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When it comes to business, I’m a big believer in putting the legal foundations in place first. With all that taken care of—finding clients, doing the work, and growing your business—falls into place much more easily.
So… need some guidelines on the must-haves clauses for your client contract, how to protect your work from would-be copycats, and whether you need to worry about online privacy laws?
In the resource guide below, my team has rounded up the most useful blog posts and products from The Contract Shop® website—making it easy for you to quickly address anything that’s out of alignment in your business so that you can get back to concentrating on the fun stuff (like pinning promising color palettes on Pinterest).
Do you really need a contract? Oh yes you do! (And I’m not saying that just because I’m a lawyer.) A contract gives both you and your client the security of knowing exactly what to expect and the ability to hash out any disagreements beforehand. Not sure what needs to be included? Check out these posts for some quick dos and don’ts.
The other week, I talked about how you can use your contract to protect your business. I walked through a few of the more common...
Sooner or later, you’re going to run into a client who wants to “change things up a bit,” and asks for changes to the...
Remember that scene in Legally Blonde when Elle Woods hands over her pink, scented resume to Professor Callahan?“I think it gives it a little something extra,”...
Finding your work out there, without credit or under someone else’s name, is a huge bummer. What can you do to protect yourself, before and after?
I remember the first time I saw my store on someone else’s website... that’s right, as an attorney and founder of The Contract Shop™, my stuff...
First of all, if you need to catch up on what a copyright is, and how it’s different than a trademark, click here. Now that...
Learn the difference between a trademark and a copyright and the benefits (and costs) to registering a trademark for your business.
Think that the legal aspects of your business stop once you and your customer have signed a contract? Think again!
Picky clients and late nights got you down? Consider one of these alternative career paths instead.
Ah, entrepreneur life. For many, it seems like the ultimate lifestyle choice. You get to chose who to do business with, what you want...
You’re growing in some big ways over the last few months (years) and you’ve got your workflow down. Now it's time to hire some...