Can you / should you befriend clients?
Should you take on friends as clients?
What are the pros and cons? Just how blurry should those lines between professional and personal relationships be?
Often debated in business circles, some swearing by mixing friendship and business and others avoiding it like the plague.
To mix or not to mix? That’s the question we’re tackling today!
My hope is that by the end of this episode, you can determine for yourself whether or not you want to work with friends, befriend your clients, collaborate with pals, and have a better understanding of how that can look for your unique business.
In this episode:
- The definition of "friend"
- The varying levels/circles of friendship from inner to outskirts
- Things to consider when befriending clients, having friends as clients, and collaborating with friends in your business
- Pros and cons of mixing personal and professional relationships
- And more!
"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you." – Elbert Hubbard
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I’m Emily Aborn, I’m a Small Business Copywriter, Content Marketing Consultant, Speaker, and Podcast Host of Content with Character. I'm a dog mom to Mr. Clyde and wife to Jason. Our little family lives in the backwoods of New Hampshire where we spend time wishing for Summer, hiking, stacking wood for the eternally long and freezing winters, reading, and procuring random and useless knowledge for future trivia games.
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