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How To Get Paid To Take Free Surveys Online

Consumer opinion surveys have been around for a long time. Recently, with the advent of the low cost and rapid response time of the Internet, they have changed, become more popular and ever more frequently used by market researchers. Today thousands of surveys are being made every week.

To encourage enough participants to fill out the questionnaires in all these surveys, more and more surveys are being made on a paid basis. The participants receive checks in the mail after taking the survey, to compensate them for their time, effort and for giving their opinions.

A single survey will typically pay only $10 to $25. That is not much, but they only take 10 to 15 minutes. That is $60 to $100 an hour or more for your time! And if you take a couple of surveys a day you could bring in $1,000 a month or more. All this while working at home or anywhere you have an Internet connection.

You can work your own hours and there is no obligation; taking any survey is purely voluntary!

Here's how you can get paid to take free surveys online:

1. You will need to submit your application to be a survey taker to a number of survey makers. The problem is that there are over 700 in the U.S. alone and over 3,000 worldwide. Most of these are not worth the time or hassle to mess with.

To get paid to take free surveys online, you want to apply only to the good ones. You only want the ones that pay in cash and don't sell your info to sales companies. These good ones comprise less than 40% of the total.

Fortunately there are over 200 paid survey guide companies (paid survey sites) who maintain lists of these survey makers and keep track of which are good for your cash flow and which are not. For a small one-time fee they will let you have a copy of their current list which will save you a lot of time and hassle.

So start by choosing a good paid survey guide company. Look for one with a strong 60 - 90 day money-back guarantee, backed up by a bank or finance company such as PayPal or ClickBank.

Most important is to find one with a low refund rate. The refund rate is the strongest indicator of what past clients think of their service.

A low refund rate means many happy clients. A high refund rate means that many unhappy clients have demanded a refund! Look for one with a refund rate in the 3-6% range. Avoid any with unknown refund rates or refund rates as high as 9.0% or more.

2. Once you have your paid survey guide company's list, systematically apply to all of the preferred survey makers on that list. This is very important. These survey makers will be the ones who invite you to take surveys and send you your checks for participating.

To be able to select you for a survey for which you qualify, they must have your name, contact and demographic info on file. They get this info from the application you filed with them. No application? No survey! No Survey? No money! So to get paid to take free surveys online, you must make your applications!

3. Run your paid survey activity as a business. Open a separate e-mail account for paid survey mail. Use that address in all applications and correspondence. Check your in-box at least once a day. Answer all correspondence promptly, accept and take surveys quickly, to build confidence with survey makers.

4. Be diligent and patient. Accept all surveys at first (you can take only the higher-paying ones later, if you choose). Survey makers will test you at first to see if you are real. As their confidence in you grows they will send you more and higher-paying surveys.

Your income with any given survey maker will probably reach its maximum rate in about 3 to 6 months after they receive your application.

In addition to getting paid to take free surveys online, you might want to also look at other market research and promotion related activities. Focus groups, get paid to shop, get paid to drive your car, etc. can all supplement and increase your income. Combining these with paid surveys can be both fun and very profitable.

By: jorchav

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

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