Making money in your underwear in the comfort of your own home is just too good to be true. Right? Well not quite. You may have seen the offers of getting paid cash for online surveys before and the promises that you will make thousands upon just signing up for these programs. Now the thousands of dollars they say you can make may be unrealistic, but paying your rent, mortgage, bills, Christmas shopping, or your next vacation are actual realistic expectations for online surveys.
That's right. You won't be a millionaire overnight - or ever from these surveys - but you can get paid cash for your surveys, opinions, and insights that companies use to help shape their marketing decisions. You see, companies are always looking to be on the cutting edge on what their customers - or future customers - are looking for in their products and services. What used to be done in person with interviews, focus groups, or over the phone via telemarketing is now being done largely on the internet. This is cheaper and quicker for them because they save money in time and employees as the surveys are automated via the computer. The result? You getting paid cash for online surveys!
Now before you quit your job and lounge around in your underwear all day and night, you need to know the expectations on making money through the surveys. Do not expect the tens and thousands of dollars you may see on these sites. These are real cases, but they are rare and from people who spent every waking hour completing online surveys for cash. You probably have a real job, a family, and time in your day that you don't want to be filling out forms. But, if you took the 10 or 15 minutes every day to fill out a survey or two it could go a long way towards helping out your personal finances.
Most online surveys pay $5, $10, $15, or $25 to complete. Just one online survey a day for $10 adds up to $300 a month. Complete them in the morning before work, on your lunch hour, or at night before bed. I don't have to tell you what an extra $300 a month could do for you and your family in this economy! And if you complete more than one a day on average, then more power to you. Whether you complete these online surveys in your underwear or fully clothed is not my business, but you should make it yours!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
3 Tips to Get Cash for Taking Surveys
You have probably seen all the offers to get cash for taking surveys and wondered about the legitimacy of them. They promise that you can get paid thousands of dollars for taking surveys and never leaving your home. Is it really that easy though? In a word, no. However, navigating through the mess of all the offers can help you to put extra cash in your wallet because you actually can get paid for taking surveys - and you really can make a lot of money. These survey sites will by no means make you a millionaire, but they can pay many of your bills.
No time than now has ever been more important for people to save money, be smarter about their money, and try to earn extra cash any way possible. These online paid survey sites have grown to be very popular in recent years because of their promises to offer you cash for taking surveys and participating in focus groups. Many less-legitimate sites have popped up though taking advantage of anyone looking to get extra cash. Whether you are new to the whole process or have been taking these surveys for years, the following tips will help not only to earn extra cash for taking the surveys but keep you safe through the process.
1. Get a new free email address. Hotmail, Yahoo, and Google are the leading sites for this, but just get a new email address to use for the survey sites for a couple of reasons. The first is that upon signing up for a couple of these programs, you will literally hundreds of emails with surveys you can take and get paid cash for. This will help you to not only keep the offers organized but to avoid cluttering up your regular inbox. The other reason is that many of these companies (although they say they won't) will keep your email in their database and you will begin receiving all of their mailouts.
2. Sign up for Paypal. You may already have a Paypal account, but most of these programs allow you to get paid cash through Paypal. That is, they will deposit cash straight into your account after you finish taking surveys. This eliminates the "hassle" (if getting paid is a hassle) of collecting checks and depositing them. Paypal is also a free, safe intermediary that is very secure and of course instantaneous.
3. Find a review site. Of course I'm going to tell you to go to my review site (duh!), but there are many sites which review all of these paid survey sites. There are scams out there, but there are also some great opportunities to get cash for taking surveys. Do not sign up for one without any prior knowledge of the best and highest-paying programs. Good luck!
No time than now has ever been more important for people to save money, be smarter about their money, and try to earn extra cash any way possible. These online paid survey sites have grown to be very popular in recent years because of their promises to offer you cash for taking surveys and participating in focus groups. Many less-legitimate sites have popped up though taking advantage of anyone looking to get extra cash. Whether you are new to the whole process or have been taking these surveys for years, the following tips will help not only to earn extra cash for taking the surveys but keep you safe through the process.
1. Get a new free email address. Hotmail, Yahoo, and Google are the leading sites for this, but just get a new email address to use for the survey sites for a couple of reasons. The first is that upon signing up for a couple of these programs, you will literally hundreds of emails with surveys you can take and get paid cash for. This will help you to not only keep the offers organized but to avoid cluttering up your regular inbox. The other reason is that many of these companies (although they say they won't) will keep your email in their database and you will begin receiving all of their mailouts.
2. Sign up for Paypal. You may already have a Paypal account, but most of these programs allow you to get paid cash through Paypal. That is, they will deposit cash straight into your account after you finish taking surveys. This eliminates the "hassle" (if getting paid is a hassle) of collecting checks and depositing them. Paypal is also a free, safe intermediary that is very secure and of course instantaneous.
3. Find a review site. Of course I'm going to tell you to go to my review site (duh!), but there are many sites which review all of these paid survey sites. There are scams out there, but there are also some great opportunities to get cash for taking surveys. Do not sign up for one without any prior knowledge of the best and highest-paying programs. Good luck!
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