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S1E1 - Proposal or Contract: What's the difference and which should you send?
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Are you unsure if you should send your client a proposal or a contract? Contracts and proposals have very different purposes, so the secret to knowing which one you should send is figuring out why you are sending it. By the end of this podcast, you’ll know: 1️⃣ When you should send a proposal2️⃣ When you should send a contract3️⃣ The limited circum…
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Do I need to get a doing business as (DBA) for my website?
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Does your business need to file for a doing business as (dba), fictitious business name (fbn), assumed name, or trade name? Stop wondering and learn when you need one and why you’ll want to get one (hint: 💰💰💰) By the end of this podcast you’ll know:1️⃣ What a DBA is and isn’t2️⃣ 3 times you’ll need a DBA3️⃣ Why you want to get one (even if it’s a h…
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How do I keep my copyright when illustrating a children's book?
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Congrats! You've been approached to illustrate a book. But now you start to worry about copyrights. Will you own the copyright in your illustrations? How do you keep them? How might you lose them? The short answer is the copyrights are yours! Unless one of three things happen: 1️⃣ you work as an employee and illustration is part of your job2️⃣ your…
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Do I have to give clients a formal written contract?
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The reason that most creatives hate contracts is that many contracts are 20-pages long and stuffed with legal jargon. But did you know that your contract doesn’t have to look like that to be valid? Listen to this episode to learn what is required for a contract to be valid. The short answer is only three things are required to create a valid contra…
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I’d say that 90% of the giveaways I see on Instagram aren’t legal. In fact, when I see one that is legal it stands out. So how do you make your giveaway legal? Listen to this episode to learn! The short answer is that you are going to follow these five steps: Decide the purpose and how will you pick the winner Decide if you will be using social med…
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Almost every creative business owner will sign a contract they later regret. But how can you limit your chances of this happening? Listen to this episode! The short answer is that you are going to answer one question, “If everything goes haywire, will signing this contract help my business, hurt it, or leave me relatively in the same place?” Of cou…
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Should I include watermarks to protect my work?
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Nervous and scared to post your work online because you are afraid it will get copied? How can you protect your online content? Watch this video to learn! The short answer is the only way to protect your online content, is by not posting it. But this is an unrealistic answer. Because in most cases, you HAVE to post online to run a successful, thriv…
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Does my business need to be financially self-sufficient before becoming an LLC?
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How much money does your business need to be making before it’s time to become an LLC? Can you create an LLC if you aren’t financially stable? Watch this video to learn! The short answer is that financial self-sufficiency isn’t a legal requirement to become an LLC. But the LLC DOES need enough money to survive. To do that, you’ll do two things: -ma…
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Does my LLC need a real business bank account?
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Does your LLC need a “real” business bank account? Or can you just get away with a personal bank account where you only keep the LLC’s money? Watch this video to learn! The short answer is that you MUST keep the LLC’s money in its own name. Because if you don’t it’s not really the LLC’s money. And your bank is likely going to require that if the ac…
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I have multiple projects. Can they go in the same LLC?
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When is it a good (or bad) idea to have multiple projects, brands, or businesses in the same LLC? Watch this video to learn! The short answer is that you can have them under the same LLC umbrella if you are okay with them impacting each other. Because if something goes wrong in one project, brand, or business, the law sees no distinction between th…
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