You should think about your site from visitors perspective.
I'm sure that no one wasn't to see a site with 3 big affiliates banners and ads everywhere around it.
Improve your site daily, ask for reviews, ask for comments, ask about everything.
Don't rush into making money at the first months, not until you've atleast got a stable visitors base and you think they are enjoying your site as much as you did while putting effort and time into it.
Don't rush into selling ads neither, wait for some time.
Don't Spam members inbox every week, that's how you get a bad reputation.
Invest some money on buying a decent server for your website, don't go with the Cheapest Provider.
Quality, Unique, User Friendly, these are the main keywords to building a successful website.
Best of luck to anyone who is new and is willing to put effort on working on it.