaway

Trademarks & Copyrights

Doing an Annual Legal Review for Your Small Business

Legal Roundup: Your FAQs Answered

What is an Intent to Use Trademark Application?

Trademarks & Picking a Name for Your Business

Understanding Copyrights

How Licensing Works

Bonnie Christine Forkner: How to Get Paid to be Creative by Licensing Your Artwork

What is a patent and do I need one – with Karima Gulick

What’s the difference between copyrights and trademarks?

How to Monetize Your Content with Bruno Bornsztein of Curbly

Can I Use Photographs of My Client’s Wedding to Promote my Wedding Planning Business?

What bloggers, social media influencers + content creators need to know about the law with Ellie Altshuler

What Do I Need to Know Before I Sell My Online Course?

Do I Need to File for a Trademark?

Someone Has Copied My Work. What Should I Do?

Who Really Owns a Copyright When I’m Hired to Do Work for a Client?

What Do Those Trademark and Copyright Symbols Mean and Do I Need Them?

Introduction to the Trademark Filing Process

Understanding Copyrights for Your Business

How to Find Free Photos and Content for Your Blog

Understanding Copyrights + Trademarks

Hiring

Doing an Annual Legal Review for Your Small Business

California Law Update: Should I Classify Workers as Employees or Independent Contractors?

What you need to know before you hire your first employee with Jennifer Wiegley

Katie Hunt: Why Hiring Is Not One Size Fits All

All About Hiring with Lonnie Giamela, Esq.

The Basics of Hiring Interns

What to Know Before You Hire Help for Your Business

Growing Your Business

Does Email Marketing Still Work? With Lesley Clavijo

How to Become a Better Public Speaker with Helena Bowen

How to Close More Sales with Lindsey Nickel

Pro Tips for Maximizing Profits in Your Event Rental Business with Allison Howell

How to Scale Your Creative Business with Kristy Rice

How To Use Systems To Gain Back Time and Make Room For Creativity with Chelsea B. Foster

A Look at the State of the Wedding Industry

3 Business Investments for a More Profitable Year (That Don’t Break the Bank)

What I Wish I Knew Before Starting My Wedding Planning Business with Leah Weinberg and Debbie Orwat

Alisha Johns: Building a Brand with Smart (and Colorful) Content

Jill Stanton: Behind the Scenes of Screw the 9 to 5

Katie Doherty and Phil Van Nostrand: Diversifying Their Revenue Streams to Live Their Best Life

Myrna Daramy: The ABCs of SEO

Tonya Dalton: Designing a Productive and Fulfilling Life One Day at a Time

Michelle Loretta: How Get the Most Out of Attending Conferences

Brady Hahn: How to Create Content that Creates Connection

Creating Multiple Revenue Streams with Eliana Baucicault

How to Monetize Your Content with Bruno Bornsztein of Curbly

Uplevel Your Brand and Website with Irene Hardy

Nagina Abdullah: Recipe for Growing an Online Business (Even While Working Full-Time)

Meghan Ely: How To Use PR to Grow Your Audience (and Your Business)

Sarah Grear: How the Right Copy Can Get You Sales

Anne Samoilov: How to Create an Engaging Launch That’s Both Successful and Simple

Kristin Kaplan: Pricing and Planning for Profitability

Things to Know When You Work with a Lawyer: From Fees, Questions to Ask, Finding One Who Gets You, and Figuring Out How to Prioritize Your Legal Needs

Lauren Pawell: How to Convert Leads Into Business Through Email Marketing

Pin it to Win It: How to Use Pinterest to Get More Qualified Leads with Elle Drouin

Maria Bayer: How to Get More Leads and Close More Sales (Without Feeling Like a Sleaze)

Amber Housley: How to Stand Out In Your Marketing

All About Hiring with Lonnie Giamela, Esq.

Heidi Thompson: How to Think About Marketing So It Actually Works For You and Your Business

12 Ways To Stay Busy When Business is Slow

Creative Conversations with Maria Bayer about Irresistible Selling

Behind the Business

Protecting Your Future: A Post-Covid Conversation

My Favorite Pregnancy Tips

Doing an Annual Legal Review for Your Small Business

How I’m Getting My Business Ready for Maternity Leave

How To Prepare for a Brand Photoshoot

Getting Past Your Goals for a Fresh Start

Why you need to question your questions with John G. Miller

Maghon Taylor: How She Made Her Handwriting Her Message

How to Start and Operate a Venue Business with Lindsay Lucas

Mel Abraham: Designing a Business + Life on Your Terms

Yvette Bowlin: How Decluttering Translates to Greater Productivity

Shanna Skidmore: Finance Tips for Creative Entrepreneurs

Heather Crabtree: How to be a Savvy Business Owner

Monique Melton: How to Shine Brighter Together

Samira Far: Enhancing the Human Experience in Business

Mary Beth Storjohann: Working Your Wealth to Work For You

Amy Northard CPA: Understanding Taxes, 1099s, and W9s as a Small Business Owner

Megan Sette: The Power of Building a Business That Does Good

Melissa K. Jones: Building Community for Business Success

Monique Svazlian Tallon of Highest Path Consulting: Learning How to Become an Authentic Leader in Business and Life

Michelle Loretta of Sage Wedding Pros: Drawing Upon Past Experiences to Build Your Future Dream Business

Jessica Serra Huizenga of the Confetti Bar: How to Build a Business One Piece of Confetti at a Time

Brooke Saxon-Spencer of Belong Mag: Finding Where You Belong in Business

How Tracking Your Business Progress Can Get You Focused + Increase Your Productivity

The 4 Books I Read this Year that Shaped My Approach to Business (and Life)

How to Find An Attorney for Your Small Business

Other Goodness

My IVF Story

How to Leave a Podcast Review on iTunes

My Favorite Business Resources

10 Ways to Uplevel Your Business

3 Strategies for Hitting Your Year-End Goals

3 Things to Ask Yourself if You’re Feeling Burned Out

Spring Cleaning Your Life and Business: 3 Questions to Help Get Rid of the Clutter and Make Room for Magic

Let’s Get Down to Business: The Top Business Lessons I’ve Learned from this Podcast

3 Things That Are Holding You Back in Business