Paid Surveys: What to Avoid, and What to Seek: Part 1

This week, I'll be discussing paid survey sites. If you have Gmail, you've probably seen at least a few of those Adwords ads on the side talking about how you can make something like $75.00 an hour taking paid surveys. Wrong! Talk about false advertising.

Of course, this ends up being profitable advertising, because people who aren't familiar with internet marketing will immediately at least click on the advertisement link to find out more. I used to be one of those people.

Instead of getting a list of survey companies for free, advertisement usually want people to spend money to get the list in the first place. NEVER pay money to find out about survey companies! That's a scam, and a simple Google search will reveal plenty of survey sites looking for members. These sites should be free to register for. After all, it's ridiculous to pay money to take surveys in an attempt to make money.

Survey companies are crafty too. Many of them won't reward you in actual money, but rather in entries to money prizes. Don't waste your time by signing up for these. Others will reward you with a dollar or so for taking a survey that's a half-hour long. You don't find out that's how much you've gotten until the survey has already been taken. Then, these same companies might have a payment threshold of $30.00! The same goes for surveys in which you earn points towards gift certificates or money. You might get 5 points for a survey, and need 1,000 points to redeem a gift card. Ridiculous.

Something else you should be aware of is, as with all e-mail endeavors, spam. Some of the less-reputable companies will put your e-mail address on a mailing list, or capture your e-mail address by making you subscribe to at least one mailing list in order to become a member. If you are still intent on signing up for as many paid survey companies as possible, always make a separate e-mail account for just that purpose.

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