Hey there, and welcome back to On Your Terms.
Speaker:I'm your host, Sam Vander Wielen, an attorney turned entrepreneur who helps online
Speaker:coaches and course creators legally protect and grow their online brands using my DIY
Speaker:legal templates and the Ultimate Bundle Program.
Speaker:week, I'm diving into a couple of your best asked questions about my Ultimate Bundle
Speaker:Program because it's on sale right now, so we got to talk about this.
Speaker:. So, let me hop into the first question here.
Speaker:Someone asked, "Can I just get contracts off of LegalZoom or some other big box store?" I
Speaker:get asked about a lot of kind of big box legal options, low cost options online.
Speaker:So, these options online are decent options maybe if you operated like a brick and mortar
Speaker:store where all of your customers are in the same location doing business with you.
Speaker:Even then, they can cause some issues, they're not quite specific enough.
Speaker:for an online business - here's my issue with online businesses, coaching businesses,
Speaker:that kind of stuff - when we have coaching businesses, we need to know about things like
Speaker:scope, and we need to make sure that when we're working with people in other states or
Speaker:across the world even, that that's safe for us to do.
Speaker:It's much more nuanced than just having a brick and mortar store.
Speaker:And there is more that you need to know or more than you need beyond just a contract.
Speaker:So, you need to know about things like scope of practice, like I mentioned, and the GDPR,
Speaker:the General Data Protection Regulation.
Speaker:You need to know about email marketing and building an email list.
Speaker:You need to know about how to legally offer a webinar or do disclaimers when you have
Speaker:trainings, or what you can and can't say, or the kind of content that you can talk about
Speaker:on a podcast or YouTube channel.
Speaker:You also have to know how to legally run an affiliate program or to hire a VA.
Speaker:so many things when it comes to online business that you're going to want support as your
Speaker:online business unfolds, not just a quick contract here or there.
Speaker:You know, the online world is still developing, too, so just getting a contract is not
Speaker:going to cover it. You're going to need stuff as things develop moving forward.
Speaker:So, the whole point with the Ultimate Bundle is to give you that ongoing support and those
Speaker:trainings specific to what you do online.
Speaker:The next question I got was, "I don't even have a client yet, should I wait until my
Speaker:business is bigger until I buy the Ultimate Bundle?" So, I certainly hope that you don't
Speaker:because there is no get out of jail free card for not having a lot of clients or not
Speaker:making a lot of money.
Speaker:If we do something wrong legally or we're accused of doing something wrong legally, and we
Speaker:don't have the proper legal stuff in place, we are vulnerable.
Speaker:We are exposed to that kind of liability.
Speaker:you don't have an LLC or you don't have the right kind of business insurance, you don't
Speaker:have legit contracts, that's all going to be a problem and it's not going to matter that
Speaker:you're new, that you're not profitable, or that you only had a certain number of
Speaker:clients.
Speaker:that that did was lead them through this cycle of waiting and waiting to build their
Speaker:business and to be more visible, because they were too afraid to take on more clients
Speaker:because they weren't legally protected.
Speaker:So, it's sort of like this circuitous issue that, in my opinion, if you don't get legally
Speaker:protected and that's something that's bothering you because you're feeling nervous about
Speaker:putting yourself out there, until you get that rectified, you're not going to put
Speaker:yourself out there.
Speaker:I think thinking like, "Oh.
Speaker:I'll wait until I'm more profitable and then I'll get legal." But if part of the reason
Speaker:that you won't grow your business because you don't feel safe being seen, then that's not
Speaker:going to happen anyway.
Speaker:So, I would rather you kind of position yourself, do this stuff right from the start, and
Speaker:be able to go out there and confidently market your business.
Speaker:also see that over time people end up saving a lot of money from doing things right the
Speaker:first time and getting things set up legally because, otherwise, what they end up doing
Speaker:is like trying to piece together some stuff themselves and then having to go back and
Speaker:undo it. And that ends up costing them more money than if they had just tackled it right
Speaker:from the start. And this way, you'll know it's right from the start and then you can just
Speaker:go on and build your business.
Speaker:That's really what I want you to do.
Speaker:All right. The next question someone asked was, "How much time is it going to take me to
Speaker:go through the Ultimate Bundle?
Speaker:Or what does it look like to use the Ultimate Bundle in real life?" So, the thing that is
Speaker:most important to know here is that all of my legal templates were designed with you in
Speaker:mind knowing that you're super busy, and that is why they can all be completed in 15
Speaker:minutes or less.
Speaker:They're super easy, fill in the blank style.
Speaker:You're just filling in personal details.
Speaker:I've done all the legal writing for you.
Speaker:And they all come with the how to video tutorial where I actually walk you through how to
Speaker:fill it out. That's why it's so easy and that's why it's so fast.
Speaker:for all of the video trainings, there's over 35 on demand video trainings for you inside
Speaker:the Bundle. They are not meant to be consumed like a course.
Speaker:They are more like a resource library that you have access to.
Speaker:And any time you have a legal business question, any time you have probably a financial
Speaker:business question, there is an answer for you in the Ultimate Bundle in one of those
Speaker:trainings, because now the benefit of having had thousands and thousands of customers in
Speaker:the Ultimate Bundle, I know what your questions are going to be and I've created a
Speaker:training for it. So, they're all in there and you can watch them at your own pace as
Speaker:questions come up.
Speaker:for example, if six months from now, you're ready to start your first group program and
Speaker:you're already inside of the Bundle, you now have a group program contract already in the
Speaker:Bundle. But there's also a training inside of the Bundle on the legal issues in terms of
Speaker:getting one set up and how to interact with members and what are some of the common
Speaker:issues that come up.
Speaker:That's the kind of thing that I would watch before your group program starts, because
Speaker:that's what's going to help you to avoid those issues.
Speaker:So, it's super, super easy.
Speaker:you have any more questions about the Ultimate Bundle and what's inside, I just did an
Speaker:episode, Episode 88, on what exactly is inside.
Speaker:It's a super quick episode you can go listen to, where I break down all the components of
Speaker:the Bundle and what you get for it.
Speaker:But if you have any questions that I haven't addressed, please just reach out to me
Speaker:directly. I answer all my own stuff.
Speaker:You can send me a DM on Instagram, @samvanderwielen on Instagram.
Speaker:You can send me an email at sam@samvanderwielen.com.
Speaker:happy to help you.
Speaker:I really want to make sure that the Bundle is right for you.
Speaker:I don't believe in just getting anybody in the Bundle.
Speaker:I want people who really, really need it and who are going to get the most out of it.
Speaker:And, of course, I hope that's you.
Speaker:But if you're not sure, just reach out and ask.
Speaker:And I will not just tell you by default that it is.
Speaker:I tell a lot of people it's not for them.
Speaker:So, I'm happy to help you decide.
Speaker:current sale for the Ultimate Bundle runs through February 6th, so make sure you reach
Speaker:out to me very, very soon.
Speaker:You can check out the link below for more details or to go and join the Ultimate Bundle
Speaker:now before that sale ends on February 6th.
Speaker:you so much for joining me of this episode of On Your Terms.
Speaker:Join me for new episodes each week, every single Monday and Thursday.
Speaker:Thanks so much for listening.
Speaker:See you next week.
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Speaker:remember that although I am a attorney, I am not your attorney and I am not offering you
Speaker:legal advice in today's episode.
Speaker:This episode and all of my episodes are informational and educational only.
Speaker:It is not a substitute for seeking out your own advice from your own lawyer.
Speaker:And please keep in mind that I can't offer you legal advice.
Speaker:I don't ever offer any legal services.