Online paid surveys are probably the easiest and
the most time effective way of generating extra money online. This can be a
side activity that generates a steady income of more than $200 that will
definitely help you and your family in the current poor economic conditions.
Joining online survey panels do not require any upfront investment, experience,
or long-term commitment. Online paid surveys would be an ideal situation for
housewives, unemployed people, part-time workers, college students, retirees,
or anyone who can commit at least 40 hours per month. This article describes
some tips and strategies for taking online surveys and increasing your
potential earnings.
10 Tips
for Maximizing your Potential Earnings
Your time is valuable and I would like to
maximize your ability and chances to earn extra money by taking online paid
surveys. You can follow these tips:
Tip #1 - Join Several Top Survey Panels
- My recommendation is to start by joining 5 survey panels with the ultimate goal of joining 15-20 of the top online survey panels listed on free websites reviewing legitimate panels.
- A good suggestion is to join 4 survey panels every weekend including filling in your profiles which may take up to 1 hour for each survey panel. There is no need to rush as you can reach the ultimate goal within 2 months without getting bored of filling the same information over and over again.
- Upon reaching this ultimate goal, your email account will get a lot of daily surveys from which you can select those of interesting topics, good incentives, or do not consume much time.
Tip #2 - Fill in Your Profiles
- This is the key to get future invitations from survey panels as they try to match a specific profile of potential survey takers with the product or service being evaluated or studied. So, take the time and fill in all your profiles for every survey panel.
- By filling in your profiles, it is less likely to receive an invitation for a survey that you are not likely to qualify for anyway. No doubt, it would be frustrating to spend up to 5 minutes on a survey only to find out that you do not qualify.
- Your profile will generally include information on your employment & workplace, entertainment & leisure, food & beverages, health & wellness, home & family, household technology, internet activities, money & finance, shopping & personal care, sports, travel, vehicles, and video & computer games.
- You should update your profile upon purchasing a new vehicle, large appliances (e.g. refrigerator, washer, dryer, etc.), consumer electronics (e.g. HDTV, 3D LED TV, Smartphone, iPad, etc), or video games consoles (e.g. Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PSP Go, Nintendo DSi XL, etc.). You should also update your profile if you are diagnosed with a new health condition. This will increase your chances to qualify for specific surveys.
- Many survey panels will send you an email reminder at the beginning of each year to update your profiles.
Tip #3 - Which Surveys to Take?
- I personally do not take online surveys to enter sweepstakes. I believe there is a very little chance of winning sweepstakes. However, few survey takers will definitely win; I hope you are one of them.
- If you are taking surveys for Sweepstakes entries, make sure that you reside in a country that permits you to be entered into Sweepstakes and win cash prizes. Check the panel website for more information on this issue.
- It seems that the standard of survey taking is to offer $2 incentive for around 20 minutes length. Some survey panels are definitely generous than others. Survey topic is another factor that influences the incentive value.
- I do not take online surveys with incentive less than $2 in 20 minutes or $1 in 10 minutes. However, it is up to you to setup the minimum incentive to take a survey.
- Surveys invitations often include the approximate survey length and the incentive offered which allows you to make an informed decision on the surveys that you will want to attempt.
Tip #4 - Respond Quickly to Survey Invitations
- Surveys are generally available for 3-5 days from the invitation day. However, surveys from some panels such as Surveyhead, GlobalTestMarket and MyView reach the required number of respondents on the same day.
- Easy, interesting topic, short length, or good incentive surveys are filled very quickly.
Tip #5 - Do not Wait for Survey Invitations
and Log Into your Account
- This tip only applies for Surveyhead and My View panels. In fact, all online survey panels will send you invitations to you email account. However, if you login into your account of those 2 panels on a daily basis, you will notice many other surveys opportunities available on your dashboard.
Tip #6 - Understand the Point System of Survey
Panels
- Some survey panels have a point system. Understanding the point system will help you decide on which surveys to take and which ones that does not worth your time.
- You can do the math and setup the minimum points to take a survey from each panel. For example, a panel offers 900 points for a 30 minutes survey where 3,000 points are equivalent to $1. Does this survey worth your time?
Tip #7 - Be Patient
- You need first to prove yourself to survey panels as a trustworthy active member who takes the time to answer all of the surveys questions honestly and completely providing accurate feedback and valuable opinions, so be a consistent survey taker after filling in your profiles. Consequently, survey panels will send you more frequent surveys to your email account.
- Most survey panels specify the approximate length of time to complete their surveys. As a beginner you may take more time than usual. However, you will get up to speed after taking 10 to 20 surveys.
- Some survey panels immediately confirm your reward upon completing a survey while others may take 2 to 4 weeks.
- It may take 4 to 8 weeks to receive your payment after your cash-out request.
Tip #8 - Experiment with Survey Panels
- Survey panels can work well for some people but may not work for others. Experiment with various panels until you get your priority list of panels that best work for you.
- Do not cancel your membership to a survey panel after just one bad experience. Every panel has its good and bad times. Evaluate the panel after 6 to 12 months of subscription.
Tip #9 - Sign Up for a PayPal Account to receive
faster Payments
- Many survey panels are moving to PayPal as an easier and quicker way to send payments to survey takers. Create an account with PayPal and link it to your bank account. It is easy, safe, and takes 2-3 business days to transfer money from PayPal to your bank account.
Tip #10 - Ask your College Students and Teens to
Join or Participate
- Online paid surveys may be a good option for your college students (18+) to make extra money while in school and/or during vacations.
- I believe teens (14-17) are having a hard time to find a part-time job because laid-off people are filling these jobs due to the current weak economic conditions. Some survey panels such as GlobalTestMarket, MyView, and MySurvey allow for teens to join with parental or legal guardian permission.
- It is also a good opportunity for international students (18+) studying in foreign countries to join and participate in online paid surveys.
Concluding
Remark
Taking online paid surveys can be a side activity
that generates a steady monthly income if you can commit 40-60 hours per month
earning $200-$300 at the comfort of your home. However, those figures can
significantly increase if you follow my strategies and tips listed above as
well as joining only the top online survey panels.
Paid Surveys - Tips And Advice On Getting Paid To Take Online Surveys
Everybody is taking paid surveys these days. Why?
Simple, it's the easiest way to make money online without any out of pocket
investment. The problem is people are trying to get paid for doing nothing.
Just like any other job or business opportunity, you are not going to make
money if you don't put forth an effort.
Alot of people join one paid survey panel and
expect to make thousands instantly. This is unrealistic. Ask anyone who
regularly takes paid surveys and they will all say the same thing, "The
key to making money with paid surveys is being a member of as many paid survey
panels as possible". If you are not willing to put in the time and effort
it takes to become successful as a paid survey panelist you probably do not
have the drive it takes to work for yourself at all.
Making money in the paid survey industry is
probably one of the simplest processes there is. In the following article I
will give you step by step instructions on how to make money taking paid
surveys online. Within an hour after reading this article you can easily be on
your way to receiving paid surveys everyday. You can realistically make a
couple hundred dollars a month with this information and it will only take
about an hour of your time to get started. If at the end you decide that paid
surveys are not for you you have lost nothing but an hour of your time.
Ok, let's get started.
The first thing you need to do is make sure you
have an email account you can check often. Any free email account will do. If
you don't have one you can get one free from Hotmail, Yahoo, or Google. The
next step is joining the paid survey panels. There are 20 to 30 panels you
should join when starting. These are the more popular paid survey panels, the
ones that send the most frequent paid surveys. There are hundreds of paid
survey panels that will pay you. These 30 are the core of the paid survey
industry. The top paid survey panels in the world.
By joining all of these top survey panels you are
almost guaranteed at least one paid survey a day, usually more.
Greenfield OnlineNFO My Survey
Opinion Outpost
Lightspeed Panel
Panda Research
Survey Savvy
GoZing Surveys
Global Test Market
E-Poll Rewards
E-Poll Teen Panel (Males under 30)
Your 2 Cents
In Home Survey
NPD Online Research
Opinion Surveys
Ipsos Isay
Ciao (not available in US)
Survey Spot
NOP World (Surveys.com)
American Consumer Opinion
ECN Research
Quality Health
Cunningham Research
Survey Club
Test Spin
After joining all of the top paid survey panels
the second step is to check your email and confirm your registrations. Some
paid survey panels will send you a follow up email to confirm your email
address. You can now go back and complete your profiles at each company if you
would like. We have found that you may get more paid survey invitations if you
do not fill out your profile with some companies. They will ask you questions
before a paid survey to see if you fit the demographics of the person they are
seeking an opinion from in the paid survey invitation. You can usually tell
what the survey is about by these questions and answer accordingly.
You are now on the road to getting paid to take
surveys. You should start receiving paid survey invitations in your email
within a day or so. You can choose to take each paid survey or pass on it and
wait for the next one. You are not obligated to participate in any survey you
don't want to.
After you get used to taking paid surveys you can
Find a free paid surveys directory and find other paid surveys to join for more
profit from paid surveys.
