Hi Chip,
Thanks for your welcome. 
I'm Australian, new to all this but exploring everything on the Members Area.  I'm also trying to get to grips with Google Adwords and exploring various Internet Marketing environments.  I'm also attempting to filter out the numerous 'Experts' and posessors of magic or secret information which will lead to multi-million dollar per year incomes!
I anticipate a fairly long learning curve with not a lot to show in the early stages.
A most important step has been to take up an invitation from my Sponsor, Scot Gordon, in joining his Google group and participating in his Google advertising co-op.
Anyway, I'm optimistic.  I would also encourage any newcomer to accept the help and guidance of your Sponsor and upline - nothing beats experience.
All the best,
Richard.