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[2022-08-15 03:16:38 AM] : in the
Virtual Hot Seat: How good are your ebomb topics?
There’s a section that says:
This one is great: “A simple email filter to eliminate 80% of your interruption”
It’s a specific pain + a hint at a specific fix
and then mentions a 2-step narrowing process: narrow angle + specific fix. Which seems like a great idea.
But the given example is confusing because the specific fix - batching - got dropped in the final step:
Topic: “Get your time under control and bill for every hour”
Narrow Angle: “How to batch smaller tasks for easier client billing”
Narrower Single Fix: “Save time, energy, and wasted billable hours with Just One Change Tuesdays”1 Reply
[2022-08-15 03:21:30 AM] : “Use this one easy formula to maximize your time” & “This one method doubled my billable hours” aren’t specific fixes.. or are they?
[2022-08-15 03:22:40 AM] : a better example would be “How I doubled my billable hours using this free spreadsheet” right?
[2022-08-23 09:38:57 AM] : sorry I missed this last week James R! Getting caught up on some threads that got buried in Slack.
[2022-08-23 09:40:00 AM] : I'd say that "specific" isn't a single point, but a range/spectrum. there are def more specific examples than the ones in the virtual hot seat, and it seems like you're very much headed in the right direction.
[2022-08-23 09:40:38 AM] : your "how I doubled billable hours using this free spreadsheet" is def more specific, and probably a better ebomb!
[2022-08-23 09:42:25 AM] : the "narrower single fix" step can also be thought of as a brainstorms step to help you generate lots of ideas, in addition to a way for nudging yourself towards more specific topics.
[2022-08-23 09:46:02 AM] : all of that to say - I think your analysis is good!
[2022-08-27 04:56:08 AM] : nice alex thanks