2026 Media Kit

MistyStevenson

The Gulf Coast's voice for accomplished women — the ones who built the life and are learning to actually enjoy it. Home, hosting, marriage, and the getaways in between.

Gulfport, Mississippi @themelanatedhomemakerlife misty-stevenson.com
Misty Stevenson in a cream suit

Last 30 days

3.5M

Views across Instagram

That reach comes from an audience of roughly 5,900 — which means the overwhelming majority of these views are strangers, not followers.

Instagram is actively distributing this content past the follower base. For a brand, that is the difference between renting an existing audience and buying genuine discovery.

Reach has nearly doubled month over month as the account has grown, from 1.9M to 3.5M.

593×

Views per follower, per month. A typical account this size returns single digits.

Performance

The numbers behind it

3.5M
Views · 30 days
5,900+
Followers
+46% since August
92.8%
Women
91.2%
United States

Source: Instagram Insights, 30 days to 27 September 2026. Follower geography from Meta audience data (lifetime). Current figures available on request.

About

Who she is

Misty Stevenson is a Mississippi-based creator whose content sits where most lifestyle content doesn't: with women who already have the home, the marriage, the career — and are working out how to enjoy what they built.

The work blends elevated home life, hosting, marriage, friendship, leadership and intentional travel with Southern warmth and an unusually direct sense of humor. It reads as a friend talking, which is why it travels.

She is a registered nurse, the founder of multiple senior care businesses, the author of the forthcoming Becoming Her, and the founder of Brunch 30, a curated experience brand for women in this same season.

Audience

Women 35–64, at peak spending power

The most valuable and least served demographic in lifestyle content — and she owns it almost outright.

Ages 35–6477.2%
Women92.8%
United States91.2%

Largest single segment: women aged 45–54.

Why this matters to a brand. Women 45–54 control the majority of household spending on home goods, furnishings, food, travel and beauty — and they are chronically under-targeted by creator campaigns built for audiences half their age.

This is not a general audience that happens to skew female. It is a near-pure concentration of the exact buyer most home, hospitality and lifestyle brands say they want.

Concentration

Three in four followers live within 30 miles of Gulfport

This is not a diluted national audience. It is a dominant position in one market.

Gulfport, MS53.9%
Biloxi, MS10.8%
North Gulfport, MS5.9%
New Orleans, LA5.9%
Gautier, MS4.9%

Follower geography, lifetime. Monthly reach extends well beyond the follower base.

What this is worth. A national creator with 5,900 followers is spread thin across fifty states and useful to almost nobody. This audience is the opposite: roughly three quarters of it sits inside a single metro area, and it is the specific demographic that drives household spending there.

For a Gulf Coast restaurant, hotel, casino, clinic, boutique or event, that is not influencer reach. That is the local market, concentrated in one place, reachable in one post.

Add New Orleans and Mobile and the footprint covers the Gulf South corridor — the same trade area regional advertisers already buy media against, at a fraction of what that media costs.

Misty Stevenson hosting in her kitchen

The through line

“Helping accomplished women enjoy the life they built.”

Every pillar below serves that one sentence. It is why the content converts across categories that would normally need three different creators.

Content pillars

  • Home + hosting — tablescapes, gatherings, the everyday version
  • Marriage + relatable humor — her highest-sharing category
  • Style, beauty + self-possession after 40
  • Friendship + intentional getaways
  • Entrepreneurship + leadership

Partnership fit

  • Gulf Coast tourism + hospitality — hotels, casinos, destinations
  • Regional healthcare + wellness
  • Home, kitchen + lifestyle products
  • Food, beverage + entertaining
  • Women's experiences + live events
  • Fashion + beauty

Beyond the numbers

A low-risk partner

Creator campaigns fail on reliability more often than on reach. Her background is the reason this one won't.

Registered Nurse

Two decades in a field where detail and compliance are not optional.

Multi-business founder

Owner-operator of senior care businesses with staff and payroll.

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses

Graduate of the national business growth program.

Author, Becoming Her

Forthcoming. A built-in press moment for any partner attached to the launch window.

Magazine cover feature

Cover story subject, Gulf Coast Woman.

Founder, Brunch 30

Curated live experiences for accomplished women — an owned audience offline as well as on.

Selected work

Brand collaborations

Concept through delivery, with disclosure handled correctly.

St. James Cheese Company

Food & hospitality · Pass Christian, MS · August 2026

A date-day Reel filmed on location with her husband — charcuterie board, grilled cheese, watermelon mimosa — written as an itinerary recommendation rather than an ad, and closed with a direct prompt to Gulf Coast visitors.

Shot on location, edited and written in-house, and placed inside the couple format her audience already follows her for — so the brand arrived as part of the content rather than an interruption to it.

Concept + creative direction On-location filming Talent coordination Brand-voice copy Location + hashtag strategy FTC-compliant disclosure

Partnership

Rates & packages

All packages include concept development, professional-grade photography and video, on-brand copy, and a performance report 14 days after posting.

Single asset

Instagram Reel

One concepted, filmed and edited Reel, posted to feed with 30-day organic retention. Includes one round of revisions before posting.

$1,200
Full campaign

Integrated feature

One Reel, a five-frame Story sequence, one static feed post, and a library of 10 edited photo assets licensed to the brand for six months.

$2,400
Ongoing

Monthly ambassador

Three content pieces per month with category exclusivity, priority scheduling and quarterly strategy input. Three-month minimum.

$3,200 / month
+40%Paid usage rights & whitelisting, per 90 days
+25%Category exclusivity beyond campaign window
+15%Rush delivery under 10 business days

Content licensing for brand-owned channels, event hosting and speaking quoted on request.

The median cost of Instagram Reels advertising in 2026 is $22.40 per thousand impressions. At that rate, the last 30 days of organic content carried roughly $78,000 in equivalent media value. Every package above is priced well below market CPM on delivered reach.

Let's work together

Booking & inquiries

Send the brief, the timeline and the budget range. She replies within two business days with a recommendation and availability.

Email info@misty-stevenson.com
Instagram @themelanatedhomemakerlife
Experiences Brunch 30 — curated experiences for accomplished women
Based in Gulfport, Mississippi · Available for travel

Currently booking Q4 2026 and Q1 2027 campaigns.