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Chris Brown started as a\u00a0corporate lawyer\u00a0before leaving\u00a0his law firm to create\u00a0b.Legal Marketing.\u00a0Chris now\u00a0works\u00a0with his team of marketing strategists\u00a0and developers, creating and managing\u00a0law firm websites\u00a0for small firms. He will be joining us to talk about copyright, being an LLC, and CAN-SPAM among other things! Read on to learn more about Chris Brown!<\/p>\n
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My Entrepreneurial Jump<\/strong> The decision to go out own my own changed my life more than I could have imagined and today I spend half my time building WordPress websites for small law firms and the other half practicing law representing tech startups, small businesses, and freelancers.<\/p>\n A Dual-Industry Career<\/strong> Websites + \u201cThe Law\u201d<\/strong> We\u2019ll discuss a wide-range of topics including: My Favorite Resource<\/strong> If an ad catches my eye and I download an ebook, I take notes on why the ad caught my ad, what language they used, what was in the photo, and how the company followed up with me via email. Learning how to improve my marketing skills by watching and learning from other successful marketing professionals has been the most valuable tool in my professional development.<\/p>\n Ukuleles & BBQ<\/strong> Chris Brown started as a\u00a0corporate lawyer\u00a0before leaving\u00a0his law firm to create\u00a0b.Legal Marketing.\u00a0Chris now\u00a0works\u00a0with his team of marketing strategists\u00a0and developers, creating and managing\u00a0law firm websites\u00a0for small firms. He will be joining us to talk about copyright, being an LLC, and CAN-SPAM among other things! Read on to learn more about Chris Brown!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10573955,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[29,8335],"tags":[842072,491539,27085,14],"class_list":["post-1092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speakers","category-spotlight","tag-chris-brown","tag-entrepreneurs","tag-kansas-city","tag-wordpress"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7alWa-hC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10573955"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1094,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092\/revisions\/1094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTwo and a half years ago I decided to resign from my law firm to create a marketing company for small law firms.<\/p>\n
\nThe ability to shift from creative work to legal work on a daily basis is among the best aspects of my professional career. It also gives me unique insight into both the law and WordPress development, which helps me serve as a valuable advisor to freelancers and creative people.<\/p>\n
\nMy talk will draw on my experiences as lawyer, business owner, and website developer. Regardless of the level of experience you have working on websites, this talk will help you.<\/p>\n
\noperating as a LLC;
\npaying taxes;
\nownership and infringement of copyrights and trademarks;
\ndealing with contracts with your clients and subcontractors;
\nhow and why to use terms of service and privacy policies;
\nwhat is defamation;
\nthe CAN-SPAM act;
\nthings to consider when making money through websites;
\nand more.<\/p>\n
\nWhen it comes to getting better in my field, I always pay attention to how other successful companies market their services.<\/p>\n
\nAlthough I spend most of my time building websites and practicing law, I spend a great deal of time on two main hobbies: playing my ukulele and competing in BBQ competitions with my team, Brownie\u2019s BBQ. I\u2019m also lucky to have an amazing wife and one-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"