Melissa Barker, Business Consultant & Founder of Strategy Now LLC

Melissa has a unique ability to explain complex concepts in an easy-to-follow manner and deliver strategy into clear directives to help her clients thrive in business.

For small businesses, Melissa offerings strategy sessions to helps owners with marketing, sales and scaling. She brings a decade of experience as a marketing strategist and sales trainer.

Melissa also provides technology companies and enterprises with strategic social media support to help them drive demand, grow their brand and cultivate relationships with customers. Melissa is a trailblazer in the field of social media marketing, as the author of the first (and international, best-selling) college textbook on social media marketing. She has also developed and currently teaches courses in social media marketing, educating the next generation of marketers.

Melissa has personally helped thousands of people grow their businesses through social media and other concise, proven marketing tactics, and set them up to expand with ease. She can help you, too.

Ready to grow your business? Book a 90-minute Strategy Session now. 

Overview

• International speaker and corporate trainer
• Expert social media strategist and business coach
• 10+ years of marketing, sales and negotiation experience
• Author of best-selling textbook, "Social Media Marketing: A Strategic Approach"

Education

• Willamette University (2016) M.B.A. with an emphasis in negotiation
• Gonzaga University (2010) B.A. in public relations and advertising

Authored Textbooks

• Social Media Marketing: A Strategic Approach, 2nd Edition, Cengage Learning, 2017
• Internet Research - Illustrated, 7th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2014
• Social Media Marketing: A Strategic Planning Approach, 1st Edition, Cengage Learning, 2013
• Internet Research - Illustrated, 6th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2012
• Internet Research - Illustrated, 5th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2010

Courses Created

• Social Media Master Certification - Online Certification
• Social Media Certification SFCC (first accredited social media certificate in Washington State)