The Authority On….Paid Surveys
Online paid surveys certainly exist but for many that are thinking of giving them a try there are questions that need answering first … those people are now in the best place to get those questions answered – Welcome to The Authority On.. Paid Surveys
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INTRODUCTION
Many people are participating in online surveys to make money at home. There are hundreds of online survey sites who need your opinion on a variety of topics, and they will pay you to fill out surveys. Many marketing companies are using this method of research to give them a wider scope of coverage.
The Authority On.. Paid Surveys is filled with information on how you can get your share of cash from filling out paid surveys on the internet. You will learn how to find the best paid survey sites, how to get started, how much money you will make, and so much more.
HOW PAID SURVEYS WORK
Once you register with a paid survey site, you will receive surveys in your email. It is up to you which surveys you choose to participate in. You will be paid for each survey you complete, following the price per survey the site offers. Most of the time, these surveys will take you about 5 to 15 minutes of your time to fill out, and usually offer a payment of $10 to $75 for each. Focus groups pay quite a bit more per survey, usually up to $250.
The amount of money you make will depend on how many sites you join and how many emails you receive in a day, you could make several hundred dollars daily. Look at it this way, if you receive and complete at least 25 paid surveys a day at $10 to $15 each, you would be making anywhere from $250–$375 per day. At 5 to 15 minutes per survey you would be working anywhere from 2 1/2 hours, to a bit over 6 hours every day. If all of these surveys were from focus groups paying $75 each, you would have the potential to realize a whopping $1875 per day. You can see the potential to make a good deal of money participating in paid surveys.
Why Would Anyone Pay For Your Opinion ?
As a consumer, your opinion is important to companies before they introduce a new product or service to the market. Paying to have a consumer fill out surveys is a much more cost effective way to perform research, as the company cannot afford to introduce a new product or service that nobody will buy.
It is well worth it for a company to pay a consumer to fill out a survey, participate in an online focus group, or pay to watch a new movie trailer and give their opinion. This way they will get consumer opinions, good or bad, before they put any money into production and advertising.
Types of Paid Surveys
Statistical Surveys:
These surveys are used to collect information about the population. These surveys are used to measure political polls, for governmental use, health, social activities, and marketing research. The surveys will focus on facts or opinions, depending on the type of the information the company or institution is looking for.
The questions on this type of survey are standard and structured. Questions are offered in an order that will not influence a response to questions that came after. They are standardized so that the questions remain general and reliable. Every person receiving the survey will receive the exact same questions.
Serial Surveys:
These surveys repeat the same questions at different times to track changes in opinion. There are two types of serial surveys. Cross– Sectional Surveys are given to a variety of different people at the same time, and Longitudinal Surveys are given to the same person at different intervals of time.
Delivering Surveys to the Public:
Telephone Surveys– Are a popular way to get public opinion and are low in cost. This type of survey is limited in capacity because the responder is not able to view, smell, or touch the product. An oral representation of the survey is represented.
Mail Surveys– The survey is mailed to the respondent and are returned in the same manner. When bought in bulk, postage is usually quite reasonable, making this type of delivery cost effective. The biggest drawback to this type of survey delivery is the long wait to receive all of the responses, sometimes several months.
Online Surveys–Web surveys are sometimes preferred over email because the response rate is instantly available. Online surveys can be lower in cost to the company, and more convenient for the person filling them out because they are automated.
In-Home Surveys– People are interviewed at their door or in their home. These surveys are very high in cost and the company will get about a 40 to 50% response.
Man-on-the Street Surveys– Surveys taken by those encountered outdoors. Many times a booth is set up with an interviewer. The questions can be asked orally, or the respondent may be asked to fill out a written survey.
Taking Online Surveys – The Blueprint To Success
Rushing head first into taking paid surveys is what many people do but this can actually slow you down in the long run. Below is the step by step process that I recommend you take.
STEP 1: Get a new email account that you will use specifically for all your surveys. The last thing you want is for your main email account to be taken over by survey companies plus it is easier to keep track of getting survey offers. For a free email account I would recommend using Googlemail.
STEP 2: Download the Roboform program ( available at http://www.roboform.com, and they offer a free trial of the program ) or another similar automatic form filler tool. You will be able to enter all of your information into the program where it will be stored. When you want to sign up for a paid survey site Roboform will fill in all of your information for you.
STEP 3: Opening a PayPal account might be a good idea, if you don’t have one already. You can go to www.paypal.com to sign up, some of the paid survey sites use PayPal to send payment. It is a fast and easy process, and your information is safe with them.
STEP 4: Sign up for as many paid survey sites as you think you can handle, and are in line with your preferences and what you know about. Remember you will not get a survey from each site every day, so you will want to sign up with as many sites as possible to balance out the amount you can earn in a day. If you are struggling to find enough survey companies I would recommend paying a small sign up fee and joining a paid surveys network. These networks consist of hundreds of sites and the best thing is that they have all been tested to make sure they are legitimate. There are plenty of networks out there so you should find one without any problems, although if you want a recommendation I would suggest taking a look at Express Paid Surveys.
STEP 5: Bookmark sites where you are required to log in. It is also a good idea to create a folder with separate files for each of your paid survey sites and keep them in a folder in your documents. This will help to keep you organized and you will have your user name and password at your fingertips. When the sites are bookmarked, you will be able to access the site easier and check to see if they have any surveys available for you to take.
STEP 6: Make sure that you fill out the profile section of the paid survey site. This will determine how many surveys you will be sent. The more you have on your profile, the more surveys you will be eligible for. Even if some of the subjects are remotely interesting to you, be sure to include them.
STEP 7: When taking the survey be sure you are honest with your answers. These companies rely on you to let them know if a product or service will be popular enough to send to market. You are taking part in launching new products.
STEP 8: Accept every online paid survey opportunity you can. This is to establish your reliability as a survey worker. Once you show you are dependable, You will get more of the higher paid surveys in your mailbox.
How to Find And Take Surveys Properly
The paid survey sites that you consider to be the best, may not be the best site for someone else. This will depend a great deal on the profile you filled out for the survey site, and the type of surveys they are taking. A survey on cell phones will not be sent to you if you have not indicated you own one on your profile. Age and gender will be a factor in the surveys that are sent to you too. You wouldn’t ask a man to do a survey on a new bra concept, just as you wouldn’t send a survey about jock straps to a woman. I think you get the idea.
You will need to be honest when dealing with paid survey companies. If you are found out, you will be kicked off the site, and this will cut down on your income from paid surveys. Besides, it is better to stick with things you know a bit about, or it will be obvious when taking the surveys. You will see what I mean once you start taking surveys. Only sign up once for a paid survey site. Having more than one account will be reason for dismissal from the site.
If you follow the tip on signing up for as many survey sites as possible this will give you more opportunities because:
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The chances will be greater that you will find the top paid survey sites that will be compatible with your profile.
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Until it becomes apparent which paid survey sites will be most lucrative for you, you will still be making money with the other paid surveys that you have signed up for. Depending on your profile, the paid survey companies may only send you one or two surveys a month. That is why it is important to sign up with as many paid survey sites as you can to begin with.
You should look at the directories first. This will save time because you won’t need to look them all up separately. If you do not find enough in the free directories, you may want to do a search for paid surveys network. These directories charge a fee but are safer than free directories and they do tend to have more of the companies that pay well.
Just keep signing up for different surveys and you will begin to make money. Be as diligent with filling out these surveys as you would with a JOB. Even though some of these companies don’t pay as much as others, that can change at any time.
DO PAID SURVEY WEBSITES REALLY PAY?
Paid survey websites have really grown in popularity. There are more sites being launched as you read this. Each of them swear they have the best paying survey program. Not every site can be the best paying site, and you will need to do a bit of homework on these sites before you decide to sign up with them.
If you choose the right programs you can definitely make some cash. There is not one business type, online or off, that doesn’t have a few bad apples among them. When you approach any business that you are thinking about becoming involved with, make sure you check them out before you join. If it sounds like a scam, it just may be. As I said before you will need to do a bit of homework or research on these sites.
You already know that you will not get rich by joining a few sites that pay for your opinions. You may make a bit of money and that is fine. By utilizing the suggestions in this book, you should be able to make a living working on your computer. By now you know that you will need a realistic attitude when working with these sites and will not expect to become a millionaire in any case.
You are the one who will need to choose which sites you want to work for and that will control how much you will make taking surveys or participating in other money making sites that have been discussed in this book. The proof is always in the reality, only you will be able to tell if a certain website is right for you. Fantastic claims of making millions should not be able to sway your opinion, now that you know the truth.
All you need to do is check everything out and not accept anything that you don’t feel comfortable with. If a site wants you to pay a lot of fees, you should know they are not going to be a very good choice. Some of these sites do ask you to upgrade to a higher level of surveys for a fee. I would not do this right away. Try all of the free sites before you pay for anything. You will most probably find that you will not need to pay anyone a thing to make money with paid surveys.
There are definitely those paid survey sites that are not up to par with the others. Some things to look for in a disreputable site are:
- Resources and directories that are outdated.
- Links that are broken, and pages that are no longer available.
- A site that is difficult to navigate.
- Have no customer service or help for their members.
- Do not offer a refund on paid subscriptions, if you are not satisfied.
Many of these sites will charge anywhere from $85 to $125 to register. Do not fall into this scheme. Make sure the site is what you consider a good income provider, at a no or low cost level.
Even if they are closed down for fraudulent behavior, the scammers will simply open another site with new information, and start over again. We all would like to believe that the world is fair and would treat us the way we would treat others, in a straightforward manor and with honesty and integrity. Unfortunately that isn’t always the case.
Popular Scams Online Survey Companies Use
There are literally hundreds of online survey companies, unfortunately there are many that are not legitimate. The companies that are not legitimate look for:
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Stay at home moms who want to make a few extra dollars while taking care of the kids.
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The unemployed who want to make a few extra dollars
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The elderly who are not afraid to use the computer
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Teenagers who think they know everything, but aren’t yet wise to the ways of the world.
These people are prey to unscrupulous methods used by some online survey companies. These scams include the following:
The cell phone scam.
In this popular scam, you’ll be asked for your cell phone number to “confirm” your membership. Seconds later, you will receive a call on your cell phone. The call will end up costing you anywhere from $1.95 to $4.95; depending on the company. These companies don’t usually end up charging you too much because they figure you’ll never miss a couple of bucks. But it adds up for them and that’s how they make their money. They will then periodically send you text messages telling you you’ve won a prize and to claim it, you simply need to reply to the text. This will end up costing you more money. Do not give out your cell phone number to any website.
The Switcheroo.
In this scam, you will be participating in a survey and then be directed to another website. They will ask you to show an “interest” in obtaining more information from one of their marketing partners. You will continue to answer “no” and keep getting more offers; the survey will never end until you answer “yes.” Now this scam might not cost you any money, but it will cost you time. Because when you say that you are interested in learning more about health insurance, expect to receive an average of 10 calls a week from telemarketers trying to sell you health insurance. And the insurance they are trying to sell you is a lot more than you can expect to pay than if you contact an insurance agent in your area. I know this for a fact as I’ve actually done price researching. And the telemarketing company will ask you for both your social security number as well as your bank information (so they can send in a deposit with your application). It’s dangerous to give out such information to anyone over the phone; legitimate companies will send you any information you require by mail.
The phone bill scam.
You’ll sign up for a survey company and provide your telephone number. Then you’ll proceed in completing a survey and receive an offer for a free issue for a magazine. You’ll think to yourself – what’s the harm? You’ll give your name and address for the magazine and hardly notice when a fee for a year’s subscription shows up on your telephone bill,. If you read the fine print, however, you will see that when you provided the company with your name and address to receive your “free” magazine, you authorized them to bill you via your telephone bill. They figure that you won’t even notice the extra $12.95 attached to your phone bill. And many people don’t.
These are just three of the scams that I’ve actually encountered during my foray into the world of online survey participation. I consider myself a half-way intelligent person, but I got caught for $1.95 for the cell phone scam and $12.95 for the magazine subscription. I’ve also been called about 20 times so far by different “health insurance” company representatives who requested my social security number and bank information over the telephone. These companies have yet to send me anything by mail. Luckily, I know better than to give such information over the telephone.
Online survey taking can be fun, but be careful. Do not give out your cell phone number under any circumstances. Do not ever express any interest in receiving information from health insurance providers. And avoid the “online education” inquiries as well. Do some research prior to joining any company, do not pay a fee to individual companies ( don’t confuse this with paying for access to a directory or network ) and beware of anyone or any website that promises to make you rich.
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