who can i trust to help me as a novice in affiliate marketing?

[dan]

There are some decent training programs, but there are also a lot of scams, so you have to be careful. I am a member of Wealthy Affiliate and am very happy with the quality of the training and the members forum there. Several 6 figure per year marketers hang out at the forum and are very generous with their tips and answering questions. The site owners, Kyle and Carson, also will give you one on one support when needed. Membership at WA also includes many features and tools such as keyword tools, web hosting, Wordpress site builders, an article writing tool, and just about everything you need to succeed. The only thing you would ever have to buy outside of WA are domain names for your sites.