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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rolled out the final rule on its game-changing update: a sweeping ban on noncompete clauses. But what does this mean for wedding planners, photographers, videographers, venues— and everyone else in the wedding industry? Read on, and make sure you get the PDFs and sample language provided by the FTC that I’ve linked! >>
Read MoreIt’s a day like any other. You’re hanging out. You’re working on your business. You’re in the zone.
And then, you get a letter demanding $2500 in licensing fees.
Read MoreIn the world of wedding planning, contracts play a crucial role in establishing trust, professionalism, and clarity between wedding planners and their clients. Now, that’s more important than ever— especially since bookings seem to be down and clients expect more WOW factor than ever before….
Read MoreWhether 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!
Read MoreIt’s a nightmare scenario: You go to check your bank account, and there’s a debit from your payment processor. “What the heck?” you think to yourself. Turns out, a client disputed a charge— they initiated a “chargeback.” Now, you’re out the money they owe you for your services, PLUS a bunch of other fees you didn’t know about. What gives, and how can you fix it?
Welcome to the wild world of Chargebacks.
Read MoreThere’s a lot of chatter about copyright law recently with the launch of the new “small claims” copyright court.
But I’ve found that small business owners are just as confused as ever about the nuts and bolts of copyright law.
And honestly, it’s a COMPLICATED subject— so I can’t blame you! The U.S. Code doesn’t make it easy, and the constant updates to caselaw make it an absolute headache to follow. But that’s why you’ve got nerds like me who LOVE this stuff 🤓
Let’s strip it all down and start from square one…
Read MoreBy this point, you probably know that any contract you sign with a couple needs to have a model release in it. But….. why do you need a model release? And do you need a model release for wedding guests too?
A model release is permission to use someone’s image or likeness in a commercial manner. But what does that actually mean?
“Image or likeness” means anything that identifies a person. This could be their photo, voice, even something as small as their hand if it identifies them as “them.” [True story/ derailment: I worked with an agency who got sued because someone said they used their hand without a model release]….
Read MoreIn 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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