Can I duplicate the publishers "pitch" page and use it as my landing page in an Adwords campaign, so I can embed my affiliate link in there? If not, what's the workaround , or can I just use my affiliate "hoplink" as the destination URL in Adwords? Where can I get banners and other creatives, or are text links the only option?
If you ask the publisher nicely, s/he may allow you to copy the sales page to use at your own. You can also use your hoplink as the destination URL, but then you'll have display URL competition. There is also the option not to copy the sales page, but create your own landing page to pre-sell the visitors. This may even work better than the two methods above. Good luck! nadavs
"can I just use my affiliate "hoplink" as the destination URL in Adwords" Yes, you can. That's called direct linking.
I would not see a problem with that personally and since you are generating sales/revenue for the publisher, I doubt that they would as well.
If you do direct linking you can't capture email adresses. And really, you don't have to use expensive autoresponder services like AWeber. Use something like Dada mail (google it) which is open source and host it yourself on your own server.