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Legal Road Map®: copyright, trademark and business law info for online entrepreneurs

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by Autumn Witt Boyd | Go-To Lawyer for Online Entrepreneurs

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The Legal Road Map™ podcast teaches creative entrepreneurs how to protect your rights and stay out of legal hot water, so you can confidently build your dream business. Host Autumn Witt Boyd, a lawyer for creative and online businesses, gives you the answers to your copyright, trademark, and business legal questions. Like having an attorney in your back pocket. What contracts should you have? What the heck is a website privacy policy or terms and conditions? What should you protect with a copyright or trademark? Do you need an LLC or should you stay a sole proprietor? What should you do if a copycat steals your photos or content? What's the right way to respond to a cease and desist letter? When is using someone else's stuff fair use under the law? How should you hire employees or independent contractors? Whether you're just starting out and haven't done any legal work on your business, or are going through a transition or growth spurt and want to make sure you're covered, the Legal Roadmap™ podcast is a great tool to make sure you haven't missed any key legal protections for your business. Subscribe today and get your business legally legit. Transcripts, show notes, and more info at www.awbfirm.com/podcast.

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December 28, 2020

Autumn’s manifesto: why legal matters for your business (S5E171)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you listen to just one episode of the Legal Road Map® podcast, let this be it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the final episode - at least for the foreseeable future - Autumn shares takeaways from the past 5 years of running her own law firm, what all online business owners need to know about legal protection to build a sustainable, profitable business, and more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we’ll cover:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How entrepreneurship can help you live your values</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why putting legal protections in place early can help you build the business of your dreams faster and with less stress</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(One last time for the cheap seats in the back!...) Why contracts are THE most important legal protection for your online business</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why you DON’T need to spend money on ALL the legal things when you’re just getting started</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why -- and when -- you should add an attorney to your bench of professionals to build a sustainable, profitable business</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>BONUS</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: If you’re starting something new, or this episode has spotlighted areas of your business that have you worried, now is a great time to make sure your business is in good shape legally.</span> <a href="http://www.awbfirm.com/blogs/news/podcast171"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Download our free legal checklist</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to make sure your business has a strong legal foundation at https://www.awbfirm.com/podcast171!</span></p> <p><strong>Resources mentioned in this episode:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Season 1 of the Legal Road Map® podcast:</span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/blogs/news/tagged/start-here"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/blogs/news/tagged/start-here</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Season 5 of the Legal Road Map® podcast - legal for each business phase episodes:</span></p> <p><a href="https://awbfirm.com/podcast120"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/podcast120</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://awbfirm.com/podcast121"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/podcast121</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://awbfirm.com/podcast122"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/podcast122</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://awbfirm.com/podcast123"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/podcast123</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prep to Scale™ FastTrack: </span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/fast-track"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/fast-track</span></a></p> <p><strong>This podcast is information, not legal advice specific to your situation.</strong></p>

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December 21, 2020

Behind the scenes: 5 day list building challenge (S5E170)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We love helping our clients get their legal house in order, but sometimes when we introduce a new service, contract template, or marketing initiative at the AWB Firm, we have to be our own lawyers, too!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We recently hosted our very first 5 day list building challenge that brought up some questions around our terms and conditions, protecting a potential new trademark, rules for giveaways and contests, and more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we’ll cover:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What you need to make sure you have on your website, so your Facebook ads won’t get rejected</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why you should use website terms and conditions for your course or challenge, even if it’s not required by law</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The easy (and free!) ways you can begin to protect your intellectual property without having to spend lots of dollars on an official trademark or copyright registration</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to make sure your giveaways or contests don’t break any laws</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>BONUS</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: If you’re starting something new, or this episode has spotlighted areas of your business that have you worried, now is a great time to make sure your business is in good shape legally.</span> <a href="http://www.awbfirm.com/blogs/news/podcast170"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Download our free legal checklist</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to make sure your business has a strong legal foundation at https://www.awbfirm.com/podcast170!</span></p> <p><strong>Resources mentioned in this episode:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prep to Scale™ FastTrack: </span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/fast-track"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/fast-track</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Legal Road Map® podcast episodes about Facebook ads:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Episode 102: </span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/podcast102"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/podcast102</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Episode 124: </span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/podcast124"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/podcast124</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Episode 125  </span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/podcast125"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/podcast125</span></a></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">USPTO website: </span> <a href= "https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/search-trademark-database"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/search-trademark-database</span></a></p> <p><strong>This podcast is information, not legal advice specific to your situation.</strong></p>

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December 14, 2020

How to build your email list legally (S5E169)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’ve been in business for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard about (or seen firsthand) the value in building your email list.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No matter how large a following you may build on a social media platform, that following isn’t owned by you - it’s owned by the platform, and they can change who sees your content on a dime. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But an email list? That’s all yours! And it can be a great way to get to know your audience and them, you.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But with all the talk about Privacy Policies, GDPR, cookies, and more, how are you supposed to build your list</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">stay out of legal trouble?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we’ll cover:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why email lists have become increasingly valuable in online business</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who has to comply with the EU’s GDPR privacy regulations</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What you need to know about cookies on your website</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why you shouldn’t make promises, especially about earnings or weight loss, in your list building freebies or opt-ins</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Whether or not you need to include an affiliate disclaimer if you’re promoting someone else’s list building challenge</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>BONUS</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: If you’re starting something new, or this episode has spotlighted areas of your business that have you worried, now is a great time to make sure your business is in good shape legally.</span> <a href="http://www.awbfirm.com/blogs/news/podcast169"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Download our free legal checklist</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to make sure your business has a strong legal foundation at https://www.awbfirm.com/podcast169!</span></p> <p><strong>Resources mentioned in this episode:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">AWB Firm 5 day Prep to Scale™ challenge: </span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/challenge"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/challenge</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prep to Scale™ FastTrack: </span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/fast-track"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/fast-track</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jasmine Star’s free Instagram challenge: </span> <a href= "https://jasminestar.com/join-my-free-instagram-challenge/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> https://jasminestar.com/join-my-free-instagram-challenge/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ask by Ryan Levesque: </span> <a href="https://askmethod.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://askmethod.com</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">AWB Coaching quiz: </span> <a href="https://awbfirm.com/coaching-quiz"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/coaching-quiz</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amy Porterfield’s list building challenge:  https://</span><a href= "http://www.amyporterfield.com/growmylist"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.amyporterfield.com/growmylist</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Corinne Crabtree’s free weightloss course:</span> <a href="https://pnp411.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://pnp411.com</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Privacy Policy contract template: </span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/collections/all/products/website-privacy-policy-for-u-s-businesses-gdpr-compliant"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/collections/all/products/website-privacy-policy-for-u-s-businesses-gdpr-compliant</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">GDPR guide:</span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/gdpr"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/gdpr</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Legal Road Map®  podcast episodes about GDPR:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Episode 38: </span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/podcast38"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/podcast38</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Episode 39: </span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/podcast39"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/podcast39</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Episode 40: </span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/podcast40"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/podcast40</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Episode 38: </span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/podcast83"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/podcast83</span></a></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Legal Road Map® podcast episode 164: </span> <a href= "https://awbfirm.com/podcast164"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://awbfirm.com/podcast164</span></a></p> <p><strong>This podcast is information, not legal advice specific to your situation.</strong></p>

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What is Legal Road Map®: copyright, trademark and business law info for online entrepreneurs?

The Legal Road Map™ podcast teaches creative entrepreneurs how to protect your rights and stay out of legal hot water, so you can confidently build your dream business. Host Autumn Witt Boyd, a lawyer for creative and online businesses, gives you the answers to your copyright, trademark, and business legal questions. Like having an attorney in your back pocket.

What contracts should you have? What the heck is a website privacy policy or terms and conditions? What should you protect with a copyright or trademark? Do you need an LLC or should you stay a sole proprietor? What should you do if a copycat steals your photos or content? What's the right way to respond to a cease and desist letter? When is using someone else's stuff fair use under the law? How should you hire employees or independent contractors?

Whether you're just starting out and haven't done any legal work on your business, or are going through a transition or growth spurt and want to make sure you're covered, the Legal Roadmap™ podcast is a great tool to make sure you haven't missed any key legal protections for your business. Subscribe today and get your business legally legit. Transcripts, show notes, and more info at www.awbfirm.com/podcast.

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