Great Katherine, you made a good start, keep moving on and you see more good results soon.

Sometimes you do feel like that
Not to worry, the training has been designed as a step by step for you

It is important because you get to continue to take things at your own pace

Congratulations on all your achievements so far
Wishing you success as you go throughout your journey

To get to add affiliate links, your site need be ready before you apply for affiliate programs

You would have written 20 - 30 posts and have some traffic to be able apply for affiliate programs as typically they will check your site for relevance and traffic prior approval.

For Amazon it is 10 - 15 posts. You also would have to make 3 sales in your first 180 days.

Lucrative programs - 40 posts +

Once accepted, they've given you material and special tracking code links you can share on your site.

Essentially you are writing more informational posts so that you do not sound so salesy to Google and if there’s a solution, a detailed analysis review post for your visitors to let them make an informed decision whether to go click your links and go purchase the focused item you proposed to solve their issue.

Once they do, and in accordance with your affiliation terms and conditions, how commission payouts are tracked and paid. You need to read up how payments are made because different programs follow different rules; some pay by check others via PayPal or straight to your check account.

I would always adhere to your affiliate program terms and conditions.

Thank you for your wonderful blog post and share. Congrats on your progress so far.

Keep up the great work.