1% vs. 2% by Visualize Value

1% vs. 2%

“The difference between 1% and 2% is not just 1%, it’s 100%.” — @YS

We're conditioned to think of a single percentage point as an almost non-consequential gain. In conventional wisdom investing, 1% would be laughed at.

But if you're running a business, the downstream effect of a 1% improvement can be enormous.

Let's say you have a website that converts traffic at 1%. For every 1,000 visitors, you get 10 customers.

Let's say each customer makes you $100. At 1%, you make $1,000.

Now imagine you improve your website copy, reshoot your product images, experiment with new traffic sources, and your rate of conversion increases to 2%.

You make $2,000.

Your 1% improvement drives a 100% improvement in outcome.

1% vs 2% by Visualize Value

Leverage is as much about where you are standing as how much force you are applying.

If you are building something, it is far more useful to focus on the work you are doing to produce the result than the result itself.

The constraint we apply to package our idea determines their reach & resonance. "Make 1 decision to eliminate 1,000 decisions."