How much money?

I just want to warn all the newbies and people just starting to monetize their blogs that you probably won't make all that much money at first. I think it might have been as long as a year before I made anything.

One day, when I wasn't even thinking about making money, I got a check from RK Netmedia. I didn't even know who that was. I had to do a web search to figure out who the sponsor was. It was for nasty dollars. I still make a good bit of money from them.
When I figured out who they were I started putting up more banners and links for them, which increasd sales. The tax forms say I made about 4000 from them last year.

You hear a lot of people flaunting how much they make without ever being specific. Who knows if they're lying or not? Some of them claim to have made thousands in their first month of adult webmastering. Maybe they did, but I don't think so. That's not the way it happened for me. You probably won't make shit your first month, or your second, or third.

If you keep your expenses low you might make enough to cover what you've spent by the sixth month. It may take a year or more to really know what's working.

And when weill you be able to quit your day job? Well, I'll let you know as soon as it happens....