Hey I just signed up to commission junction and got accepted by an affiliate. They don't have "content links" highlighted as acceptable marketing methods but they have text links like "use this product for bla bla" Is it against the TOS if I put the link directly into an article on my site? It just seems stupid to have the link free floating on the page when the content is directly related to the offer.

Sorry if this is a dumb question. I'm new to this and don't want to come across as an idiot to the affiliate manager because I want to apply to more offers soon

yep, the link can be inserted into your article