7 Contract Negotiation Tips for Wedding and Event Pros (from someone who went to law school!)

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7 Contract Negotiation Tips for Wedding and Event Pros (from someone who went to law school!)

Everything is going awesome. You send out your contract and you’re SO excited to get started serving this couple.

…But then you get an email from Uncle Ned. Uncle Ned is a lawyer, and it’s his time to shine.

He’s taking this VERY seriously. And he’s ready to negotiate terms with you.

What’s a wedding pro to do?

Don’t worry— I got you.

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6 Steps to Legally Starting a Wedding Business

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6 Steps to Legally Starting a Wedding Business

Whether you’re a wedding planner, photographer, event venue, videographer, makeup artist, DJ, cake baker— ANYTHING— starting a wedding and event business can be an exciting and fulfilling career path.

However, before you start selling your products or services, it's important to ensure that you are operating legally— or you can face steep consequences (or fines!).

Here, we’ll outline the basic steps to start your business legally— and I promise, it won’t be painful!

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If I have a domain, do I have the trademark? Domains vs. Trademarks

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If I have a domain, do I have the trademark? Domains vs. Trademarks

So many times people come through my door for trademark applications saying, “It’s probably fine, I got the domain name.”

And guess what?

That means almost nothing to me. Nada.

That’s because a domain name and a trademark have very little to do with one another.

Are they second cousins? Sure!

But in reality, people don’t really realize just how far apart they are. And many— MANY— folks are shocked when I tell them that just because you have— or don’t have— a domain doesn’t typically mean squat when it comes to trademarks.

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Someone Copied Me, Now What?

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Someone Copied Me, Now What?

In this day and age, it’s going to happen at some point. Someone is going to copy your hard work. And whether it’s flagrant copying or just enough so you know it’s your content, it’s going to tick you off. Big time.

But depending on the degree of copying, the proof we have, your preventative steps, and— to be completely frank— the resources you have at your disposal, we need to address copying in different ways. So how does this copyright thing work— REALLY? Here’s the deets:

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