1) Good news, you're making more than you thought: 1000 paying customers * $5-10 / month * 12 months = $60K-$120K/yr. 2) Bad news, as others mentioned you may

1) Good news, you're making more than you thought: 1000 paying customers * $5-10 / month * 12 months = $60K-$120K/yr. 2) Bad news, as others mentioned you may not even get 1%. Also, everyone tries to get covered in blogs. That's the standard tactic. Since most companies fail, you need to do something more than standard in order to succeed. Now, that may just be having a fantastic service, but you're unlikely to achieve that before you have customers to help you define "fantastic".