Mel is founder of Seattle-based consultancy – Delightful Communications – which helps businesses and individuals understand and successfully apply strategies that focus on Social Media, Digital PR and Personal Branding. He also relishes his work as US Brand Ambassador for Majestic, evangelizing the largest publically available link intelligence database and toolset on the planet to marketing, advertising and PR professionals all over America.

Previous to Delightful and Majestic, Mel’s 7-year role as Digital Marketing Evangelist at Microsoft Advertising saw him build relationships within the online advertising community by supporting and educating through the Microsoft Advertising Blog, evangelizing through social media, writing and by speaking about internet marketing and digital at conferences, trade shows & other events all over the world.

He’s also co-author of the critically acclaimed: Pioneers of Digital and played the “Young Joe Cocker” in the rock legend’s 1997 music video “N’Oubliez Jamais” with France cinema icon, Catherine Deneuve!