Welcome!
In August 2018, I did a survey of all the freebies, workshops, courses, and resources that are scattered around the artist’s J.D. website.
And man, there were a lot. (In fact, there were some I’d even forgotten about!)
Since I couldn’t even remember them all, I knew that you couldn’t either.
Which is why I created this page. To be your one-stop shop for the free and paid resources I’ve designed to add ease to the legalese of running your creative business.
Below you’ll find almost every resource I currently have organized by topic. And within each topic, I’ve sorted them by price (which is clearly listed).
P.S. I’ve also compiled the tools I use to run my business and my favorite business books!
Hop to resources on: your legal foundation | contracts | copyright + trademark | LLC + corporation | running a creative business | website + email + social media
Your legal foundation
- 5 easy must-do legal tasks for every creative business (free recorded workshop and workbook)
- 6 legal tasks to help you end 2017 strong (free recorded workshop)
- Ask Kiff (free video every Friday)
- Emails in your inbox from your friendly legal eagle (free weekly email)
- Quick and dirty checklist to starting a creative business (free checklist)
- the artist’s Journal Issue 1, Planning your best year yet (free PDF magazine)
- What’s the next legal step for your creative business? (free quiz)
- 5 Must-Do Legal Tasks (Included with membership to the artist’s Courtyard)
- the artist’s Courtyard ($9/month or $39/month)
Contracts
- 5 keys to dealing with difficult clients (free recorded workshop)
- An inside look at the tools I use to smoothly work with clients (free recorded workshop)
- Ask Kiff (free video every Friday)
- Emails in your inbox from your friendly legal eagle (free weekly email)
- How to create strong relationships with your collaborators with Joan Goodspeed (free recorded workshop)
- Want to learn how a lawyer reviews contracts? (free workbook)
- How to write a contract for your creative business (free mini-book, checklist, and audio recording)
- Write a contract (step-by-step course with five contract templates available exclusively to members of the artist’s Courtyard)
- the artist’s Courtyard ($9/month or $39/month)
Copyright + trademark
- Ask Kiff (free video every Friday)
- “Can I use your copyrighted materials?” email template (free template)
- DMCA Takedown Notice (free template + instructions)
- Emails in your inbox from your friendly legal eagle (free weekly email)
- How to deal with copycats (free workbook)
- How to do a trademark search (free checklist + instructions)
- Lessons learned from a 10 year battle with the USPTO with Simon Tam (free recorded workshop)
- Ready to register your copyright? (free checklist)
- 5 essential steps on the path to trademark registration ($17 recorded workshop or included with membership to the artist’s Courtyard)
- How to register your copyrights in your products ($17 recorded workshop or included with membership to the artist’s Courtyard)
- How to register your copyrights (step-by-step course available exclusively to members of the artist’s Courtyard)
- the artist’s Courtyard ($9/month or $39/month)
LLC + corporation
- Ask Kiff (free video every Friday)
- Emails in your inbox from your friendly legal eagle (free weekly email)
- How to create your LLC in 7 steps workshop (free recorded workshop)
- Learn the secret to knowing it’s time to become an LLC workshop (free recorded workshop)
- Should I be an LLC? (free workbook + short video)
- the artist’s Organizer: LLC Edition – Maintain your LLC (step-by-step course available exclusively to members of the artist’s Courtyard)
- the artist’s Organizer: LLC Edition – Create and Maintain your LLC (step-by-step course available exclusively to members of the artist’s Courtyard)
- the artist’s Courtyard ($9/month or $39/month)
Running a creative business
- 1-sheet creative business plan (free worksheet)
- 3 things you need to organize your independent contractor files (free recorded workshop)
- Ask Kiff (free video every Friday)
- Emails in your inbox from your friendly legal eagle (free weekly email)
- How I’m using my WHY to add ease to 2018 (+ the 3 big changes) (free recorded workshop)
- How to quickly (and easily) create a business plan for your creative biz (free recorded workshop)
- Identify your core business values (free list)
- Is my new team member an employee or an independent contractor? (free workbook)
- the artist’s Journal Issue 1, Planning your best year yet (free PDF magazine)
- The most important question when building your creative business team (free recorded workshop)
- Why you don’t have to be good with numbers to be good with money with Jenny Karlsson (free recorded workshop)
- the artist’s Courtyard ($9/month or $39/month)
Website + email + social media
- Ask Kiff (free video every Friday)
- Create your Privacy Policy (free 5-day email challenge)
- Emails in your inbox from your friendly legal eagle (free weekly email)
- DMCA Takedown Notice (free template + instructions)
- How to get traffic to your shop and convert it into sales with Arianne Foulks of Aeolidia (free recorded workshop)
- How to increase your income by upgrading your LinkedIn profile with Becky Mollenkamp (free recorded workshop)
- Play Website Policy Mad Libs (free workbook)
- Print on Demand Terms of Service Comparison (free chart)
- the artist’s Journal–Elevating your online presence (free PDF magazine)
- What to check before using a free stock photo on your website or social media (free recorded workshop)
- Why you need shop policies—before you make your first (or next) sale (free recorded workshop)
- Do you know why your website needs a Privacy Policy? ($17 recorded workshop or included in your membership to the artist’s Courtyard)
- the artist’s Courtyard ($9/month or $39/month)
