Jan
31
Go into a supermarket and look around sometime. You will see 3-5,000 different products offered for sale, from companies large and small, all in distant locations. None of them have direct contact with the people who buy their products.
These large companies must know what consumers think in order to plan their production schedules, improve existing products and design new products. To measure public opinion, they hire market researchers. Market researchers use surveys to measure this opinion and get the answers.
There are thousands of surveys being made every week. How do they get all those people to take the time to sit down and fill them out? The answer is, they make it worth their while; they pay them.
That is what creates the opportunity for you to get money for surveys.
That is how you can get paid for surveys that you take over the Internet.
To get invited to take surveys for money you need to sign up with survey makers. The challenge is to find good ones. There are many, but 20% are good, 40% are marginal and 40% are to be avoided.
Your problem is how to get a good list of survey makers to sign up with. The problem is that the lower 40%, the no-pay/low-pay time wasters do 90% of the advertising, trying to recruit new survey participants to replace those that just quit.
There is a lot more detail you would need to know to take surveys for money but all the information you need can be accessed by clicking on any of the links in this article.
When you get a good list and are taking surveys for money, how much can you make? It depends on your diligence and demographics but most serious survey-takers report incomes of $200-$600 a month. Many report incomes of $1,000 a month or more.
By – William Parks