Today's guest is Ann Koppuzha of Powerhouse Legal.  With a decade of legal experience at top law firms and the Department of Justice, Ann is dedicated to ensuring your contracts are top notch and echo your unique story so you can book clients faster.  Legal questions are always something I get from planners in all phases of their business. So I'm so excited to have had the opportunity to ask some of your most pressing questions. In this episode, we talk about client contracts, how to best protect your business. We talk about reviewing venue and vendor contracts, as well as the common mistakes we see.  Anytime we're talking with an attorney, we have to keep it a little bit broad. So we got to cover so much in this episode.  We discuss:    Initial Setup and Importance of Contracts   Communication Expectations   Client Contract Negotiations   Vendor Contracts   Employee and Contractor Agreements   Using AI Tools for Business   Holistic Approach to Business Success   Advice for New Planners   Importance of having well-drafted contracts   Connect with Ann website | instagram Use code WEDDINGPRO10 for 10% off contract templates.     Today's episode is brought to you by the Planner Life Academy online course.  What is the most important thing to do when you want to become a successful wedding planner?  Whether you're just starting out or you're ready to level up, these questions constantly creep in. How can I charge more? How do I book more clients? How can I do this better? This must not be this hard. Everybody else seems to be doing better than me. I've been there. And I've learned so many things the hard way so that you don't have to. The thing is, the path to overcoming doubt is different for everyone, and you can't Google your way to success. I have done over 900 weddings and events, and I've learned so many ways to improve my customer experience, organization, design skills, and wedding day process.  And after years of hosting in -person workshops for planners, we created an online course so planners can learn what they need to succeed from the comfort of their own home.  If you want to do this, you can, and we're here to show you how.  And this just isn't any wedding planner certification. It's everything I have learned over the last 20 years poured into an easy to learn online course that will teach you how to start your business, implement processes. How to create templates, how to guide your clients through each and every step of planning, how to be a great leader, and more importantly, how to build a great reputation so that you can build a sustainable wedding business.  The Planner Life Academy online course is 45 topics, over 16 hours of video lessons, and all of our templates to help you make immediate upgrades to your business.  Friend, please stop doubting that you have what it takes to succeed. Get everything you need to build your career as a professional wedding planner.  Visit plannerlifeacademy.com to start today.