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What good looks like

Each rule from PRINCIPLES.md as a real example to match against. Review a page by finding its closest “Don’t”.

  1. 01 Proof
  2. 02 Data
  3. 03 Colour and actions
  4. 04 Copy
01 Proof

Show it, don’t claim it

Don’t

Comprehensive podcast audience data

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A claim with nothing to check. Every competitor can write it.

Do
532K Lenny’s Podcast, listeners a month Estimated · Medium confidence
Audio 391K YouTube 140K

A real show, a real number, labelled as an estimate.

02 Data

Real, labelled, and honest when it’s missing

Don’t

A podcast

0

downloads

A placeholder icon, a made-up show, and a zero that reads as a fact.

Do
My First Million

My First Million

Not enough signal yet downloads per episode

The show’s own cover, and “Not enough signal yet” when we don’t have the number.

03 Colour and actions

Blue means click; one blue button per screen

Don’t

Three equal choices, and a chapter colour used as a button. Nothing tells the eye what to do.

Do

One action-blue button that says what happens; everything else is secondary.

04 Copy

Outcome first, for someone

Don’t

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Hype words, no reader, no outcome, and a link that doesn’t say where it goes.

Do

Know what a sponsorship reaches before you sign

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The brand buyer’s outcome line from icps.md, then the proof, then a link that names its destination.