Hello,
While it is possible to make 200K annually from IM within months as a newbie, it's not the norm. For most people (90% or more) do not follow through, and the ones that do follow through will not be earning 200K within 6-12 months. Of course there are always exceptions, and basically as stated earlier in this thread it's really a matter of how successful one is a at learning/understanding their Internet Marketing niche(s) and then applying them self.
However, you wanted some proof, here's a link from a previous thread:
My site is Banned from Google, I think
Scroll down to the 3rd post.
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