People always made art. Now, we just make it and share it in abundance.
But all the noise makes it impossible for aspiring creators to stand out.
On the flip side, the bell curve is widening from the masses to the niches. We can build an audience around sub-genres at scale for the first time ever; the Internet helps us stay connected.
Once we shift our strategy from marketing to everyone to marketing to the micro, we set ourselves up to make deeper work that lasts.
Your weirdness is not only acceptable,
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Cheers!! Thanks so much for that bit of advice! I will do!
Cheers Shanika! You should also check out Kevin Kelly’s theory on “1,000 true fans.”
Once we shift our strategy from marketing to everyone to the marketing to the micro, we set ourselves up to make deeper work that lasts.—–Such truth!! I love this!
Right on! The web is an enabler of uniqueness.
This was such a neat perspective. I think nothing wrong with shifting our thinking!
So true! Nothing wrong with a little weirdness.