SURVEYS ONLINE: November 2008

Permission Research

>> Tuesday, November 18, 2008

PermissionResearch is part of an online market research community with over 2 million members worldwide. PermissionResearch relies on its members to gain valuable insight into Internet trends and behavior. In exchange for having their Internet browsing and purchasing activity monitored, members have access to free software downloads (eg e-mail virus protection, games and screensavers) and a variety of other benefits.

Members can also earn entries into the current sweepstakes, which offers chances to win trips and other great prizes. Occasionally, members are invited to participate in online surveys, which gage attitudes and interests on a wide variety of topics. By participating in these surveys, members qualify to earn even more exciting prizes!

http://www.permissonresearch.com/

qSample work directly with the market research companies. Their QuestionPro Survey Software is used by over 2000 companies worldwide to conduct online surveys.
They believe that everyone spending their time should be compensated - not one lucky winner. Hence they've structured this program such that the clients pay everyone who take the surveys. That's how they guarantee that you'll get paid. When you receive an invitation to take a survey, the compensation amount will be clearly noted on the email invitation. Expect to get paid anywhere between $1 to $15 per survey, through PayPal. Note that in some cases the clients insist that they use a prize or give-away. In such cases, there will still be a per/completion payout, although it will be nominal - between $.10 to $1, and you'll be entered in to the grandprize.

qSample is not a survey review site. They do not pass your data outside their network. They do not share your information with others, not even with their clients.

You can refer friends to signup with qSample, and earn more cash. For every survey that your friends complete, you get an additional 5% of their incentive. Furthermore, if your friends refer other people, you get 1% of that too.

No matter which country you are from, if someone is conducting market research there, they need you!

www.qsample.com

SURVEY SAVVY

Survey Savvy pay $3 cash for completed surveys and also earn from referring friends - $2 for survey completed by your referrals, and $1 by their referrals.

What is particularly good about this company for non US residents especially, is that you can request payment at any time (no minimum), let the cash accumulate if you wish to save on bankcharges, or even make the checks payable to somebody else if you wish to make a dollarpayment.

More Survey Sites Soon!
http://www.surveysavvy.com/

SYNOVATE

Established for over 50 years, Synovate is one of the world's largest research companies. They help companies make better products by providing them with your opinions on everyday items like food products, hair care, skin care, and household cleaning products.

As a Consumer Opinion Panel member, you'll make a difference by taking simple online surveys at your convenience. Registration is quick, there's no contract, and they'll never share your personal information. Plus, every month you participate, you'll be entered to win one of over 200 prizes including a top prize of $1000!

PLANET PULSE

Planet Pulse pays you to complete online surveys and is open to anyone in the Asian Pacific countries of Malaysia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Korea, India, UAEover the age of 14. For each survey you complete you will be rewarded with a point system called PULSES. The number of Pulses that you receive for each survey will depend on the length of the survey and ranges from 100 to 500 points.

Pulses are redeemable for cash, a variety of gifts or you can even choose to donate it to charity. To redeem for cash (through Paypal), you must have a minimum of 1000 Pulses, equivalent to $10. To redeem for gifts or donate to charity, you simply complete and submit a redemption form. Plus, for every 5 friends you get to join Planet Pulse you'll get 250 Pulses. Your friends can be from anywhere in the countries covered and there's no limit to the number you can refer.

OPINION SQUARE

Opinion Square offers you the chance to earn OpinionRewards Points (exchangeable for a widerange of gifts, gift certificates and charity donations) or entries into sweepstakes worth up to$10,000.

Available in the following countries: U.S.A, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain,Italy, Japan, South Korea, South Africa, Australia, Finland, Brazil and Argentina.

YOUR SAY

Your Say - Singapore based but require participants worldwide to share their opinions onproducts and services and by participating in surveys conducted online, by phone, or in-person.

In return they offer Cash and gifts (from $5 to $200 in cash or gifts for your participation)Rewards points which convert into more cash through rewards program Morvo Referral rewards,whenever you refer others to participate Lucky draw entries and the chance to win fantasticprizes

Join YourSay today and you could be a winner in their "US$25 Fortnightly Giveaway"

More Survey Sites Soon!

Tips for maximizing your income with paid surveys

1. Most of the survey sites ask you to fill out one or more profile surveys. Even though they arenot paid surveys, fill them all in order to increase the chances of getting more paid surveyslater.

2. Join as many survey sites as possible. It is a time-consuming process but once you havejoined around 60 to 70 companies, you can probably get over ten surveys every day. You candownload Roboform free of charge for auto-filling the registration forms.

3. At first, most of the survey companies will only offer some $1 or 2$ surveys or only rewardwith sweepstakes entries. These can still be worth completing as once you build up a goodreputation, you will start receiving more survey offers, and then you can pick and choose thehighest paid survey.

4. Set up a new email address to collect the surveys.

5. Check your e-mail inbox daily. Learning how to organize is the key to succeed in onlinebusiness. Respond to all correspondence. Take all surveys for which you qualify.But... for most people it would be better to look at your income from paid online surveys assupplemental income, another income stream out of several, than to try to support yourselfcompletely from paid surveys alone.

Realistically your potential income from paid online surveys will vary with your demographics.If, for instance, you are an upper middle class, middle aged mother or career woman living in alarge metropolitan you will be offered a large number of paid online surveys. However, if yourincome is low and you live in a small village or rural area, you will receive considerably feweroffers.

Good Luck!

Benefits of Paid Survey Work

1. Money. Paid online surveys generally pay the equivalent of $10 to $25 per hour. Some paymore, some pay less but most are in the $10 to $25 range. US Residents can make $500 - $700 a month and if you work at it you can bring in over $1,000 a month. While it won't make you rich it will definitely help out, and it's easy money.

2. Easy Work. Filling out paid online surveys consists of logging on, reading your e-mail, accepting the survey, then spending a few minutes at the computer screen checking boxes on aquestionnaire. There are no right or wrong answers. They just want your opinion, how you see it, how does it strike you. Nothing hard about that!

3. Prestige. You get asked for your opinion, your view of things. Who isn’t flattered by that?Gives you a good feeling that your two cents' worth is being taken into account, that your ideasare influencing the world!

4. Work Your Own Hours. There's no fixed hours, no timeclock to punch. You just log on when you are ready and start when you please. You can do the work in the morning, evening, middle of the night, whenever! It's all up to you. You are your own boss.

5. Work From Anywhere. You can work from your home computer. You can do it in your pajamas. You can take your portable computer with you and do it anywhere, at the beach, at a restaurant, a bar, anywhere.

6. Freebies. Some surveys involve the characteristics and details of new or existing products. So that you can intelligently comment on the products the companies will send them to you for free. You get free products, test them, use them, then give your opinion, tell them what you thought about the product. Tell them what you liked least, liked most and what changes or improvements you would suggest. Then you get paid for the survey, and... you keep the product!

Myth 4 - You Can Succeed With Just One Survey Company

Stay loyal to one survey or market research company and you would get the chance to do numerous surveys and make a killing out of it.

The Truth - You Can Succeed Only With Numerous Survey Companies

Professional survey takers do not stick with one market research company. To stick with one is to decide to be poor. The trick to succeeding with online paid surveys is to be registered with as many good paying market research companies as possible. This would bring you a constant stream of surveys to participate in. Without that, you only get trickles, nothing like the avalanche of surveys you were expecting.

Myth 3 - You Can Second Guess the Answers

Some “experienced” survey takers second guess the answers to the survey questions. Why do they do this? The reason is simple. Paid surveys require prescreening, a prequalification to assess your eligibility for the surveys. This is especially important with high paying surveys or focus group discussions which can net you up to $150 per session. People would try to emulate the response of a potential candidate in order to participate in the surveys. Some also lie about their hobbies such that they can be offered more survey opportunities.

The Truth - You are Second Guessed!

The online paid surveys system is smarter than that. The survey companies are either using human reviewers or garnering programs to review the answers or both. So if you think you can second guess the appropriate answer for each question, then you may be in for a shock. They have tons of statistical data and intelligent software to help them decipher the information you provide. While it does not work every time, it is just not worth risking your account for that.

Myth 2 - You Can Cheat the Survey System

Folks have beaten the survey system. So can you. What they do is to check the answer across the same column in each questionnaire. Completing each survey takes no more than 5 minutes flat. No thinking is needed, just mindless finger action. The logic being that the faster you complete a survey, the more you do and the more you can earn.

The Truth - The Survey System Outsmarts You

Some smart alecks think that they can beat the survey systems. Unfortunately for them, the online surveys are reviewed by human beings. The system may take your answers but they won’t escape the scrutiny of a trained evaluator. You would not only not get paid for that particular survey but there is a high risk of having your account closed just for trying to earn a few quickbucks.

Myth 1 - You Can Become Rich from Taking Surveys

If you consider earning a few hundred to several thousand dollars as being wealthy, then you could say that doing free internet paid surveys can make you rich. But to the average person, being rich tends to be defined somewhat higher and you cannot become a millionaire from surveys.

The Truth - You Can Pay Off Bills from Taking Surveys
Completing paid surveys, you can earn enough to pay off bills, buy treats for the family, go outfor dinners, or make your car loan repayments etc..

Online Paid Surveys - Truths And Myths

Online paid surveys can make you rich: true or false? The answer is false. Allow me to explain more. Completing surveys can never make you rich. But to earn a second income is truly achievable. So the next time you read that you can get rich from doing online surveys, move on quickly! This section reveals a few truths and dispel some of the myths about making money from online paid surveys.

Lack of patience with the process.

Some fail for lack of patience. You hear people say, "I tried it for two weeks and didn't make anymoney, so I quit."

Be patient! Two weeks is not even enough time to get started properly! If you do everything right, get signed up for the maximum number of paid online surveys in the first 2-3 weeks, you might make some income in the first month. But you will not hit your peak income for a few months. Survey makers are cautious with new signups. They will send out only a few surveys at first, to check you out, see how well and how quickly you respond. Don't expect to be invited to participate in a $250 focus group right away. They will start you with something smaller, then if that goes O.K. you will be considered for bigger things. Be patient. Don't expect everything to happen overnight. It will come. Just give it time.

If you can avoid failure, you will succeed. If for no other reason, because by avoiding failure, success is the only alternative left!

Unrealistic Expectations

Expectation of immediate results without doing any work. Some people start out with paid online surveys expecting to get rich quick, without having to do any work. So they sit and wait, and when no money comes in they quit.

Plan your work, work you plan, and expect that results will follow. Sure, you can make money. But it's not automatic; things won't move unless and until you do. You have to do the signup work, answer promptly, take the surveys and do a good job of answering all the questions in order to make the money come in. Do these things and you will succeed.

Failure to act professionally

Once registered with the survey sites, invitations start to arrive, but they don’t respond immediately and a few days later find the survey has closed, or they don’t reply honestly in an attempt to complete surveys for which they aren’t qualified, or simply don’t put in the required effort and find their work rejected.

The client, and therefore the market researcher company, want instant results so they’ll send out far more invitations than they need, accepting the input from the first to respond. If you don’t complete the survey on day one, there’s a strong chance the client will already have received enough information, and after a few no-shows they’ll assume you simply aren’t interested and remove your name from the list.

If you do receive an invitation, you need to remember that you are being paid to do a job and should act in a professional manner. This means checking e-mails regularly, answering truthfully and take your time to consider your answer rather than putting down anything to get it finished quickly.

Failure to sign up with a large enough number of survey makers.

Not every survey maker is active with new surveys every week. It's a numbers game. If you don't sign up with all the available survey makers out there, you will miss surveys you could have taken and lose income that you otherwise could have made. The consequent lack of income is discouraging and causes some to quit trying.

Sign up with all the survey makers that you can. Get a copy of Robo-Form to help you fill out the repetitive parts of applications fast. Plan to sign up for 150 to 300 survey makers. Yes, it's a lot of work for no immediate return, but it will pay off in the long run. Remember that surveymakers cannot send you surveys to fill out if they don't know you are there, ready willing and able, to fill them out. Get the word out, get on as many lists as you can and you will be rewarded handsomely for your efforts!

Failure to sign up with a large enough number of survey makers.

Not every survey maker is active with new surveys every week. It's a numbers game. If you don't sign up with all the available survey makers out there, you will miss surveys you could have taken and lose income that you otherwise could have made. The consequent lack of income is discouraging and causes some to quit trying.

Sign up with all the survey makers that you can. Get a copy of Robo-Form to help you fill out the repetitive parts of applications fast. Plan to sign up for 150 to 300 survey makers. Yes, it's a lot of work for no immediate return, but it will pay off in the long run. Remember that surveymakers cannot send you surveys to fill out if they don't know you are there, ready willing and able, to fill them out. Get the word out, get on as many lists as you can and you will be rewarded handsomely for your efforts!

Failure to get started

Many people are filled with enthusiasm until it comes to filling out their applications to take surveys. They look at the pages of information required and decide it’s too much work. Although it may seem like a lot of information, the survey companies need this data to determine whether or not you fit the criteria for a particular survey. For example, if they don’t know that you have a young baby how will they know to send you surveys about baby food?

Poor choice of where to start:

They answered an ad and jumped in, not realizing that they were dealing with a sales company trying to look like a paid online survey company, but just wanted to sell them things. Alternatively, they tried to go the easy route and paid for a list of survey sites only to find it is simply a list of other companies, many of which weren’t operating in their country, and evenmore that offer no more than the remote chance of winning a prize at the end of a long survey.

Not only hadn’t they earned any money, but they were out of pocket by the cost of the guide. The simple fact is that there are many websites that will sell you a list of companies offering paid survey work, encouraging you to part with large sums of money against the promises of a fulltime income for very little work. The reality is that these sites provide nothing that you can’t get from a free listing site like http://www.whichsurveys.com. In fact, because the free directoriesdon’t charge a fee for information, they need to be more vigilant at keeping details up to date tokeep visitors returning, whereas paid directories have already had your money and have little incentive to do more.

Why People Fail to Make Money With Online Surveys-

A brief search on line will find dozens of references to online survey scams from people who
haven’t made any money. With so many opportunities around, why do some people fail in this
easy internet business activity?

Generally because they did not know what they were doing and/or were poorly advised. Most
failures fall into one of three categories:

Poor choice of where to start.
Failure to get started.
Failure to sign up with a large enough number of survey makers.
Failure to act professionally.
Unrealistic Expectations.
Lack of patience with the process.

Can you make money online with paid surveys?

Can you make money with paid online surveys? The short answer is yes! Market researchers areturning to paid online surveys more and more to get the information they need for theircompanies or clients. Lower costs, in particular from lower staffing costs, and fast turnaroundtimes make this an increasingly popular way to sample market opinion.

There are hundreds of companies out there making paid online surveys. There are thousands ofpaid online surveys being made every month. Many thousands of people are getting paid goodmoney for filling out these paid online surveys every month.

Can you make money online with paid surveys?

Can you make money with paid online surveys? The short answer is yes! Market researchers areturning to paid online surveys more and more to get the information they need for theircompanies or clients. Lower costs, in particular from lower staffing costs, and fast turnaroundtimes make this an increasingly popular way to sample market opinion.

There are hundreds of companies out there making paid online surveys. There are thousands ofpaid online surveys being made every month. Many thousands of people are getting paid goodmoney for filling out these paid online surveys every month.

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