Episode 790: A $500 Kickstart to Smarter Hiring – How to Leverage the Buyers Club Grant With Melodee Fiske

EBT790 – Melodee Fiske

[00:00:00]  Megan Porta 

Are you tired of doing absolutely everything yourself in your food blogging business, but you’re not sure how to outsource without feeling overwhelmed? In this episode, I’m joined by Melody Fisk of Pretty Focused to talk about the Buyers Club hiring Grant, a new $500 grant that helps bloggers hire trained pros without the risk. We will dig into what the Buyers Club actually is, why strategic hiring is the key to consistency and sanity in 2026, and how this grant can be your springboard to real support if you are ready to scale. Smart. Not alone. This conversation is your blueprint.

[00:00:35] Intro   

Hi, food bloggers, I’m Megan Porta and this is Eat Blog Talk. Your space for support, inspiration, and strategies to grow your blog and your freedom, whether that’s personal, professional, or financial, you are not alone on this journey.

[00:00:47]   Megan Porta

Melody, it’s so amazing to have you back on the podcast. How are you?

[00:01:03]  Melodee Fiske 

I’m doing well. How are you?

[00:01:05]  Megan Porta 

Good. I’m doing well also. Always good to chat. And on a Friday. I love Fridays. They’re my favorite day. So here we are. We’re going to talk about Buyers Club today and this amazing hiring grant that you guys are offering. But before we get to that, what would bring food bloggers to press play on this episode?What pain point are they experiencing that they’re like, I need to listen to this episode with Melodee.

[00:01:30]  Melodee Fiske 

That’s really great. Well, not a lot of people realize that they can hire photographers or recipe developers. I think whenever you are a. A single business owner, and especially when you’re starting out, you can just carry that load all by yourself and it can get taxing. Especially when life happens. You have babies, you’ve got parents with.

[00:01:52]   

With illnesses. Right. We’re not just talking about diversity. We’re not just talking about delegating. We’re talking about, like, sometimes you go through. You go through things as a business owner, that’s hard. And just being able to have support so you can still continue to move forward is so you’re not, again, the bottleneck of your business, but just so that you can keep moving forward.

[00:02:15]  Megan Porta 

Yeah, and. And it’s been kind of a rough time. I mean, I think this is the time when we need to let people know that. Right. And support in any way that we can. Because it’s kind of a tough situation out there at times. Yeah, it’s. Yeah, it’s an interesting time.

[00:02:35]  Melodee Fiske 

Yeah. I think we’ve seen some, you know, as. As every market ebbs and flows. Right. I think we’re in the middle of that Right now. And like we’re just. I think everybody is, is powering through, but that doesn’t mean that it’s. There’s not challenges that come with that. You know, there’s going to be challenges in, in every seasons and every ebb and flow.And so I think that if we can go through it together. Right. I think that, yeah, it’s going to be good.

[00:03:05]  Megan Porta 

I love that in it together you have such a good energy. I love that Melody about you. Okay, so tell us a little bit about Pretty focused in case nobody has heard about you and wants to know what you’re all about.

[00:03:16]  Melodee Fiske 

Yeah, so pretty focused. We train photographers actually to work for food bloggers. So we’ve been doing it since 2017. We have served well over 1300 food bloggers. And so in our program we train our photographers. Right. And then we connect them with clients inside of our buyer’s club. So we just kind of have that connection point.

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I’m sure some of you might be familiar with like, you know, buy and sell groups out there online. Buyers club is a little bit different one because we train our photographers. I don’t know about you, Megan, but it is really hard when you bring somebody in who does not understand who you serve.

[00:03:57]  Megan Porta 

Yeah.

[00:03:58]  Melodee Fiske 

And does not understand your market. Right. And so it can be really frustrating. So the photographers know about the, the food blogging world and what bloggers need, the ingredients, the process, how to, how to do all of that. And so. But two, the buyers club is different because we really focus on community.

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It’s like it’s not just another group where there’s admins who like oversee. Right. We really try to build community between the photographers and the food bloggers. So that’s really where you’re going to see the difference there is in trained photographers. The quality of photography and then, and the quality of the. Of development.

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And then we also do video and recipe development stuff too. But then also so that community aspect and that’s something that we’re really hitting hard this year. Is that, is that community? I think it’s so important and it’s, it’s important for longevity. Right. It’s important for so many different reasons.

[00:04:59]  Megan Porta 

Yeah. That is so valuable too what you are doing. So you guys are launcher launching a grant. Correct. So can you tell us a little bit about that? So exciting.

[00:05:09]  Melodee Fiske 

Yeah. Yes. So, you know, I think everybody has kind of experienced just a little bit of in 25. I know it was a challenge. It was a challenge for me last year. And so I say, you know what My circumstances may not have changed, but I have, you know, and so anyway, that’s a whole other podcast, but we.

[00:05:29]  Megan Porta 

Can do that one next.

[00:05:31]  Melodee Fiske 

Yeah. You know, it’s like, yeah, sometimes your circumstances doesn’t change, but when you.

[00:05:36]  Megan Porta 

You.

[00:05:36]  Melodee Fiske 

You can, like, rally yourself and then, like, it makes you stronger. Right. And then you’re more resilient and I don’t know. Anyway, yeah, but so this grant, we wanted to just do something really good because for food bloggers, right? And we wanted to do something to help grow the community and bring people in.

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But really, I mean, a lot of the things that we do have been for our grads, right? They’ve been for our photographers, they’ve been for our students, and we’ve never really done anything for food bloggers that side of our community. I mean, we have a course for them, but we just wanted to give back to that whole community.

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I mean, and then also, too, the photographers are going to directly benefit from that as well. Right. So, yeah, we just wanted to invest back into this community. And it’s been really cool just seeing all the applicants come in and reading stories as to, you know, how this would benefit food bloggers.

[00:06:34]  Megan Porta 

Yeah. Yeah. Do you have any stories to share?

[00:06:37]  Melodee Fiske 

I do.

[00:06:38]  Megan Porta 

Yay.

[00:06:39]  Melodee Fiske 

I do. You know, I love this one. One photographer was like, you know what? I joined the Buyers Club because, you know, last summer, but I couldn’t believe that people were hiring. Like, I just thought I had to do everything on my own. And so she’s like, so she joined because she just kind of wanted to be a fly on the wall.

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And once she started, I think she ended up. She did end up. Let me get and read. Read everything that she said. So when I learned that services existed, I was intrigued. When I first heard of it, I thought, there’s no way I’m going to use it. But when you see how much time you save and, like, the sanity, it’s an incredible investment in my business and sanity saver.

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So I love that. But I also love. We had somebody just share, you know, like we did. We had somebody share about they’re getting ready to have a baby. And so being able to outsource is going to help them through that time or just get the ball rolling. You know, she’s. She’s new to outsourcing.

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She’s never done it before. And we have somebody else who has, you know, ailing, you know, parents going through health issues. And so they need to be able to. To leave at a moment’s notice. And so, you know, you don’t just see it. Like I shared before, it’s not just about, you know, delegating and continuing to grow and scale.

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Sometimes there’s life situations that. That happen. Right?

[00:08:01]  Megan Porta 

Yeah, lots of stuff. I mean, everyone’s going through something different, not to mention the, the state of our industry and all of that. But then there’s, you know, like ailing parents and pregnancies and all kinds of other things.

[00:08:15]  Melodee Fiske 

Yep. Yeah. And so we even have bloggers who have been around since, you know, for. They’ve been blogging for what, 15 years. Right. And so, you know, she had. She just started a third site. And I, I love that. So I love that in the midst of hard Megan, there are still bloggers, new bloggers coming in.

[00:08:39]  Megan Porta 

Yeah, I know.

[00:08:40]  Melodee Fiske 

You know, I mean, there’s still in the midst of heart. I think that’s really important is to know like, that other side and to share those, those good things happening, like bloggers starting third sites, bloggers, you know, bringing on a second photographer to their. To their site. You know, bloggers who are new and they just hit mediavine.

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Right. And I love that because you hear, you hear like, yeah, things are hard, but also they’ some really cool things happening as well. And I, I want to make sure that, that when we talk about the hard, we also talk about the things that are good because that’s what, that’s what keeps us going.

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So if you’re a food blogger listening and you’ve had a really great year, please share it because your story helps encourage so many people. It’s not gloating. It is not like bragging. It’s actually really encouraging to people.

[00:09:29]  Megan Porta 

So it’s necessary right now. Yes. Yeah, I totally agree. I love hearing these stories. I just met a newer blogger. She came to my Eat Blog Talk retreat in 2025. Hello, Rebecca. She’s amazing. She just started in early 2025 and she is crushing it. And people are like, no, that’s not true. I’m like, yes, she is killing it.

[00:09:54]   

And she know she has the drive and she has the talent and the passion and she’s pulling it together. And people think that’s not possible. And I just love hearing that so much. It makes me want to put together an episode where we’re like, okay, this is what’s working and these are our wins.And oh, gosh, I get. Yeah, I feel you on that.

[00:10:13]  Melodee Fiske 

Do it. I know. I want to hear that episode. Do it.

[00:10:17]  Megan Porta 

I’m excited about it. And I haven’t even. It just planted in my Brain. Yeah. So thank you. So can you talk a little bit? Okay, so Buyers Club, you talked about what that is. Is it like a Facebook group? Where do people meet for this?

[00:10:33]  Melodee Fiske 

You know, let’s talk about the practical things. It is a Facebook group. It is on Facebook. We have, we’ve asked bloggers like, do you want to go off of Facebook? And they’re like, no, we want to stay. And we’re like, okay, they love Facebook.

[00:10:45]  Megan Porta 

I know.

[00:10:46]  Melodee Fiske 

And so we have bloggers who bookmark it. You know, they, they have it bookmarked. They bookmark their favorite shops. So it’s a, it’s a two way marketplace essentially, right, where, where we have a lot of food bloggers coming in and posting, you know, things that they need. We have grads who are posting, you know, recipes.

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So if you need just like, like if you have a gap in your content, right. Or a gap in your publishing count calendar, and you’re just like, I just need something to fill in that gap. Like you can go there and so you can do somebody. I know that, you know, one time last year we had somebody say, I just bought a new blog and I need 200 recipes rephotographed.

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And so she was, I need somebody to help me rephotograph all of these recipes. And so there’s, there’s all different types of different services, I guess, that you can do around photography or videography. We don’t have any VA services in there and we won’t promote those in there because we train people and so we want to make sure that we have a standard so those are not promoted there.

[00:11:48]   

If a grad promotes it on their own website, that’s, that’s up for them. But in the buyer’s club, it’s the things that we have had a hand in training them, if that makes sense.

[00:11:59]  Megan Porta 

Okay, so when you say training, you speak about anything related to imagery and video. What is, what is all included in that.

[00:12:07]  Melodee Fiske 

Yeah. So our core course that people go through is food blog photography. And it’s in the name. It is not a general food photography course. It is very specific to the food blogging industry. And we have, we teach people how to use cameras. So some of these, the people joining have never picked up a camera before.

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And I can get into the heart of route why we started pretty focused later, but I’ll just talk about what we train and teach. But we teach them how to use cameras and then we teach them how to style and compose for food blogs. Right? Where it’s with food blogs, it’s very food focused.

[00:12:47]   

It’s not scene focused. Right. You’re going to see like a lot of close ups on the. Of the food and then you’re. We walk them through how to photograph recipes and then editing and then working with bloggers what they need and then you know, the basics of setting up their business. So invoicing, pricing, you know, if they do contracts, photo delivery systems, all of those, all of those business things too.

[00:13:11]  Megan Porta 

Okay. And then how many people are in buyer’s club? Do you, can you share that or is, can you give it like a ballpark? Is it like 10 people or. I’m just curious how big this community is.

[00:13:24]  Melodee Fiske 

No, no. We have 250 graduates.

[00:13:27]  Megan Porta 

Okay.

[00:13:28]  Melodee Fiske 

And we have around 1300 food bloggers.

[00:13:31]  Megan Porta 

Oh, wow. Okay, awesome.

[00:13:33]  Melodee Fiske 

So there’s a lot of food bloggers in there and our group is actually really active. So we have about 60 to 70% who are like engaging on, in posts and.

[00:13:45]  Megan Porta 

Yeah.

[00:13:46]  Melodee Fiske 

So a lot of our graduates, and this is something that is different from a lot of groups out there is we let our graduates post links to their shops. So some groups may have changed that, but I know long time ago they were like, no, you cannot do that. You cannot post outside links.

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But we let them post links to their shops. So bloggers will actually get on those individual email lists from those photographers that they really like and want to hear from. And so they’ll kind of just buy directly from them.

[00:14:16]  Megan Porta 

Okay.

[00:14:16]  Melodee Fiske 

Which is really neat. And then, you know, whatever that photographer doesn’t sell in their shop, then they’ll, you know, they might post that in the Buyers Club, but those initial connections are, are made in the Buyers Club. And then eventually photographers find their, the clients that they love and, and then the bloggers find the photographers that they love.

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Right?

[00:14:34]  Megan Porta 

Yeah. Yeah.

[00:14:35]  Melodee Fiske 

And so. Yeah.

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[00:15:39]   Megan Porta

That’s so cool. I feel like, I mean, I’ve known about this before, we’ve talked about it before, but this is really helping the whole ecosystem of food blogging. You know, like, it’s. It’s helping people who want to outsource, it’s helping people who want to freelance.    It’s just helping everything rise. So thank you for all that you do. This is amazing.

[00:15:44]  Melodee Fiske 

Yeah. And you know what’s really cool is bloggers will join, pretty focused to start working for other food bloggers while they’re growing their blog.

[00:15:52]  Megan Porta 

Yeah.

[00:15:53]  Melodee Fiske 

And at the same time, they’re. They’re working on the photos for their own blog. I mean, I know we have. I know somebody specifically. Right. And she did that. Well, I’ll give Aaron a shout out. Right. Aaron is, is incredible. She’s actually come in and now she’s an author for us. She has a keywords masterclass where she teach.

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Teaches our photographers how to use keyword research for choosing recipes. So our photographers even have strategy behind what they are photographing. They’re using that same keyword strategy that food bloggers are.

[00:16:24]  Megan Porta 

Yeah.

[00:16:25]  Melodee Fiske 

So there’s a lot to it. So Aaron has done a really great job teaching that class for us. And so she did that, she came in, she started learning photography, she got her blog monetized, and then she started hiring. Hiring photographers, you know, and so it is a whole ecosystem.

[00:16:43]  Megan Porta 

Right.

[00:16:44]  Melodee Fiske 

Of people, people helping people with their businesses. Because I think at the core, we all want the same thing, right?

[00:16:54]  Megan Porta 

Yeah.

[00:16:55]  Melodee Fiske 

Food bloggers want to have that flexible career where they can work from home, where they can work from anywhere. Right. You know that as you have traveled around the world or travel around the United States. Right?

[00:17:05]  Megan Porta 

Yeah.

[00:17:06]  Melodee Fiske 

And I think that’s the core of, of what we all want and desire. And I think it’s really cool that we can actually. We’re actually helping each other make that happen.

[00:17:15]  Megan Porta 

Yeah. You’re actively supporting that on all. From all angles, which is so cool.

[00:17:20]  Melodee Fiske 

Yes.

[00:17:21]  Megan Porta 

Can we talk a little bit more about the grant? So who explicitly is it for? If people are listening, they’re like, is this for me?

[00:17:28]  Melodee Fiske 

Yeah. So we have bloggers who have already accepted to an ad network. If you’re on like Raptive Rise or mediavine Journey, you’re not eligible yet. That might change in the future. We are hoping to be able to do more of these. I. We’re going to see how this one goes, so don’t hold me to that.

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Bloggers who are actively publishing content and want to free up, you know, some of that time. If you are a newer blogger, if you’ve been doing this for, you know, a year. If you’re like Rebecca, right. If you are, have been doing this for 15 years. So we are not, we, we don’t limit it.

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You don’t have to have a certain number of page views, you don’t have to have a certain number of recipes on your blog. And so bloggers who might be running maybe one or more site, maybe you want to outsource for the very first time and you want to test the waters and you’re like, man, I like how, how does this work?

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Am I going to be happy? Because I know so well how hard it is to relinquish control on something so visually creative that is representing you. And so that can be. I get that. And so. Or like I said, bloggers who’ve been outsourcing for, for years. So I think that the main requirement is, you know, that you’re accepted on an ad network like mediavine or Raptive, just not the, those entry level ones.

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So.

[00:18:52]  Megan Porta 

Okay, and then you are giving three grants, right? For 500 each.

[00:18:58]  Melodee Fiske 

Three grants for 500 each, yes. So what we are going to do is everything. It is not like a lottery. It is not. We’re just spinning a wheel and picking people’s names. We’re actually going over application answers and it’s, we’re choosing based off of need. And so we will actually, we give you.

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Let me make sure I’m saying all this right. So we actually are, we’re giving you cash in order to do this. Like, we’re paypaling you cash. So those, a couple of those terms and conditions around. That is though, we want to have a conversation with you of who are you, like, what photographer are you thinking of using this with?

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Like, how are you wanting to use this? And then after you make that purchase, we want to see that, the proof of purchase within 14 days of that. And then you have 60 days to be able to use that to use the $500.

[00:19:55]  Megan Porta 

Okay. Okay. And then do you have parameters around like how, I mean, can you use it for video? Anything else outside of video and photography services?

[00:20:07]  Melodee Fiske 

Yeah, so it has to be used within the buyer’s club.

[00:20:09]  Megan Porta 

Right.

[00:20:11]  Melodee Fiske 

So you can use it for video if you want, you can use it for recreations, you can use it for purchasing recipes if you want, you can use it for hiring, you know, if you, if you’re hiring a photographer and that’s just going to help alleviate, you know, that month. Right. And you just take 500 towards somebody you’ve been working with ongoing, that’s fine.

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Too. Just as long as that proof of purchase in that exchange between you and that photographer is. Is shared with us.

[00:20:38]  Megan Porta 

Okay. All right, Amazing. And then let’s see. So do you have kind of a. Clearly you have a vision for this. Like we’ve talked a little bit about why you’re doing it. It’s not just, hey, here’s $500. No, carry on with your life. It’s hopefully, I’m assuming to help people really kind of get the vibe.

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I’m not saying it right, but can you explain that better? Like, what’s the bigger picture with this?

[00:21:06]  Melodee Fiske 

The bigger picture is community. That’s the bigger picture for me is that like, I mean, like I shared at the beginning, you can’t do life, you can’t do business alone. I think it’s important to have a group of positive people that you are around. And I’ll, I’ll side rabbit trail this. Megan, we, we just did a live with our group and they said, you know, I’m a part of a.

[00:21:28]   

Is pretty focused going to ever do a blogging course. And I said, no, we are not going to do that because they’re a part of a community that’s. That’s not very positive. Right. And so I was like, you need to go find Megan Porter. So I think that that is like, just go follow her, do all of her things.

[00:21:47]   

Right. So I think that’s really important is just community because I know that in every market and every, in every industry, like, change and ups and downs are inevitable. Right. And this isn’t the first ebb and flow we have seen in food blogging.

[00:22:05]  Megan Porta 

Yeah.

[00:22:06]  Melodee Fiske 

But I just believe in this community of, and this niche of the world and this niche of the market so much that I want to like, I’m like, we haven’t even be begun to tap into the full impact that we could have. Right. Of, of bloggers continuing to be able to, you know, outsource and continue to grow and scale their blogs.

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And you know, that’s how they’re able to do like that blogger who purchased a blog and hired for 200, she couldn’t have done that on her own. Right. And so I mean, not to say that hiring like you hire a photographer and you’re automatically going to grow and you’re automatically going to scale.

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That’s not what I’m saying. But I am saying that it allows you to buy back your time and that’s how you have to look at it so that you can keep growing and, and scaling. But I just believe in this. This niche. I believe in this industry and I believe that we can have, like a really stellar community and just be.

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I want to be like the place that’s known. Right. Like, oh, you need to hire a photographer. That’s where you need to go.

[00:23:13]  Megan Porta 

Yeah.

[00:23:13]  Melodee Fiske 

Oh, you want this? Like, that’s where you need to go. Right. So that. I think that’s my goal is that I just believe in it too much and I want community and I don’t want to have a limited mindset of this is what. This is what people tell me that I. I am.

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I don’t want to be limited by what people tell me. I can’t do it. I believe I’m here. I believe that this is my calling in life. And I’m not going to let anybody tell me what I can or cannot do with the calling that I think God has given me. So that’s how I feel.

[00:23:44]  Megan Porta 

Go, Melody. That was. That was so well articulated. I knew that you would have words to put to that. And thank you for anticipating what I was saying. I was like, this is not coming out right.

[00:23:56]  Melodee Fiske 

I totally get it.

[00:23:58]  Megan Porta 

You knew. You got me. Okay. That is so great. And I want to talk about a little bit about, like, how to apply for this and all of that. Is there anything we’ve missed though, before we get to application?

[00:24:08]  Melodee Fiske 

Before? Yeah, I don’t think so. I think that we’ve covered most of everything, who it’s for. So. Yeah, how to apply. So we’re going to give the link in the show notes to apply and make sure you check out that deadline because it is fast approaching. So get the link in the show notes and then you are going to enter in your information to apply and then we will email you that the application and you do need to be a member of the Buyers Club in order to apply for that.

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So we want you to join the Buyer’s Club, obviously, because. Because we want you to use it in the Buyer’s Club. So you need to be a member there.

[00:24:47]  Megan Porta 

Yeah.

[00:24:48]  Melodee Fiske 

And then, you know what? Share it. Share it with other people. Share. Share it. You know what I mean? If you. You even if you don’t need it yourself, you know, there’s a food blogger who could benefit from it.

[00:25:01]  Megan Porta 

Absolutely.

[00:25:03]  Melodee Fiske 

So make sure you share.

[00:25:05]  Megan Porta 

Okay, so this episode will be published on February 23. So you have just a few days because the deadline is the eighth. Correct?

[00:25:13]  Melodee Fiske 

Yes. Yep.

[00:25:14]  Megan Porta 

Okay. So, yeah, just keep that top of mind. Don’t let it slip away. If this is something that you feel you want to do, and then you guys are announcing the three winners on March 16th. March 16th. Okay.

[00:25:26]  Melodee Fiske 

Yep.

[00:25:26]  Megan Porta 

And then again, you have to use those funds within 60 days inside the buyer’s club, and you have to be a part of the Buyers club, obviously.

[00:25:35]  Melodee Fiske 

So, yeah, yeah, we have all of our terms and conditions. We have all the frequently asked questions. So if there’s anything. Or you guys can feel free to. To shoot an email if there’s anything you need clarity on.

[00:25:46]  Megan Porta 

Okay, well, I think we’ve covered all the details. Is there any last inspiration you have for food bloggers right now? Any encouragement? I kind of have been liking to end my episodes like that because I think we all need just any little extra encouragement.

[00:26:04]  Melodee Fiske 

I agree. I agree. I think 2026 is going to be a good year for those of you who need data to support that. I don’t know if I have that, but I’m just. I’m really looking forward to this year. And, you know, one of your. Your podcast episodes that you released a couple of weeks ago is in January of the things that you’re.

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You’re doing differently in 26.

[00:26:26]  Megan Porta 

Yeah.

[00:26:27]  Melodee Fiske 

You talked about new processes and new things that you know you want to try and do. And that is. That resonated so well with me because that’s just how I’m feeling about this year is new processes, new marketing strategies, you know, new relationships, new. I have a whole list. And I. And anytime I think of something new, like new ideas, new vision, like new.

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Learn something new, new tools. Right. And so I would just challenge you to. To instead of, I challenge you to think of what are some new things that you can do and new things that you can try maybe within your business or outside of your business. Like, I. I started Sourdough this year.

[00:27:14]  Megan Porta 

Oh.

[00:27:16]  Melodee Fiske 

Hesitant. But I was like, you know what? I want that. The challenge. I want to learn something new. Sometimes I have capacity to learn new things, and other times I don’t.

[00:27:25]  Megan Porta 

Yeah.

[00:27:25]  Melodee Fiske 

And this year I was like, I’m going to make room for that. I’m going to make room for new habits. And so that’s mine. It’s just new. And anytime a word comes to me or anytime I’m having a conversation, I’m like, new. That is something new that I can do this year. And so that is, I think, how I would leave that.

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Leave this episode and just encourage and challenge what are some new things that you can do this year and be excited about them.

[00:27:51]  Megan Porta 

Yes. I love that. That’s so inspiring. Isn’t it funny how each year brings a new theme and you kind of let it shape your year, which is so cool. When you look back at the end of the year, you’ll be like, look at all these new things I did and learned and yeah, gleaned and all the good stuff.

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That’s so great. Thank you for sharing that. Yeah. And yeah, if you want to go check out the show notes, we’ll have everything included that we’ve talked about today. You can head to eat blog talk.com buyers club. So go check that out. And I am so excited to hear who wins the grants and how they use it.

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Are you going to be sharing that? Announcing it anywhere? Like.

[00:28:28]  Melodee Fiske 

Yes. Oh, yes. Big announcement.

[00:28:30]  Megan Porta 

Yeah. Okay, cool.

[00:28:31]  Melodee Fiske 

Yes. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:28:34]  Megan Porta 

Absolutely tuned in for that. And will you just reiterate one last time where people can find you, the buyer’s club, et cetera? Just to end on that easy, just.

[00:28:45]  Melodee Fiske 

Head to pretty focused.com and you’ll have the links to our podcast. You have the link to the Buyers Club under hire a graduate. You’ll have. You’ll have all the links. Just head to prettyfocus.com.

[00:28:55]  Megan Porta 

Okay, perfect. Thank you, Melody, so much for your time and thank you for listening food bloggers. I will see you next time.

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