Originally Posted by Mobii

Hey all,
I have just joined,and am new at all this. I don't even want to guess at how many "what do i do first?" posts you guys have seen on here. But here is one more. I have a friend that made a pretty decent living at this affiliate stuff,and she told me how to get started. But,from what i've read so far,slapping up random pages with 10 banner ads on it isn't gonna make me any money. Is there some holy grail for all this? Something that lays out a basic understandable plan for how to be successful? i have wandered off on too many wild goose chases so far,and would like to have a more stable formula for what i need to dolearn,and then what i need to do with it. Thanks for your help.