Peanut Butta :
Hi,
the best thing for you to do, is build your Guild Hall (I think to lvl 3) and then join a Guild.
I recommend joining 1 that advertises for players in the Guild section on this Forum. They should be willing to help you out.
There is no in-game guide to help on strategy, but if you click on the ? on your player and team strats you can gain more info.
1 thing a lot of new players miss is full strategy instructions. These can be found by clicking onto your Team Strategy and then scrolling down.
You can join a guild from level 1 Guild hall.