Content attracts attention. Events concentrate it.
distinction — attributed to Paul Miller
Content and events are not separate businesses. They are interconnected parts of one system. Content pulls attention toward a topic over time. The event concentrates that attention into a moment where community becomes physical. Treating either one in isolation loses the logic of the system. Media operators who dismiss events miss the moment their audience becomes a market. Event operators who dismiss content miss the mechanism that builds the audience in the first place.
The systems view for any media or event company thinking about portfolio strategy.
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