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Hey there, and welcome back to On Your Terms.

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I'm your host, Sam Vander Wielen, an attorney turned entrepreneur who helps online

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coaches and course creators legally protect and grow their online brands using my DIY

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legal templates and the Ultimate Bundle Program.

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week, I'm diving into a couple of your best asked questions about my Ultimate Bundle

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Program because it's on sale right now, so we got to talk about this.

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. So, let me hop into the first question here.

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Someone asked, "Can I just get contracts off of LegalZoom or some other big box store?" I

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get asked about a lot of kind of big box legal options, low cost options online.

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So, these options online are decent options maybe if you operated like a brick and mortar

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store where all of your customers are in the same location doing business with you.

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Even then, they can cause some issues, they're not quite specific enough.

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for an online business - here's my issue with online businesses, coaching businesses,

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that kind of stuff - when we have coaching businesses, we need to know about things like

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scope, and we need to make sure that when we're working with people in other states or

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across the world even, that that's safe for us to do.

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It's much more nuanced than just having a brick and mortar store.

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And there is more that you need to know or more than you need beyond just a contract.

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So, you need to know about things like scope of practice, like I mentioned, and the GDPR,

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the General Data Protection Regulation.

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You need to know about email marketing and building an email list.

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You need to know about how to legally offer a webinar or do disclaimers when you have

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trainings, or what you can and can't say, or the kind of content that you can talk about

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on a podcast or YouTube channel.

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You also have to know how to legally run an affiliate program or to hire a VA.

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so many things when it comes to online business that you're going to want support as your

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online business unfolds, not just a quick contract here or there.

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You know, the online world is still developing, too, so just getting a contract is not

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going to cover it. You're going to need stuff as things develop moving forward.

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So, the whole point with the Ultimate Bundle is to give you that ongoing support and those

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trainings specific to what you do online.

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The next question I got was, "I don't even have a client yet, should I wait until my

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business is bigger until I buy the Ultimate Bundle?" So, I certainly hope that you don't

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because there is no get out of jail free card for not having a lot of clients or not

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making a lot of money.

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If we do something wrong legally or we're accused of doing something wrong legally, and we

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don't have the proper legal stuff in place, we are vulnerable.

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We are exposed to that kind of liability.

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you don't have an LLC or you don't have the right kind of business insurance, you don't

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have legit contracts, that's all going to be a problem and it's not going to matter that

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you're new, that you're not profitable, or that you only had a certain number of

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clients.

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that that did was lead them through this cycle of waiting and waiting to build their

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business and to be more visible, because they were too afraid to take on more clients

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because they weren't legally protected.

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So, it's sort of like this circuitous issue that, in my opinion, if you don't get legally

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protected and that's something that's bothering you because you're feeling nervous about

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putting yourself out there, until you get that rectified, you're not going to put

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yourself out there.

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I think thinking like, "Oh.

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I'll wait until I'm more profitable and then I'll get legal." But if part of the reason

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that you won't grow your business because you don't feel safe being seen, then that's not

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going to happen anyway.

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So, I would rather you kind of position yourself, do this stuff right from the start, and

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be able to go out there and confidently market your business.

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also see that over time people end up saving a lot of money from doing things right the

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first time and getting things set up legally because, otherwise, what they end up doing

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is like trying to piece together some stuff themselves and then having to go back and

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undo it. And that ends up costing them more money than if they had just tackled it right

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from the start. And this way, you'll know it's right from the start and then you can just

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go on and build your business.

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That's really what I want you to do.

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All right. The next question someone asked was, "How much time is it going to take me to

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go through the Ultimate Bundle?

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Or what does it look like to use the Ultimate Bundle in real life?" So, the thing that is

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most important to know here is that all of my legal templates were designed with you in

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mind knowing that you're super busy, and that is why they can all be completed in 15

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minutes or less.

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They're super easy, fill in the blank style.

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You're just filling in personal details.

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I've done all the legal writing for you.

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And they all come with the how to video tutorial where I actually walk you through how to

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fill it out. That's why it's so easy and that's why it's so fast.

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for all of the video trainings, there's over 35 on demand video trainings for you inside

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the Bundle. They are not meant to be consumed like a course.

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They are more like a resource library that you have access to.

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And any time you have a legal business question, any time you have probably a financial

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business question, there is an answer for you in the Ultimate Bundle in one of those

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trainings, because now the benefit of having had thousands and thousands of customers in

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the Ultimate Bundle, I know what your questions are going to be and I've created a

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training for it. So, they're all in there and you can watch them at your own pace as

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questions come up.

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for example, if six months from now, you're ready to start your first group program and

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you're already inside of the Bundle, you now have a group program contract already in the

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Bundle. But there's also a training inside of the Bundle on the legal issues in terms of

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getting one set up and how to interact with members and what are some of the common

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issues that come up.

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That's the kind of thing that I would watch before your group program starts, because

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that's what's going to help you to avoid those issues.

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So, it's super, super easy.

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you have any more questions about the Ultimate Bundle and what's inside, I just did an

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episode, Episode 88, on what exactly is inside.

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It's a super quick episode you can go listen to, where I break down all the components of

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the Bundle and what you get for it.

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But if you have any questions that I haven't addressed, please just reach out to me

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directly. I answer all my own stuff.

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You can send me a DM on Instagram, @samvanderwielen on Instagram.

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You can send me an email at sam@samvanderwielen.com.

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happy to help you.

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I really want to make sure that the Bundle is right for you.

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I don't believe in just getting anybody in the Bundle.

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I want people who really, really need it and who are going to get the most out of it.

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And, of course, I hope that's you.

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But if you're not sure, just reach out and ask.

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And I will not just tell you by default that it is.

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I tell a lot of people it's not for them.

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So, I'm happy to help you decide.

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current sale for the Ultimate Bundle runs through February 6th, so make sure you reach

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out to me very, very soon.

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You can check out the link below for more details or to go and join the Ultimate Bundle

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now before that sale ends on February 6th.

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you so much for joining me of this episode of On Your Terms.

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Join me for new episodes each week, every single Monday and Thursday.

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Thanks so much for listening.

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See you next week.

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You can learn more about legally protecting your business and take my free legal

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samvanderwielen.com. And to stay connected and follow along, follow me on Instagram,

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@samvanderwielen, and send me a DM to say

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hi.

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remember that although I am a attorney, I am not your attorney and I am not offering you

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legal advice in today's episode.

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This episode and all of my episodes are informational and educational only.

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It is not a substitute for seeking out your own advice from your own lawyer.

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And please keep in mind that I can't offer you legal advice.

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I don't ever offer any legal services.