Ryan Law
Recent articles
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...
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6 min read
01/21/21
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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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5 min read
10/27/20
Podcasts
EdTech Content Marketing | Episode 50
In today’s episode, Ryan chats with Animalz team members Cassie and Stephanie about Education Technology, an industry undergoing a gold-rush style boom in the wake of COVID-19.
What Brands Can Learn From Big Publishers with...
Often at Animalz, we talk of the distinction between a content publication, and a content library.Most content marketing strategies—rightfully—depend upon organic search as the primary driver of...
Category Creation with SaaStock’s Emily Byford |...
In today’s episode, Ryan talks category creation with Emily Byford, Content Marketing Manager at SaaStock.We discuss SaaStock’s pivot from one of the premiere in-person SaaS conferences to an...