Advertise product you're reselling in your signature file... and always use a signature file. Use an attention getting headline and a good reason for them to visit your affiliate site. Make sure your signature file doesn't go over 5 lines.

Join a web ring. It should attract same type of people that would be interested in buying product you're reselling. You could also trade links on your own with other related web sites.

Participate on web discussion boards. Post your comments, answer other people's questions, and ask your own questions. Include your affiliate text link under each message you post.

Create a free ezine. Use your ezine to advertise affiliate programs you've joined. Submit your ezine to online ezine directories and promote it on your web site.

Start a private web site. Use it as a free bonus if people buy product you resell. You could also allow people to join for free and you could advertise affiliate program you've joined.

You might consider purchasing an opt-in list or promoting your affiliate links through you monthly or weekly newsletter.

Another powerful way for you to promote your affiliate products is to list your affiliate link in Pay per click search engines or sponsored links!

My personal favorite is Niche PPC search engines. I've collected over 25,000 dollars of free PPC advertising. When I join an affiliate program I list my affiliate link in a Niche PPC engine!

You'll undoubtedly find many more ways to promote your affiliate links but point I'm making is more you do better your affilliate conversion rates will be.

Yep, you heard me right. Per page.

Yes, it can be done. I didn't think I could do it either in my novels. And let me tell you, when you start pruning those "wases/weres" out of your prose, it's amazing how strong your writing becomes.

3. Describe specific situations. Compare:

"Our bookkeeping service is best in area. We can take care of all your bookkeeping needs, from invoices to paying bills to reconciling your bank statements."

To this:

"Do your invoices go out late because you can't stand idea of sitting down to do them? Does your cash flow suffer droughts each month because no checks arrive in mail (because your invoices went out late)? How much hair have you pulled out over years because of accounting mistakes? Never fear, those days are over when you hire us to do your bookkeeping."

The first example is generic (take care of bookkeeping needs). The second example shows you HOW business does it. (In fiction we call it "show, don't tell." Good advice, even for copywriters.) You can actually "feel" those business problems -- late invoices, cash flow droughts, loss of hair. It's difference between something cold and impersonal that really has nothing to do with you and something that wakes you up with a spark of recognition ("Hey, that's me. I need that.")

Creativity Exercises -- See what others are doing

Pick a piece of copy. Something with meat -- at least 300 words or so. No, it doesn't have to be something you wrote either. In fact, this exercise might be easier if it isn't yours.

Now analyze it. Look at nouns. Are they specific? Or are they a bit too generic? What about verbs? Could they be stronger? And does it describe a specific situation, something that you can actually feel and touch?

Try this with a variety of writings -- novels, nonfiction books, newspaper articles, Web sites, sales letters, etc. Look at both "good" and "bad" examples. (Although good and bad are somewhat subjective, follow your gut.) See what trends you discover.

By analyzing what others are doing, you're better able to see strengths and weaknesses in your own writing.