Get Paid To Take Free Surveys Online For Fun And Profit!

Market research to identify consumer perceptions and preferences is big business. More than $200 billion a year gets spent on advertizing and promotion, Several hundred million dollars a year are spent on market research, to make sure that the money being spent on promotion is aimed effectively at what consumers want.

There are thousands of surveys being made every week. To encourage volunteers to take these surveys, many market researchers make it worth their while by paying cash for completed survey questionnaires.

Any consumer over 18 with access to a computer and the Internet can participate. If you can send an e-mail, you have the necessary technical skills. If you buy things, like food and clothing, you qualify as a consumer.

Individual surveys don't pay very much, only $10 to $20 for a few minutes work to fill out the questionnaire. The payoff is in the numbers. If you did two surveys a day for an average of $15 each you would bring in $900 a month.

To get in line to be invited to fill out survey questionnaires, all you really need to do is apply to 150 to 300 good survey makers as an available participant. You have to apply to each individually (they are independent, and competitors) giving your contact info and demographic data (age, gender, zip code, hobbies, etc.).

The problem comes in finding the good survey makers. There are over 700 in the U.S. alone and over 3,000 worldwide. Most of them don't really pay, just jerk you around and waste your time with promises, drawings for cash payment (yeah) and so forth.

The trick is to find the few good ones, that pay in cash or points that can be converted to cash and who will respect your privacy (won't sell your data to sales companies who then spam you half to death!)

The good survey makers do not advertise much. They keep their existing clients and have enough new applicants from word-of-mouth.

The bad ones are constantly recruiting to replace those that got disgusted and left. There are numerous "free" survey sites that get a commission for recruiting new participants. It's better to avoid these.

The best way to get started right is to hire one of the 200 or so paid survey guide companies who maintain lists of good survey makers. For a small one-time fee they will loan you a copy of their current list of good survey makers. Then you just sign up with these, save time, make money and avoid the hassle of sorting them out.

How do you choose a good paid survey site (guide company)? Look for one with a strong money-back guarantee, backed up by a bank or a financial company such as PayPal or ClickBank. Look especially for one with a low (3-6%) refund rate.

The refund rate is the best indicator of client satisfaction. A low refund rate means satisfied clients. A high rate means many unhappy clients demanding their money back. Avoid anything with a refund rate that is unknown or as high as 9% or more.

If you avoid the time-wasters and just apply to the preferred survey makers on your guide company's list, you can make money with paid surveys.

So, if you want to get paid to take free surveys online for fun and profit, how much can you make?

Your exact income would depend on your diligence, your demographics and on how many good survey makers actually have your application on file. That said, most serious survey-takers report incomes of from $200 to $600 a month. Some report incomes of $1,000 a month and more.

By: jorchav

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Jorge Chavez is an experienced paid internet survey expert at: surveysentinel.ya23.com