Ollie's Corner

Thoughts from
close to the ground.

Marketing strategy, content wisdom, and occasional treatise on the art of the belly rub. Written from below desk level.

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Strategy
Why your content strategy needs more belly rub energy

The best brands make you feel something. Here's what I've learned from years of requesting belly rubs with varying degrees of success.

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Ollie · May 1, 2026 · 5 min
SEO
Low-to-the-ground SEO: seeing what your competitors miss

Keywords hiding at ankle height. Stories dropped in the corner. The view from down here is full of opportunity your taller competitors stepped over.

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Ollie · Apr 22, 2026 · 7 min
Brand Voice
The treat test: how to know if your copy is worth chasing

Would I chase it across a muddy field? That's my filter. Here's the full framework for evaluating whether your content has real pull.

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Ollie · Apr 10, 2026 · 4 min
Operations
Running a creative agency when you can't see over the desk

Height is a state of mind. Also a physical fact I work around daily. Here's how being small has made OlliesWorld a better business.

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Ollie · Mar 28, 2026 · 6 min
Community
On wrestling: what competitive play teaches us about brand loyalty

I wrestle. I love it. And it turns out the psychology of a good play-fight maps remarkably well onto community-building strategy.

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Ollie · Mar 15, 2026 · 8 min
Analytics
I tracked 12 months of content performance so you don't have to

The patterns, the surprises, and the one data point that changed how we write everything. With a bonus section on treat-based incentive programs.

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Ollie · Mar 3, 2026 · 10 min