if i were a newbie, i'd be joining the article/blog bounty campaigns for the ico on the ANN section, this is one of the best option that i can suggest for an newbie to earn. you may receive the tokens after months but sure, you;d have a better earnings as you an write as much as you can and to every ICO of course.
that is why we have built the program for newbies, parallel to the main one. Both announced in the ANN thread. Everyone was once a newbie