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.