Melissa Telsrow

Co-founder | Marketing Expert

Co-founder | Marketing Expert

As co-founder of Hiper, Melissa helps franchise, nonprofit, and multi-location brands (2–200+ locations) scale local marketing. Her work spans local social, search, and reputation management with technical systems that ensure brand cohesion across all markets.

Melissa leads content and strategy teams focused on authentic brand storytelling through short-form video. She helps organizations and their leaders show up on today's social discovery platforms with content that feels human, stays on brand, and drives growth.

The expert behind hyperlocal marketing for national brands and nonprofits

1,300

Client locations supported

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Monthly client posts

years as agency owner

Mentor

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BIOGRAPHY

Melissa Telsrow has spent over a decade solving one of marketing's most complex challenges: how do you scale a national brand while winning in every local market? As co-founder and president of Hiper, she leads a digital marketing agency purpose-built to help national brands and nonprofits navigate the complexities of local marketing—bridging the gap between boardroom strategy and boots-on-the-ground execution.

Her unique perspective comes from both sides of the table. Before founding Hiper, Melissa led marketing inside a franchise organization, giving her firsthand insight into the tensions between corporate brand standards and local market realities. Today, she partners with national brands, nonprofits, and multi-location enterprises operating across hundreds of locations—organizations that understand local success drives national growth.

As a recognized expert in hyperlocal digital strategy, Melissa advises CMOs across the country on social media, donor acquisition, and the future of local search. She's an active member of the Women Presidents Organization (WPO) and serves as a facilitator for the Business Women's Circle (BWC) in Minneapolis. Known for her innovative approach and data-driven insights, she's a requested speaker and mentor in marketing communities nationwide.

Let's Talk About

Expert insights your audience will love—from social media trends to scaling nonprofit impact

2026 Social Trends for National Brands

What's working now and what's next for enterprise social strategy

Audience Behavior by Platform & Format

How consumer habits are shifting and what it means for your content

Nonprofit Donor Acquisition Playbook

Proven social strategies that convert followers into donors

Lived-Experience Content at Scale

Authentic storytelling across hundreds of locations without losing brand voice

Driving Local Market Program Adoption

Getting buy-in from local teams while maintaining brand consistency

Influencer & Creator Collaborations 2026

The evolving landscape of partnerships and what ROI really looks like

Franchise Marketing: Centralize vs. Localize

Finding the right balance for multi-location brand success

Rise of Social Search & AEO

How changing search behaviors are reshaping discovery and visibility

Data-Driven Local Marketing

Turning complex analytics into actionable local strategies

Building Marketing Teams That Scale

Leadership lessons from 20 years in multi-location marketing

Multi-location clients Melissa has supported

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