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Slowing Economy Weakens the Boating Industry

The $40-billion boat industry is struggling to keep afloat amid the slowing US economy. In fact, some companies that manufacture sail boats and power boats have already closed shops. This is saddening and a great cause of concern. Manufacturing.net reports that a poor consumer confidence, spiraling gas prices and the national economic downturn is testing [...]

Sale of Handmade Clothes – Does it Require Copyright

Buying a pattern from the store, sewing the clothing and selling it is not covered by copyright laws. That is, when the object of concern is the clothing made from the pattern. But if we are talking about the pattern itself, it is subject to copyright law. An exception to this rule is when the [...]

Negotiating Franchise

Some states require that a franchise be registered following the guidelines concerning its sale and transfer. Initially, check the FTC web site to determine the states requiring that franchisors register disclosure documents before they could sell their business opportunity. Get the information on how to register your franchise from the State agency’s web site. Understand [...]

Do You Need Software Protection?

For software vendors, having some restrictions in the use of your product ensure that people will register and pay for the software. Finding that your product is what they need, consumers will be more than happy to pay for them to be able to use the merchandise. Installing protection scheme around your product tends to [...]

Objections to Cross-Selling of Law Practitioners – Part 2

Fear of losing clients – they are reluctant to refer their clients because they worry that their partners may mishandle the job and lose them. Firm does not aptly recognize cross-selling – recognition is a powerful motivator and highlighting a cross-selling effort or success can do a lot to push people to do better. Client [...]

Objections to Cross-Selling of Law Practitioners

Following is a list of excuses why lawyers nix the idea of cross-selling: Unwillingness or not having sufficient selling knowledge – it is a common position among lawyers that they weren’t taught sales practice and marketing skills in law school but, when a client chooses a lawyer to represent them, they try to “sell” their [...]

Welcome to the GuidetoSalesLaborLaws Blog!

Welcome to our new blog on sales laws. Here, we will serve as you guide in exploring sales laws and regulations and its implications in the sales industry. Sales industry is one of the top performing industries in the world today. In fact, more and more people are joining the sales world as salespersons and [...]