Social media websites open up enormous opportunities for businesses to promote their products and services, and the sites allow companies to communicate with their customers in unprecedented ways. From a marketing standpoint, increasing their presence on the Web is an effective way for companies to appeal to a larger audience. From a legal standpoint, however, social media websites present potential …
Protect Your Future with a Franchise Law Attorney
The American Dream is as embedded into our culture now more than it has ever been. In times of economic strife, people toil endlessly to make ends meet and get to where they want to be in life. While many choose to go the blue collar route, there are those who have the talent and the motivation to make it …
Use Intellectual Property Law To Your Advantage
Media outlets of all kinds have been reporting on the life of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple who passed away recently. While much of the reporting has been on his technological achievements, it’s important to acknowledge he benefited greatly from the use of intellectual property law. Like Mr. Jobs, many business owners have a distinct vision for their brand. …
What Can a Franchise Attorney Do for You?
Depending on the steps you take, starting up a franchise can either be your express ticket to success or a harrowing ordeal ending in disaster. Although the current economy doesn’t lend itself too well to would-be business owners looking to enter the market, this doesn’t mean that it’s pointless to try. The state of the national economy has caused too …
Franchising Attorneys and What to Know When Buying a Franchise
It’s no secret to anyone that the condition of the economy has made it difficult for many to find work. However, for those who are looking for work, there is a way to become your own boss. Purchasing a franchise offers the opportunity to work for yourself and franchising attorneys can inform you on what you need to know prior …
SOPA Markup Approaches: What does this mean for IP Law?
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), in theory, should mean only good things for those concerned with intellectual property (IP) law. Well, those on the good side of IP law. For the violators, it might be a different story. So why is this act, which aims to further protect copyrighted intellectual property, facing so much controversy? Controversy and politics go …
New Business Opportunity laws
For those of you looking at the business opportunity route rather than the franchise route, be weary. On March 1, 2012, the laws relating to business opportunities changed and the changes affect all current business opportunities as well as expanding the reach to cover others. Many of the disclosure requirements have changed which, if you are looking to buy a …
Shelton & Power is now on Youtube!
The franchise attorneys at Shelton and Power are now offering educational webisodes through Youtube. Visit our page at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEUua9DwemjS4GqUsgS13w and meet our attorneys, Jason Power and Lynne Shelton, and learn about franchising. Over the upcoming weeks and months, Jason Power and Lynne Shelton will be offering further tidbits of information and educational content to help you either franchise your business or …
New app for lunch networking.
We all know that networking is a way of life and that without it, businesses do not grow as fast. Word of mouth is the best referral possible, so why not expand your network and those warm referrals through lunch appointments. If anyone has not heard of the app LunchMeet, you should check it out. Marketed as “an app to …
Use your 401k to buy a franchise.
In today’s world, many people want to go into business for themselves and look to franchising as a way to do so. Buying a franchise is a great way to go into business for yourself without as high of a failure risk as starting your own business. The problem many people have is that they have accrued substantial amounts in …