Hey shayne, great article. I have applied many "Attention Economy" concepts via the teachings of Gary Vaynerchuk, and they've been amazing for Steem.
When you wrote the article about Barron, was it a lucky break that it got so much attention? Or did you research the topic ahead of time based on SEO potential?
It was totally random that it took off.
You can see by the metrics that it's a bit strange. 66k views, 15 votes, $0. This leads me to believe that I was simply ahead of a trend, and people started becoming interested in the topic sometime after the curation period expired.