Craft16 September 2026 · 1 min

The audience you already have

Forty people who reply beat four thousand who scroll past.

Count replies, not followers

A list of forty who answer is a business. A list of four thousand who scroll is a vanity metric wearing a business costume.

What to measure instead

- Replies per post
- Repeat buyers
- Referrals you did not ask for

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