photo by Matt Fukushima
Long Beach native Melissa Balmer is a an "ideator" a public relations and marketing consultant specializing in creatively connecting people, services, and movements via fun events and contests, and both traditional media and new media placement.
Melissa specializes in inspired storytelling about the hospitality, green, creative, wellness and non profit sectors in stylish, smart, cost effective, and innovative ways.
Melissa has served as the editor of Long Beach Magazine, written for District Weekly, and has been active in the blogging and social media community for over ten years. She has placed clients in media outlets such as Los Angeles Magazine, KABC Channel 7 News, Univision, KCET, MTV, Modern Bride, Special Events Magazine, The Orange County Register, The Daily Breeze, KPCC and Biz Bash.
She enjoys an excellent relationship with the local Long Beach press and places clients regularly in The Press Telegram, Long Beach Business Journal, Gazette Newspapers, District Weekly and Signal Hill Tribune as well as numerous online blogs and listing sites.
You can reach Melissa via email at balmer64 (at) yahoo (dot) com or call her at (562) 612-0197.