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Freelancer Forum talks with Chas Rampanthal, General Counsel and VP of Product Development from LegalZoom.com. LegalZoom.com has developed legal documents that small business owners, freelancers and contractors can use at an extremely inexpensive cost! We will be exploring what you need to know about these contracts before and after your purchase. We will find out what type of agreements are available, and how to determine which one is right for you. We will also touch on how safe it is purchase pre-made legal agreements. Come and join us live this Friday at 2pm (Pacific). Ask your questions via phone or computer, or join the Live Chat during the show! About the Guest: Chas brings experience in general corporate, partnership, venture capital and securities law to the LegalZoom Team. Mr. Rampenthal received his B.S. in Economics and Math Studies summa cum laude from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California. Mr. Rampenthal is admitted to practice law in both California and Massachusetts. Chas also has his own legal radio show on KTLK 1150 in Los Angeles on Sunday mornings. About the Company: LegalZoom.com is very rapidly becoming THE brand name in consumer law. Founded by attorneys that have worked at some of the most prestigious law firms around the country, LegalZoom has simplified the law to make it accessible for everyone. For the entrepreneur, LegalZoom has a wealth of free information and very low cost solutions: from quickly forming an s corporation or LLC, getting a trademark or provisional patent, partnerships, DBAs, copyrights, and much more. You save up to 85% and your satisfaction is guaranteed. (Information provided by LegalZoom.com)

Just a note to say thank you for listening today! Whew – what a show! The show went great even with technical difficulties! My heart was pounding so loud I thought you could here it in the mic!

 

What happened? Well the show went to start, and the countdown began, and no guest on my phone lines! I thought to myself – she will call in – just start talking – then I realized my intro music did not play automatically like it was supposed to. So I just started talking, and introduced the show and talked about the guest. My heart was pounding!! There I was chatty Kathy trying to fill time, hoping Michelle would call in! So I try to click on the Live Chat, to get that going to talk to some listeners, and it wouldn’t connect! All this time I am frantically clicking away on the browser windows to refresh to see if I can start the Live Chat, and to see if Michelle was on the phone line – nothing was working and I was wondering if I was even on the air!

 

Heart still pounding, I decided to check my personal email account on air….Found an email response for a future guest for the show (read that) and then there it was Michelle Goodman emailing me, trying to tell me that she is on the line! But what line – my switchboard was not registering the call and to me, there was no one! So I clicked refresh yet one last time! Boom there she was! Thank God! And off we went to do the show. That was the longest 10 minutes ever!!!!

 

The show went great! Lots of information for freelancers, and tips on what to do during a recession. I never got the Live Chat going – oh well! I guess this is the nature of the beast with internet radio. Next time someone should send me a valium before something like that happens. Even though I was prepared to talk about anything and everything – it does not prepare you for your heart to pound out of your chest!  I love doing this show, and am working on more great guests to have on in the future. And I do honestly try to do a professional show everytime.

 

So if you listen to this podcast, cut me a little slack, and laugh with me (not at me please), as you now know what was going on in the first 10 minutes!

 

 

Thanks for listening, and if you want to stay up to date on the latest Freelancer Forum information go and subscribe to my at www.freelancerforum.net or do an RSS feed too! Just information, events and resources.

 

Signing off for a nap to slow my heart down!

Colleen Rice Nelson

 

Production Notes:

Thank you Michelle for a great interview! And go buy her book! you can find it on my www.FreelancerForum.net Amazon affiliate link!
Michelle Goodman can be found at www.Anti9to5Guide.com

Suggestions for resources for Freelancers:

http://www.freelancesuccess.com/

http://www.freelanceswitch.com/

http://www.sologig.com/

Looking forward!

Freelancer Forum will talk to Michelle Goodman, to find out what Freelancers can do during a tight economny. Come join us for a discussion on and get some tips and tricks for your business. Michelle Goodman is author of "My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire" and "The Anti 9-to-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube", both published by Seal Press. She writes a weekly career column for ABCNews.com and blogs at www.NinetoThrive.com for the Seattle Times. Her articles and essays about alternative careers, personal finance, and human mating rituals have been published by CNN.com, Salon, BUST, Bitch, The Bark, Yahoo! HotJobs, AOL.com, and many more. In her sixteen years as a full-time freelancer, she’s had the opportunity to wrangle text on computer games, marital aids, dog pajamas, home colonics, and just about anything else that can be sold. She lives in Seattle with her eighty-pound lapdog, Buddy. For more scoop on the freelance life, visit Michelle’s blog at www.Anti9to5Guide.com.

Freelancer Forum Talks to Michelle Goodman - Tips on Freelancing During a Recession.

 

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Friday - December 12th, 9 am (Pacific)

Guest: Michelle Goodman

This Friday, I have a very special guest - Michelle Goodman. She is very well known in the Freelance world, and will be providing tips on how freelancers and small businesses can deal with a tight economy. We will also be discussing her latest book - "My So-Called Life as a Freelancer". A great book for anyone who has ever wanted to know where to start as a small business owner or freelancer! The book has solid advice on how to start, how to market your services, and tips and stories along the way that clearly depict the life of a freelancer.

Call in Live via  your computer or phone and ask questions, or register with BlogTalkRadio.com and join the Live Chat during the show! If you miss the show you can always download it as a podcast later.

 

Call-in Number: (646) 478-5671

 

About The Guest: Michelle Goodman is author of "My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire" and "The Anti 9-to-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube", both published by Seal Press. She writes a weekly career column for ABCNews.com and blogs at www.NinetoThrive.com for the Seattle Times. Her articles and essays about alternative careers, personal finance, and human mating rituals have been published by CNN.com, Salon, BUST, Bitch, The Bark, Yahoo! HotJobs, AOL.com, and many more. In her sixteen years as a full-time freelancer, she’s had the opportunity to wrangle text on computer games, marital aids, dog pajamas, home colonics, and just about anything else that can be sold. She lives in Seattle with her eighty-pound lapdog, Buddy. For more scoop on the freelance life, visit Michelle’s blog at www.Anti9to5Guide.com (http://www.anti9to5guide.com).

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Thanks for stopping by!
Colleen Rice Nelson
Host