So what I am really talking about above is one of the 3 forms of article marketing
,direct Article Marketing that is. That is where you don't have your own landing page or squidoo lens or blog. You write the article, link it directly to the sales page which is your affiliate link. You say you can't put an affiliate link in some articles such as ezine, true yes.
That is where the domain thing comes in. I purchase domain names or registration or whatever it is. I put keyword research into this too, another subject. So many subjects. I can get a .us for $5.00 for a year. I forward the affiliate links straight to these domains, simple even for me. You can put domain names in your articles in most directories if not almost all.
I do other article marketing other than direct, but these do make money for me. This is so much fun learning too by the way. It's like going back to college but much more rewarding because what you build is really completely yours. It could be a reputation you build, a financial empire or a few bucks, but it's yours.