Hi All - Aren't you glad you found this forum? It has helped me a lot.
Anyway, I found this site that pretty much walks you through the whole process of Affiliate Marketing. The best thing about is it's FREE!

How great is that? Anyhow, go to
http://www.affilorama.com. It' s by Mark Ling.
Let me know what you think.
Also, let me just share one of my challenges as a newbie... My biggest headache

being a newbie is that I don't have enough patience to build a site (a nice professional one with a squeeze page to collect email addresses and build a list, as well as having an autoresponder system).
I want all of this soon so I can concentrate on building traffic.
Therefore, I'm going to go ahead and fork out some cash and join Mark Ling's Affilojetpack and get the 5 sites he offers plus his driving traffic lessons, which includes an extensive training on
ppc marketing.
I read on the private war room regarding Mark Ling and everyone seems to be really impress by him and that he's the real deal.
If any of you are also considering joining, let me know and then we'll compare notes
Take care!