Tuesday, February 10, 2009



Taking Online Surveys and Participating in Online Focus Groups.


Making money online is becoming more popular since there are so many opportunities to do so now. I have found that filling out surveys can be fun as well as lucrative. Taking surveys is not a get rich quick scheme as some would try to make out but a legitimate way to earn additional income online. You get to choose the hours you work and the time you want to allot for taking the surveys.
The trick to making money in this way is to sign up with as many legitimate survey companies as you can therefore increasing the number of survey invitations you will receive. Then you choose which ones to take and which ones not to. Some companies will send you surveys everyday. Dollar Surveys is one of my favorites. They will send you an e-mail reminder every day to take a survey. Some companies may not send out a survey but once a month or so but they may pay you considerably more.
Some websites offer a database of paid survey sites but want to charge you a fee to access them. There are enough free listings such as Survey Master out there so there is no need to pay for listings unless you are just very impatient and have money to blow.
The survey sites themselves are always free to join and if they say any different then it is probably a scam. You need never to pay to join a survey site.
You will need a paypal account in order to get paid as that is the way most of these companies will want to pay you. Paypal is quick and easy and the only alternative is to be paid by check via united states postal service which can delay your payment due to processing time.
Once you start joining survey sites you may want to download roboform. Roboform will automatically fill in your information on the application forms saving you a lot of time. I have found this form filling software to be invaluable to me in my survey taking experience. This software will also remember your username and password at all the different websites you frequent and can automatically log you in. I have found this to be very convenient.
To get started look at the free listing at Survey Master and join as many as you can. They are all free to join and each one is described to you in detail. Good luck and remember you won't get survey invitations if you don't join the companies.