Honestly, it's best to keep affiliate links OUT of hubs. Seriously, hubpages is a network for people to exchange ideas and information.

My approach is to provide good content...so that people will like and respect me for my intellect. Then on every hub I add my RSS feed for my blog.

My blog is loaded with more content of mine to not only display my intellect, but also showcase my personality to them.

I've noticed a good amount of people visiting my blog from the RSS feed that I include in every hub...since it's an extension of my knowledge. And on my blog, I have an opt-in form to gather people's names and email addresses for future reference.

Then, once I've built up a good relationship with my new subscriber through a sequence of emails, I can then advertise to them affiliate links that I think will help my subscriber. Remember, think of your customers/subscribers before yourself, and you'll notice a remarkable change of income. I know I did.

But if you really want to get some decent affiliate income from hubpages, give out good content. Answer hub requests in a formidable fashion, and make sure you include a RSS feed for you blog on your hub.

Trust, when you answer people's questions...they'll like you for it...so give them an extension of your knowledge via RSS feeds! And on your blog, you can promote affiliate links, or do what I do...and build a mailing list that you can grow and build a relationship with...and then promote.

Hope this helps you out!

T.M. Harris