Rhiza Oyos

Riz is Spiralytics' resident blogger and Inbound Marketing person. She takes pride in being around pre-Penguin and Panda days, investing the past 12 years of her life figuring out SEO, blogging, inbound marketing, and a bit of front-end development. She also holds the record for being the first hired employee of Spiralytics. She did manage to get a life outside of work, get married, and give birth to twin girls. In between work and mothering, you'll likely catch her watching Friends' gag reels on Youtube, or listening to Harry Styles.

Recent Posts

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July 29, 2015

The Death of “Good Unique Content” Means More Room for ...

These past months there have been interesting discussions about the death of good unique content....

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February 18, 2015

The Key Players in a Winning Content Marketing Team

I keep saying that Content Marketing is a team activity. Although many small businesses...

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February 12, 2015

10 Facts & Figures to Prove Why You Need to do Visual Content ...

It doesn’t take a genius to know that people like browsing visually stimulating content, in...

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February 4, 2014

10 Content Marketing Quotes to Inspire You Everyday

Couple of years ago, in a company where I previously worked, our team of...

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January 25, 2014

3 Effective Ways to Get Your Colleagues to Start Blogging

Content Marketing can’t possibly be a one-man ballgame. Unless of course you possess the skills...

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January 19, 2014

Link Roundup: SEO and Link Building, Only the Good Stuff

First of all, I’m writing this on a Sunday night, but I realized from last...

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November 26, 2013

5 Content Marketing Strategies Ikea is Doing Right

First of all, a disclaimer: We don’t have Ikea stores in the Philippines, except for...

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September 6, 2013

How to Write Your First Blog Post? Let’s Take it from Seth Go...

So you finally launched a company blog, and you come face to face with your...

Frustrated about your business blog's performance?

Stop going around in circles and start implementing a Content Marketing Strategy that works.

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