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Hi! I'm Sam 👋And I haven't handed out any of these business cards since I had them made on Moo 🐮
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Before I started my business helping women entrepreneurs legally protect and grow their businesses in 2017, I was a health coach. And before that, I was a corporate attorney for over 5 years!
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I started Sam Vander Wielen LLC in 2017 because I wanted to give you a more affordable, cozy way to legally protect your business.
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I wanted you to feel confident to go out and create the programs, podcasts, YouTube channel, membership program etc that you always dreamed of.
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3 years later, I've helped 1000s of women -- health/life/business/career coaches, course creators, copywriters, designers, and so many more -- get #legallylegit.
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Business cards might have been how I networked as an attorney, but it's definitely not what I do now.
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👯‍♂️I have a free Facebook community, Fearless Femmepire, where I teach women how to grow legally legit businesses online.
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📹I *just* started a YouTube channel, where I release bite-sized legal tips each and every Tuesday.
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🤳And I get down in the DMs here on Instagram every single day because I truly believe that social media should be SOCIAL.
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I'm not here to flash all the stuff I've bought with my biz revenue or to humble brag about how many followers I have.
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I'm doing the work, building a biz for the long term, and focusing on YOU...
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💯by making my legal templates and Ultimate Bundle program the best damn legal products on the market.
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For me, not everything is about revenue. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
👊🏽I'd rather make a deeper, concentrated impact in my time here -- and that's exactly how I run my business.
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Before we go, I'll share a random fact about me and then I want you to drop 1 about you in the comments 👇🏽
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👶🏽Rando fact: I was born on November 12th on 12th Street in Philly, at 12:12pm, on Floor 12, Room 12. So 12 is def my lucky number 😂
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OK, now it's your turn! Drop your fact below! 👇🏽
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xo, Sam 📸: @antrimandspruce

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You're the kind of person who does things right.
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You play by the rules, abide by the law, and make sure your Is are dotted and Ts are crossed before you hit GO on a project.
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That's why when it comes to running your own online business, you want to make sure you do things the right way.
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😬You don't want Uncle Sam chasing after you in your dreams or the government shutting your business down.
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But how the heck do you legally run your own online business?!
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What do you need to do to make sure you formed your business correctly, sent the right paperwork off, and are using the right policies and contracts?
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🚀Watch my latest YouTube video "How to Start an Online Business Legally (for coaches & creatives ready to blow up online)" to find out.
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In this short 6-min video, I'll teach you the 5️⃣steps any legally legit business must take to "do things right" online.
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📲Comment "video!" below and I'll personally DM you the link....
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Or click my bio link here: @samvanderwielen to watch now.
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If we aren't friends yet, I'm Sam 👋🏽attorney-turned-entrepreneur and legal educator who helps you legally protect and grow your online business with my DIY legal templates and Ultimate Bundle program.
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✨I've helped 1000s of women coaches, creatives, and course creators learn how to get paid, use contracts, form their businesses, and protect their content online -- and now it's your turn.
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xo,
Sam
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🥰PS. Comment "video!" below 👇🏽and I'll DM you the link to watch my new YouTube video with this week's bite-sized legal tip: how to start an online business legally. xo

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🎉I've been keeping a pretty big secret from you... but today I'm spilling ALL the beans!
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🚀I STARTED MY OWN YOUTUBE CHANNEL + MY FIRST VIDEO IS LIVE! 🚀
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I wanted to start a channel for years, but didn't. I sat on it because I let ALL the doubts & fears kick in:
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🤔Who wants to watch MY videos?
😬Will anyone even like it? How embarrassing will it be if no one watches / comments / likes?
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I let all this ego stuff get in the way and forgot why I wanted to start one in the first place:
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To give you fresh, bite-sized legal tips each week in a fun format -- like 5-10 min videos on exactly the topic you want to learn about.
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So several months ago, I started building out my own YouTube channel brick-by-brick. I signed up for @sunnylenarduzzi 's YouTube for Bosses program (amazing, by the way!) and worked hard with @margocarroll behind the scenes to launch it.
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But 2 weeks ago, everything came to a grinding halt.
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My website got stolen -- word for word, testimonial for testimonial -- and I was devastated.
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I felt (too) seen, exposed and totally violated.
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After that, I was DONE letting anyone hurt me. And I (mentally) threw in the towel on the YouTube project.
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But I gave myself some space, got incredible support from my friends and team, and realized this:
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We can't give our power away like that. And we have to come back to a place of service.
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Who are you here to help? Definitely not the copycat -- and that's all you'd be doing by staying small and hidden.
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So I'm doing it -- I'm here, I'm vulnerable... I launched my YT channel today!
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You can catch a new legal tip every single Tuesday on YouTube!
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👇🏽Comment "video!" below and I'll DM you the direct link to watch my first video: How to Start An Online Business Legally 🎉
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✨Watch it, like + comment on it and 'Subscribe' to my channel.
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Or click my bio link to watch it now : )
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I'm so excited for you to get even more legally legit and to connect with you on YouTube.
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We're in this together.
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xo, Sam

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It’s easy to get caught up in the “I should’ve made more this month / I should have more clients / I need more followers...” thing, but sometimes you just have to get more caught up in some of the incredible stuff you already have here now.
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For one, I’m so grateful for these incredible women (swipe right to connect with them 👉🏽) and how much we support each other as friends and business owners.
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Whether it’s being there to cry with each other, celebrate our wins, or just (for the millionth time) be like, “wow... entrepreneurship is bananas sometimes!” — we’ve got each other’s backs.
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In 2019, I’m grateful I got to travel and speak about legal for entrepreneurs. I set an intention in 2018 that I wanted to speak more in 2019, and boom 💥 I’m grateful for each and every one.
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But what meant even more to me was that all that travel allowed me to see my friends in real life more. I got to play with their kids, spend time with their partners, and explore their stomping grounds. And for many of them, Ryan and I got to take an adventure too 🥰.
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What a world we live in, right?!
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So as we all sit down to my absolute favorite meal of the year today, I want you to know that YOU and the women here are what I’m thankful for.
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Whether we’ve worked together, you’ve told people about what I do, you’re a part of this community, or you’ve sent along a kind word when I needed it this year,
THANK YOU.
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It’s an absolute honor and privilege to be here helping you get legally legit and I don’t forget that for a second. 😘
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What are you grateful for this year? Tell me in the comments 👇🏼👇🏿👇👇🏾

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Every time you put yourself out there and try to do something new, your subconscious is going to yell STOP at you.
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You see, at the end of the day, inner you just wants to keep outer you safe.
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And for inner you, safe does NOT = launching a podcast or YouTube channel, starting a business, or creating your first course.
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Nope, your subconscious would much prefer that you just stay put. Because staying put is easy, safe, predictable.
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So next time you here that inner voice saying “who are you to start a YouTube channel!? No one is going to want to watch that. No one cares. Someone else is already doing it.”
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Say, “thanks for trying to keep me safe, girlfriend 😘. But I’ve got this 👊🏼.”
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These fears will keep coming up — no matter how far along you are in your biz. So it’s more about seeing them for what they are (feelings) and what they’re not (facts).
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You’ve got this friend. I can’t wait to share something I’ve been SO scared to create with you on December 3 (so soon!!).
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It’s something scary (for me), free (for you) and 100% legally legit 😉
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What’s something scary you want to put out there or WERE scared to put out but did it anyway?
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Tell me in the comments! 👇

xo, Sam

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Before my entire website was stolen by another attorney yesterday (missed it!? Watch my ‘STOLEN SITE’ highlight 👆)...
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I’d planned to write a straight from the ❤️ post about your competition.
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The irony. 🙄
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🙏🏼Community over competition has misled you and it’s keeping you from growing your business.
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Hear me out 👂🏽 Here's what's wrong with the way comm > comp has gone:
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The 'community' part you should be focusing on? YOUR community. The people who need your help. Not the ones who do what you do.
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[The best thing I've EVER done for myself and my biz was to STOP looking at 'competitors' content. Unfollow. Unlike. Do what you've got to do. Thank me later.]
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You don’t have to actively cheer on 🎉 all the people who do what you do, engage with / follow them or read all their content.
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Be smart: do market research (I pay someone to do it for me). See what's out there. Never talk badly or send bad vibes.
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But put your head down and focus on YOUR community.
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To build YOUR business, you have to:
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1️⃣know who your ideal client is & what she needs.
2️⃣create that offer & be excited about it, for reals.
3️⃣market it, directly to her in her language and seeing her needs, again + again + again.
4️⃣show up consistently + authentically, be strategic and only offer a few premium things.
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So as you’re building this bomb ass business of yours — your competition doesn’t have anything to do w/ your growth (or lack there of).
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She’s not your ideal client & she shouldn’t be a model for what you do (be original 🎨).
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Following her, forcing yourself to feel more supportive & beating yourself up when you have tinges of envy...
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Is a waste of time + keeping you from building that 💣biz.
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It also means you’re human. But it’s not healthy or normal to see all the time.
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Hear me out: there’s room enough for EVERYONE to do her thing.
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You just don’t have to follow it or spend any of your energy consuming it — because you’re here to change YOUR life. Not consume hers.
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Thoughts? Drop it 👇

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We’re ALL afraid to get sued.

I mean seriously, is anyone like, “no I love the idea of losing my business, spending years in court and fighting to protect myself with a bunch of stiff lawyers!” 😏, no.

The reality is that getting sued, refund requests, and copycatted content is all part of the deal when you run your own business. ❌ that doesn’t mean you just take it.
❌ or that you lose your business (ideally, you shouldn’t have to skip a beat!).
❌and it definitely shouldn’t mean you go broke or lose any money at all.

It’s all about being holistically #legallylegit so that you can: 💸 get paid when clients owe you moo-lah. ✋ stand your ground when a client asks for a refund, doesn’t follow the policies you set out, or let’s a friend login to your course. 🙏🏼 create programs and services from a place of service and not fear. Put out the stuff you REALLY want to share but that you’re afraid to because you’re not sure you’re legally protected.

If we don’t know each other yet — I’m Sam 👋🏼 an attorney-turned-entrepreneur and legal educator who helps coaches, creatives, consultants and course creators legally protect and grow their biz with my DIY legal templates and Ultimate Bundle program.

I’ve helped 1000s of health/life/fitness/$/love/career/wellness/nutrition/business coaches, nutritionists, RDs, copywriters, web & branding designers, VAs, and SO many more online entrepreneurs get legally legit.

Now it’s your turn, love.

Here’s where you should start:

Download your free Top Legal Mistakes to Avoid Guide in my bio link here: @samvanderwielen

There you’ll learn the top 6 mistakes I see most often made online that you can easily avoid to stay clear of legal trouble.

Want me to DM you the direct link to grab your free Legal Mistakes guide?

Comment “Guide” below 👇🏼👇🏼 and I’ll get it right over to you 😘

xo,
Sam
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Have you ever felt like you love the idea of your business, but you're not sure how to scale it?

Now you're getting to that point where in order to grow, you’ve got to get some stuff in place.

That's exactly how my friend and client Chris of @empoweredachievers felt about a year ago before she Joined my Ultimate Bundle program. ✨Tomorrow (Tues) 11/19 at 2pm PT // 5pm ET she's chatting w/ me in my Customer Celebration Month interview series to share her story of how she overcame that discomfort and developed the confidence in her business being the "real deal" and ready to totally commit to growing.

This month I’m highlighting 4 of the 1000s of women I’ve helped get legally legit so far as part of Customer Celebration Month here at Sam Vander Wielen LLC.

Each week, I’m interviewing 1 of those women and sharing their business journey with you so you can take their actionable tips and inspiration to apply to your own business. ...And I can’t wait to continue the Q & A series with Ultimate Bundle member @empoweredachievers tomorrow, Tuesday, November 19 at 2pm PT // 5pm ET on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/samvanderwielenllc/. Join us at this super casual Facebook Live convo to hear her story and ask your questions about how she got past that “I’m ready to grow but need to get legal first” stage and grew her business the legally legit way.

Will I see you there live to learn Chris’s story? Comment “yes!” Below 👇🏼 xo, Sam

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