How To Make Money With Online Surveys The Real Truth From Someone Who’s Doing It Right Now
by Levi Bloom
This special report is meant to give you the inside secrets of taking online surveys. It is not about how to get rich quick. If that’s what you want, stop reading now and find something else.
How It Starts “Get paid up to $100 just for taking a simple online survey from the comfort of your own home. Set your own hours, be your own boss, work in your pajamas, whatever.” That’s basically what everyone says when they are trying to sell you information on making money with online surveys. There are all kinds of claims like that on the net. I’ve heard it all. Sometimes they say, for example, “Get paid at least $5 per survey that you complete. Surveys take just 15 minutes.” So if you were to take 4 surveys in an hour, that would come out to $20 an hour, giving you a total of $800 after a 40 hour week. That doesn’t sound too bad, does it? It won’t make you rich over night, but $20 an hour isn’t a bad wage. Of course, most sites promise $25 per survey, which isn’t very likely. I was in your situation not too long ago. Filling out an online survey would be so easy! Well, that’s correct. It is easy to fill out an online survey. But first you must find a survey to fill out. That’s where the online database sites come in. Pay just $34.97 and get unlimited access to online surveys from 300+ agencies. Wow! 300+! There will be so many surveys I won’t have time to take them all! Indeed. You won’t be able to take them all. But I’ll get into that later. Right now I need to tell you a very important concept that you should never forget. You’ve probably heard it before, but it seems to get lost in your dreams of instant riches. Here goes: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is! And to go along with that: If it sounds pretty good, but feasible, it’s probably alright. But not if you have to shell out your hard earned cash first! This is where I fell into the trap. I figured, hey, getting a few $25 checks every month won’t hurt. It sounded pretty good. But I spent about $35 to access one of these secret databases full of surveys from 300+ agencies. Like the site said, just one hour online will pay for your membership. Hahaha, that still makes me chuckle… take it from me, it won’t happen. (You could make $35 in just one hour but only after you spend a few hours trying to find some surveys beforehand.)
The Surveys Won’t Just Come To You The sales letter doesn’t really mention this point. See, these online databases with over 300+ listings don’t do any of the work for you. They just point you in the right direction. What your membership fee gets you is access to a webpage that lists a bunch of sites where you can sign up to be notified of online surveys that you may be eligible for. You have to go to each of these sites, fill out a rather long personal profile, and then hope that a company doing market research needs the opinion of someone like you. You do all the leg work. (Well, I guess it’s hand work since you’re typing :)
Are You Qualified? Am I qualified? Of course I am. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to click some buttons and give my opinion. Nope, it doesn’t. But it does take someone special. If you’re an average person with a few hobbies, a good job, and overall good health, good luck finding a survey. From what I’ve seen, most surveys seem inaccessible to these average folk. You need to be the owner of a huge corporation or have multiple allergies and have tried out some different prescription drugs. Plenty of people are out there that qualify for these surveys, but there are lots more people that don’t qualify. And the worst part is that when a survey comes out that a lot of people qualify for, it will be filled up in minutes from when it is announced. You better watch your e-mail 24/7 for the alerts of new surveys.
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Get Paid To Read E-mail What a joke. I’m not even going to say much about this because it won’t make you any money. Here’s how it works: A company sends you an e-mail advertising a special offer. Just for visiting the link you get one cent or one point or some other silly thing. You may get one or two e-mails a day. At this rate, it will take you a year to make just $7. After 8 years, you may reach the minimum payout level of $50. What are the chances that this company will be around in 8 years? Need I say more?
Focus Groups Focus groups are similar to surveys but are more open-ended. Instead of multiple choice answers you have to elaborate. But since this requires more thought, you get paid much more. Possibly $100 an hour. You can find focus groups to join from some of the paid survey sites. Most focus groups take place over the phone or in online chat rooms, while some are actual face-to-face meetings.
What To Look Out For Getting cash for filling out surveys is always the best way. However, there are lots of places that will reward you with points that you can redeem for gift certificates at certain online merchants. This is usually much cheaper for the company or the company has a deal with the merchant to receive a commission on any new business sent from their website. This is a legitimate payment method if you are dealing with a reputable company. Problem is, a lot of sites will cheat you out of ever redeeming the few points you do earn. Hint: Don't use your main e-mail address when signing up for any survey site. I did and went from 0 spam e-mails a day to about 20, and that will just continue forever!
How To Find Paid Online Surveys This is probably the section you’ve been waiting for. There are three ways to go about finding online surveys. Method #1: Buy a membership to one of the many sites offering listings of over 300 paid survey providers. This way is pretty easy, but it will cost you about $40. (Once you buy your membership, you still have to sign-up at each of the 300 sites to be eligible to take their surveys.) Paid Surveys Online http://www.paidsurveysonline.com Survey Scout http://www.surveyscout.com Survey Junction http://www.surveyjunction.com Survey Platinum http://www.surveyplatinum.com (Note: I did not say I recommend these sites. I’m just telling you they exist if you are interested.)
Method #2: Use the search engines. Search for something like “paid online survey” or “get paid for your opinion.” Your search should find some market research companies that offer rewards in return for your opinion. This requires some more work on your part, but it won’t cost you anything. Method #3: This is the method I recommend. It combines the good points from methods 1 and 2, but without the drawbacks. Simply scroll down to the next section. I have listed some of the survey providers that I have used and some others that I know of. (I’m not saying that these companies are perfect.) You don’t have to use the search engines or pay for anything. What excuse do you have now? Go ahead and sign up today.
Real Companies That Will Pay You For Your Opinion GoZing Surveys (highly recommended) http://www.gozingsurveys.com Opinion Square http://www.opinionsquare.com Survey Stop http://www.surveystop.com Vault Surveys http://www.vaultsurveys.com My Point Surveys http://www.mypointsurveys.com American Consumer Opinon http://www.acop.com Survey Central http://www.surveycentral.com NFO Surveys http://fun1.mysurvey.com/join.cfm Greenfield http://www.greenfieldonline.com Memo Link http://www.memolink.com Shifrin Hayworth http://www.shifrin-hayworth.com/questionaire.html Blarry http://www.blarry.com/profile.html Yahoo http://promo.yahoo.com/user_research Click IQ http://www.clickiq.com USA Panel http://www.usapanel.com
Survey Spot http://www.surveyspot.com Hyper Survey http://www.hypersurvey.com Tech Panel http://www.techpanel.com Food Quiz http://www.foodquiz.com/index.htm Internet Poll http://www.internetpoll.com Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/marketing_research Survey.com http://www.survey.com/products/consepanel.html Survey Center Online http://www.surveycenteronline.com Music Poll http://www.musicpoll.com V Lab http://vlab.cebiz.org Atkins Research Inc. http://www.atkinsresearchinc.com/join.htm
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Why This Ebook Is Free I know some of you must be wondering why I’m not charging for this ebook. For one thing, it isn’t very long. For another thing, I put little ads in it. I’m hoping that lots of people read this and visit some of the ads. Since this ebook is free, more people should see it compared to if I charged for it, which will be better for the advertisers. This ebook could be considered to have a value of around $30, since it saves you from paying a $30-40 membership fee. However, the reason I wrote this is so that people realize it isn’t necessary to spend money to make money with online surveys. (I want you to learn from my mistake.) But if this ebook really helped, and you feel obligated to pay for it, just visit one of the ads and buy something there. That’s all. And tell all of your friends about this ebook! (Find it online at http://levibloom.com/onlinesurveys)
Thanks for reading and good luck with your surveys!
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