Welcome to your new Blog.

If you’re reading this, you’ve got a brand new blog that’s all your own. Here’s what to do next…

1. Sign up for these great Recipe/Mom related affiliate programs:

Hillbilly Housewife
Mom Webs Hosting

2. Update your affiliate links by editing your .htaccess file.

Find and open your .htaccess file. (Either via FTP or through your Cpanel File Manager)

(There’s a video here if you need some extra direction.)

You’ll see lines like this:

Redirect /sweatreview http://justaddsweat.com/go.php?offer=zzzzz&pid=5

Each line is a redirect for a specific product promoted in the articles on this blog. In all of the links that contain a zzzzz you’ll replace that with your affiliate ID from the appropriate program.

(Until you make this change – the links will not work!)

Please note that you’ll ONLY change the URL, not the part that says “Redirect /easy” or “Redirect /she” as that’s telling the hosting to redirect all links on your new blog that end with those letters to the appropriate sites THROUGH the link that you’re entering into this file.

3. Optional but highly recommended – Get Custom Graphics!

There are four graphics being displayed in the header. You can create your own graphics of the same size and upload them into the ‘img’ folder of the ’strides’ theme. Then go into the ‘header.php’ file and change the file names. This will update your site. The wide top graphic is 900 x 75 and the three smaller graphics are 300 x 175.

If you need help and want to outsource, we recommend FreshNets.

4. Read this free report about how to get started: Making Money with your New Blog

5.  Need a regular recipe source? Sign up for Yummy PLR.

6. Once you do that, then simply delete this post, create an introductory post from you and start promoting your new blog.