Our Writer ⋆ Online Business Canada

Our Digital Media Manager, Melody (Wiggins) McKinnon, is a recognized Canadian writer in several genres. The passion with which she devours business and marketing keeps her finger on the pulse and results in cutting edge content.

A truly perpetual learner, Melody holds more than 60 certifications revolving around business, ecommerce, retail, marketing, writing, communications, telecommunications, nutrition, biochemistry and general sciences. In 25 years of doing business online in Canada and around the world, she has owned and/or operated educational, affiliate, and ecommerce websites offering both products and services. She launched her first website the same year Google was born.

Melody’s recent activities include:

Author: 7 Recession Proof Online Businesses to Start From Home
Online Business & Marketing Manager at Online Business Canada
Ecommerce & Affiliate Program Manager | Digital Marketing Manager at AllNaturalPetCare.com
Content Marketing Manager | Digital Editor in Chief at CanadianFamily.net
Digital Content Manager at Canadian Digital Media Group
Huffington Post Featured Contributor
Virtual Management Contracts: Digital Media, Content, Marketing, Partnerships & Affiliates, Monetization

You may also spot her on top websites such as HuffingtonPost.ca, SiteProNews.com, ProBlogger.net, FamousBloggers.net, WebReference.com, About.com, Small Business BC, and Simon Fraser University Publishing, as well as in print. Additionally, she has written on behalf of Fortune 500 companies and worked with countless recognized brands in a multitude of capacities.

Melody’s content has earned reference links from highly respected websites, such as Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Pets, the Canadian Digital Media Network (Government of Canada Networks of Centres of Excellence), The Conference Board of Canada, Bell Canada, Canon Canada Small Business Central, CIBC, the Canadian Professional Sales Association, Cision Canada, Walmart Marketplace, ClickNewz, the Digital Media Academy of Canada, Wikispaces Classroom, and in numerous infographics, slide presentations, etc.

Additionally, she has been cited in several university textbooks, including Fundamentals of Management, Pearson Canada (Ed. 8, 2016 & each following edition), Impact: A Guide to Business Communication, Pearson Canada (Ed. 9, 2017) and Public Relations Writing for the Canadian Practitioner, University of Toronto Press (2018).