Ok, thanks for the advice. I guess I jumped ahead. I am about to go into the third set of trainings to learn about monetizing. So should I get rid of my affiliate links I have placed? They are on two blogs, Amazon on one (twice) and a CJ link on another.

Hi - how much detail have you written about the products that you have added affiliate links to? If you have given an in-depth review of the products, then I would leave them.

If however, you have literally linked just a few words to the products, and not actually discussed them, then I would take them out.

As you say, you have probably got a bit ahead of yourself, as affiliate links are not covered until level 3 of the training.

And do be aware that you have joined the Amazon affiliate program very early. You need to make 3 sales within your first 180 days or you will be removed from their program. This is actually quite difficult to achieve until you are getting daily traffic, which takes several months.

Ok, great to know. I am an affiliate of NordVPN on CJ. I just wrote an article on what VPN does and why you might need one. At the end I have a simple sentence that says Here is my choice for a well-known and robust VPN. I added my link to VPN at the end of the sentence.
As for Amazon, I had signed up for it before I found WA. I may have already passed the 180 day mark, but I'm not sure.
I'm heading into level 3 training.