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 related affiliate programs:
http://www.momstalkaffiliates.com
http://www.justaddsweat.com/affiliates.php
http://www.shelancers.com/affiliates.html
http://www.reliablewebs.com/affiliate-program/
http://twitterwebs.com/affiliate-program/
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!)
3. Where it says
*Redirect /shelancers http://www.shelancers.com
*Redirect /reliablewebs http://www.reliablewebs.com
*Redirect /twitterwebs http://www.twitterwebs.com
simply replace each link with your link for that program.
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.
4. Update your Button Ads
The four button ads shown on the sidebar can be edited through the ‘sidebar.php’ file. (If you have updated all of the redirect links in your .htaccess file you don’t have to make any changes.)
5. 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, Girly Blog Designz and FreshNets have offered a special $50 customization deal to our loaded blog customers. Just submit a request through their contact form to initiate an order.
6. Read this free report about how to get started: Making Money with your New Blog
7. Once you do that, then simply delete this post, create an introductory post from you and start promoting your new blog.
