I feel your pain and frustration so much so that when I first started out I also had the same problems. You need help and you need the right type of help to get started.

For me there was not much around so I was fortunate enough to come across a course created by a guy called Corey Rudl, he was the founder and president of the Internet marketing Center. This course was very expensive ($12,000) to do, but set me on the right path without all the hype and B.S.

Today however you have some very good and affordable options if you want to start your own business online. You will see that I said own business because that is what affiliate marketing really is a business. I already see that you have got yourself a blog so now you just need to understand the concepts of everything.

The best way for you or anyone else to get started is by joining the Income Blogging Guide and also getting Kristi Hines e-book The Ultimate Blog Post Promotion Guide both of these programs will get you going in the right direction to make something of your online efforts.

At the end of the day Howard you can keep trying to go it alone, or take the advice of people who are actually making money online and see results for your effort.