Hi Nicole,
First off, welcome to GDI and the GDI forums!
So, pointers on how to get started. First, be sure to attend the GDI webinars. One of the first steps to wealth is to hang out with wealthy people. You will get some great advice, knowledge and pointers to help your business and learn how others are doing the same.
Second, do what you are doing now. Read the forums.
You will find a lot of questions and answers in the forums. Read through it and start participating. You'll meet some great people in the process and in time be able to help others just the same.
Also, be sure to read the GDI wealth guide. You can find it at
https://www.website.ws/home/wealthguide.
Finally, not many people get the training they need to know really how to market and talk to people. You wouldn't expect a person with no experience to do very good at rebuilding cars, so the same goes with growing an internet business. Go out and find leaders in the industry. Talk to your upline, find educational materials, buy some books from your local bookstore or rent them from your local library. Make it a daily habit to increase your knowledge on both marketing and personal development. After all, the more you know, the more value you have and the more people will want to be around you and do what you are doing (as in be members of GDI).
Last but not least, take daily consistent action. Don't worry about perfection right off, that's where your constant learning will play a part. The big secret, the magical pill, the magic lamp and the magician's wand is right there. Daily consistent action. Pick what you want to do (classifieds, forums, articles, banners, belly to belly marketing, ppc, emails...the list goes on) and do it every single day. The actions you do today will probably not pay off for days, weeks and even months. Just know that every action you take is one more brick in your internet marketing mansion. So get out there and take some action!
Hope this helped form a beginning point for you. If you keep these few things in mind you will do great.