Ryan Law

Ryan Law

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How to Get Competitors Speaking Your Language
Strategy

How to Get Competitors Speaking Your Language

In 2014, I read an article that has remained lodged in my brain ever since.Competition was growing in content marketing, the author argued, and declining ROI was an inevitable consequence. An...
Ryan Law 4 min read
02/03/21
How to Go Viral: A Content Marketer’s Guide
Strategy

How to Go Viral: A Content Marketer’s Guide

Over the years, we’ve watched an elite club of articles generate hundreds of backlinks and rack up hundreds of thousands of views. These are the articles that went viral, circulating through...
Ryan Law 9 min read
01/28/21
The ‘Google Knows Best’ Fallacy
Strategy

The ‘Google Knows Best’ Fallacy

The way most companies approach content marketing is predicated on the unspoken idea that Google knows best.For any keyword, they search through results page after results page to work out what...
Ryan Law 6 min read
01/21/21
Deep Cuts and Smash Hits: The Best of Animalz in 2020
Strategy

Deep Cuts and Smash Hits: The Best of Animalz in 2020

There’s a lot to be learned from a year of content marketing. High traffic articles provide a blueprint for future content. Real-world feedback from readers shines a light on the articles that...
Ryan Law 8 min read
12/14/20
No, You Shouldn’t Always Focus on the Bottom of the Funnel
Strategy

No, You Shouldn’t Always Focus on the Bottom of the Funnel

I’m a big believer that the difference between “writing” and “content marketing” is revenue. Content marketing is writing that serves a business objective. It exists to make sales easier.But that...
Ryan Law 6 min read
11/30/20
4 Realistic Traffic Goals for Small(ish) Blogs
Data

4 Realistic Traffic Goals for Small(ish) Blogs

Big, established blogs have multiple years of performance data. Smaller, newer blogs do not. It can feel like you’re operating in a vacuum. It’s hard to come up with reasonable answers to questions...
Ryan Law 7 min read
11/09/20

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