Hello Nick!
I hope you come back to check your post later because I really feel like I might have something to share with you. I recently started my own blog so our situations are somewhat similar.
The first thing I notice about your post is that you are posting about making money. The next thing I check is your post count, 1. This will be my second post on these forums, but as a general rule all forums typically operate in the same manner. We would all like to make money just by writing a blog but it takes time to build traffic and create content that people will enjoy and get use out of. If you just stop in and throw an ad up, which is basically what you did, no one really has any reason to suspect you have credibility. Put your link in your signature and try to be helpful in the forum and over time people may decide to check out your blog.
Anyway, hope this helps.
-Brady