To the majority of the world, numbers matter. People love to measure results and quality by using numbers. If you ask any blogger, they would love having one hundred thousand subscribers, instead of one hundred. If you wanted to interview Paris Hilton and told her PR agent that you have a mere five blog subscribers, they would ignore your email. Now, if you called back in six years with a figure of two million, they would not only respond, but you could get on the phone with her within a few weeks. That is the true power in quantity. It convinces other people that you have social proof, reach, and value to provide. If you have a large enough audience, you make it worthwhile for others to work for you, even for free.