How Not to Get Sued with Nellie Akalp Ep 53

In this episode, I catch up with CorpNet’s CEO and Founder, Nellie Akalp, during new media expo NMX to talk about copyrights and trademarks and how they can be vital to your business. In addition we covered the value of forming an LLC or a corporation for podcasters and bloggers.

Nellie and I touched on things I've never really considered as a podcaster that normally would have done in my PR business. For me this reveals the mindset shift that needs to happen when our blogs and podcast become an actual business.

Below are the highlights of my short but information packed session with Nellie:

What a copyright is, what it protects, how other people can borrow your copyrighted contents and why you should still register and file the paperwork despite the automatic logo that comes with WordPress. ( This was shocking )
What you should know when borrowing images from other sites or when using music ( Start @ 4:00 to hear about music) for your shows for your show so you don't end up in court.
Nellie got into this industry starting from buying domains and posting content in a website with her husband in 1997, growing their company with nearly a million dollars gross sales in 2005, selling the company out to retire but deciding to start back all over again in 2009 with their current company CorpNet where they help start up entrepreneurs in legitimizing their businesses.
What sets CorpNet out from the competition, from their pricing to their service, and how they engage through social media.
How they help entrepreneurs regarding the restrictions in setting up revenue streams via Amazon in some states through setting their businesses up as an LLC or corporation.

Quote from Nellie:

If you have a viable business that’s creating a revenue stream and you have assets that they can potentially come after, my recommendation would be to always do your due diligence if you are going to be utilizing content, images, music. Otherwise, you are going to be on the wrong end of a copyright or a trademark infringement.

If you want to learn more on how to start a business, how to protect your personal assets, what liability protection is and how to protect yourself as a blogger or a podcaster, you can reach Nellie through the following channels:

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