I'm currently learning affiliate marketing through Wealthy Affiliate . Their training is divided in 5 levels which will guide you from the choice of your niche, the creation and development of your own website.
It is thought especially for people who are completely newbies in the niche of affiliate marketing.
Here a sum up of what you are going to learn through Wealthy Affiliate Training:
How to choose your niche
How to set up your website
What are keywords and how to choose them
How to create quality and keyword-rich content, which will lead to good ranking in search engine (which will lead Traffic to your website)
What are affiliate links, how to use them properly and how to monetize your content through them
How to monetize your website through advertising (e.g google Adwords)
How to use of Social Networks such as Facebook, pinterest, twitter and google plus to share your content (they can be a relevant source of traffic if used properly)
...And much more!
This is only a sum up, take into account that every component of this list is broken down and widely treated trough the training.
Moreover, you should take into account that there are also lots of guides produced by the others users.
Besides the training Wealthy Affiliate offers also:
Website hosting: You can host your website through their platform. this functions comprehend also anti-spam, and SSL and it can bear as many as 500'000 visitors/month
Website support: experts who can fix every problem related to your website
Jaaxy memebership: Jaaxy a useful tool for keyword search. It allows you to see the most searched keywords and the ones with the best reattach/competition ratio. Moreover, it allows you to monitor your pages' ranking in search engines
24/7 live chat where you can interact with other members and ask question (yes, this isn't only a platform, it is a community). This function allows you to get in touch with experts
As you can see Wealthy Affiliate guides and supports you in every step of your career in affiliate marketing BUT only your efforts can bring you to success!
I haven't finished the training yet, but until now I'm quite satisfied of what I've learned through Wealthy Affiliate . If you want a personal advice, when choosing the niche opt for your passions instead of niches that you think may be the more profitable: internet is big enough to grant traffic to every niche you will chose and writing about your passion will ease the process of creating content.
You can join Wealthy affiliate for Free, but only premium members can exploit completely potential of this community.