I'm new too, but I earned enough to cash out in about seven days. After you do all the free offers, then it slows down a bit because you have to wait for new offers to come along. Last night, I did my first offer that required a credit card for Gevalia. $3 for the coffee and a $5 payout. If you drink coffee at the rate that I do, you find it hard to pass that deal up. I will see if I like it and go from there.
I am working on referrals now. If you are internet savvy you will just have to hook up with some of the suggestions on this forum. Me, on the other hand, I am getting an education on domains, splash pages and html. Wow am I confused.
Right off the bat I think I could make more money getting a second job, but I can't because paying a sitter kinda defeats the purpose. However, I do feel that if I will work steady and not get lazy, ultimately I can make much more doing this and other sites and getting referrals than I could with a second job. The thing I like about it is that I don't have to give people a sales pitch. I was a sales rep once, and I just don't have what it takes. But on the web, I don't have to talk. I can write. I am much more comfortable with that as opposed to making phone calls or sales calls.
Good luck. I hope you like it here.