Beyond the Rhetoric

Refer a friend. You see this kind of program implemented by all kinds of different businesses. If you send a friend our way, we’ll send a happy bonus your way. It’s how it works with banks, realtors, and all kinds of other professional services. Should freelance writing, freelance web design, freelance consulting, and freelance search [...]

Every small business owner has likely asked him or herself this question at some point: Should you work with and for your friends? Now, I’m not really discussing the matter of becoming business partners with your friends. Instead, I’m much more taking the perspective of a service provider like that of a consultant, graphic designer, [...]