Vbulletin/Community Earnings?

I have my website www.boardingscene (currently working on switching servers so its really buggy) and I was wondering why I cant make any money with it.

My highest earning month was $10... thats it.

I was usinga friends adsense account but was only gettin 10 clicks a day and they were for about $0.10 each which really sux.

Does anyone got some good ideas on how to best earn money with a site like this?

What are people similiar to my stats earning. I have been spending $150+ a month on the site and not earning anything in reaturn.

If I sold it now I dont even think I would earn my money back.

 

well it could be that only people that do not snowboard call snowboarding, boarding. just a thought.

 

You should probably focus on building up the site first and revenue later. Very hard to monetize a site with nobody using it, and it makes it more difficult to build a site if it is over-monetized.

So focus on building it up, and this may take a good amount of time, then worry about adsense and how much money you are making.

 

Maybe I should put it this way. Say I continue to spend $150 or so a month equaling to about $1,500 a year, how long is it going to take to ever get that money back?

Also what are the best recommended moeny stategies for newer communities? Should I search out sponsors, or should I focus on letting them come. Or should I trying the contextual or affiliate route. I am just lost where to even start.

I signup up for www.text-link-ads.com and made about $20 so far.