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layout: post
title: Visualizing The Value Your API Delivers
image: >-
  https://s3.amazonaws.com/kinlane-productions2/api-evangelist/bandpage/band-pages.png
author:
  name: kinlane
tags:
  - Value
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I was reading the news about "[BandPage raising $9.25M to help musicians reach and monetize billions of fans worldwide](http://blog.bandpage.com/2014/03/31/bandpage-raises-funds-to-help-musicians-reach-and-monetize-billions-of-fans-worldwide/)" today, which in itself isn't all that exciting. Sorry, while VC investment in companies that have APIs is a relevant data point, I just don't think its newsworthy enough to warrant its own blog post, usually just a tweet.

One thing that I did find interesting in this post, was the image depicting the distribution via the BandPages platform:

![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/kinlane-productions2/api-evangelist/bandpage/band-pages.png)

This image provides a very simple and clear way to articulate the value delivered via an API driven platform--showing users what BandPages does in a single image.

I wish every API I came across had an image like this, demonstrating what value the API delivers, in a very visual way.