Can one of your clients be your mentor too? 

I don't see why not. 

There are so many different types of mentoring relationships, some formal, others informal, some paid, others unpaid; some explicit, others you don’t even realize that’s what it was all about until years later! 

As a mentor myself, I have a natural bias toward a more formal arrangement with explicit goals and boundaries – since that’s what I offer.

That said, in Episode 540 of the Marketing Mentor Podcast, I loved hearing about the informal relationship Georgiana Dearing had early in her career with one of her clients, who mentored her because that was just his nature. 

She learned so much through that relationship, which she has since internalized and continues to pass along now in her role as marketing manager of a manufacturer. (And also as one of the expert coaches in my Simplest Marketing Program.)

So listen here (and below) and learn. 

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