Everything on the Internet is a copy. And “when copies are super abundant, they become worthless. When copies are super abundant, stuff which can't be copied becomes scarce and valuable.”
The author suggests the following Eight Generatives Better Than Free:
- Immediacy
- Personalization
- Interpretation
- Authenticity
- Accessibility
- Embodiment
- Patronage
- Findability
Value generation in this context demands a more human touch, where individual qualities are more important than ever before. It is not about the free stuff, but the attention you can give the customer with the free stuff.
In other words, less about stuff, more about attention! Social media is set up to transmit attention, to highlight generosity as never before. And to do so to a global audience.
How is your business creating value? How dependant is your cashflow on things that may well already be free or fast becoming so?
Read the full KK article Better Than Free. Thanks to Tanneke Zeeuw for the link.
