Episode Details

In this episode, Barbara and Andrea discuss: 

• The difference between trademark and copyright 
• Andrea’s program called Legalpreneur 
• The difference between an LLC and a S Corporation

 
Key Takeaways: 

• The difference between Andrea being an attorney and online services that provide templates is that Andrea is an actual attorney and has a physical office 
• When you have a LLC, it relieves you of liability for debts of the company
• It is important for business owners to separate themselves as to protect their personal interest

 
“With the membership, you get unlimited access to emails” — Andrea Sager
 

Transcription

017 Andrea Sager-Attorney in your Pocket

Barbara Hales:             Hey, this is your host, Dr. Barbara Hales. I have such an interesting episode for you today. I’m sitting here with Andrea Sager, who is an attorney.

She spent seven months at a large law firm but quickly found out that big law was not the place for her. She was told that small businesses are not quality clients, and she just felt that’s not true. This was a defining moment for her.

She now represents small businesses such as yourself at affordable legal services. Her feeling is get peace of mind in regards to legal issues in your business, and not have to spend a fortune on legal services, but still have all access to an attorney. She has a very interesting program which we’ll be discussing later called, The Legalpreneur membership.

Welcome today, Andrea.

Andrea Sager:              Hi. Thank you so much for having me. I’m so excited about this.

Barbara Hales:             There are so many legal questions that people just don’t understand when they’re not in the legal profession. Tell me, what is the difference between a trademark and a copyright?

Andrea Sager:              Great question to get started. Trademarks and copyrights, they are both intellectual property, both cover two very different aspects of your brand.

Number one, a trademark identifies everything that identifies your brand. Think of branding when it comes to trademarks. The big three are your brand name, your logo, and your slogan.

Those aren’t the only things that can be trademarked, but those are the big three that businesses really start with. That’s where they get started.

Think about your brand name, your logo, and your slogan. Other things are your podcast name. If you have an online course, that name. I mean it’s a myriad of things, but think about branding what identifies your brand and that can be trademarked.

On the other hand, with copyrights, this is all of your content. As far as content goes, this podcast content within it, that is protected by copyright.

Your blog posts, your photos, your videos, it’s all the content that you’re producing to go within your brand. The easy way to distinguish the two is, trademarks equal branding and copyrights equal content.

Barbara Hales:             That is so good to know. Doctors are really the worst when it comes to realizing that they need to protect their intellectual property. Does a trademark need to be renewed