Melissa Walton-Gideon

06/10/2026

⛳️ SUMMER FUN STARTS AT GOPUTTS! ☀️

Looking for something fun to do with family and friends?

Come experience Wilmington’s favorite mini golf right here at GoPutts NC at your home or next event! Whether you’re challenging the kids, team-building during a conference, celebrating a work-iversary, or just making memories with friends, we’ve got the perfect round waiting for you.

🏌️ Fun for all ages
📸 Great photo opportunities
🎉 Perfect for birthdays, weddings, and corporate events

Who in your family is the most competitive mini golfer? 👀 Tag them below and let us know!

📍 GoPutts NC
Where every round is a hole-in-fun!



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Engagement Boost Idea: Add a photo of a family playing mini golf or a close-up of someone celebrating a hole-in-one and finish with: “Comment with your best mini golf score ever!” This typically increases comments and reach.

06/07/2026

Click the link below to enter to win a sailing adventure from and WWAYTV3! You could win a group of 6 for a 2-hour tour. Enter today! Value of $400. Set sail for adventure with Ravens Nest Sailing Co.! 🌊⛵ Whether you’re a local looking for a fresh perspective or a visitor eager to soak in Wilmington’s coastal charm, there’s nothing like experiencing the Cape Fear River from the deck of our beautiful sailboat, S/V Freyja. Sit back, relax, and let the wind carry you past stunning waterfront views, historic landmarks, and peaceful horizons. Every trip is a one-of-a-kind journey — and we can’t wait to welcome you aboard! ⚓✨

Sail Away Giveaway from WWAYTV3

06/06/2026

Some businesses I learned about this week.

05/30/2026

https://ravensnestsailing.com/

05/30/2026

Sometimes your jobs have perks, especially when your new clients run a charter business on a sailboat! Captain Oliver is truly a delight and his selling cruise charters are absolutely so much fun. I highly recommend him look up Raven’s nest selling and book your charter today. $70 per person or look at his website for corporate charters, teambuilding, and other things that he offers on the Cape Fear Riverboats great conversation and now let’s get him booked for this season!

05/29/2026

So enjoyed meeting everyone at the Brunswick County Chamber After Hours and seeing one of the newest renal options at Oak Harbor! Beautiful community and great amenities!

05/28/2026

Why are all these brands telling you that TV is number one and wanting you to advertise on their platforms?When you could just come through me and I can help you advertise on all of those platforms and you have someone local that will take care of you and make sure that the campaigns work DM me for more information! i’ve been helping Small and regional companies for the last 30 years with successful strategies.

05/26/2026

I got over 10 reactions on one of my posts last week! Thanks everyone for your support! 🎉

05/26/2026

CTV has evolved far beyond just brand awareness. Today, growing and challenger brands are using it as a measurable, performance-driven extension of their marketing mix — seamlessly connected to display, social media, retargeting, and digital strategy.

Whether you’re trying to drive consumer demand, generate leads, or stay in front of key decision-makers, the objective remains the same: place your brand in premium, trusted content environments while maintaining clear visibility into performance, engagement, and results.

CTV (Connected TV) refers to television content streamed through internet-connected devices such as smart TVs, Roku, Hulu, YouTube TV, Amazon Fire Stick, Apple TV, and other streaming platforms.

05/21/2026

‘WHIMSY,’ A NEW TREND, MAY BE A LIFE RAFT FOR ZILLENNIALS, nytimes
Young people have been fixated on “whimsy” since the start of the year — Business Insider deemed it the “it word of 2026” in February — but the trend is nowhere near peak yet. Etsy searches for “whimsical jewelry,” “whimsical décor,” and “whimsy-related items” are up at least 50% year over year, which Etsy trend expert Dayna Isom Johnson calls “everyday escapism.” Liz Plank, a 39-year-old podcaster, says her “whimsy pajamas” (a cream ruffled tank-and-shorts set) and a “really cute coffee ritual” each morning lifted her out of the doldrums. “We really can’t control what our leaders are doing, but you can control what kind of mug you’re going to choose,” she said. Harvard psychiatry professor Nassir Ghaemi ties the “whimsy” phenomenon among young adults¹ to information overload and exhaustion with performative online life, though an anti-whimsy backlash has already begun: “You’ve got to buy the top five things off Amazon to find whimsy, baby, that’s not whimsy. That’s capitalism,” one TikToker said | brought you by after school, Casey Lewis: https://substack.com/redirect/2/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hZnRlcnNjaG9vbC5zdWJzdGFjay5jb20vc3Vic2NyaWJlP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWVtYWlsLXN1YnNjcmliZSZyPTdmdmVuNyZuZXh0PWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGYWZ0ZXJzY2hvb2wuc3Vic3RhY2suY29tJTJGcCUyRndoaW1zeS1jYXBpdGFsaXNtLWFuZC10aGlyZC1kZWdyZWUiLCJwIjoxOTg2MTc2MTEsInMiOjM1NDA4LCJmIjp0cnVlLCJ1Ijo0NDk5MjI3ODcsImlhdCI6MTc3OTM3ODM2NywiZXhwIjoyMDk0OTU0MzY3LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMCIsInN1YiI6ImxpbmstcmVkaXJlY3QifQ.hfBWPsSfNd_4NUYdUiDKlNtwNSPo6CH59vyWxpcTKqI?