To get started, just work on all of the daily offers, esp. the e-mails (sign up for that to get 2-cents every day) and the daily PTC which gives you another 15-cents everyday. Try to make at least one post in the forums (it doesn't need to be a new thread, just any substantive post in the forums that furthers the discussion) to collect the $3 bonus (which works out to 10-cents a day). Doing those 3 things will get you 27-cents every day, or just over 90-days to reach the $25 threashold. Tack on a few other bonuses (like that great sign-up bonus you guys got) and/or offers from the other pages and you can easily cashout every 3 months. Oh, and check out the daily special offers (where it says rewards vary). Every once in awhile, that section will have a video that you can watch for another 2-cents. It also has some daily tasks that you can do to get some quick extra cents.
If you get some referrals, that just makes the cashouts even sweeter! Getting active referrals is a great way to increase the bonus money you can get (which is how some of the veterans on this site are able to rake in $50, $100, even a couple hundred each payment!) But getting referrals, esp. active ones, takes a lot more time (and possibly advertising $'s). This is why you hear a lot of people saying that you can earn as little or as much as you want, depending on the amount of effort you're willing to put in. Oldbuddy (one of those great veterans here) has a great way of getting ref's... He joins other PTC sites but instead of cashing out the money there, he uses the money earned to advertise FC. He's also created several YouTube videos showing his success with FC and advertises those. Remember the best way to get good ref's is not to try pressuring them into joining, but rather show them how well you are doing and make them want to join.