Thank you all for your quick replies! I feel kinda silly now thinking I could just post ads on yahoo and make it BIG...
The company that started me in this claimed that if I paid them 50 dollars, which I did, then they would show me how to make money with affiliate marketing and all I would have to do is write ads and get paid. After I paid the money, then they told me I had to start an account with google adwords, overture, ect. I chose yahoo marketing. They never explained how to use it or anything, so I just tried to do it on my own. I try and read everything I can on picking the "right" keywords and bidding correctly on clicks. I emailed the company to complain, but they just told me a bunch of bologna. The company that I paid the 50 dollars to assured me that this was all I had to do to make money in affiliate marketing. Oh well, live and learn, right?
My husband is in the military and I am a stay at home wife, so I have nothing but time to do research. And, yes, Linda, I do tend to jump in headfirst without looking
Again, thank you all for your wonderful support and I guess my next step is to keep reading all the stickies in this forum.