539: Tracey Mylecharane – Legal advice for photography business owners

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Tracey Mylecharane of www.tmsolicitor.com.au is a business and litigation lawyer, podcaster and legal expert for small business owners. She says on her website, I'm a confidently unconventional business lawyer with a no-BS attitude. I support business owners who are ready to build legally protected businesses. She's active on social media, looks like she's worked with a professional photographer and covers a variety of topics on her podcast, Rise Up in Business: The law and business podcast for small business owners. She's earned a Double degree in Law and Management at the University of Canberra. Lectures in Law and has 20 years of experience under her belt, with 12 of those years specialising in litigation & dispute resolution. In this interview, Tracy shares everything you need to consider legally as a photography business owner. Think of this episode as legal advice for photography business owners. Here's some more of what we covered in the interview: What’s on Offer for Premium Members If you’re on the fence about becoming a premium member, join with the $1 trial today and get access to the FULL interviews each week, a fantastic back catalogue of interviews, and have ALL future interviews delivered automatically to your phone or tablet. Plus, special member-only interviews. Despite best efforts and despite your best intentions, we can't control what happens in another person's life. We can't control how another person will perceive things or how they conduct themselves. As a business owner, we need to be protected to make sure we're setting up for success with clients. – Tracey Mylecharane You'll also receive access to the members-only Secret Facebook Group, where you can connect with other Premium Members and interview guests to help, support and motivate you to take ideas you hear in each episode and put them into action. The group also has FB live video tutorials, role-play, and special live interviews. You will not find more friendly, motivated, caring and sharing photographers online. Seriously, that's not all. In addition to everything above, you'll get access and instructions on forming or joining a MasterMind Group with other premium members. These groups are super motivating, make you accountable and build friendships with other pro photographers with similar motives to you – to build a more successful photography business. What is your big takeaway? Following this interview, I’d love to know if you're taking anything from what Tracey shared. Is there something you heard that excited or motivated you to the point where you thought, yeah, I'm going to do that! If so, leave your thoughts in the comments below; let me know your takeaways and what you plan to implement in your business due to what you heard in today's episode. A legal document for your business needs to be an extension of you. – Tracey Mylecharane If you have any questions I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Tracey or if you want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them in the comments area below. HAPPENING THIS WEEK — Qualify Your Leads, Like a Pro! For any photographer to succeed in business, you need to generate leads and convert those leads to bookings —  there is no way around it. Once you know how to generate leads, no matter where they come from, the BEST thing you can do for your business is learn how to convert those leads into bookings.