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Melonie Gallegos is the founder of Fandom Marketing, a social media company that works to build communities of customers for brands. Melonie is in the marketing trenches every day and as a strategist she encourages her clients to experiment. She has a front row view of what works and what doesn’t. As a speaker, she’s not afraid to give honest insights or ask the tough questions that will challenge her audience’s assumptions about social media—or about their own brands. She’s dedicated to helping marketers release social from the “social media silo” and truly integrate it into all of their marketing communications. 
During her fourteen+ year marketing career, Melonie has led strategy in top-tier digital advertising agencies for nationally recognized CPG and B2B brands for brands including WD-40, Bumble Bee Foods, Sport Chalet and NetApp. A big advocate for establishing industry social media best practices, Melonie was 2013 president of Social Media Club San Diego and a big advocate in establishing industry social media best practices. Melonie is also the founder and editor of Brands With Fans blog, a finalist for Social Media Examiner’s top ten blogs 2014. 
Melonie is a respected expert on social media and digital marketing. She can be found sharing professional resources and advice on LinkedIn or Twitter. Melonie is the founder and chief editor of Brands With Fans, a social marketing blog and top 10 finalist for Social Media Examiner’s Blog of the Year. Make sure to follow the BWF blog and sign up for the newsletter. You can also visit Fandom Marketing’s Learning Center for access to free social media white papers, eBooks, and Slideshare presentations about social marketing. Contact to inquire about in consulting.

 

 

WHAT I DO BEST

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Strategy

Digital Marketing

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Social Media

For Brands and Corporate Events

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Content Marketing

For Business

 

 

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WORK WITH MELONIE

 

STRATEGY

Melonie brings a solid methodology to integrated planning for social marketing roadmaps, campaign strategy, and measurement plans. Marketing executives benefit from having a veteran on their extended team to contribute a POV on social media integration, engagement, and ways to build a social brand.

MANAGEMENT

Melonie is a team leader with deep digital marketing experience. Companies looking for scalability or to outsource expertise beyond their in-house capabilities can benefit from full service management or piecemeal support.

HIRE

Contact to inquire about working with Melonie. She can help with strategy, community management, content marketing, blogging, web design, search marketing, social advertising, online contests and WordPress. Experience spans from small to mid-sized to large brands across various industries.

SPEAKING

Get a seasoned expert in front of your audience who can cover a variety of topics including: branding, user experience design, enterprise social media, influencer marketing, Google Analytics 4, content strategy, community building and event promotions.

 

 

 

CONTACT ME

 


     

    Speaking & Press

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    November 2015
    SDAOM—Art of Marketing Conference: Practical Agile 11/12/15

    This Thursday, November 12th, I will be speaking at Southern California’s premier marketing conference, SDAOM’s Art of Marketing! There will be over 300 senior-level marketers for a very inspirational day. I will be speaking about building measurable social media programs that leverages your content marketing and builds reach with customers. Social media advertising is a new Read more

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    Nov November 2015
    SDAOM—Art of Marketing Conference: Practical Agile 11/12/15

    This Thursday, November 12th, I will be speaking at Southern California’s premier marketing conference, SDAOM’s Art of Marketing! There will be over 300 senior-level marketers for a very inspirational day. I will be speaking about building measurable social media programs that leverages your content marketing and builds reach with customers. Social media advertising is a new Read more

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    July 2015
    Featured in Brandwatch Article

    Brandwatch is a social media monitoring company. Brandwatch included myself, Melonie Gallegos, as one of the top ten industry influencers in two of their recent #AskTheExperts articles.

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    Jul July 2015
    Featured in Brandwatch Article

    Brandwatch is a social media monitoring company. Brandwatch included myself, Melonie Gallegos, as one of the top ten industry influencers in two of their recent #AskTheExperts articles.

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    April 2015
    Featured in DrumUp Article

    DrumUp included me in the list of “Top Social Media Marketing Experts & Influencers to Follow” – a resource for social media managers and marketing professionals.

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    Apr April 2015
    Featured in DrumUp Article

    DrumUp included me in the list of “Top Social Media Marketing Experts & Influencers to Follow” – a resource for social media managers and marketing professionals.

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    April 2015
    Featured in The Street Article

    Facebook has opened up the firehose of conversations data. I was quoted in The Street on how marketers can benefit.

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    Apr April 2015
    Featured in The Street Article

    Facebook has opened up the firehose of conversations data. I was quoted in The Street on how marketers can benefit.

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    August 2014
    Speaking at EventTech 2014

    I am speaking at EventTech 2014 in Las Vegas, Nov. 3rd-5th. This conference focuses on using social media and technology to optimize events and trade shows.

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    Aug August 2014
    Speaking at EventTech 2014

    I am speaking at EventTech 2014 in Las Vegas, Nov. 3rd-5th. This conference focuses on using social media and technology to optimize events and trade shows.

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    August 2014
    Speaking at What’s Brewing in Digital Marketing

    I spoke at L7 Creative’s What’s Brewing in Digital Marketing event on Wednesday, August 13th in Carlsbad. My topic of discussion was “Social Media Integration Across Marketing Channels.”

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    Aug August 2014
    Speaking at What’s Brewing in Digital Marketing

    I spoke at L7 Creative’s What’s Brewing in Digital Marketing event on Wednesday, August 13th in Carlsbad. My topic of discussion was “Social Media Integration Across Marketing Channels.”

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    May 2014
    Speaking at Interactive Day San Diego

    I spoke at Interactive Day San Diego (IDSD) on May 28th, 2014, in downtown San Diego. My topic of discussion was “Social Media Digital Management.”  

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    May May 2014
    Speaking at Interactive Day San Diego

    I spoke at Interactive Day San Diego (IDSD) on May 28th, 2014, in downtown San Diego. My topic of discussion was “Social Media Digital Management.”  

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    March 2014
    Speaking at Social Media Marketing World

    Social Media Marketing World was a 3-day event in San Diego from March 26th-28th, 2014. I participated as a track moderator introducing some of social media’s most sought after experts in the industry.

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    Mar March 2014
    Speaking at Social Media Marketing World

    Social Media Marketing World was a 3-day event in San Diego from March 26th-28th, 2014. I participated as a track moderator introducing some of social media’s most sought after experts in the industry.

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    March 2014
    Special Guest at Tech Marketing 360

    Tech Marketing 360 is a national online conference targeted to CMOs and digital marketers. I was invited to cover the event on Brands With Fans blog and to live Tweet.

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    Mar March 2014
    Special Guest at Tech Marketing 360

    Tech Marketing 360 is a national online conference targeted to CMOs and digital marketers. I was invited to cover the event on Brands With Fans blog and to live Tweet.

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    February 2014
    Featured in Sprout Social Article

    I was featured as one of the leading social strategists in an article on Insights, a blog by Sprout Social. The article focused on analytics and understanding which social media metrics marketers should be tracking.

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    Feb February 2014
    Featured in Sprout Social Article

    I was featured as one of the leading social strategists in an article on Insights, a blog by Sprout Social. The article focused on analytics and understanding which social media metrics marketers should be tracking.

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