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Not adding value definitely wears on me too. In the early years of my site, I would have people submit photos of offices to be published and then I'd riff on t
by stevesearer 11y ago
Not adding value definitely wears on me too.
In the early years of my site, I would have people submit photos of offices to be published and then I'd riff on them for a few hundred words and add a title of "X Company's Amazing NYC Offices".
It all started sounding the same after hundreds of posts so I began requiring the architects to submit a brief explaining the project and found that what they wrote was 1000% more valuable that anything I could write. Post titles changed from being clickbaity fluff to 'Company Name - Location'. Instead of the actual content portion being the value I'm trying to add personally, my goal has been to have the value be in my curation skills.
Now that I've been at it for a long time, I can add value in other ways like adding new tools for readers to interact with the content as well as writing high-level trend pieces on what I'm seeing in the industry.
- vijayr 11y agoYour site is quite interesting. I don't understand one thing though - don't you need permission to post photos of someone's office?
- stevesearer 11y agoThe photos are taken by the architect or designer who have permission to share/publish them. They are oftwn taken after the construction is completed and before the company moves in fully. That said there are many office design projects which are not allowed to be published and are photographed for internal use only.