Small Business Casual
Where small business meets your favorite pair of slippers.
A little quirky, not too buttoned up, one less accessory, ahhh… just right.
Welcome to Small Business Casual, where we focus on designing sustainable, cozy, and thriving businesses tailored to your LIFE. Not the other way around!
From general business and marketing to making sense of the behind-the-scenes chaos, I’m Emily Aborn, your host and Small Business Copywriter!
I’m here to walk alongside you as we make running our businesses less of a roller coaster and more like a scenic train ride (don't forget the snacks!).
Small Business Casual
Why Can't We Be Friends? Mixing Personal & Professional Relationships
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.
Email: emily@emilyaborn.com
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