Does anybody in a power-law returns business get depressed by fact that 5% of effort accounts for 95% of returns? True of my writing 😕
Conversation
It's visceral. 95% of traffic and consulting leads due to maybe 10-12 posts out of ~100s
1
Replying to
@Grurray I've been trying it for the last year :D. A few samples on ribbonfarm. Some successes.
1
It's true all the way down. 95% of the attention to a successful post is due to 5% of ideas in it.
1
Replying to
Often, just a single catch phrase (I guess in music it would be one melodic phrase selling an entire album)
One of the things I've consciously tried to get away from is that sort of "one insight per 3 paragraphs" style to smoother
My personal fave articles I consider success have no high points. Just goes down smooth like good single malt.
1
I don't try to control that experience for reader (impossible, since they have diff info context), just for myself
1
Replying to
Something that's frictionless and smooth with same value/word throughout may be a sudden cliff for specific reader
1
Show replies
Replying to
nope. It's enlivening. Bust the myth that pressurising ourselves to do X bits more is necessary to create extra value
3
1

