subject: Get Paid To Take Surveys: Real Income Or A Waste Of Time [print this page] Take paid survey opportunities are just about everywhere online. Finding them is not hard to do.
However you may be wondering if you can really make money taking paid surveys or if it is waste of time.
One thing for sure is businesses place a value on your opinion. You have probably filled out a survey in a store at one time or another.
I remember going to shopping malls and being approached by people who were working for survey companies. The survey companies were hired by businesses to get the opinions of consumers before they marketed their products.
Today the concept is not that much different. Businesses formulate their marketing plans based on your opinion. If they were looking at making a change in their product line they could do that with focus groups, telephone surveys, direct mail, or Internet surveys.
What this offers you is the chance to earn money from your opinion. However it also can be a waste of time if you are not careful in the surveys you take.
There are online businesses that offer information for sale on where you can take paid surveys. These businesses spend most of their time updating their database.
Generally you will find more surveys to take in these private sites than are available to the general public. This is the choice of the business because they do not want to be bombarded by millions of people who are not serious about making money taking surveys.
For this reason it's okay to join a private survey club. You generally will get your money back almost immediately in the surveys that you take. Many of them offer a money back guarantee so you really have nothing to lose.
Many survey companies offer additional incentives for taking surveys with them. For example Cash Crate runs contests where you can earn additional cash, or even win prizes such as iPods. This makes it more fun if you are a competitive person.
One final point I want to make is the amount of money you can earn referring people to take surveys. This can be a great part-time income too.
The survey companies will give you a website URL to promote. Every time you refer a new member you earn money.
Some of them even pay you an additional income on the surveys your members take. This lets you develop a residual income every month.
As you can see taking paid survey opportunities are for real. If you work at it on a consistent basis, and learn which surveys to take, you can do very well supplementing your income with them.
