Affiliate Marketing Secrets

Im planning of doing a foundation course instead of a levels and do my degree in business at staffordshire university. I would not be going to the uk campus but instead do the course through a college in the country that live at the moment. Im still not sure on whether i should do the monash pre university course and enter monash malaysian campus or study a year under staffordshire university and transfer to monash as the college is affilated with monash and other uk or australian universities.(college in the country that i stay now which offers this courses and programmes Australian unis Charles sturt university Deakin university monash university queensland uni of technology swinburne uni of technology unuversity of newcastle university of tasmania These were the other unis that they are affiliated with. and how good and recognised is staffordshire university?

I’m 16 and I’m already going to start saving and I will be investing in the stock market again with my grandpa shortly. I work at a law firm helping my grandpa who is a lawyer, and I want to start saving and investing my money to increase my “net worth”.
I’ve read Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker and I really enjoyed it. It made a lot of sense to me, I really recommend that you read it, but anyways do any of you know of any great business books you recommend?
I already found one book called Think and Grow Rich – Napolean Hill that I might buy.

The most important things are that affiliates want merchants to be trustworthy, meaning that they don’t skim on payouts, the tracking is reliable, and they don’t allow affiliate managers to copy and run successful affiliate’s campaigns. Sadly, most networks do all those things wrong.

I would like to know which of the following business models is the most effective in the affiliate marketing. My affiliate program gives me a choice of business models and I can choose only one.
Loyalty/Rewards
Select this option if your primary business model is based on loyalty or rewards. For example, your site offers points, donations, or other rewards for purchasing at selected merchants. Loyalty/Reward sites give something back to the consumer in exchange for purchasing through the publisher’s site. A percentage of the advertiser commission is used to pay a reward to the end user. Rewards come in many forms including cash, airline miles, credit card points, or a percent of sale given to an organization.
Coupons/Deals
Select this option if your primary business model is based on offering coupons and deals to your customers.
General Shopping
Select this option if your primary business model is shopping. Shopping sites can be thought of as a virtual mall. The consumer can shop for various products and brands without ever having to leave the site. This type of publisher is not focused specifically on coupons and deals.
Search
Select this option if your primary business model is based on search. Search publishers promote advertisers via search engine marketing (natural or paid).
Price Comparison
Select this option if your primary business model is based on price comparison. Comparison shopping sites sell items where some comparison is made before the purchase. Many times the publisher will have direct product links of the same product from different advertisers.
Content/Niche
Select this option if your primary business model is based on content, such as news stories, media, music, or video. Content sites focus on a specific area of interest. This type of site is normally not a shopping site but users go to the site because they are interested in relevant content on site. Content sites that do well with performance-based marketing blend their area of expertise with product recommendations.
Social Shopping
Select this option if your primary business model is based on social shopping. Social shopping sites usually combine shopping with user recommendations, reviews, lists, and other social network features.
User Generated
Select this option if your primary business model is based on user-generated content such as communities, forums, and social networks.
Other
Select this option if your primary business model does not fall under any of the other categories.
Thanks

I am self employed and I must admit I sometimes avoid any topics that have to deal with what I do for a living (successful self employed programmer and online marketing). Sometimes someone else brings it up though…. like today innocently my friend introduced me to one of her guy friends and everything was cool. Then later she mentioned to him that I run a successful online business and such, then suddenly the guy is like “wow man I been trying to do that I will get your email and phone number from your friend and we can talk!”.
I get that a lot and I find it annoying that when someone finds out what I do, they expect me to reveal all of my secrets and help them become successful for free? No one helped me at all, I learned from losing money, coming up with new ideas, and spending a lot of time and research to become successful. No one just told me all of the secrets and made me make more money. When I meet someone with a good job I never ask for free help, I just think it is rude. Do you consider this normal?

I have a marketing business, and have put a lot of time and work into my business. Our projected numbers were off, and it took a little bit longer than expected to get things up and running, so I need to go about finding an investor or venture capitalist. Does anyone have any ideas of how to go about this? We have a solid business plan laid out and a niche concept in our market and region. I would just love any advice that anyone could possible give me.
Thank you!