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Melissa Harrison, marketing consultant
Keynote speaker, trainer and consultant
As CEO at Allee Creative, Melissa Harrison is a sought-after marketing consultant and speaker. For two decades, Melissa has developed content marketing strategies for brands across the globe.
Melissa makes audiences laugh and inspires them with real situations and answers to dive into the things that are often scary, but necessary for growth. She teaches business leaders how to embrace change and engage internal and external audiences. Melissa connects on a personal level because she’s been there before—building up companies (including her own) through recessions and turnovers. She rolls up her sleeves right with you and gets to work.
Melissa’s accolades include:
- 2023 Enterprising Woman of the Year Award (Enterprising Women Magazine)
- 2022 Notable Marketing Leader (Twin Cities Business)
- Top Content Marketer (Content Marketing Institute)
- Top Young Entrepreneur (Minnesota Business Magazine)
- 4-time recipient of the Hermes Creative Award
- Top 100 Women to Watch in the U.S. (The Inspirational Woman Project)
- SBA Emerging Leader
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Thank you so much!!! Everyone LOVED your presentation! Your timing, energy, everything was perfect! Thanks for all your effort and time on this!
Lia Capaldini-Keseley, Client Services Coordinator, Authentic
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Yours was one of the best webinars I have seen. Very well organized. Good content. You gave life to the presentation even though you were covering lots of material quickly. Very efficient.
Steve Donohue, Manager, Great Garage Door Company
Choose an option that works best for your organization
Keynotes and workshops
Motivation, innovation and ideas for corporate events or conferences
Training
Personalized education for individuals, small groups or teams
Consulting
Assessment and creation of strategies for business growth
Most requested topics
Drawing on her extensive experience and over 150 clients, Melissa provides engaging, actionable presentations. Need an idea for your next event? Choose from popular topics below or let’s come up with something special just for your audience.
- Team collaboration and processes
- Marketing across generations
- Strategies for paid digital campaigns
- 10-step marketing plan
- Growth through smarter marketing
- Navigating buy-in from the C-suite
- Secrets of successful entrepreneurship
- Marketing budgets
I had the pleasure of attending Melissa Harrison’s fantastic content marketing session at IABC World Conference in San Francisco. I’ve been full of great ideas since and I can’t wait to implement what I’ve learned.
Kim L., Communications Officer, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
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I attended your Tuesday session at Content Marketing World and I learned a TON! The timing was great because I am struggling with creating a streamlined procedure to measure and track our social media metrics. Great presentation, and thanks again!
Erin Clark, Marketing, Cohen & Company
Most recent gigs
Below is a short list of Melissa’s recent engagements. For a full list of past speaking engagements, please connect at speaking@alleecreative.com.
2024 SCORE Small Business Series
Online
2024 Enterprising Women of the Year Conference
Orlando, FL
IECSC New York 2024
New York City, NY
2023 AAF-North Dakota Lunch and Learn
Fargo, ND
2023 IABC-MN Gift of Communication
Online
2023 SCORE Small Business Series
Online
2022 Triple Play REALTOR® Convention & Trade Expo
Atlantic City, NJ
2022 Carver County Library Workshop Series
Online
JLC Live 2022
Providence, RI
2021 IABC Southern Region Connect2Comms
Denver CO
2021 BizBash
Tampa, FL
2021 CMAA Communications Summit
Edina, MN
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Much appreciated Melissa! Thanks for your crisp delivery of great information. A pleasure to listen to and to view.
Patrick Halpin, Realtor, eXp Realty