Affiliate Marketing

How To Get Affiliate Sales Even If You Don’t Get Much Traffic

Since the launch of our affiliate program, we’ve paid out thousands to bloggers and business owners happy to recommend our services. One of the surprising things we’ve noticed is that it’s not always the people with the high traffic and followers that get the most sales. In fact, many smaller, newer website owners make a lot of our sales, even if their traffic and followers are in the hundreds or less. Here’s how.

How To Disclose Affiliate Links

If you’re a member of any affiliate programs (including the Lyrical Host Affiliate Program!) you’re responsible for declaring any affiliate links and any content you have a commercial connection to or may be compensated for.

Several years ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) introduced requirements for online advertising that include rules on how affiliates should disclose their commercial interests online. While the FTC advises that their rules are in place for US-based audiences and consumers, many countries have similar guidelines. The reality is that as a responsible website owner and affiliate, you want to abide by these guidelines for all your visitors and followers because you can’t control the citizenship of the people seeing your posts, and in the interests of being trusted and transparent.

The good news is that compliancy is straightforward and easy. This blog post explains what you need to do, so let’s get started!