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Taking Free Paid Surveys Online
More than likely you have seen ads like these all over the internet. And like most people you are probably wondering if they are true. Can you really make money taking surveys online? Or is paid surveys just another scam? Surprisingly, the answer to the first question is yes. You can actually make money taking surveys online.
There are many companies that will pay you to participate in online surveys, focus groups, and even product tests. These are market research companies that large companies pay to find out what the public feels about their products. They want to know if their advertising campaigns are working and how everyday people feel about their products. Large corporations spend billions of dollars a year on advertising. So to pay you a few dollars to find out if their advertising is working is not that big of a deal. So they hire these market research companies. And the market research companies send out surveys to everyday people to find out what the public is thinking.
There are also several misconceptions about taking surveys online. Many advertisements will tell you that you can make up to $250 an hour taking surveys. Although it is possible to be compensated $250 for participating in an important study or focus group, the average survey will pay you between $2 and $20.
There are also a few different kinds of survey sites. There are survey directories, or databases, and there are the actual survey companies. A survey or market research company is the actual company that will send you the surveys. And also the one that will compensate you for your participation. When joining a survey site you are notified by email when your participation in a survey is needed. You can then choose to take the survey or simply ignore it. You are told how much you will be compensated for taking each survey and how long the survey should take to complete. Companies like this should be free to join. A legitimate survey company will never ask you to pay a fee to join.
Another type of site is a survey directory, or database. Survey databases provide directories of paying survey companies. These are the sites you go to to find companies that will pay you to participate in online surveys. There are several databases you can join. But a lot of online survey databases are not free. A site like SurveyScout charges about $39 for their directory of 490 survey companies. Others charge anywhere from $20 to $60 to access their survey directory. Many people are fooled into thinking that when they join these membership sites they will automatically start receiving paid surveys. A membership site like SurveyScout does not actually send surveys. They are only a directory of companies that you join that send surveys online.
Before you spend $39 dollars to purchase a survey database, do some looking around. A good survey directory site like FreeSurveyJob.com will have everything you would find in a paid membership site and is absolutely free to join. There is no need to pay to find paying survey companies. Why would you want to pay for free information? Paid membership sites are simply taking advantage of the fact that most people don't know where to look for this type of information. And once they pay and then find out that they purchased a directory, most people feel like they have been scammed. My advice would be to bypass a paid directory and use a free directory like FreeSurveyJob.com.
The key to making money taking surveys online is to join as many of these survey companies as possible. Most survey sites will only send a few surveys a month. A survey directory site, like FreeSurveyJob.com will refer you to many survey companies as well as other directory sites, so the more you join the more money you will make. You're not going to find a single company that can send you more than a few surveys per month so every time another company is recommended, you should join - provided that they are not charging you for the privilege.
So the logic is, the more survey companies you belong to the more survey invitations you will receive. And the more money you will make. It's a good idea to start off with around 10 to 20 good survey companies. Each one will only take a few minutes to sign up for and is well worth it. There are around 500 companies you can join and once you have joined the main ones you can go back and join others to receive even more paying surveys. Of 500 survey companies I would have to say that there are about 50 that will send you surveys on a regular basis. The rest may only send one a month or even less. So starting with the top paying surveys is obviously the best way to go.
You must answer a few screener questions before taking a survey to see if you fit the profile for the type of person the company is interested in. After taking a few screeners you can start to see how you should answer to make yourself qualify. For instance, most screeners will ask you if you work in a certain industry, or any type of market research or advertising business. The answer to a question like this should almost always be no. They do not want people who know the market research business taking their surveys. And you will almost always not qualify for the paid survey.
Well now that you have all the information you need it's up to you to decide if paid surveys is for you or not. If you are interested, I highly recommend FreeSurveyJob.com and sign up with all the companies that they are offering. It will save you some legwork on finding all the companies individually, and get you started on the right foot. There are often survey companies that pay a signing bonus of anywhere between $5 and $20 and FreeSurveyJob.com usually has a few, depending on what region the survey companies are recruiting in at the moment.
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