New to Clickbank affiliate marketing, someone help!?

Question

Please don't be an affiliate who's trying to link me to a course guide that'll in turn put more money into your pocket.

Anyway, I just opened my account and I'm going through the marketplace scanning for good products (ones with compelling pitch pages and commission rates) but what next when I actually find one worth promoting? Do I build a blog describing the product and then leave my hoplink at the end? Do I create a website promoting it but wouldn't that mean I'd have to purchase resale rights???

If an experienced affiliate would like to talk on yahoo messenger, let me know. I feel very overwhelmed and sad.