Greg Jarboe: ReelSEO Author

Greg Jarboe is president and co-founder of SEO-PR, which provides search engine optimization, online public relations, online video marketing, and social media marketing services.  Jarboe is author of "YouTube and Video Marketing: An Hour a Day", a contributor to Guy Kawasaki’s "Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions", and is profiled in Michael Miller’s "Online Marketing Heroes: Interviews with 25 Successful Online Marketing Gurus."  Jarboe is on the faculty of the Rutgers Center of Management Development and Market Motive.  He is also a correspondent for SearhEngineWatch.com as well as SESConferenceExpo’s and SearchEngineWatch’s channels on YouTube. He is also a frequent speaker at the SES Conference & Expo event series.

Recent Posts by Greg Jarboe:

You Can Observe a Lot by Watching Movie Trailers

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What can we learn from movie trailers wen it comes to video marketing on YouTube? Considering that many movie trailers have created extraordinary buzz on YouTube over the years, learning how they market themselves can be an effective strategy for any video content creator.

Unruly Unveils Top Vine Metrics and 100 Most Tweeted Vines

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Unruly has come out with their "100 Most Tweeted Vines" list. 5 Vines are shared every second and are 4 times as likely to be shared than branded online videos. What this means is incredible opportunities for brands to take advantage of the 6-second platform.

The Video SEO War is Over … and YouTube Won!

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When it comes to finding your videos on your own personal website in Google search, you're best off having a YouTube video embedded there, according to data discovered by Searchmetrics. This might shock you, but videos from pretty much any other source don't rank too well.

How Fujifilm Sonosite Uses YouTube to Spread the Word About Portable Ultrasound [Case Study]

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Fujifilm Sonosite produces portable, compact ultrasounds that can be used in point-of-care cases. This is how they use YouTube to spread the word about high-performance ultrasounds that can be taken to remote areas and help those in need, and meanwhile, rank highly for a coveted search phrase.

What if They Held an Election and Nobody Used YouTube?

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U.S. Senate hopefuls in Massachusetts have oddly quiet YouTube channels, especially for Democratic and Republican primaries that are happening tomorrow. Is it because voters don't watch online video? Far from it.

Video Sharing Data Shows We Are All Bostonians Now

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The Boston Bombings was an awful incident, and as usual, video was there. In fact, it played a key role in the eventual nabbing of the suspects. The videos on YouTube were shared all over the place and truly made people feel "one" with Boston.

Maker Studios and Tribeca Launch Picture Show Channel on YouTube

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Maker Studios, in collaboration with Tribeca, will be bringing a channel called Picture Show to YouTube. It will look to combine the forces of Maker and Tribeca to form an online community where creative types can collaborate and make YouTube magic.

Greg Jarboe to YouTube's Robert Kyncl: ‘If I Offended You, Then I Am Sorry’

“If I offended you, then I am sorry.”

There are so many numbers being thrown around about YouTube's viewership and engagement, it's hard to figure out what's right and what's wrong anymore. But new data independent of YouTube suggests that the popular video destination hub is chugging along quite well, and might even make certain video experts quote Indiana Jones in the process.

April Fools Pranks: Google vs. YouTube is an Uneven Contest

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It's April Fool's again, which means YouTube and Google will be pulling out all sorts of video pranks this year. With YouTube primarily focused on video and Google primarily focused on search domination, you would think YouTube would come out with the best video pranks. Not so.

The YouTube Advertiser Wish List: YouTube, Get On This (Part 3)

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After we talked about what we'd like YouTube to do for uploaders and viewers, now it's the advertisers' turn. What would they really want out of the YouTube experience if they could make wishes and get it to happen? Consider this Part 3 of The YouTube Wish List, in which we rub our magic lamps and hope the genie has YouTube skills.

Recognizing the Signal and the Noise in Online Video Rankings

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What can Nate Silver's "The Signal and the Noise" teach us about online video metrics? While Silver's book doesn't talk about the subject specifically, we can use concepts lined out in the book to better separate the signal from the noise when it comes to the often confusing measurement of online video numbers.

YouTube TrueView Ads Provide Honda Dealer 12x ROI [Case Study]

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Richard Bustillo helped Rick Case Honda double their monthly trade-ins, gaining a 12x ROI. How did he do it? By using YouTube TrueView ads. Rick Case Honda was now earning an incremental $50,000+ for online videos that cost $0.20 - $0.30 per view. This is how he did it.

How Brands Use Vine Efficiently: Quick and to the Point

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You might think that with a 6-second limitation, brands couldn't possibly make something worthwhile using Vine. The problem is, you would be wrong, dead wrong. Brands are using Vine in a creative manner that allows them to make the most out of the seemingly miniscule 6 seconds that they have.

How Long Should a Video Be? Long Enough to Reach a Point

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How long should a video be? Well, that reminds me of a story.  Last week, I spoke at SES London 2013 at a conference session entitled, "Keys to Success with B2B Video" and during a ClickZ express clinic entitled, Optimising Video for Maximum Visibility.” I ...

Social Snap: The Sharpest Social Media Analytics Tool in the Shed

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We interviewed Nan Dawkins, founder and CEO of Social Snap, a service that measures unique metrics such as True Twitter Network Size, Average Engagement per Facebook Post, and Blog Comment to Post Ratio as well as YouTube Total Post Likes.

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