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On Making Money from Surveys - Some Tips.

© Susanne Stanyer

I guess my philosophy is that you attract money when you are doing what you love.

I really enjoy the variety of online surveys I receive in my mail. I have been asked about cooking fish in a dishwasher..have been asked to buy pretend stocks at financial web sites..have been asked how many hours a day I spend washing and grooming my hair. (As few as possible!!) Reading some of the answers sent in must be a treat for the companies concerned..but even just taking these surveys can be a treat for us, too.

As you might know by now, I am talking about online surveys. We register to receive them by completing expressions of interest at market research sites. By following the links they then send in emails, when we meet the demographic criteria they happen to need for their research,we are able to take them and hopefully earn ourselves some cash.

The surveys themselves often just involve a series of clicks..sometimes we will be asked to write comments,. And if we are participating in focus groups - oh heaven on a stick focus groups -we get to answer questions and express our thoughts the whole time.

The whole process is fun.

Most of the sites realize we want it to be. Greenfield Online have now added a 'Completometer' to their site.. SpiderMetrix has a whole FUN section. Many companies are now presenting their tasks very clearly, making our respondent role as easy as possible. And when money arrives in the mail..and it does, I have to admit that yes, that is fun, too.

1. So my first tip, in helping you to do well from online surveys, is to enjoy them. We are helping with research..really are helping to shape the web, as the sites themselves tell us. So we don't win sometimes..that is life. Sometimes we just might..Go in with the attitude that anything you win is a bonus, so that when you do, it is.

2. And tip number two..take surveys for prize draws, too. I've spotted a trend to do otherwise..It's just subtle but is around..The the 'which ones pay for each minute of my time?" variety of questions are appearing on message boards and in emails to me, too. A few companies that do so, do exist. By all means join them..There is a great collection of sites in this category- Vividence , Site Users and ICQ Opinion being amongst them.

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