On Your Terms® | Legal Tips Meets Marketing Strategies for Online Business

This week, we’re answering questions about who owns your business if you pass away — and why it’s super important to start thinking about that now.

In this episode, you’ll hear...

• Who gets control of your business if you pass
• What happens if you don’t have a written will
• How to get a legal will in place

Click here to find the full show notes and transcript for this episode.

RESOURCES:

• If this season has you feeling like you want to slow down, but you're not sure how to grow your biz at the same time — OYT episode 68 is for you.
• I did a 2-part series on how to setup + build your email list (Part 1 is episode 65) and followed it up with what to email your list to keep them engaged + buying (Part 2 is episode 67)
• Learn how to hire contractors legally — get ready to grow your team in 2023 in episode 64
• Submit your legal question for an upcoming episode of On Your Terms® right here: https://samvanderwielen.typeform.com/to/UiUT1dEA
• Get Sam's Weekly Legal Q&A Emails: samvanderwielen.com/easy-emails

Resources & Links:

• If you’d like a shoutout (and a chance to win a $20 gift card), just leave a review on Apple Podcasts and send a screenshot of it to me on Instagram via DMs!
• Read Sam's Blog for the latest legal tips, podcast episodes & behind the scenes of building her seven-figure business.
• Listen to our customer stories to see how getting legally legit has helped 1,000s of entrepreneurs grow their own businesses.
• Follow us on social media: Sam on Instagram, Facebook, On Your Terms on Instagram
• Subscribe and follow on all podcast platforms and activate notifications for new episodes
• Kajabi // use Kajabi to sell your course, program, or even build your entire website. Get a 30-day free trial with my link.
• SamCart // what I use for my checkout pages and payment processing and LOVE. And no, not because it’s my name.
• ConvertKit // what I use to build my email list, send emails to my list, and create opt-in forms & pages.

DISCLAIMER: Although Sam is an attorney she doesn’t practice law and can’t give you legal advice. All episodes of On Your Terms are educational and informational only. The information discussed here isn’t legal advice and isn’t intended to be. The info you hear here isn’t a substitute for seeking legal advice from your own attorney.

AFFILIATE LINKS: Some of the links we share here may be affiliate links, which means we may make a small financial reward for referring you, without any cost difference to you. You’re not obligated to use these links, but it does help us to share resources. Thank you for supporting our business!

Self-talk plays a huge role in our lives, especially for anyone who’s putting themselves out on the wire in a public forum like social media. Today, we’re talking with Katie Horwitch, a New York City-based writer, speaker, mindset coach, and the founder of WANT (Women Against Negative Talk), a platform and podcast that offers tips, tools, motivation, and inspiration to help people move forward in life by shifting their negative self-talk. We talk about how you can improve your own self-talk, how it impacts your life as an entrepreneur and on social media, and her career journey to the point where she’s ended up today.

In this episode, you'll hear...

• 05:43 - How Katie incorporates acting into her current work
• 14:42 - How Katie’s self-talk practice began
• 32:55 - The ways social media affects self-talk
• 49:28 - Ways that Katie builds resilience online
• 55:27 - How to improve your own self-talk

RESOURCES:

• Visit womenagainstnegativetalk.com to listen to the podcast and join Katie’s newsletter!
• Find out how to work with Katie at katiejoyhorwitch.com
• Follow Katie on Instagram: @katiehorwitch
• Listen to Episode 2. Scope of Practice for Coaches (What You're Legally Allowed to Do)

LEARN:

• Read Sam's Blog for the latest legal tips, podcast episodes & behind the scenes of building her seven-figure business.
• Listen to our customer stories to see how getting legally legit has helped 1,000s of entrepreneurs grow their own businesses.

CONNECT:

• Join the Free Legal Workshop
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FAV TOOLS:

• Kajabi // use Kajabi to sell your course, program, or even build your entire website. Get a 30-day free trial with my link.
• SamCart // what I use for my checkout pages and payment processing and LOVE. And no, not because it’s my name.
• ConvertKit // what I use to build my email list, send emails to my list, and create opt-in forms & pages.

DISCLAIMER: Although Sam is an attorney she doesn’t practice law and can’t give you legal advice. All episodes of On Your Terms® are educational and informational only. The information discussed here isn’t legal advice and isn’t intended to be. The info you hear here isn’t a substitute for seeking legal advice from your own attorney.

AFFILIATE LINKS: Some of the links we share here may be affiliate links, which means we may make a small financial reward for referring you, without any cost difference to you. You’re not obligated to use these links, but it does help us to share resources. Thank you for supporting our business!

On Your T...

Being legally protected is going to help you build your business. With legal protection, you can be more comfortable and confident with putting yourself out there. In this episode we’ll talk about why your website needs legal defense and the three pieces of legal protection you absolutely need to go pro. I’ll share exactly what you need on your website, where to put it, and how it works to keep you protected.

RESOURCES:

• GET THE BUNDLE WHILE IT’S ON SALE: https://www.samvanderwielen.com/last-chance-sept/
• SAY HI ON IG: https://instagram.com/samvanderwielen

When you’re used to sending emails person to person, nothing could be more straightforward. But when you’re representing a business – even if that business is just you – things get a bit trickier. In this short episode, I’m going to share with you four tips you can implement right away in order to ensure the emails you’re sending on behalf of your business are legally protected.

In this episode, you’ll hear...

• 00:39 - Why you need to send emails legally
• 02:14 - Making sure you have an unsubscribe link
• 05:59 - Having a mailing address for your business
• 06:57 - Including your business name
• 08:14 - Only sending emails to people that want them

Let’s get personal. I’m sure there are people out there who are going through a lot right now – I’m one of them! In fact, the last three years have been the hardest of my life. Despite that, I’ve managed to grow my business immensely. It hasn’t been easy, but I’ve made it happen. So how did I do it? You’re going to hear all about what happened to me when I left being an attorney, how I used that experience as rocket fuel for my own business, what’s happened over the last three years in my personal life while building that business, and all the tips and tricks I’ve used along the way to make it happen.

In this episode, you'll hear...

• 03:22 - What happened when I left my attorney job
• 11:05 - Making a decision during hard times
• 12:56 - Letting go of what doesn’t work in order to grow
• 18:09 - When you subtract, it’s time to add
• 20:15 - Building creative outlets outside of your business
• 22:24 - Getting the support you need
• 25:24 - How to make your business smarter
• 27:32 - Your questions about the topic