Summary: On today's show, Fed & Fit listener Allie joins me on the show to talk about how to launch a successful blog, design a brand, take food photos, and develop a community of readers.<br> <br> <br> <br> We're back with our 84th episode of the Fed+Fit Podcast! Remember to check back every Monday for a new episode and be sure to subscribe on iTunes!<br> <br> Find us HERE on iTunes and be sure to "subscribe."<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Episode 84 Links<br> <br> Check out Aaptiv HERE and be sure to use the code "FEDANDFIT" at checkout for a FREE 30-days!<br> Check out Siete Tortillas HERE!<br> Clean Eating with a Dirty Mind cookbook HERE!<br> Check out my favorite mobile photo editing app Snapseed HERE.<br> <br> Episode 84 Transcription<br> <br> Today’s show is brought to you by Aaptiv! Aaptiv is a fabulous app and robust online community that allows you access to top notch, motivating personal trainers who guide you through a workout timed to your choosing with fun, perfectly synchronized music. Whether you want to squeeze in a butt-kicking, 10-minute, no equipment workout before lunch, or launch a 5K interactive training guide, Aaptiv has you covered. <br> <br> Speaking from experience, Aaptiv is not just another fitness app. I was blown away by the options and the fun workout experience. Essentially like Netflix for fitness, Aaptiv gives members unlimited access to their entire bank of high-end, trainer-led workout classes. If you’re looking for fresh, high quality, on the go, motivating workouts that adapt to your lifestyle, I highly recommend Aaptiv.<br> <br> Also, because they're just the darn best, Aaptiv is even offering Fed and Fit listeners a free 30-day trial. So when you sign up for a monthly subscription at www.Aaptiv.com; that’s Aaptiv.com, be sure to enter the promo code FEDANDFIT, one word, at checkout, and your first 30 days are on the house. <br> <br> Cassy Joy: Welcome back to another episode of the Fed and Fit podcast. Today, I’m thrilled to bring you yet another reader; or listener, I guess we should say, reverse interview. These reverse interviews, of course, are when Fed and Fit listeners write in with really great questions, and I invite them to come on a phone with me! We record the call, they ask me their awesome questions, we get to have a really fun conversation, and then publish it to the podcast with the hopes that other folks out there listening; either they have the same questions and they can definitely benefit from this conversation we’re going to have, or maybe it brings up some things that some of you guys have never thought of before. <br> <br> So I’m really excited today to welcome the lovely Allie. She lives in Ames, Iowa, and she is a graduate student there studying student affairs and higher education, which is really cool, because that is actually my youngest sister, Samantha; that’s exactly what she got her graduate degree in, as well. Allie, I believe you said that you listened to that Fed and Fit college student mini-series we did here on the podcast a while ago. But it’s definitely a passion project of mine; I love working with higher education students, so welcome to the show! I cannot wait to jump into all your questions. <br> <br> Allie: Thank you! I’m so excited to be here. I’m excited as well.<br> <br> Cassy Joy: {laughs} Awesome! Well, what’s on your mind, girl? Is there anything you want to share with folks before we jump into some of the things you’ve got jotted down?<br> <br> Allie: Yeah, definitely. So, I’ll just touch on a little bit of a background of how I got these questions, because otherwise they don’t make a lot of sense of where I’m starting from. <br> <br> Cassy Joy: {laughs} Awesome.<br> <br> Allie: So, I grew up definitely a healthy lifestyle; my mom was a marathoner, my dad was a weight lifter. So they were definitely in the fitness realm,
