Even Friends Need a Contract!
Below is a recent email I received. I have removed identifying information for obvious reasons. I'll call this victim Regretta. Dear Angela, Three years ago, I started a blog and website describing my talents as a writer. They were both under one domain name. All this setup was done by my best friend. He had handled all the money matters and setup as he is a technical guy and worked as a web administrator. We were also involved emotionally and I trusted him blindly... The email went on to say that the "friend" hadn't worked on the site in two years, and didn't make any updates, but kept encouraging Regretta to grow the blog. He was earning Google Adsense money on the blog and he was sharing the revenues with her. By now, you know where this is going... …