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Welcome to episode 16 of The Spew, a podcast about women in online marketing, by women in online marketing.
This time around we are talking about the distractions of working at home and benefits and challenges of employing family and friends.
Lisa Picarille (@lisap), an online content strategist, moderated this week’s shows. Lisa blogs at lisapicarille.com
Panelists this week include:
Karen Garcia (@karengarcia), co-founder of GTO Management and Ultimate Foodie.
Kim Rowley (@kimarketing), Affiliate Marketer, blogger and President of Shoeaholics Anonymous
Connie Berg (@connieberg), Head Bird in Charge of FlamingoWorld.com, was slated to join us, but she was waiting for Charter to fix her repeated problems with her online connection, cable and phone.
We pressed on without Connie and talked about kids being a huge distraction when working from home. Both Kim and Karen’s children were off to school this week and lots of work was getting done.
Husbands that are working from home can also be a distraction and the ladies agreed that even the smallest interruption can make it hard to get back on track.
Talk then turned to hiring family and friends. Should there be a contact in place? What are the challenges of managing a family member? And how do you deal with the working relationship if it goes sour?
Kim employs her aunt as a contractor and that is going well. However, Kim’s oldest son worked for her for a while and that didn’t turn out so well.
Karen is partners with her husband Joel and Wade Tonkin in OPM firm GTO Management. They also employ Karen’s little sister (a college student) and Joel’s best friend. Karen likes the idea of hiring friends and family rather than outsourcing to someone she doesn’t know. Lisa thinks it’s a bad idea and is ripe for too many problems that spill into your personal life.
We also noted that Connie used to employ her step son. Her ex-husband still works for her. Tricia Meyer of Sunshine Rewards has her mom working for her and it’s an interesting twist on the typical mother/daughter dynamic.
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I’m surprised to hear all the hired family to help out.
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