I won't show you an article that has brought me several hundred sales but I will tell you that it is in the ??xx?? niche. My best articles for traffic and conversions have focused on benefits and not features and in some cases were spun. Hope that helps you a bit.
OF COURSE! State the facts - ALWAYS! Too much hype out there, and as far as I'm concerned its a bunch of crap..
If you're talking about standard article marketing (e.g. EzineArticles) I wouldn't rely on the articles to bring you sales directly. It's much better to get people to your site where you can give more information and sell them on one or more products (or even better, get them onto your email list)
I dont even know which articles bring sales, since I usually write a few articles with the same keyword for the same product.
A article which brings a sale is a one which has five paragraphs. First one should be a summary. Second should be a problem about a topic buyer is facing third make it seam it is a very big by exaggrating and fourth para should provide a solution to that problem and fifth paragraph should focus on click of call to action to open your link embedded in it.
1 - Find a niche that makes people open up their wallets 2 - Write as many articles as possible surrounding that niche 3 - Use blackhat software to spread all over the internet like herpes 4 - Collect your income
GrandRoyal - Your answer is very honest. Exaggerate, create the fear and sell It is all about emotions Lalamaple - Thanks for the tips. I appreciate it.