The biggest question I have for you is: Do you blog legally?
You are doing any other business online. Are you legally protected?
You’ve done all that’s possible to protect your domain, your content and hosting from hackers. You are also protecting your funds and earnings.
Beautiful!
But have you legally protected your online business all together?
This is an area that’s being handle with levity. Many online entrepreneurs don’t even know what it means to legally protect their businesses online. But I’m excited today, I was able to pick the brain of a successful lawyer and blogger about blogging and doing business legally on the Internet.
Amira Irfan is not your average girl. She’s one of those reshaping the blogging industry, giving it a legal meaning and protection. Her products Legal Bundle and Independent Contractor Contract Templates are a huge help to bloggers, freelancers and brands.
Let’s delve into the interview and hear her talk to us more about these must-have online business elements and what you should do right now to prevent lawsuits.
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How to blog legally – Interview with Amira, a successful blogger and lawyer
[thrive_highlight highlight=’#dd3333′ text=’light’]Enstine Muki 1:[/thrive_highlight] Hey Amira, I’m glad to have you here on EnstineMuki.com. Meeting and connecting with you has been a great addition to my blogging career.
Before we go into some interesting talks on what you have as a lawyer, kindly introduce yourself and help us know a little about you.
[thrive_highlight highlight=’#dd8a0d’ text=’light’]Amira Irfan 1:[/thrive_highlight] I’m a lawyer, blogger and business coach at ASelfGuru.com where I teach bloggers and entrepreneurs how to protect their online business legally while also sharing valuable business and legal tips to help them become their own boss.
[thrive_highlight highlight=’#6ed624′ text=’light’] Question 2:[/thrive_highlight] How did you as a lawyer get into blogging and has the experience been worth it this far?
[thrive_highlight highlight=’default’ text=’light’] Answer 2:[/thrive_highlight] I got into blogging by chance when I stumbled upon a YouTube video of two six figure bloggers who inspired me to start my own blog the very next day!
You can read all about my blogging experience and how I started my blog in 7 days while working full-time as a lawyer here.
Starting a blog was the best spontaneous decision I made in my life! It has been completely worth it and I really enjoy blogging. It is the perfect creative outlet I can pursue with my full-time job that allows me to work at my own pace and make money from home.
Few months ago, I could only dream of making $20,000 per month from my blog and now to see that become my reality is a feeling that can’t be encapsulated into words!
[thrive_highlight highlight=’#6ed624′ text=’light’] Question 3:[/thrive_highlight]
That’s thrilling. I found out during this time of blogging, you are connected on a more personal note with some blogging experts. What’s your secret?
[thrive_highlight highlight=’default’ text=’light’] Answer 3:[/thrive_highlight] Haha, no secret! I didn’t start my blogging journey with free resources. Instead I invested in some great blogging courses and tools to learn from the blogging experts, which truly taught me the tips and tricks and how to monetize my blog quickly.
I’m all about maximizing my limited time so I wanted to learn from the best out there. Just network, invest in great resources and learn from the blogging experts that appeal to you!
[thrive_highlight highlight=’#6ed624′ text=’light’] Question 4:[/thrive_highlight] What are the main ways you promote your blog?
[thrive_highlight highlight=’default’ text=’light’] Answer 4:[/thrive_highlight] So far, only through social media including my own Facebook group. Mainly through Facebook and Pinterest.
Recommended: 7 Pinterest Stats why you should use it for business
[thrive_highlight highlight=’#6ed624′ text=’light’] Question 5:[/thrive_highlight] What was the main problem you noticed in the blogging industry from the legal perspective and is there anything you’ve done to resolve the issue?
[thrive_highlight highlight=’default’ text=’light’] Answer 5:[/thrive_highlight] I noticed that tons of bloggers were struggling with how to blog legally and I wanted to help! Very few expert bloggers emphasize or teach you how to blog legally. So there’s a gap in our blogging education when it comes to the legal side of blogging.
Everyone is excited to launch their blog and make money but not everyone looks at blogging as a real business that they need to protect legally!
When you start any kind of business, you should fulfill all your legal requirements. After all, blogging is a legitimate online business and you as the owner, need to comply with all the blog legal requirements starting with making sure you have the proper blog legal pages on your site before you launch!
This is where I’ve helped thousands of bloggers and entrepreneurs with my best selling Legal Bundle to ensure their blog is compliant with the law.
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[thrive_highlight highlight=’#6ed624′ text=’light’] Question 6:[/thrive_highlight] Talk to us more about your Legal Bundle and why you think bloggers and online businesses need it.
I created the Legal Bundle because I saw tons of bloggers and entrepreneurs struggling with writing their own blog legal pages.
And I wanted to help in a way that wouldn’t break your wallet!
With the Legal Bundle, your blog will be legally compliant within 15 minutes or less. It’s that easy!
Over the years, I saw tons of bloggers making legal mistakes.
For example, you selling products and never having a terms and conditions on your website to explain your refund or exchange policies and then later getting into a legal battle with your customer or client.
Another example, you being sued in Michigan while you live in California because you didn’t have a clear governing law provision as part of your blog’s legal pages.
Another example, your reader suffering a nasty side effect from your blogging advice on health and fitness and deciding to sue you for their damages.
The list is endless! But you get the point.
This is where the Legal Bundle will protect you because it includes sooo many important legal provisions you don’t think about but you MUST have to protect yourself and your blogging business legally.
With the Legal Bundle, your blog will be legally compliant within 15 minutes or less.
The Legal Bundle comes with 3 blog legal templates that you can easily customize and begin using –
- Privacy policy template which is GDPR compliant
- Disclaimer template which also includes your affiliate and other Disclosures you need
- Terms and Conditions (also known as Terms of Use or Terms of Service) template
Plus for a limited time, I’m giving away 9 awesome bonuses worth $1175 to save you more money, time and headache down the road:
This total package of bonuses worth $1175 is free for you with the Legal Bundle!!
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[thrive_highlight highlight=’#6ed624′ text=’light’] Question 7:[/thrive_highlight] We have free legal templates out there used by many top bloggers. Do you encourage it and why?
[thrive_highlight highlight=’default’ text=’light’] Answer 7:[/thrive_highlight] Actually in my experience, top bloggers do not use free legal templates! They know better. They know one simple legal mistake on their part will cost them a lot of money. The ones I’ve come across use paid legal templates written by a lawyer like my Legal Bundle or hire a lawyer to write their legal pages, which could cost you anywhere from $500-$1000.
And no, I don’t encourage the free legal templates because I’ve personally audited several websites that offer them and found them to be quite deficient, missing key legal provisions exposing you to lawsuits and fines!
When I’m hired to conduct a blog legal audit of someone’s legal pages and if they have used the free templates, I can see it right away! So when I show them all the legal provisions that are missing in their free legal templates, that’s when they realize what a huge mistake they have made and end up getting my Legal Bundle.
But why not do things the right way from the beginning to protect yourself legally? And avoid the headache and stress later!
[thrive_highlight highlight=’#6ed624′ text=’light’] Question 8:[/thrive_highlight] One of your products that got me really hooked is the Freelance Contract Template. Kindly tell us more about it.
[thrive_highlight highlight=’default’ text=’light’] Answer 8:[/thrive_highlight] Thank you! It’s the only template you need if you are a freelancer or a client looking to hire a freelancer to do any work for you! It is a contract template that you must have BEFORE you start working with others in your business because without a written contract, you risk being sued for several things like –
- Intellectual property rights
- Employee benefits
- Not getting paid on time or not getting paid at all
- Your confidential business information being stolen
- Fights over the scope of work
- And more!
It comes with 3 awesome bonuses as well ($500+ total value!).
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[thrive_highlight highlight=’#6ed624′ text=’light’] Question 9:[/thrive_highlight] In one of your articles, you shared with your readers some blogging lessons you learned after making $10000 as a beginner. Could you share with us 2 or 3 of these lessons?
[thrive_highlight highlight=’default’ text=’light’] Answer 9:[/thrive_highlight] First lesson is easy – build a team from day one and one of the ways I accomplish that is through my Facebook group, which is full of supportive talented entrepreneurs! You are welcome to join here. Here are 4 reasons you should join this awesome blogging business community!
Second lesson – this one is not in my post – always protect your hard work, creation and online business legally! Ignorance is not a legal defense in court so you must take the legal aspect of your business seriously otherwise one simple legal mistake on your part (such as not having a Privacy Policy on your website) can cost you thousands in fines and lawsuits!
For the complete 7 lessons I learned after making my first $10,000 blogging, you’d have to read the post here!
[thrive_highlight highlight=’#6ed624′ text=’light’] Question 10:[/thrive_highlight] What do you think about eFAAH JOBS as a place to connect Freelancers with Brands?
[thrive_highlight highlight=’default’ text=’light’] Answer 10:[/thrive_highlight] I think eFAAH is an amazing platform for both freelancers and brands to connect with each other! It is a great resource for growing your business, and I love how easy and user friendly it is!
You can easily find or post jobs on eFAAH, all for free! I’m at this stage of my business where I need to outsource some work so I look forward to posting an ad on eFAAH to find some qualified candidates.
All bloggers, freelancers and brands should try it. Go to eFAAH JOBS here
Conclusion
Thanks for taking your time to answer these questions. I know my community has a lot to learn from you. So I encourage everyone reading to check out and grab a couple of your legal bundle.
Thank you for making it more accessible by providing this 25OFFNOW discount code on your freelance contract template that all bloggers, freelancers, virtual assistants, clients or anyone else looking to work with another can use!
Save $25 off with this coupon – 25OFFNOW here.
Time to engage with Amira
I’m glad to have had this amazing lady share with us some insight into blogging legally. I have personally learned a lot and I believe going through the chat, you’ve grabbed something as well.
Take some time to engage with her. Leave a comment below with a question. She will be here to answer. Join her Facebook Group to get even closer to her.