About 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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Autumn Witt Boyd | Go-To Lawyer for Online Entrepreneurs
Autumn’s manifesto: why legal matters for your business (S5E171)
If you listen to just one episode of the Legal Road Map® podcast, let this be it.
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.
In this episode, we’ll cover:
How entrepreneurship can help you live your values
Why putting legal protections in place early can help you build the business of your dreams faster and with less stress
(One last time for the cheap seats in the back!...) Why contracts are THE most important legal protection for your online business
Why you DON’T need to spend money on ALL the legal things when you’re just getting started
Why -- and when -- you should add an attorney to your bench of professionals to build a sustainable, profitable business
BONUS: 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. Download our free legal checklist (http://www.awbfirm.com/blogs/news/podcast171) to make sure your business has a strong legal foundation at https://www.awbfirm.com/podcast171!
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Season 1 of the Legal Road Map® podcast: https://awbfirm.com/blogs/news/tagged/start-here
Season 5 of the Legal Road Map® podcast - legal for each business phase episodes:
https://awbfirm.com/podcast120 (https://awbfirm.com/podcast120)
https://awbfirm.com/podcast121 (https://awbfirm.com/podcast121)
https://awbfirm.com/podcast122 (https://awbfirm.com/podcast122)
https://awbfirm.com/podcast123 (https://awbfirm.com/podcast123)
Prep to Scale™ FastTrack: https://awbfirm.com/fast-track
This podcast is information, not legal advice specific to your situation.
21 Dec 2020
Behind the scenes: 5 day list building challenge (S5E170)
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!
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.
In this episode, we’ll cover:
What you need to make sure you have on your website, so your Facebook ads won’t get rejected
Why you should use website terms and conditions for your course or challenge, even if it’s not required by law
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
How to make sure your giveaways or contests don’t break any laws
BONUS: 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. Download our free legal checklist (http://www.awbfirm.com/blogs/news/podcast170) to make sure your business has a strong legal foundation at https://www.awbfirm.com/podcast170!
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Prep to Scale™ FastTrack: https://awbfirm.com/fast-track
Legal Road Map® podcast episodes about Facebook ads:
Episode 102: https://awbfirm.com/podcast102
Episode 124: https://awbfirm.com/podcast124
Episode 125 https://awbfirm.com/podcast125
USPTO website: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/search-trademark-database
This podcast is information, not legal advice specific to your situation.
14 Dec 2020
How to build your email list legally (S5E169)
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.
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.
But an email list? That’s all yours! And it can be a great way to get to know your audience and them, you.
But with all the talk about Privacy Policies, GDPR, cookies, and more, how are you supposed to build your list and stay out of legal trouble?
In this episode, we’ll cover:
Why email lists have become increasingly valuable in online business
Who has to comply with the EU’s GDPR privacy regulations
What you need to know about cookies on your website
Why you shouldn’t make promises, especially about earnings or weight loss, in your list building freebies or opt-ins
Whether or not you need to include an affiliate disclaimer if you’re promoting someone else’s list building challenge
BONUS: 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. Download our free legal checklist (http://www.awbfirm.com/blogs/news/podcast169) to make sure your business has a strong legal foundation at https://www.awbfirm.com/podcast169!
Resources mentioned in this episode:
AWB Firm 5 day Prep to Scale™ challenge: https://awbfirm.com/challenge
Prep to Scale™ FastTrack: https://awbfirm.com/fast-track
Jasmine Star’s free Instagram challenge: https://jasminestar.com/join-my-free-instagram-challenge/
Ask by Ryan Levesque: https://askmethod.com (https://askmethod.com)
AWB Coaching quiz: https://awbfirm.com/coaching-quiz (https://awbfirm.com/coaching-quiz)
Amy Porterfield’s list building challenge: https://www.amyporterfield.com/growmylist
Corinne Crabtree’s free weightloss course: https://pnp411.com (https://pnp411.com)
Privacy Policy contract template: https://awbfirm.com/collections/all/products/website-privacy-policy-for-u-s-businesses-gdpr-compliant
GDPR guide: https://awbfirm.com/gdpr
Legal Road Map® podcast episodes about GDPR:
Episode 38: https://awbfirm.com/podcast38
Episode 39: https://awbfirm.com/podcast39
Episode 40: https://awbfirm.com/podcast40
Episode 38: https://awbfirm.com/podcast83
Legal Road Map® podcast episode 164: https://awbfirm.com/podcast164
This podcast is information, not legal advice specific to your situation.
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You wish your bookkeeper would tell you this - with Danielle Hayden (S5E137)
Published 4 May 2020 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah. So I love weekly dashboards. You know, I know as a business owner, so as an entrepreneur, I can really empathize with this. I want to do all the things, right? Yeah. So I want to sign up for all the courses, all the conferences. I want to bring in, I want to start new revenue lines all the time. […]
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