by: Chris Price
Free Paid Surveys, Get Paid To Take Surveys, Take Online Surveys
for CASH!
More than likely you have seen ads like these all over the
internet. And like most people you are probably wondering if
they are true. Can you really get paid to take surveys online?
Or is paid surveys just another scam? Surprisingly, the answer
is yes. You can actually get paid to take surveys online.
There are many companies that will pay you to participate in
online surveys, focus groups, and even product tests. These are
market research companies that are paid by large companies to
find out what the public feels about their products. They want
to know if their advertising camppagns are working and how
everyday people feel about their products. Large corporations
spend billions of dollars a year on advertising. So to pay you a
few dollars to find out if their advertising is working is not
that big of a deal. So they hire these market research
companies. And the market research companies send out surveys to
everyday people to find out what the public is thinking.
There are also several misconceptions about taking paid surveys
online. Many advertisements will tell you that you can make up
to $250 an hour taking paid surveys. Although it is possible to
be compensated $250 for participating in an important study or
focus group, the average paid survey will pay you between $2 and
$20.
There are also a few different kinds of paid survey sites. There
are paid survey directories, or databases, and there are the
actual paid survey companies. A paid survey, or market research
company, is the actual company that will send you the paid
surveys. And also the one that will compensate you for your
participation. An example of a paid survey company is NFO My
Survey. NFO has been around for over 20 years and is one of the
major paid survey companies on the internet. When joining a paid
survey site like NFO you are notified by email when your
participation in a paid survey is needed. You can then choose to
take the paid survey or simply ignore it. You are told how much
you will be paid for taking each survey and how long the paid
survey should take to complete. Companies like NFO My Survey are
always free to join. A legitimate paid survey company will never
ask you to pay a fee to join.
Another type of site is a paid survey directory, or database.
Paid survey databases provide directories of paid survey
companies. These are the sites you go to to find companies that
will pay you to participate in online surveys. There are several
databases you can join. But most online paid survey databases
are not free. A site like SurveyScout charges about $35 for
their directory of 490 paid survey companies. Others charge
anywhere from $20 to $60 to access their paid surveys directory.
Many people are fooled into thinking that when they join these
membership sites they will automatically start receiving paid
surveys. A membership site like SurveyScout does not actually
send paid surveys. they are only a directory of companies that
you join that send paid surveys online.
Before you spend $35 dollars for a paid survey database do some
looking around. A good paid survey directory will have
everything you would find in a paid membership site and is
absolutely free. There is no need to pay to find paid surveys.
In fact, why would you want to pay for free information? Paid
membership sites are simply taking advantage of the fact that
most people don't know where to look for this type of
information. And once they pay and then find out that they paid
for a directory, most people feel like they have been scammed.
My advice would be to bypass a paid directory. And use a free
paid survey directory.
If you are looking for a full-time income online, paid surveys
may not be the thing for you. Although you can make some good
money taking paid surveys online, more than likely it will not
be enough to make you rich. On the other hand, if you want to
make some extra money without much effort then paid surveys is
the way to go.
The key to getting paid to take surveys online is joining as
many of these paid survey companies as possible. Most paid
survey sites will only send a few paid surveys a month.
So the logic is, the more paid survey companies you belong to
the more paid survey invitations you will receive. And the more
money you will make. I'ts a good idea to start off with around
10 to 20 good paid survey companies. Each one will only take a
few minutes to sign up for and is well worth it. There are
around 500 paid survey companies you can join. And once you have
joined the main ones you can go back and join others to receive
even more paid surveys. Of 500 paid survey companies I would
have to say that there are about 50 that will send you paid
surveys on a regular basis. The rest may only send one a month
or even less. So starting with the top paid surveys is obviously
the best way to go.
You must answer a few screener questions before taking a survey
to see if you fit the profile for the type of person the company
is interested in. After taking a few screeners you can start to
see how you should answer to make yourself qualify. for
instance, most paid survey screeners will ask you if you work in
a certain industry, or any type of market research or
advertising business. The answer to a question like this should
almost always be no. They do not want people who know the market
research business taking their surveys. And you will almost
always not qualify for the paid survey.
Well now that you have all the information you need it's up to
you to decide if paid surveys is for you or not. If you are
interested in paid surveys I highly reccommend NFO My Survey,
Global Test Market, Survey Savvy, Survey Spot, E-Poll, ECN
Research, Lightspeed Research, American Consumer opinion, Test
Spin,GoZing surveys, Greenfield Online, and Opinion Outpost.
There several more great paid survey sites. These are just my
personal favorites.
About the author:
Chris Price is an expert on taking paid surveys online. He has
participated in hundreds of online surveys, product tests, and
mystery shops. For more information go to
http://www.wahmservice.com/
