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Contracts
Contracts really make you the kindest business owner around. This post collection will help you understand what contracts are and how to read and write contracts!
Proposal or Contract: What’s the difference and which should you send?
Are you unsure if you should send your client a proposal or a contract? Contracts and proposals have very different purposes, by the end of this video you’ll know when you should send each.
How do I keep my copyright when illustrating a children’s book?
Congrats! You’ve been approached to illustrate a book. But now you start to worry about copyrights. How do you keep them? How might you lose them? Learn the three ways you could lose them in this Ask Kiff episode.
Do I have to give clients a formal written contract?
The reason that most creatives hate contracts is that many contracts are 20-pages long and stuffed with legal jargon. But did you know that your contract doesn’t have to look like that to be valid? Watch this video to learn what is required for a contract to be valid.
Are non-compete clauses enforceable?
Almost every creative business owner will sign a contract they later regret. But how can you limit your chances of this happening? Watch this video to learn!
I have shop policies, but do I need terms of service?
Do you have online shop policies? That’s a great first step to establishing expectations with your customers. But…when something goes wrong, your shop policies likely won’t help. (Because they aren’t enforceable.) In this week’s Ask Kiff episode I share why you need both online shop policies and terms of service. (And don’t forget to leave […]
What you should use instead of a contract template for your creative biz
the artist’s Courtyard Resource Create a Contract Course Get access to a course designed to help you finally ditch the annoting, selfish clients. By creating a contract that you (and your clients) love. Get the course When you start a relationship you are both thrilled and excited to work together. You are imagining the possibilities […]
How to reduce back and forth by switching your contract format
the artist’s Courtyard Resource Create a Contract Course Get access to a course designed to help you finally ditch the annoying, selfish clients. By creating a contract that you (and your clients) love. Get the course When I was in law school, I worked at a small firm. And I was lucky enough that they […]
How to use a Moleskine notebook to transform your client relationships
the artist’s Courtyard Resource Create a Contract Course Get access to a course designed to help you finally ditch the annoying, selfish clients. By creating a contract that you (and your clients) love. Get the course Start a notebook where you record all the stupid shit you do that you don’t want to repeat. It […]
5 keys to dealing with difficult clients
the artist’s Courtyard Resource Create a Contract Course Get access to a course designed to help you finally ditch the annoying, selfish clients. By creating a contract that you (and your clients) love. Get the course No one starts a creative business to work with annoying clients. But at some point in time, you’ll work […]
Are your difficult clients bugging you non-stop? This could be your real problem
the artist’s Courtyard Resource Create a Contract Course Get access to a course designed to help you finally ditch the annoying, selfish clients. By creating a contract that you (and your clients) love. Get the course In 48 hours, I had four emails from the same person. And as I read through them, the tone […]
What you agree to when you design for VIDA
Not sure what various print on demand sites terms of service say? Learn what they say before clicking, “I accept” Enter your information and get access to a chart comparing the TOS of more than 10 print on demand sites. Your privacy is important to us. Learn how we protect it here. Updated April 13, […]
Why you need to create an affiliate manual
You’ve probably realized that your dream launch to-do list cannot be your actual launch to-do list. And the reason they aren’t one in the same is to maintain your sanity. For me, one of those cuts to my dream to-do list for the artist’s Courtyard launch was an affiliate program. I liked the idea of […]
How to boost guest post quality by writing guidelines
After five email exchanges and no progress, I wrote asking to pull my article from publication. I was bummed. That’s how the story ended. But the story started when a friend emailed about a Facebook call for guest contributors. She thought of me because they specifically asked for posts dealing with the legal side of […]
