Affiliate Marketing Secrets

Okay so I was on the internet today reading a researching about making money online. Like making money on autopilot. Basically it’s this software you can make that will do all the work for you and you just bring in money all the big big gurus use it and it is suppose to be one of their secrets to make large bills online it works really good with affiliate marketing my bestfriend uses it but he is so busy on vacation and buying mansions and sports cars he has no time for his long time bro. They say you have to be good a computer programming so where and how to do I start.
-Chris

Not necessarily a social network like Facebook, but a niche social network similar to goodreads.com and there would be a lot of downloading of pictures. I understand that I need a website designer, 1-4 good coders, & investors. Is this correct? I want it to be designed well, so I’m guessing this will cost me more.
Also, I need info for a business plan. How would I project yearly profits? I would include small ads on the site, but I have no idea how much that would bring in.
Also, should I ask this question on a “business” category instead of computer programming?
I’ve had a lot of Debbie-downers answer some of my questions, so please let’s pretend this is the best idea ever.

What are they? I know about…
improv comedy
entrepreneurship
computer programming
POSSIBLY management consultant
What else?