Discouraged?

Did you realize how much went in to running a coupon blog? Do you have the amount of readers you wanted. I really hoped I would set up my blog and within a few days have thousands of readers. That is not happening. I have some pretty big competition I guess with these blogs that have 20,000 , 100,000 even 200,000 readers. What in the world am I doing wrong? Why can I not get that amount of readership? These are all questions I ask myself and am curious, am I the only one? Does anyone else wonder what they are doing wrong? Or what can I do to make it better? I am going to keep pushing and trying new things and even if I help a few people then I am doing my job but what about money. I am curious how many of us start this to make money? I personally started because I wanted to help people and if I make some extra on the side then great but not a necessity however now that I put so much time in it I am feeling a little discouraged because I am not seeing results either with money or readers. I have said since the beginning of coupon blogger central I do not know it all. I am not here to teach all of you but to work together and learn myself even. I really just wanted a place for us all to get together and ask any questions so here is mine to you. How long did it take to get your blog going to where you felt it was successful. How much do you make off of it each month (if you don't mind sharing) so that those with expectations can know if they are reasonable expectations. Also how much time do you put in to your blog? I really hope everyone gets involved in this discussion because I think this information could benefit a lot of us. Also please email me @ couponbloggercentral@yahoo.com with any questions you have that you would like posted on here for everyone. Again this is set up here for all of us to learn.