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Topic:  Business, General Legal Time Investment: 5 MinutesSuggested Product: BizRevamp®   Super excited you’ve joined me for my CreativeLIVE course!I'll be talking about BALANCING WORK, FAMILY, AND PHOTOGRAPHY! Course Information “Achieve work/life balance” doesn’t have to be an abstract goal — it can be an immediate,...

Topic: Business, General LegalTime Investment: 7 MinutesSuggested Product:  BizRevamp®   Do you ever feel like there is a secret sorority & no one is telling you what you need to be a successful photographer & business owner? No worries, we aren’t that secret & we...

Topic: Success Time Investment: 7 Minutes Suggested Product: All-in-One Contract Bundles I got a bee in my bonnet this past year that I wanted to learn to run.  I hated running (heck I couldn’t run a mile even at the peak of my swim “career” –...

Trademarking is a great way to protect your branding…I mean come on.. you spent all this time, money and energy to create a killer brand.  So why are you leaving it unprotected? Because “trademarking” sounds scary? Foreign? Out of reach?I get it guys. But that is...

Topic: CopyrightTime Investment: 5 MinutesSuggested Product: BizRevamp® Educational Use It’s been widely held that the first prong of fair use will be satisfied if an artist or any person uses the image for purposes of commentary, criticism, reporting, or teaching. What this means is that “Fair use”...

Topic: BusinessTime Investment: 3 MinutesSuggested Product: BizRevamp® It’s such a bummer to see so many photographers killing it with camera skills, but then (bad) killing it with lack of business skills.  They are bad-killing it by falling into this “it’ll never happen to me” mentality. This...

Topic: BusinessTime Investment: 4 MinutesSuggested Product: All-in-One Contract Bundles   First let me say congratulations. Owning your first camera & starting this journey is so exciting. Having a talent & a hobby can change someones life. And documenting life is absolutely fulfilling. I’m excited to take the...

Topic: Wedding PhotographyTime Investment: 12 MinutesSuggested Product: Wedding Photography Contracts   In a lot of the information I share with photographers – I assure them that I have literally been through it all, good and bad.  I’m so fortunate that throughout my 10-year career there have...

  Canceling a contract is something you may have to do once or twice in your career.  Here we put together a list of helpful articles to get you on your way. How to Cancel a Photography ContractCanceling a contract is a very real process,...

A social media manager and a copyright lawyer walk into a courtroom... There's no punchline. It almost happened to me.  And it CAN happen to you!  Y’all are not gonna believe this sh*t. If you have followed me for any amount of time, you know that...

Topic: BusinessTime Investment: 5 minutesSuggested Product: Copyright Transfer Agreement   This is a difficult thing to tell aspiring business owners with passions fired up, wheels turning and ambitions overflowing.  Business is extremely hard, but I don’t have to tell you that.  If you’re reading this, more...

A frequent topic in the Facebook group is commercial photography.  Here are a list of articles & tools to help you. Commercial Contract BundleThe complexity of commercial photography can be intimidating. If you capture corporate headshots, magazine images, product photography, or any other type of...

Topic: Business FormationTime Investment: 8 MinutesSuggested Product:  BizRevamp®   We get a lot of questions into our Facebook community, TheLawTog® – the go-to legal resource for photographers, and email contact form about LLCs. We've pulled together all the information we’ve got to help you get started...

Topic: BusinessTime Investment: 8 MinutesSuggested Product: Get Legit Education   Walking through the store – all of a sudden I heard my five-year-old SCREAM.  One of those blood curdling and toe curling screams. Your heart sinks and plummets to the floor. I look over to see...

Hey friend! So how’s your marketing going? Marketing. Never. Stops. It can be downright exhausting. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Especially since I retired my online marketing course last year, man, I’m full of bad news today huh? The good news is...

Topic: Marketing Time Investment: 8 Minutes Suggested Product:  BizRevamp®   I think you know this, right? Likes & Followers on Instagram? They don't equal sales. 10,000 followers is not the same as $10,000 in cash. Matter of fact, there are many people on Instagram with 10,000 followers who...

Topic: MarketingTime Investment: 5 MinutesSuggested Product:  BizRevamp®   The end-of-the-year is probably one of my most favorite times for business – because I can make more cash with no marketing. Do what?  Yes, exactly what I said. I did the work. I wooed the clients. Made loyal customers....

Topic: Marketing Time Investment: 5 Minutes Suggested Product:  BizRevamp®   Lead generation should be something every photographer is testing on a regular basis. For example, a popup on your website is something that you might have to see. But trust me, they work. What kind of popup is...

Topic: Taxes & Accounting Time Investment:  6 minutesSuggested Product:  BizRevamp®    As some of you may have seen from past emails or social media posts, I've been on a kick to scratch things off my bucket list. A few of those are marathons and triathlons....

Topic: Contracts, Releases Time Investment: 5 Minutes Suggested Product: All-in-One Contract Bundles   Where can I shoot from? What are my rights?   Have no fear! TheLawTog is here with this quick reference video for you!   Running a photography business is very overwhelming. Knowing how...

Topic:  WebsiteTime Investment: 6 MinutesSuggested Product: Website Terms Bundle   This article is from one of our affiliates, Jenika McDavitt, with Psychology for Photographers. Let’s talk about cookies for a second. I’ve been on a quest for the perfect sugar cookie recipe for years now. ...

Every year around Easter, photographers pop up with advertisements putting out the call for sessions with live animals – such as bunnies or baby chicks. In fact, who am I to argue that these would be super cute photos? I’m a mom. I dig it....

Topic: Intellectual PropertyTime Investment: 5 MinutesSuggested Product: DIY Copyright & Trademark   Now that we’ve talked about how to achieve total brand protection in the past few posts, It’s time for a review. Don’t worry, there isn’t a quiz or anything. First, it’s important to remember the...

Topic: MarketingTime Investment: 8 MinutesSuggested Product:  BizRevamp®   The goal of marketing your photography business is to attract more quality clients. So how can you do this? Better yet, how can you do this without spending money you don’t have and working more hours than there are...

Topic:  Client RelationsTime Investment: 5 MinutesSuggested Product: BizRevamp®   Client conflict is bound to happen or try to rear its ugly head during the course of your photography career.  We don’t need to let it.  We can work together to ensure that it stays away or at...

Topic: Business, MarketingTime Investment: 5 MinutesSuggested Product:  Model Call Contract   You're probably thinking: “Do what? Work for free?! NO way!”  Stick with me on this!!  I have found that this is one of the best things that has worked for myself in the course of...