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Tip #1:
To get paid for online surveys you'll need to
start by setting up a dedicated email address for your online survey
opportunities
It is best to have a separate email account as you will get a LOT of new emails.
So this first step is to set up a DEDICATED EMAIL account and use it for your
online survey opportunities. Arranging a new email account is really easy. Perhaps
get a gmail account or yahoo email account for your survey messages. This will make
managing and monitoring the various online survey opportunities a lot
easier. Tip #2:
Check your emails regularly for online survey
opportunities
If you are serious and want to get paid for online surveys, then you will need
to CHECK YOUR EMAIL at ONCE or even TWICE A DAY. You won’t want to miss any online
survey opportunities that come along. The market research companies will stop
sending you survey opportunities if you are slow to respond, or if you never
respond, or if their notifications are returned as undelivered emails. However,
that is not to say you have to participate in all the online surveys you get
offered. It is entirely over to you which of the surveys or focus groups you act
on.
Tip #3:
CLEAR Your Inbox Regularly
You MUST keep your email in-box clear and able to receive email surveys
invitations AT ALL TIMES. Having a separate email account will make this job much
easier and help you to remained very organized by keeping your survey invites
separated from your other personal emails.
Tip #4:
Why it is best to register with SEVERAL
market research companies
After you have paid to register with at least one survey directory you will
generally get immediate access to their database of market research companies. You
can then register (it is usually free) with as many of these market research
companies as you want to. And, this next step is important…
REGISTER, REGISTER, REGISTER with all the market research
companies in the survey directory database. Do this even if they don’t offer money
rewards at the time of registration. As it happens they WILL more than likely at
some time in the future, and you don’t want to not get paid for online surveys.
The more of these market research companies you register with, the MORE survey
invitations you’ll get, and the MORE opportunities to get paid for online surveys.
Registering will build generate survey invitations and get you started. And, here’s
another important tip, check back with the survey directory database regularly for
newly added market research companies and REGISTER as soon as you see them
listed.
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Tip #5:
DON’T BLOCK Online survey invitations
This might sound a little bit weird, but you should TURN OFF your SPAM blocker
for the particular email account you have set up. SPAM blocking software may keep
emails for GOOD online survey invitations from reaching you. The problem is; this
will happen invisibly and you won’t ever know that you missed the online survey
invitations. Losing even ONE survey invitation could be a lost opportunity.
Keep in mind that the chances are high that even some of the good research
companies will tend to send unwarranted emails that could be considered SPAM.
Tip #6:
Understand the difference between the online
survey directories and market research companies
A paid survey directory will collate and a maintain database of market research
companies. Online survey directories will charge a fee to access these databases.
To get paid for online surveys you will need to register with a minimum of one
(preferably two) survey directories.
Market research companies are the ones who actually offer you the online paid
surveys.
So, the survey directory will not usually organize or commission the research,
they simply give you access to the market research companies that will.
Tip #7:
Why it is recommended you register with ONE or,
better still TWO, online directories to get paid for surveys
To get started you will need to register with a couple of reputable survey
directories. There are several to choose from on this web site.
If you are concerned about paying the registration fee, then you could begin by
registering with just one. It is a small price to pay for access to their huge
databases. To try and collate this kind of comprehensive database that these survey
directories have would take you endless hours. Maintaining your own research
company database would be a nightmare. Any reputable survey directory company will
charge a membership fee to access their up-to-date databases and it will be money
well spent.
Tip #8:
Pay the survey directories and
NEVER pay the market research companies
You pay the online survey directory a registration or membership fee, but should
NEVER, NEVER, EVER pay a market research company to be invited to participate in a
survey or be on their waiting list.
So, if you want to get paid for online surveys and focus groups have a look at two
or three of the survey directories mentioned on this site.
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