{"id":430,"date":"2016-12-21T17:22:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T22:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sidehustlepro.co\/?p=430"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:32:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T02:32:14","slug":"meikoandthedishcheckin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/meikoandthedishcheckin\/","title":{"rendered":"29: How One Entrepreneur Is Monetizing Her Food Blog (Check-In with Meiko And the Dish)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meiko_food_151202_28-1-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Episode 29: How One Entrepreneur Is Monetizing Her Food Blog (Check-In with Meiko And the Dish)\" class=\"wp-image-431\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-fusebox-player-single\"><script data-type=\"track\" data-hash=\"Zwg0pOdgzq\" data-track=\"29\" src=\"https:\/\/app.fusebox.fm\/embed\/player.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On this episode, we are welcoming back <strong>Meiko Drew<\/strong>, the Side Hustle Pro Entrepreneur-in-Residence. We\u2019re following Meiko for an entire year to chronicle her journey from Corporate America retiree to the Founder of Food and Lifestyle brand <\/span><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/meikoandthedish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>MeikoAndTheDish<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For those of you who don\u2019t know, Meiko walked away from a six-figure salary at Target to focus on <\/span><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/meikoandthedish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>MeikoAndTheDish<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> full time. Though it hasn\u2019t always been smooth sailing, her brand is steadily rising and so it\u2019s time to check in with her again to see how it\u2019s all going. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n this episode Meiko shares:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How she\u2019s partnering with brands and getting paid for it<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How she\u2019s monetizing her blog through different income streams<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her radical move from one city to the next and how it\u2019s helped her hit her stride<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her vision and goals for 2017<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out how Meiko is making it work despite the twists and turns life throws at her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/Podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iTunes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sidehustlepro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soundcloud<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/side-hustle-pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stitcher<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/listen#\/ps\/Ijsp72w7gts46oywrh4xysunn7q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Links and people mentioned in this episode:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meikoandthedish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meiko And The Dish<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogher.com\/blogherfood16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BlogHer Food Conference<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meikoandthedish.com\/shop-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meiko And The Dish Shop<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sidehustlepro.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/sidehustlepro.libsyn.com\/rss<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Important Announcements:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m doing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sidehustlepro.co\/getthegram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FREE Instagram Training<\/a> this Wed, Dec 21 at 8PM ET. If you&#8217;re interested in growing your business and brand using the powers of Instagram, this is for you! REGISTER HERE: <a href=\"http:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsidehustlepro.co%2Fgetthegram&amp;h=1AQGj5wDpAQFUs8LUfzHMSOfSEzkrJjakHJlhk3p39CyzGg&amp;enc=AZMF1uWIL3jgcel2Sd4IczSepn_sNP4M8FOTjM8uMezynnyeUHXFiP0bhrJilU_4Vy1wmtOgIGK322in5l2r3Pu_sm0yUuU_TwDZOLqClFpo7QRWDGSLynm3_nGMRjEu5pSDQJ1ES9yVOKb10Y93tMa9IUZp_AAANYXncc8ZKmxirh_XVAH-EMIvjJtz6CHHt5EQL0JH_jjnwKoPaTRkBlqO&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/getthegram<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Side Hustle Pro is now over 800 members strong. If you\u2019re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/mastermind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/mastermind<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connect with us on Instagram:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meiko And The Dish &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/meikoandthedish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@meikoandthedish<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Side Hustle Pro \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sidehustlepro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@sidehustlepro<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/sidehustlepro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#SideHustlePro<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this episode, we are welcoming back Meiko Drew, the Side Hustle Pro Entrepreneur-in-Residence. We\u2019re following Meiko for an entire year to chronicle her journey from Corporate America retiree to the Founder of Food and Lifestyle brand MeikoAndTheDish. For those of you who don\u2019t know, Meiko walked away from a six-figure salary at Target to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spt_transcript":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2,3,21,30,31,7,8,41],"class_list":["post-430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infopreneur-online-business","tag-black-women-business-owners","tag-black-women-entrepreneurs","tag-entrepreneurs","tag-meiko-and-the-dish","tag-meiko-drew","tag-podcast","tag-side-hustle-pro","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8589,"href":"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions\/8589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidehustlepro.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}