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.
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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
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...