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Below are samples of my published work. If you’re interested in an SEO audit or strategy help, fill out this simple questionnaire and I’ll respond within three business days. Otherwise, contact me with questions or inquiries.

SEO/GEO Claude skills

GitHub — Claude skills for SEO, content and AEO work

White papers

Mercury — Report: The new economics of starting up

Ramp — Fraud, Fines, and Forensic Audits: The true cost of legacy corporate cards and expense management

Content marketing

The Sausage Project — Tailgating Tips for Hosts Who’d Like To Actually Enjoy Game Day

The Sausage Project — Meal Prep Tips to Make Weekday Meals Less Boring

Reddit — 10 million Boomer-owned businesses need new owners. Is buying one a smart bet? — Mercury’ top performing Reddit ad, and the most-viewed article on the site from May-July 2026.

The Sausage Project — The United States of Sausage

Berxi — What Is Dental Malpractice Tail Coverage?

Quadient — What are the biggest CCM platforms in 2026?

Quadient — How do you migrate from a legacy CCM system in 2026?

Quadient — What are the top ways to implement AI in accounts receivable in 2026?

Quadient — How do you measure the ROI of AI in accounts receivable in 2026?

Quadient — What features should you look for in accounts payable automation tools in 2026?

Quadient — How do you streamline and modernize accounts receivable operations?

Berxi — How Much Does $1 Million Liability Insurance Cost?

Berxi — How to Get Business Insurance: A Complete Guide for Small Business Owners

Mercury — Why mid-career execs are buying instead of building businesses

The Sausage Project — Why Sausage Is Essential to Fat Tuesday and Creole Cooking

The Sausage Project — Easy Wrap Ideas That Turn Anything Into a One-Handed Meal

The Sausage Project — How to Clean a Cast-Iron Pan (the Right Way)

Sonary — Why your business tech stack is slowing you down – and the simple fix

Berxi — What Are Common Reasons for Filing Dental Malpractice Cases?

Berxi — 4 Real Examples of General Liability Claims Against Landscapers

Berxi — When Is It Too Late to Buy Professional Liability Insurance?

Visa — 7 working capital strategies for mid-size companies to boost growth

American Operator — The Skilled Labor Crisis in America’s Reshoring Efforts

Ghostwriting

Crew Capital — Yesterday’s Threats, Tomorrow’s Market: Richard Stiennon on AI and Cybersecurity’s Next Era

Crew Capital — Build to Sell: How Paul Heard Prepares Startups for Billion-Dollar Acquisitions

Mercury — Steady Ship: A guide to navigating market volatility

Editorial

Gizmodo — He’s a One-Man Animation Studio: ‘AI Hasn’t Changed Me Yet’

Gizmodo — His Machines Work Perfectly. They Just Don’t Do Anything

Travel + Leisure — This T+L Reader Favorite City in Spain Has a New 14-room Hotel in a 15th-century Palace

Condé Nast Traveler — How Spain is Preparing for the August Solar Eclipse

Travel + Leisure — Inside the World’s First Climate-neutral Cruise—Powered by Garbage

Wine Enthusiast — Will the Canary Islands’ Wines Ever Get the Audience They Deserve?

Travel + Leisure — These Mexican Spirits You Probably Haven’t Heard of Are Like a Vacation in a Glass

The New York Times — Passengers Say Turkish Airlines Flights Have Unwelcome Guests: Bedbugs

Branded content

Travel + Leisure (sponsored) — 3 Tips for Booking A Last-Minute Summer Getaway

Travel + Leisure (sponsored) —Go Beyond the Guidebook

Travel + Leisure (sponsored) — Discover a More Authentic Australia

Travel + Leisure (sponsored) — Invest in Yourself at These 4 Global Wellness Destinations

Travel + Leisure (sponsored) — See Which of These 4 Unique U.S. Cities Best Fits Your Travel Personality

Affiliate marketing

Fox Business — The best credit cards for international travel

Fox Business — The best credit cards for JetBlue flyers: Earn points and perks

Fox Business — Amex EveryDay® Preferred Credit Card review: A solid option for suburbanites who commute

Older clips

Content marketing 2025

The Sausage Project — Your New Years Resolution? Eat More Chicken Sausage.

The Sausage Project — How Turducken Went From Cajun Oddity to National Thanksgiving Star

The Sausage Project — These Chicken Sausage Pizza Combos Will Make You Forget Pepperoni Exists

The Sausage Project — National Sausage Month Is Here, So We Made You a Sausage Calendar!

Sonary — How small businesses are rethinking online presence in 2025

American Operator — 3 Operators Share How Tariffs Are (And Aren’t) Impacting Their SMBs

American Operator — What is a Quality of Earnings (QoE) report?

American Operator — Industry Deep Dive: A Guide to Acquiring a Metal Fabrication Company

Mercury — A founder’s guide to GTM strategy: Getting your first 100 customers

American Operator — Comparing Net Income, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, and SDE

American Operator — Understanding Personal Guarantees in Business Lending

American Operator — Accounting Firm Acquisitions: Opportunities and Considerations

American Operator — Negotiating a business acquisition with real estate involved

Berxi — Do I Need General Liability Insurance for My Business?

Berxi — Business Owner’s Policy vs. General Liability Insurance

Berxi — General Liability vs. Commercial General Liability

Berxi — How Much General Liability Insurance Do I Need?

American Operator — What happens to excess cash in a small business? Balancing return of capital and growth.

American Operator — 10 tips for navigating business brokers

Berxi — General Liability vs. Professional Liability Insurance

Berxi — What Does General Liability Insurance Cover?

Berxi — What Insurance Does a Bookkeeper Need (and Why)?

Berxi — Why Do Tax Preparers Need Insurance?

Volt — The Three Major Higher Ed CRMs: A 2025 Comparison Guide

American Operator — An operator’s guide to financing your small business acquisition

Ghostwriting 2025

Crew Capital — Make the Secure Path the Easy Path: How Salman Baset Scales Security without Slowing Growth

Crew Capital — The Three C’s of AI Marketing: Scott Wilder’s Framework for Scaling Intelligence

Crew Capital —The Compound Cost of Shortcuts: Kimberly Lytikainen on Building Legal Structure to Thrive at $40M, $100M and Beyond

Crew Capital — Move Fast and Make Mistakes: How Andy Pitre Built HubSpot’s Multi-Product Empire

Crew Capital — Don’t Wait for Perfect: Sven Litke’s Guide to Analyst Relations without Enterprise Resources

Crew Capital — Start Narrow, Stay Close, Scale Smart: Tanuj Gulati on Building, Exiting, and Reinventing in Cybersecurity’s AI Era

Crew Capital — Build Like You’re Public: Vasile Tiple’s Playbook for Startup Legal Operations

Crew Capital — Problem First, Product Follows: How Cong Yu Turns AI Research into Scalable Enterprise Impact

Crew Capital — From Report Factory to Revenue Oracle: John Queally on the RevOps Transformation

Crew Capital — The Portfolio Approach to Growth: How George Bonaci Builds Sustainable Demand Generation

Crew Capital — The PEAK Approach: Godard Abel on Building Software Companies That Transform Industries

Crew Capital — Strategic Storytelling: How Justine Crosby Translates Technical Narratives from the Factory Floor to the Boardroom

Crew Capital — The Science of Scaling Sales: Frank Golden’s Framework for Early-Stage Startups

Crew Capital — Legal Mind, Security Leader: How Bradley Schaufenbuel’s Dual Expertise is Transforming the $150B Cybersecurity Industry

Crew Capital — From Code to Company Building: How Sunil Rao is Reimagining Enterprise Sales

Crew Capital — The Blueprint for B2B Success: Rob Bailey on Building Multiple Billion-Dollar Companies

Crew Capital — Mark Sachleben: Braving the Dot-com Bubble and Soaring in Silicon Valley’s Surge

Editorial 2025

Travel + Leisure — How a Secluded Japanese Museum Pioneered the ‘Art Hotel’—and 5 More to Visit Around the World

The New York Times — Rewards Travel Now: Too Many Points, Not Enough Seats

Travel + Leisure — One of the Best Ways to Experience the Northern Lights Is With an Astronomer at Sea — Here’s What It’s Like

Travel + Leisure (print) — You, Too, Can Be a Points Guy

Travel + Leisure (digital version) — How to Be Smarter With Airline Miles and Hotel Points in the Year Ahead

Content marketing 2024

Berxi — Can I Get General Liability Insurance Without a Business License?

American Operator — The Myth of Absentee Business Ownership: Why ‘Hands-Off’ Usually Means ‘Hands Full’

American Operator — Investing in SMB acquisitions over the years: How a once-fragmented market is more accessible than ever

Elastic.co — What is code profiling?

Berxi — What Does General Liability Insurance Cover?

Berxi — 5 Real Stories of Small Business Mistakes & How to Help Avoid Them

Mercury — Understanding the different types of SaaS churn

Mercury — What are the benefits of revenue diversification?

Mercury — What is net promoter score?

Ghostwriting 2024

Crew Capital — From 50 to 1,500: John Thimsen’s Principles for Scaling Engineering Teams

Crew Capital — Douglas Hanna: How Open-Source ‘Heat’ Fuels Community and Revenue Growth

Crew Capital — Teresa Wykes: Empowering People through Talent Intelligence

Crew Capital — Building Smarter with AI: A Roundtable with UiPath’s Ed Challis

Crew Capital — Greg Henry: Shifting from Corporate Giant to Startup Dynamo and Priming for IPO Success

Crew Capital — Highlights from Crew Capital’s Annual European Founders’ Dinner: Scaling for success in an AI-driven world

Crew Capital — Kiersten Gaffney’s Masterclass: Marketing’s Role in Accelerating Product-Market Fit

Crew Capital — Rachit Lohani: Setting the Standard for Employee Recruitment and Retention

Crew Capital — Jay McBain: Mastering Market Expansion Through Network Building

Crew Capital — Driving Revenue: Clari CRO Ben Fiechtner’s Formula for Building and Benchmarking Sales

Crew Capital — Unlocking Sustainable Growth: Sanjeev Arya’s Formula for Partnership, Profitability, and Purpose

Crew Capital — Scaling the SaaS Ladder: Subskribe CEO Durga Pandey on Navigating from Seed to Growth Stage

Crew Capital — From Early Vision to Software Giant: Lavina Cojocaru’s Journey to Building a Generational Technology Business

Editorial 2024

Wired — The ‘Rolex on the Wall’ That Kissinger, Reagan, and Sinatra Loved, but You’ve Never Heard Of

Travel + Leisure (print) — All That Bitters Is Gold

Older editorial works

Columbia Journalism Review — Stop killing your social stories with bad headlines and images

Condé Nast Traveler — How the Concorde Was Supposed to Change Travel (But Didn’t)

Condé Nast Traveler — The Best Debit Card for International Travel

Condé Nast Traveler — How Airlines Trick You into Buying “Cheap” Flights

Thrillist — I Went to the Olympics and Found Rio’s Wildest Party at a Gas Station

Thrillist — This Credit Card Hack Can Save You $50 Every Time You Fly

Garuda Indonesia Colours Magazine — Mexico City

Branded content 2024

Travel + Leisure (sponsored) — 5 Thrilling Destinations for Your Next Adventure

Investopedia (sponsored) — Simplify Auto Financing With Ford Credit

Investopedia (sponsored) — How to Take the Stress out of Financing Your First Ride

Branded content 2023

Architectural Digest — Volvo Cars Introduce their Smallest SUV Ever, the Fully Electric EX30

Condé Nast Traveler, Dec. 2023 (print) — Florida Keys sponsored content in print

Older affiliate marketing

SFGate — Flight delay compensation: How I got $1,300 from my airline

SFGate — I finally got a lululemon Everywhere Belt Bag. Here’s how I found one.

My résumé

Ryan Craggs resume
Ryan Craggs resume

Marketing strategy deck

I’ve conducted SEO/GEO and YouTube audits for a variety of clients in health, higher education and B2B SaaS industries. I’d be happy to share work samples upon request.

Image editing

I’m proficient in Photoshop and have edited custom main images throughout my career. This is a sampling of splash images and headlines from my time at HuffPost.