Melonie Dodaro
Melonie Dodaro | |
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| Born | Melonie Dodaro 19 January 1969 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Organization | Top Dog Social Media |
| Notable work | "The LinkedIn Code" and "Linkedin Unlocked" |
| Website | topdogsocialmedia linkedinunlockedbook |
Melonie Dodaro Canadian entrepreneur, author, and social media marketing consultant. She is the founder and CEO of Top Dog Social Media,[1][2][3] and gained media attention in 2015 after using social media platforms to locate her biological father, whom she had not previously met.[4]
Biography
Originally from Canada, Dodaro now lives in Amsterdam. In 2017, she became a dual citizen of the United Kingdom.
Dodaro began her entrepreneurial career in the weight-loss industry, operating franchise locations in Canada during the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2007, she co-founded Life Success Perfect Weight with motivational speaker Bob Proctor. In 2010, she founded Top Dog Social Media, a social media marketing consulting company.
A digital marketing consultant and speaker,[5][6][7] she has been included on industry rankings and influencer lists and written for industry publications including Social Media Today, Canadian Business Journal, and Social Media Examiner.[8][9][10][11]
Dodaro had never met her biological father until she launched a social media campaign that received widespread media attention in 2015. After numerous fruitless attempts to find him, she started a hashtag campaign on Twitter using #FindCeesDeJong along with her story posted as a Facebook video. She had very limited information about him, only his name, age and place of birth. The task of finding him was quite difficult given that her father had a common name. Two Netherlands-based newspaper journalists working for de Stentor were able to help find her father after her video received over 30,000 views.[12][13][14][15][16]
Books
References
- ↑ White, Linda (1 April 2015). "3 steps to a stellar LinkedIn profile". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ↑ Jessiman, Meghan (20 June 2013). "Me, My Cell & I". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ White, Linda (5 May 2015). "Tweet your way to a new job". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ Good, Dan (4 June 2015). "Canadian Woman Searches for Biological Father, Finds He's an Elvis Impersonator". ABC News. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ↑ Lloyd, Sian (31 October 2016). "10 Top Social Media Marketing Influencers of 2016". Rebrandly. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ Rajarao, Praveen (7 March 2017). "Top 10 Best Internet Marketing Gurus in 2017". Daily Morning Coffee. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ Jenkins, Lisa (6 February 2017). "Top 10 Social Media Blogs: The 2017 Winners!". Social Media Examiner. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ Roue, Lucy (16 July 2015). "Big Social Conference hailed a resounding success". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ↑ Moran, Gwen (22 July 2015). "Is This Part of your Linkedin Profile Hurting Your Job Search?". Fast Company. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ "The Digital Water Cooler". The Globe and Mail. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ Coombes, Andrea (20 March 2013). "Boomers: Make he Most of Linkedin Job Search". MarketWatch. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ Cepeda, Marlisse (11 June 2015). "Woman Searches for Biological Father, Finds Him in Thailand as an Elvis Impersonator". Redbook Magazine. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ Lau, Andree (4 June 2015). "Melonie Dodaro Finds Her Father After 46 Years – And He's An Elvis Impersonator". The Huffington Post. British Columbia. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ↑ "Woman Searches for Long-Lost Father, Discovers He's a Famous Elvis Impersonator". Inside Edition. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ "B.C. woman finds biological dad on Facebook living as Elvis impersonator in Thailand". CBC Canada. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ Cepeda, Marlisse (10 June 2015). "Woman Searches for Biological Father, Finds Him in Thailand as an Elvis Impersonator". Woman's Day. Retrieved 22 June 2018.