Hi huskrfn,
Sorry I didn't see your post earlier. I hope you don't think we were all ignoring you.

Affiliate marketing is a great way to start working online. It's a slow and steady process, but if you do it right, you can build up a nice business and income for yourself.
There is an excellent free affiliate marketing course in my signature that you can help yourself to. It really was the thing that got me going in the right direction when I was starting out. There are a couple of other free resources there, too, if you want.
Maybe something that would be even more effective in walking you through the process, step by step, is to take a look at SBI's
Action Guide. It is both written and video and really explains the process of successful site building in a down to earth fashion.
You won't be able to actually access the tools and software that they are showing you unless you end up building your site with SBI, but it should still help you get a good understanding of the process.
Blessings,
Angie