And when Joe’s not busy growing Efferent and turning his clients into “Raving Fans,” he loves mastering the art of grilling and smoking meals for his wife, Nicole, and their two children.
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Joe Garraffo
Founder & President
Joe has been developing interactive experiences for the Web since 1998, and specializing in search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) since 2002.
He’s spent years studying development, code and Web animation and spoken at numerous conferences and colleges. His writings were published in 2004 as the co-author – with Russell Chun – for the Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Advanced for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide (Pearson/Peach Pit Press).
Before starting Efferent Media in 2011, Joe – a self-proclaimed news junkie – worked in the traditional media industry, spearheading projects driven by SEO at Newsday that were nominated twice for Pulitzer Prizes and won multiple awards in the news industry.
With the passing of Anna Nicole Smith in 2007, Joe orchestrated links and content between the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and some of the largest name newspapers in the country to direct their visitors to the story on Newsday.com. Within 30 minutes Newsday.com received its highest trafficked day in the history of the site.
After that Joe sat on the founding committee that brought SEO to news desks across the country within the Tribune Media family. In 2006 Tribune Interactive was welcoming just close to 10 million visits/sessions from the engines. By 2008 the group ended just shy of 14 million visits from search engines.
Favorite Vacation Spot
Near the mountains, on a lake
Favorite Food
Stuffed artichokes or barbecue
Favorite Movie
“Fight Club” and “Pink Floyd: The Wall”
Favorite Hobby
Reading, cooking, and family time
Favorite TV Show
“The Office” or “Schitts Creek”
Fun Fact
Life long Mets fan. Ya gotta believe!
Joe firmly believes in the power of SEO and SEM and what they can do for an expertly designed website not only for news outlets, but also for businesses across the board. As someone who loves the intersection of technology and marketing, Joe has grown Efferent Media to become a full-service digital marketing agency, including email marketing automation. Just as with the Tribune Media SEO project, Joe has used lead generation and lead nurturing to deliver phenomenal results for our clients.
He almost always listening to a Pink Floyd album. Joe also enjoys building ponds, developing new recipes for his meat smoker, restoring coin-operated arcade games, watching Schitt’s Creek, and cycling when he’s not helping companies getting found online and optimizing, building and maintaining their websites.