I like this image from Seth Godin’s post on The Long Tail and the Dip.

He argues that shooting for the head (#1) takes too much effort and money, but it doesn’t mean you have to resign yourself to life out on the thin part of the long tail (#3) — you can aim for “profit pocket #2″.

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