I'm a little new to everything; where can I begin?

you are in the right place

go through the site first, there is an enormous quantity of free info

Just above this section there is a "sticky" section with lots of all in one threads containing fantastic info

Go to the articles section

Go to the SEO forum

Search the Forum for the info you want, learn as much as you can first, then ask more questions

I have a bunch of links to really cool blogs and places you can go for everything

Don't make any rash decisions and start paying money for info, there is more than enough here for free to get you started

After that there are 3 or 4 really good training memberships/websites that I can recommend that are run by forum members

Learn, learn learn

Writing a ton of very helpful articles within your chosen niche...the kind of articles that Google wants. The one's that really provide expert information and leaves the reader feeling like they actually learned something...or got the answer to what they were looking for.

Once your budget grows a little, get busy writing press releases and distribute them via prweb.com, businesswire, or prnewswire.com.

A press release is one of the most underused marketing methods for traffic, but it by far one of the most effective, dollar for dollar (backlinks, traffic, and a ton of good press for your company).

Best idea is just keep reading the information on this site! There's a lot of great advice for newbies... Pick a project you think you're capable and stick to it. You will learn the most from your mistakes, just make sure you do learn from them. Start something and commit to it 100% and keep learning. IM is constantly expanding and evolving.

You seem interested in SEO and Niche sites with keywords etc. Check out the adsense section of this forum, great information in there for starters!

Step One - Pick just one, and I mean only one "lucrative" niche to dominate; but one that isn't overly competitive, in terms of paid traffic. It must be a niche based on your strengths, so you'll need to indulge in some brutally honest self analysis. Be true to yourself, if you want to succeed. The niche you select should be a lucrative one as well as one that is properly aligned to your natural strengths and passions as a person.

Step Two - Get onto Facebook, if you haven't already, and study everything you can about it. Pay close attention to the WSO's as there are a lot of excellent and very inexpensive Facebook courses that you should be eating up, as soon as they launch. You can earn 30k a month just on Facebook alone, without ever having an external website, other than Amazon.com, where you'll sell your e-book(s). It's a lot better to pay Amazon a smaller percentage of each sale, than it is to pay 50% of every sale to a Clickbank affiliate! Hire someone over a Fiverr.com, for very cheap, to set you up properly on Facebook.

Step Three - Build your e-mail subscriber list. Building your list is the most important think you can do, as a newbie!

Step Four - Master facebook ppc traffic and how to use it to build your e-mail subscriber list, and market your e-book. e-Book marketing is very lucrative, if you learn how to do it the right way. You can market it on Amazon.com and integrate it with Facebook; and use Facebook ppc to drive traffic to your e-books on Amazon.

Step Five - Master all the methods of driving free viral traffic on Facebook!