Melonie Dodaro

Melonie Dodaro is a Canadian social media expert, author and entrepreneur. She gained media attention when she used social media websites Facebook and Twitter to find her biological father whom she had never met.[1] She is the founder and CEO of Top Dog Social Media.[2][3][4]

Melonie Dodaro
Born
Melonie Dodaro

(1969-01-19) 19 January 1969
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian and British
Occupations
  • Social media expert
  • author
  • entrepreneur
OrganizationTop Dog Social Media
Notable work"The LinkedIn Code" and "Linkedin Unlocked"
Websitetopdogsocialmedia.com
linkedinunlockedbook.com

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 as a franchisee with Herbal Magic in 1999 with two stores in Ontario, Canada. In 2004, she opened an LA Weight Loss franchise which she grew to three locations in British Columbia, Canada. She partnered with Bob Proctor from "The Secret" in 2007 to co-found Life Success Perfect Weight. She started her current company, Top Dog Social Media, in 2010. As one of the top digital marketing experts and speakers,[5][6][7] she has been featured on many "top marketers" lists and is a regular columnist for many 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 went viral 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
  • The MindBody FX Lifestyle. New York: Morgan James. 2010. OCLC 827780788.
  • The LinkedIn Code. Kelowna, British Columbia: Top Dog Social Media. 2014. OCLC 950461118.
  • Linkedin Unlocked, Top Dog Social Media, 2018

References
  1. Good, Dan (4 June 2015). "Canadian Woman Searches for Biological Father, Finds He's an Elvis Impersonator". ABC News. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. White, Linda (1 April 2015). "3 steps to a stellar LinkedIn profile". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. Jessiman, Meghan (20 June 2013). "Me, My Cell & I". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  4. White, Linda (5 May 2015). "Tweet your way to a new job". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  5. Lloyd, Sian (31 October 2016). "10 Top Social Media Marketing Influencers of 2016". Rebrandly. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  6. Rajarao, Praveen (7 March 2017). "Top 10 Best Internet Marketing Gurus in 2017". Daily Morning Coffee. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  7. Jenkins, Lisa (6 February 2017). "Top 10 Social Media Blogs: The 2017 Winners!". Social Media Examiner. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  8. Roue, Lucy (16 July 2015). "Big Social Conference hailed a resounding success". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  9. Moran, Gwen (22 July 2015). "Is This Part of your Linkedin Profile Hurting Your Job Search?". Fast Company. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  10. "The Digital Water Cooler". The Globe and Mail. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  11. Coombes, Andrea (20 March 2013). "Boomers: Make he Most of Linkedin Job Search". MarketWatch. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  12. Cepeda, Marlisse (11 June 2015). "Woman Searches for Biological Father, Finds Him in Thailand as an Elvis Impersonator". Redbook Magazine. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  13. 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.
  14. "Woman Searches for Long-Lost Father, Discovers He's a Famous Elvis Impersonator". Inside Edition. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  15. "B.C. woman finds biological dad on Facebook living as Elvis impersonator in Thailand". CBC Canada. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  16. 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.
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