The question is far too general.
Jon, thanks for taking a stab at my question.
When I read your answer, I realized the question was way too generic. It was close to the end and I was trying to get in under the wire.
I've never been good at asking questions. I knew what I wanted to know but didn't do a good job of getting the point across. Sorry about that, my bad!
Actually, I was curious what advice you might give to some of the people who ask what seem like lame questions after having been raped by the "guru whores" with their e-books and such. They get the impression that making a living online is easy and cheap. I was looking for your counter-point to that. I know what your opinion of the self-proclaimed gurus is, I was just wondering... if you had the opportunity to tell people the truth, what you might say.
I got a real good answer to that part of the question. Nothing further expected.
When I asked about the time involved and the budget to expect, that was directed at your real-life experience in the PPC arena. I know it's probably impossible to nail it down but I think a lot of people need to realize the importance of the term, "you have to spend money to make money."
So many people believe they can throw $25 or $50 bucks into an account at G, Y or MSN, throw out some keywords, never do any testing or adjusting and be in profit before their account runs out. Then, when they're out of money and they haven't broke even, they say, "This doesn't work!" and just quit, never to try again.
I thought maybe I'd get a general estimate of what you'd expect to spend and how long you'd expect it to take, if you were starting from scratch. I wondered what you might tell someone to expect when just getting started with affiliate marketing and driving traffic with PPC.
I appreciate the answer you gave. There was plenty of valuable info there.
Next time, I'll try to do a better job of asking. I'll tell my friends, if they have big moles on their cocks, they should come to you for advice.
Thanks again.