
Ryan Law
Recent articles

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
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8 min read
12/14/20

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
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6 min read
11/30/20

Strategy
6 Low Effort, High Impact Content Ideas
We’ve written before that there is often little correlation between the time spent on a piece of content and the results it achieves. Great ideas, simply written, can generate thousands of views....
Ryan Law
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8 min read
11/18/20

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
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7 min read
11/09/20

Strategy
Write for the Lurkers
The 1% rule is the idea that only 1% of participants in an online community actively contribute content, while 99% quietly consume. The 1% create every new Reddit post, Twitter comment, and...
Ryan Law
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5 min read
10/27/20

Writing
The Idea Farm: How to Sow, Grow, and Harvest Great Blog Post...
Coming up with great blog post ideas is hard.The best articles are helpful, and thought-provoking, and original. You have to attract the right people. You have to motivate those people to action....
Ryan Law
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12 min read
10/13/20
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...