How to Find Recipes for Your Mom Blog
If you’re like many mom bloggers, you may run out of things to talk about on occasion. Or maybe you just get tired and don’t feel like chatting some days, but you know you need an active blog if you’re going to make money — and many bloggers rely on their blog income to feed their families. So, how do you attract more readers and the search engines to your blog on a daily basis? Easy! Add a recipe of the day to keep your blog fresh and tasty. But, where do you find recipes that you can use? Before I tell you the answer, let’s get the legal stuff out of the way.
To keep from breaking the copyright laws and getting yourself in a bit of trouble, you can not just copy and paste recipes or type them in. They are not public domain. Both collections of recipes and recipe instructions may be copyrighted. I recommend that you search google for “recipe copyright” to read the full scoop. But suffice it to say, you can’t just use other people’s recipes legally. You have to use other methods.
So, what are the other ways to find recipes that you can use?
Your Very Own Recipes
Do you have recipes that you make for your family? It could be meatloaf with a special ingredient or salsa with a twist. Take a look at all of the meals that you have personally invented (or altered).
If so, type them into your blog. They are yours to do with as you wish. Anything that you pull directly from your own head — is free to use on your blog.
Friends & Family
Does your mother have a special chili recipe that everyone loves? Ooh, and that spicy dip that your sister always brings to football parties.
Look around the Thanksgiving dinner table and ask everyone to share their recipes. Then, start asking your friends, neighbors and co-workers.
Hire a Writer
The second way to get recipes for your blog is to hire a writer. You can usually find a ghostwriter who will create recipes for your blog. If you don’t want to look for a ghostwriter, hit up the local culinary school and see if you can find a foodie who is looking to make some money on the side. Hire that person to type in his/her favorite recipes and you’ll be set.
PLR Recipes
And, last, but not least… my favorite way to get recipes for your mom blog is to get PLR (or private label rights) recipes. Why is this my favorite? Easy.
You don’t have to write the recipes yourself.
You don’t have to pay the big bucks for a writer.
You can change the recipes as much or as little as you’d like.
You can split them up and add them to multiple blogs. You can pretty much do whatever you’d like with them to create a product, freebie or something else.
You can get tons of recipes for cheap. Some PLR memberships sell them for less than $1 per recipe.
Of course, every PLR site has its own rules so be sure to read them before you buy.
One last piece of advice: Be sure to edit your PLR recipes so they are different than everyone else’s. You can do this by:
Change the directions slightly.
Change the title.
Add a little something to it – i.e. suggestion of foods or drinks that would go well with the recipe.
You now know just how simple it is to add a “recipe of the day” to your blog. I hope you get started right away so your blog bring in some hungry readers.
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