How easy/hard to reach rate of $1k/month, starting from scratch?...

Here's a simple roadmap.

1) Work out what your interests are. What do you have a passion for? Make a list of these.

2) Prioritise your list. From the top down, put in order of decreasing interest.

3) Now you have your list, go to Clickbank and find three products relating to each interest.

4) Buy a domain and get some web-hosting related to your top interest.

5) Buy the clickbank products related to your top interest. Write reviews for each of them listing good and bad points, and include a feature list. Put the reviews on your self-hosted Wordpress blog like this:

5a) One post per review.
5b) Put up several posts comparing products against each other.
5c) Put up a page with a feature comparison matrix.
5d) Pick the best product.

6) Open an eZineArticles account and write ten articles 3 for each of the runner up products, and 4 for the best product -- do your keyword research first -- and submit them to EZA

7) While waiting for EZA to approve your articlesyou can continue to write articles, or you can set up Squidoo lenses, Hubpages, Knols and the like pointing back to your reviews.

8) On the eighth day, rest. Once the traffic starts rolling in, start analysing your stats, hops, and sales. What product is selling the best? Is it your top recommendation? Do you need to revise your reviews at all?

You can do this for any product, I suggested something you are passionate about simply because it will be easier to write the reviews and articles -- you'll likely know what you are talking about.

Also pick CB products that have a better than $30 commission and a decent (>100) gravity if possible.

Write articles for each product reviewed, but for your top product write two articles for each runner up.

Hope this helps.

Thanks Kathleen -- that seems like a good plan.

But also keep in mind, the goal is not 'make 1k in one month.' The goal (for me anyway) is, 'get to the point of making 1k *per* month.' -- And wondering how long that would take (to be making 1k per month).

-- TW

Generally, the time it will take you to make $1K a month is proportional to the amount of effort you put into it.

It's entirely possible to make more than $1000 in your first month if you just take the appropriate action. It's very simple.

1. Choose a plan for making money (Bum Marketing, PPC, whatever)
2. Set a goal for what you want to acheive.
3. Do whatever you need to do to acheive the goal.

That's it.

There are other factors that come into play. Did you choose the right product or niche? Are you approaching the market in the right way? Is your content working? But those are things you can work out and correct while you are taking action.