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Agencies: Avoid client drama with these elements in your digital marketing contract or service agreement
Sometimes, situations can arise that make the day-to-day of running a digital agency challenging. Issues that get in the way of you being able to run your business smoothly. Not all digital marketing contracts or client service agreements are equal, and they can make all the difference in saving agency owners and managers, like you, from headaches like these:
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.
What every OBM needs in their Online Business Management Agreement
If you work as an Online Business Manager (OBM), or you have plans to establish an OBM business in the future, a service agreement that accurately covers you for the expanded set of skills you bring and responsibilities you undertake in this role is a necessity.
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.
What to know before starting a subscription box business
The subscription box business model is increasing in popularity, particularly with the set up and ecommerce platforms more accessible than ever before. Starting a subscription box business or adding a subscription to your current offering is an exciting prospect. To ensure you can avoid the problems we know our clients have experienced in the past with subscription models,
Five must-haves for your graphic design service agreement
If you are a graphic designer, you have the incredible skill of being able to take the concepts in people’s minds and turn them into beautiful tangible representations. But what happens if your client dislikes the outcome because they keep changing the brief? What about if the design you created for one item is now being used on a range of products? The answer lies in your graphic design service agreement.