Affiliate Marketing Secrets

Yes I am well aware that there is lots of free information on the internet to learn affiliate marketing. The problem is the free route is more time consuming I would think. I am new to affiliate marketing to im just guessing. It just seems to me that it would take a long time to read up through a bunch of message boards and websites for a little information here and there. I was curious if there was a good book(or website) that would have most of what I would need to learn in one place so that i dont have a spend years learning bits and pieces and from trial and error. I will pick a best answer and thanks to everyone that trys to help!

preferably support with interviews, market information or industry reports.

I have been looking at websites where you can learn the secrets but they all seem to have massive price bands, how do i get into stock trading at the age of 16? are there any markets for that age or is it all 18+ can i get my parents to open a trading account for me?
What are the best websites/books i could glean information from?
and finally i could only probably get about £300-£500 would this be enough to start off with?
Thank you or reading all that and i really appreciate those of you who help and answer questions.

I am looking into being a travel affiliate I am wondering is 3% good? I have a website that has to do with Travel information so I thought adding some ads and banners to promote some Travel packages would be nice but I am not sure. I have been looking into it and it said 3% is that good? Because for example a flight can be between maybe anywhere in most causes from 500 and higher.

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