As you know people are searching information from search engines, they are not willing to buy after the first contact. That makes the link page very important in the author box of your marketing article.
When a reader clicks the link, an effective way is to give him a quality gift. A free Ebook, Marketing Course or Teleseminar.
When a visitor clicks the link, it is not a start for selling, but a relationship building. When you have got his email address, you can build relationship during a long time.
I am sure that you are creative like most people. The point is starting. If you just start writing affiliate marketing article, you find out how nice it is.
By the way, an article is like the page of your website. First you choose a topic and do some keyword research. Affiliate marketing article have to be search engine friendly, which means that the main keyword must be repeated so, that it represents from 1 to 4 procent of all the words in the article.
Try to give useful information for the reader about your home business ideas. Use everyday words and speak like to a friend. And do not advertise.
If you do not have time to write affiliate marketing article, you can buy one from companies like NicheArticleClub.
With affiliate marketing article you get prepared, targeted visitors to your website and one way links pointing back to your site, which will raise the search engine rank.
I tried to distribute my article first by hand but found out that it was too time consuming. Then I found ArticleMarketer, which distributed with one click of a mouse my article to over 63.000 people and over 770 forums, groups and websites.
In case you need inspiration, like me always, when you plan your article, one good way is to type your main keyword into Google and find out what you get. Soon you will see how your imagination starts to work.
It is useful to recall the basics of your home business ideas, before you start writing. The more targeted the affiliate marketing article is, the more targeted is the traffic and the more you sell.
Affiliate marketing article is not for advertising but for giving useful information, which will help the reader in his home business. You have to be honest and as professional as possible in writing.
In the end of each article, there is the about the author box, where you can place your link, and direct the reader into more detailed information of your topic.