Deanna and Desiree talk about understanding copyright and more importantly, licenses. For commercial creatives, licensing is where the goods are, aka the moneybag. For consumer creatives, definitely listen to better understand what you can expect with regards to your copyright with clients, and other creatives (i.e.: second shooter's rights). 

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Deanna and Desiree talk about common industry standards in the weddings arena, for photographers, floral designers, and HMUAs. Skip to 8:30 for the lowdown, or start from the beginning to catch up with us. 

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Deanna and Desiree talk about hobbies and close encounter before getting into common industry myths. Start at 11:15 to get straight to the business. Topics: Shoot on my cards? Intangibles=no sales tax? 50% retainers? Is it actually a retainer? FM?

Key takeaway: Don’t hide the ball—transparency is key. It saves time and headaches.

Clarification: Regarding sales taxes, during film times, the photographer would provide the customer with the film negatives, so there was demonstratively no intent to make future sales--they couldn't. Based on past experience, now tax investigators have reviewed online photo galleries with the ability to make sales and view this is as intent to make future sales, making the entire transaction taxable in CA. (Even if you are not using the sale feature in your platform.)

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Deanna and Desiree talk about the most recent Kayne debacle and trademarks. 

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Deanna and Desiree talk about demand letters - their experiences with them, when they should be sent, and why it's usually best for an attorney to draft them.

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Deanna and Desiree discuss the importance of building in time for self care as part of your business model, and their favorite tips and tricks to put into practice themselves. Treat yo' self!

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Happy Halloween! Deanna and Desiree talk about scary stuff--cancelations. What to do when your client cancels, or the awkward scenario, what to do when you have to fire a client. 

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Deanna and Desiree talk about dealing with reschedule requests and what to do with that booking fee, a.k.a retainer payment. This is a bonus episode and part two to the cancelation episode "Let's talk about breaking up".

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Get to know the hosts, Deanna and Desiree. In this episode, find out about their quirky personalities, dreams of raising quail, and buying dollar houses in Italy. 

Deanna and Desiree talk about the five most common and biggest mistakes they've seen working with small businesses. These mistakes range from issues concerning business formation to getting business advice on Facebook. Check out the pod to see whether you've been making these mistakes too and get a helpful insight about why you shouldn't be doing these things.

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