Ryan Law
Recent articles
Strategy
How to Succeed as a Content Team of One
Many of the content marketers we talk to operate as a content team of one. They share a common backstory: as companies scale, engineering is the first team to grow, followed by sales. Marketing...
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11 min read
07/20/20
the-blog
Introducing: A Better Content & SEO Audit
Today, we’re launching a new service: the Animalz Content and SEO audit.
Ryan Law
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3 min read
07/15/20
Strategy
Why Wirecutter Wins: Opinionated Content
Wirecutter carved out a $150-million niche in the crowded affiliate marketing industry by understanding one core tenet of content marketing: opinions are not optional.Imagine you want to buy a DSLR...
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7 min read
07/06/20
Writing
MECE: How to Think, Write & Persuade Like a McKinsey...
Mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive (MECE) is one of the core problem-solving frameworks in management consulting. It can also be a powerful method for better writing.Consulting firms like...
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8 min read
06/29/20
Writing
High-Concept Content: the Hollywood Framework for Crafting...
Snakes on a Plane front-loads everything that’s interesting about the film into four short words. It’s a pithy summary of the entire plot. Walking into the cinema, the audience has clearly defined...
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7 min read
06/17/20
Strategy
The Category Creator’s Manifesto
Category creation is not an act of true creation but rather an exercise in positioning.Successful categories result from identifying a nascent change, a great cresting wave moments before crashing...
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7 min read
05/25/20
Podcasts
Hyper-Competitive Content Marketing With Buffer’s Ash...
Ash Read, Editorial Director at Buffer, talks through: how to compete in an industry saturated by content marketing; finding your unique differentiator; the power of brand and vision in content;...
AI, Twitter Marketing & The Creator Economy with Blake...
Blake Emal, Chief Marketing Officer at Copy.ai, explains how AI can help small content teams, how to get great at Twitter marketing, and why Copy.ai encourages its team to embrace side projects.
Product-Led Content & Thinking Like a Strategist with...
Dr. Fio Dossetto, editor-in-chief of contentfolks and former Senior Editor at Hotjar, talks through “product-led” content, writing search content without becoming a copycat, and levelling-up your...