The Legal Paige® Podcast is a weekly interview show featuring legal, finance, and business tips for creatives and online businesses. We cut through the legal mumbo jumbo and make “scary” things like taxes, finances, business structures, and contracts EASY. You’ll hear from industry leaders on specific topics, and will walk away with bite-sized action steps for making your own entrepreneurial dreams come true. Grab a cup of coffee (or your fave adult beverage) and let’s make your business leg ...
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A weekly podcast concentrating on SEO for photographers by Corey Potter and Dylan Howell from Fuel Your Photos. We discuss SEO tactics, organic marketing, and more. Join our group on Facebook to ask questions or be a guest on the show.
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Palm Springs Wedding Experts - A Podcast for couples planning their wedding in Palm Springs. Award-winning, professional photographer Erica Mendenhall shares her two decades of experience with you! Get ready to hear all about her favorite venues, listen to interviews with other wedding pros, and of course timeline suggestions for that perfect Palm Springs sunset! Join this community and learn how to plan your dream wedding in Palm Springs, California. SEASON 3 now on YouTube! Support this po ...
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Step into She Creates Business, a Podcast for Wedding Pros, your go-to guide in the vibrant world of wedding entrepreneurship, created and hosted by Kinsey Roberts since 2016. She Creates Business is a pivotal tool in shaping and refining the art and science of thriving in the wedding industry. This podcast is a treasure trove of actionable insights, covering everything from marketing finesse to growth tactics, branding ideas, and the technical know-how of being a wedding pro. | You'll get b ...
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179. Steal My Favorite Email Templates for Navigating Difficult Client Situations
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In this episode of The Legal Paige, I’m sharing how you can craft effective and legally sound email templates for handling various client scenarios. I’m covering all the essential strategies you need for managing difficult client communications, from declining a client before they’re officially booked to addressing contract amendments and cancellat…
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178. How to Secure Your Brand and Trademark like Taylor Swift
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Have you ever wondered how Taylor Swift manages to protect her brand and creativity so effectively? In this episode of The Legal Paige, I’m breaking down the intricate world of trademarking, using Taylor Swift as the ultimate case study for trademark success. You’ll hear why trademark protection is vital for artists and business owners alike, and l…
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177. Are Wildfires, Hurricanes, and Other Uncontrollable Events Actually Considered Force Majeure?
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What happens to your fees as a service provider if a hurricane, wildfire, or other natural disaster prevents you from fulfilling your contract as a business owner? In this episode of The Legal Paige, I’m discussing the intricacies of force majeure clauses in contracts, which is especially important in light of increasing natural disasters like wild…
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176. My Top Strategies for Having a Slow-ish Summer as a Mompreneur
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Are you struggling to turn off work and focus on making core memories with your family this summer? In this episode, I’m reflecting on the challenges of balancing work and personal life. Despite my intentions for a slower summer, the demands of running a business and being a mom have kept my schedule hectic and full. When you’re trying to balance y…
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175. Why a Strong Communication Clause is Crucial for Service Providers (And What It Should Include)
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Are you ready for an overall legal upgrade for your business? Don’t miss my free masterclass, How to Build a Legally Legit Business. This masterclass has the potential to save you loads of money, prevent tons of stressful client confrontations, and it will pave the way to a legally protected business. Have you ever wondered how to handle a client w…
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174. My Candid Review of Your Wedding Photography Contract
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Want to learn how to create a rock-solid wedding photography contract that keeps your business safe? Coming off the heels of Sepia Gate, I’m giving you a comprehensive guide to wedding photography contracts, specifically focusing on The Legal Paige® template contract. (Not sure what Sepia Gate is? Go back to the previous episode for all the details…
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173. Why Lazy Marketing is Failing and Strategies for 2024 and Beyond with Veronica Romney
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Wondering why your tried-and-true marketing tactics aren’t working anymore? In this episode of The Legal Paige Podcast, I’m joined by marketing expert (and good friend!) Veronica Romney. Veronica, known for her innovative marketing strategies, shares invaluable insights into navigating the ever-evolving landscape of online business. Veronica and I …
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172. Sepia Gate: What We Can Learn from The Viral Wedding Photographer RAW Photo Dispute
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How can you handle a client who gets on social media and airs their grievances about your work? This is the juicy episode of The Legal Paige that you’ve been waiting for! In this episode, I’m taking a deep dive into the viral TikTok controversy known as Sepia Gate, exploring the balance between customer service and the artistic integrity of wedding…
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171. My Best Networking Tips for Building Relationships that Last as an Entrepreneur
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Ever wondered how can you master the art of networking to supercharge your business? In this episode, we’re diving into the power of networking. With over a decade of entrepreneurship under my belt, I’m sharing my insights and experiences on how effective networking can catapult your business to the next level. From grassroots efforts like cold ema…
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170. Everything You Need to Know about Adobe's T&C Changes and the FTC Lawsuit
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What does Adobe’s latest legal trouble mean for your content and your rights? Today, I’m breaking down the recent developments with the FTC’s lawsuit over Adobe’s controversial subscription practices. We’ll also explore how Adobe’s vague terms and conditions have stirred concerns among creatives and consumers. I’ll unpack the lawsuit’s key points, …
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169. Interview with Hayley Paige: How She Reclaimed Her Brand Name and Her Advice for Legally Protecting Yourself as a Creator
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When your brand and creative freedom are on the line, how do you fight back? Hayley Paige’s story is a masterclass in resilience. I am so excited to welcome Hayley to the podcast today as she reflects on her early career in the wedding fashion industry, the legal dispute over her trademark, and how she emerged stronger, reclaiming her identity and …
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168. Breaking Down the Hayley Paige Lawsuit and Why It Matters to You
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Can a name trademark cost you your business? In just a few days, you’ll get to hear from Hayley Paige herself, but in the meantime I am catching you up on what happened in one of the most high-profile legal cases in the fashion industry. We'll unpack key takeaways about owning your social media accounts, knowing your contracts, long-term business s…
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167. The Legal Paige 2.0: BTS of My Maternity Leave, Team Expansion, and What’s Ahead
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Welcome to The Legal Paige Podcast, Era 2.0! After taking a little hiatus from the podcast (because it simply didn’t feel aligned) I’m back with a CLEAR vision on what I want for this podcast moving forward. The gist? While I love love love sharing legal content, I also want to share a bit more about my business mindset, CEO mindset, and business t…
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191: The *Real* Actions that Build a Wedding Business, 8 Lessons Learned with Amelia Holder
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In today’s episode of She Creates Business, a Podcast for Wedding Pros host Kinsey Roberts sits down with the dynamic Amelia Holder, a seasoned entrepreneur and the visionary behind Emerson Fields, a premier wedding venue in Missouri. Celebrating eight years of business success, Amelia shares eight invaluable lessons she's garnered along her journe…
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190: Quietly Building a Successful Wedding Planning Business with Chelsea Cholas
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In this episode of She Creates Business, host Kinsey Roberts welcomes Chelsea Cholas, the owner and lead wedding planner behind Chelsea Cholas Wedding Planning, and the exclusive in-house planner at Kinsey's venue, Vista View Events. Chelsea over-delivers throughout the show today offering listeners a unique and personal perspective on building a t…
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189: Unlocking the Secrets of Intellectual Property for Wedding Pros with Paige Hulse
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In this empowering episode of She Creates Business, a Podcast for Wedding Pros, host Kinsey Roberts sits down with Paige Hulse, a seasoned attorney, entrepreneur and the brains behind Paige Hulse Law. Paige brings her wealth of knowledge from a decade immersed in the creative and legal fields, offering invaluable insights into the world of intellec…
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166: Everything You Should Know About Cooling Off Periods, No Downgrades Language, and Chargeback Fraud
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We're diving into a topic that sometimes is a bit uncomfortable, but it's truly essential for your business's financial, legal, and customer health. Specifically, how slow sales or taking sales back might be affecting your bottom line and what you can do about it legally. As business owners, we do often put our clients' needs before our own, someti…
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Episode 41 - How to Tell If a Platform is Good for SEO
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We often get asked, "Which website platform do you recommend for SEO?" In this podcast, we don't really answer that question.. but we do walk you through our process of evaluating a website platform, what we look for, why, and how.By Fuel Your Photos
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Mastering the Art of Timeless Elegance: Casey Ging, Palm Springs Luxury Wedding & Event Planner
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🎙️ In this episode of the Palm Springs Wedding Experts Podcast, join your host Erica as she sits down with the esteemed Casey Ging, a trailblazer in the world of luxury weddings and events with over two decades of experience. 🌟🌴 As the founder and creative force behind some of the most opulent celebrations, Casey shares insights, anecdotes, and exp…
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Elevating your Wedding with sweet creations | Tiffany's Sweet Spot | Palm Springs Wedding Experts
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🎙️ New Podcast Alert! 🍰 Interview with Tiffany from Tiffany's Sweet Spot! 🎉Join Erica, host of the Palm Springs Wedding Experts Video Podcast, for an exciting and delicious episode as she sits down with the fabulous Tiffany, co-owner of Tiffany's Sweet Spot in La Quinta, California! In this episode, Erica delves into the sweet world of Tiffany's Sw…
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Palm Springs Wedding Experts: Spotlight on Organic Glow Skin Studio Palm Springs
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Welcome to another episode of Palm Springs Wedding Experts!In this exclusive interview, your host, Erica Mendenhall, sits down with the brilliant owner of Organic Glow Skin Studio Palm Springs to delve into the world of radiant skin and essential pre-event pampering.Discover the secrets to achieving that radiant and flawless glow for your special d…
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Catching up with Jen in this laughter-filled episode packed with valuable insights for pros &couples
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The Palm Springs Wedding Experts Podcast is back and better than ever! We're excited to announce the relaunch of the Palm Springs Wedding Experts podcast. In this episode, Erica Mendenhall hosts a lively interview with Jen Plus Colour. As always the podcast is chock-full of valuable industry insights, entertaining content, and a fun surprise at the…
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Episode 40 - Should You Block AI Bots & Creating Custom GPTs
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We talk about blocking, or not blocking, AI bots from crawling your photography website. We also go into creating Custom GPTs to better handle individual tasks.By Fuel Your Photos
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165: Planning For The Future: Securing Your Business Legacy
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As a forward-thinking entrepreneur, it's only natural to think about and somewhat start planning for the future of your business. We plan out where we see ourselves in 3, 5, and even 10 years from now. If we are thinking of starting a family, a major life event, or a move… We often start planning ahead so we can find the help we will need to keep o…
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164: Should Wedding Planners Actually Sign Contracts For Their Clients?
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Today's episode is focused squarely on the world of wedding planners and vendors. Specifically why, in most cases, legally speaking planners might want to hit the brakes on signing those vendor contracts on behalf of their clients. Yep, you guessed it—there are some serious legal angles to consider! Legal liability and risk management being the key…
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163: Understand Model Releases: Know How to Use Them (and Why it Matters)
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Today's episode is focused squarely on the world of photography, specifically the often-underestimated yet incredibly crucial model release clauses woven into those photography agreements with clients. It’s impossible to take on every project + task while also trying to do what we love, have a life, and be the visionary/CEO. Over the years, The Leg…
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Episode 39 - Why Do People Visit Photography Websites?
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In today's episode, we discuss common reasons that people end up on a photographers website. This is part one of a two part series on optimizng your website for its users. In the next episode, we'll use the answers from this exercise to create better content, a better user experience, and hopefully better conversions for our goals!…
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Episode 38 - The End of Flothemes (Emergency Recording)
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Flothemes announced this week that they would be shutting down their WordPress theme operation in one year. The flex builder / flex block will not work after September 24, 2024. We talk about alternative solutions and where to go from here! We also talk to Melissa Love from Style Cloud. We take a look at Kadence themes from Sightsee as well!…
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162: My Service Provider Deleted EVERYTHING, Here's How To Deal...
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One of the smartest things we can do to grow our businesses is HIRE. It’s impossible to take on every project + task while also trying to do what we love, have a life, and be the visionary/CEO. Over the years, The Legal Paige has brought on over 30+ contractors that have been life-changing for our business, terrible, and everything in between. But …
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161: The Third Party Payor Is Refusing To Sign… Now What?
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Attention, Photographers, Planners, Videographers, DJs, Florists, and all service providers collaborating with couples and their families for weddings and events… This episode of The Legal Paige Podcast is tailor-made for you. Recently, within The Legal Paige Facebook Community, a member encountered a rather tricky scenario. Parents of the couple o…
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160: How To LEGALLY Navigate Facebook Marketplace
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Are you a thrifter or DIYer who uses online marketplaces to buy and sell items? As your friendly online attorney, I want you to be legally savvy in all areas of your life (even outside of clients and contracts). So what do you need to know about buying and selling on online marketplaces? Well, the sticky situations are truly endless: What if you ge…
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159: Here's How To LEGALLY Pay Yourself As an Entrepreneur
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Entrepreneurship isn’t all about the money–but it sure is a good feeling to see that paycheck come in. So how do you make sure that 1. You actually get paid and 2. You pay yourself, legally? Part of the reason why you start a business is to make money for yourself and to do that you have to know how to pay yourself. In Episode 159 of The Legal Paig…
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We share our current WordPress stack. The domain registrars, hosting, themes, pagebuilders, and plugins that we use and recommend for photography sites.By Fuel Your Photos
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We discuss ChatGPT (3.5 & 4.0), Google Bard / Google SGE, Github Co-Pilot, the new Bing, and their effect on search and SEO. We then speculate on what could change in the future!By Fuel Your Photos
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158: Need to Cancel Your Contract? Here's How to Do It Legally!
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Cancellations with clients can feel like the worst thing in the world, it’s something that can keep business owners up at night running through all the what-if scenarios… Especially, if it’s you canceling the contract with them. And that could be for a number of reasons; like a family emergency, or the client has been a nightmare to work with and y…
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Steph ranks #1 for "Iceland Elopement Photographer", but her marketing and digital marketing is so much more than that! She's a Master Coach, Sales Expert, Photographer, and Podcast Host. Check out her free guide "25 Ways to Market Your Business As An Introvert, without relying on social media" https://www.stephzakas.com/25-introvert-marketing-free…
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157: How Do I Legally Sign A Contract on Behalf of My Business?
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Most small business owners I know are 1. Badass and 2. Constantly running between one project and another. There are always SO many things to be done and at times “small” tasks (like making sure contracts are properly sent and signed) can be tedious. The catch? Sometimes the seemingly smallest tasks aren’t so small when they can have BIG legal cons…
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Episode 34 - Automated SEO Tools (Should You Use Them?)
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Automated testing tools can be helpful in certain circumstances, but there are also downsides. The recommendations can be inaccurate, outdated, or simply incorrect. Further, they can miss actual issues impacting your rankings! We chat about them today on the podcast.By Fuel Your Photos
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Episode 33 - Specific SEO Goals for Photographers
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When we do SEO consultations, we often start off by asking “what are your goals when it comes to SEO?” The response is almost *always* some form of: “I want to rank on the first page!” While it’s an understandable aspiration, this type of goal is not specific or action-oriented. SEO is a broad field, with thousands of factors impacting search ranki…
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156: Every Entrepreneur's 3 Lines of Defense: Insurance, Contracts, and Business Structure
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When it comes to running a successful business, it can feel like there are A LOT of legal aspects to consider (and many entrepreneurs become overwhelmed trying to stay on top of it all). Protecting your business is important and there are several ways to do it…but at The Legal Paige we like to tell business owners that what you really need is the b…
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155: DBA's: How to Legally Use Multiple Names for Your Business
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Let’s say you came up with an AMAZING business name, it’s an extension of your legal name, but it is so unique. You know it exists no where else, and you are literally giddy thinking about what the future holds. While you are marketing, and doing business under this name, I want to share with you why you should file a DBA application and what it ca…
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154: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Generated Content & Copyright Laws
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As an entrepreneur, you're always on the lookout for ways to stay ahead of the curve and grow your business. With the rise of Artificial Intelligence, it's becoming more and more tempting to use online tools and programs to generate content for your brand. But, before you jump on the AI bandwagon, let's talk about the legal implications. How can yo…
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153: Potential Clients NOT Signing Your Contracts? Here's How to Motivate 'Em...
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Here's the situation: You had a client inquire about your services (yay!). They seemed excited and the conversation led you to send over a contract. You wait and wait for a response only to hear crickets…so you end up signing on another client for the date in question. You can’t wait around forever, right? But then the original client comes back an…
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152: I Experienced Bank Fraud, Here's What I Learned
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After experiencing bank fraud pretty significantly at the end of January, I recorded this podcast episode to open up about my experience. One day I woke up, checked my bank account, and noticed a HUGE, and I mean HUGE fraudulent transaction from my bank account. Once I thought I had gotten it all figured out with my bank, we had more fraud hit anot…
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Episode 32 - Where do you put your keywords?
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Should you put your main keyword in your H1 heading? What about a secondary specialty in your H2? We talk keywords, on-page, SEO, and how to navigate these questions!By Fuel Your Photos
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151: How To Create A Roadmap Of Your Goals Part 2
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With Q4 wrapped up, and Q1 kicking off, it’s time to hone in and think about not just our big goals for the year, but what it will take to reach those goals. The excitement of a new year can leave us almost with a squirrel-like brain! We are still in a bit of fog from the holidays, we have ideas coming and flowing to us and we think we need to jump…
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150: How To Create A Roadmap Of Your Goals Part 1
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With Q4 wrapped up, and Q1 kicking off, it’s time to hone in and think about not just our big goals for the year, but what it will take to reach those goals. The excitement of a new year can leave us almost with a squirrel-like brain! We are still in a bit of fog from the holidays, we have ideas coming and flowing to us and we think we need to jump…
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