Welcome to Content Creator Counsel!

I’m Kristen, and I’ll be your instructor over the coming weeks or months. I’ve been an attorney and business advisor for almost twenty years, working closely with content creators, influencers, and other entertainment-industry professionals, and also with the major companies and smaller brands that want to engage them (and you!) for marketing campaigns, sponsorship deals, advertisements, and public appearances.

In this course, you'll learn the practical legal, operational, managerial, and financial skills and concepts you need to turn your content into a real business… all for the cost of less than one billable hour of my time. I’m looking forward to seeing you in class!  

What is Content Creator Counsel?

Law & Business for Content Creators is a series of six course modules, designed to be equivalent to a semester-long university-level course in substance and depth. You will learn:

  • How to define your niche, grow your brand, and set healthy boundaries with your audience.
  • Business and tax basics, including how to limit your liability through an LLC and how to track your income and expenses to avoid challenges from the IRS.
  • How to spot scammers and sketchy brand deals, as well as how to navigate messy situations and online drama like a pro.
  • How to analyze and negotiate different types of influencer contracts, balance content creation with your regular job, and work smarter with agents, assistants, and brands.
  • Foundational concepts in intellectual property law, including how to protect your own content and brand through copyright and trademark protection, and how to avoid infringing on the IP rights of others.
  • How to monetize you content legally, ethically, and confidently, through brand deals, affiliate links, your own products, and other opportunities.

Each module is also available for individual purchase through the links below.

Note: the six-course bundle provides access to additional videos, a final exam with detailed explanations, and other bonus content, all at a significant discount compared to buying each module individually.

Finding Your Niche & Building Your Brand

How to establish your voice, find your audience, and understand key legal boundaries that apply from the start. Access Module 1 here.

Business & Tax Basics

Fundamentals of organizing and managing your content creation business and taxes, whether it’s your side hustle or your full-time profession. Access Module 2 here.

Scammers, Haters, Drama, & Trolls

How to navigate the nastier parts of the influencer business while legally protecting what you’re building. Access Module 3 here.

Power Dynamics & Working Relationships

How to navigate contracts, authority, expectations, and rights in formal and informal working relationships, online and IRL. Access Module 4 here.

Copyrights, Copycats, & Creative Control

How to protect your intellectual property, and how to ensure your content doesn’t infringe on others’ rights. Access Module 5 here.

Getting Paid to Post


How to negotiate a brand deal and monetize your content without violating governmental regulations. Access Module 6 here.

Course Syllabus & Curriculum


  Course Introduction
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  Module 1: Finding Your Niche & Building Your Brand. How to establish your voice, find your audience, and understand key legal boundaries that apply from the start.
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  Module 2: Business & Tax Basics. Fundamentals of organizing and managing your content creation business and taxes, whether it’s your side hustle or your full-time profession.
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  Module 3: Scammers, Haters, Drama, & Trolls. How to navigate the nastier parts of the influencer business while legally protecting what you’re building.
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  Module 4: Power Dynamics & Working Relationships. How to navigate contracts, authority, expectations, and rights in formal and informal working relationships, online and IRL.
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  Module 5: Copyrights, Copycats, & Creative Control. How to protect your intellectual property, and how to ensure your content doesn’t infringe on others’ rights.
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  Module 6: Getting Paid to Post. How to negotiate a brand deal and monetize your content without violating governmental regulations.
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  Final Exam
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  Course Conclusion & Congrats!
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Take the Next Step in Your Content Creation Career!


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