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The art of getting paid: How to recover unpaid invoices
Never has it been more important to ensure you get paid for your work. Inflationary pressures and whispers of a potential recession on the horizon make for a gloomy economic outlook with even more belt-tightening in store. With the chances of buyer’s remorse high, you’ll want to read our guide below on how to recover unpaid invoices and what you can do to prevent issues from occurring in the first place.
How to protect your intellectual property in business: Trademarking online courses and programs
If you are an online course or program provider or are considering pivoting towards the online learning space, you’ll need to know how to protect your intellectual property in business and in your course or program.
The business of copywriting: What to include in your copywriter agreement for clients
As a copywriter, you will face plenty of frustrating issues with clients that can be avoided if you have a strong copywriter agreement in place. We know that many copywriters create either a basic agreement with their clients or have no agreement at all. This leads to scope creep, endless revisions, and expectations not being met, amongst other issues. A copywriter agreement that is insufficient will not provide adequate protection for you in the short or long term.
The 7 Minute Online Business Audit - Make your next 12 months the best yet!
Whether you are just starting out or have been in business for years, it is a good idea to annually audit what is working and what isn’t working, particularly in areas where there is legal and financial risk. Often in business we are so busy that we can overlook some of the core elements that help minimise risks and issues with customers or clients that can chew up time and energy and money. This online business audit is specifically for business owners with any degree of online presence.
Product Photography: How to make money with product photography
Product photography is a seriously growing area of professional photography. In the last few years there has been explosive growth in online retail/ecommerce coupled with an increasing awareness that high-quality photography is a necessity to make sure products sell online. We’ve seen a sharp rise in photographers specialising in this niche, and many digital agencies have also jumped on the opportunity to add product photography services to their offering.
Monetise your podcast with sponsorships
Creating your own podcast is exciting for many reasons, one of which is that a podcast can expose your business or brand to a new and varied audience. However, what many people don’t realise going into it, is how costly and time-consuming it can be. It is not only about covering production costs, but also the time involved in sourcing, booking and speaking to guests, as well as promoting and planning the content.
Employing a Casual Employee: What are their entitlements?
Congratulations, you’ve made the decision that it's time to employ a casual employee. While this can be an exciting period of growth for your business, and a time when you can look to offload some tasks on your to-do list, it can also be a confusing time getting your head around the legal ins and outs of how you can go about employing a casual employee the right way.
Collaboration and partnership in business: 7 things to do to avoid a messy ending
Being in the online and small business world both as a lawyer and a small business owner, I often hear from business owners who wish to collaborate with someone else, but don’t necessarily want to merge their businesses. For example, they might want to hold a joint workshop or retreat, co-host a podcast, write a book together, create a product collaboratively, run an online course together or create a mastermind or masterclass in partnership.