Blogging + Affiliate Marketing = Make Cash?

Hello everyone, I'm currently a 20 year old student based in Japan. I will soon be going to University and it's pretty expensive over here.

I do not want to live off my parents anymore and I've even searching the internet all over and reading forums for ways to make money.

I've learnt about Whitehat and Blackhate methods, CPA, PPC, CPC and several other marketing style.

I've seen some straightforward style that just requires me to create a website of a niche topic then convert that traffic into revenue.

What interested me was autoblogging, on how scalable it was and easy to manage.

I'm not aiming for $100,000/month, even $1000/month would satisfy because at least I am free of financial support from my parents and no longer a burden.

I was thinking of creating a blog of a niche topic, get some decent traffic in. Then making using some clickbank products to promote them in my articles, future plan would include hiring freelance writers and autoblogging it.

Anyone with experience can guide me along?

Thanks!