Mel is a Keynote Speaker and Digital Strategist

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Mel Carson – Leadership and Personal Branding Expert | Consultant & Keynote Speaker | Digital Marketing Strategist

Mel Carson is the Founder and CEO of Delightful Communications, a B2B Technology Marketing Agency based in Seattle and London.

He is a Digital Marketing Strategist, Personal and Leadership Branding Strategist and Expert, Consultant and Coach, Keynote Public Speaker, Author and Business Columnist.

For nearly twenty years, he’s has been inspiring companies and individuals around the world to understand and make the most of the explosion in use of digital media and technology.

After 7 years at Microsoft as their Digital Marketing Evangelist, Mel left in the summer of 2012 to start Seattle-based consultancy – Delightful Communications – which helps businesses and executives successfully apply marketing strategies that focus on Social Media, Influencer Marketing, Content MarketingDigital PR and Personal Branding.

He’s spoken at over a hundred conferences and events globally and has also lectured on MBA, MSc and online marketing courses, advising syllabus decision makers at Cranfield School of Management and Birkbeck College – part of London University – and the University of Washington.

Described as creative, compelling, emotional, engaging, visionary, and actionable, Mel’s speeches will resonate right through the ranks of any company. His book, Pioneers of Digital, has been a critical success on both sides of the Atlantic and has just been translated and published in China and Korea.

Previous to his foray into digital evangelism, Mel was an actor and singer (he played the young Joe Cocker in a smash hit video with Catherine Deneuve in 1997), and it’s this background that has helped him establish a unique blend of insight and entertainment that carries audiences with him on a whirlwind journey from digital beginnings to where we are today and what the future holds.

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Mel delivers top notch presentations that educate, inspire and entertain our audiences – a truly insightful speaker that I would never hesitate to put on stage!

Laura Roth, Head of Content, ClickZ Live

Mel has always been one of the top speakers at Pubcon, sharing thoroughly-researched digital marketing, search, and social media insights with our tech-savvy conference attendees.

Brett Tabke, Founder & CEO, Pubcon

I always look forward to seeing Mel speak. His insights and storytelling ability make a compelling combination.

Will Critchlow, Co-founder, SearchLove

Always bringing his A game, Mel is smart, charismatic and insightful! His speeches never fail to get fantastic feedback from our delegates.

Scott Hedrick, Co-Founder, TechMedia and Digital Summit

Delightful Communications

Focusing on social media strategy, digital PR and personal branding, Seattle-based B2B technology marketing agency, Delightful Communications, was created in 2012 by Mel Carson to help inspire and educate businesses and their leaders to capitalize on trends in social and digital marketing and become more discoverable, shareable, and memorable.

After 14 years in the internet advertising and marketing industry, the idea behind the company was to create a digital marketing agency that focused on the three areas he had most success with while working at Microsoft as their Digital Marketing Evangelist for seven years.

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  • Microsoft
  • MSN
  • TUI
  • Alaska Airlines
  • Majestic
  • Bing

A book co-authored by Mel that chronicles the success stories of 20 of the world’s leading digital innovators.

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