Hello all.

The first thing I would say if someone came to me personally is to watch Lisa's videos and take notes. That advice stems from a bigger picture of the person doing research on the subject. Isn't that why we have sites like You Tube? That's where I found Lisa and that's where I have found so many other great instructional videos.

For specifics it's a hard question to answer without having something of the background on the new persons abilities. They may be new to web design for example, but be very proficient in some related area and catch on quickly to web design. Another person might be starting from scratch and may have to learn quite a bit. For example: For some people, dreamweaver might be perfect, for me I just can't use it. But I am very happy with the sites that I have made by learning another, more simple web design package. It's quite a steep learning curve even to become knowledgeable of the pros/cons as to whether or not it's better to use a predesigned fill-in-and-go hosted web format or to learn how to make a web site yourself.

That's why I say the one main piece of advice, as I would give to anyone starting a business or any serious endeavor, is to have a plan. A map of the area your going, so to speak. The more you learn about the subject the more detailed the map and the easier to see where you are.

Have some goal in mind. What do you want to achieve from the web? If it's anything to do with affiliate marketing, then the research you do will revolve around that. Do you need a web site? What type? A blog? Or both? Affiliates? Adsense? How to generate traffic? Niche marketing? Wordpress? RSS? etc......

I trade the Forex market and like another person here posted, we have a similar saying, "Plan your trade and trade your plan". So to start, watch some videos of successful people who are in the business you wish to be in. Make sure they are the type of people who are smart enough to know that trying to fool people is soon enough found out and does not make for a long term business position. People like Lisa are great examples of what makes a successful business person and business.

To finish: As the title of this post indicates, have a plan and learn the subject first. Don't expect a get rich quick scheme to appear and let you quite your day job over night. What will most likely happen is you will end up with far less money having enriched someone else. Paying for info and service is fine, but make sure first that is where you want to be. Do your research and you will progress without doubt.

Cheers, Rob