I have only told one person and they liked the site and then they promoted and all there referrals also promoted the site my members are increasing and so are the earning.
i have a combo "website"/forum with just over 15,000 members. The site was generating about $3,000/mo from a combination of Adsense, Kontera and affiliate sales. about a year ago I opened a 'premium membership' area, and now it is generating an additional $5,000 - $6,000 per month.
that's great to hear that.. may i know how long your forum had been establish? do u have an tips for a beginner like me on how to kick off?
I started the site in Feb 2006, and opened the forum area around October 2006. I have many tips for beginners - so many that I wrote an ebook (sold almost 1000 copies @$10 each), but it is now available for free in my (no advertising) blog -> Free Tearabite eBook ..
Terabite, that bump from Google Adsense you had didn't hurt your credibility any !! Hey, btw, it was you who turned me onto Kontera as an extra source of income for my forums (I only use Kontera on forums, I find it too offensive to use on any of my blogs).
I make about $80 - $120/month with one of my forums. Not much at all. This is through adsense and/or private advertising.
Kontera is best to be used as a backup or secondary network on your forum to supplement your Adsense, CJ, PepperJam or other earnings. Even if it makes you only a few extra dollars per month, it's extra income. PepperJam has been performing rather well for me since I started using the pepperjamAds on my forums.