Paid Surveys : The Truth

by: chris price
About Paid SurveysGet paid to take surveys! Get paid for your opinion! Earn up to $250 an hour taking surveys from your home computer!Advertisements like these are popping up all over the place.Classifieds, forums, newspapers, magazines, everywhere. Butthe thing everyone wants to know is, "Is this real?".The truth is... yes and no. Yes, you can actually makemoney taking surveys online. No, you are not going to make$4,500 a month doing it.But, you can actually make some extra money every month.$100 to $300 a month from paid surveys is not very hard toreach. The problem is there are so many websites posing as"paid survey" companies that it's hard to find legitimate resources. In the following paragraphs I will give you step by stepinstructions on how to get paid taking surveys online. In 3simple steps you can easily be on your way to getting paidfor your opinion.STEP 1: Finding a legitimate source for paid surveysFinding a legitimate source of information is probably thehardest part. There are several companies that pose as paidsurveys or market research companies that will only try tosell you something or sell your email address to third parties.There are also several paid survey directories that you can join. These directories charge you up to $50 for informationthat is available all over the internet for free. Never payfor a paid surveys directory. Use the search engines to findfree directories. Or try a free directory like the one at www.wahmservice.comSTEP 2: What Paid Survey Companies To JoinThere are over 600 paid survey companies you can join. Choosing the right ones are key to getting paid for takingsurveys. Some companies will send you one every few monthswhile others may send you invitations everyday. There are about 20 paid survey sites you should join when first starting. These companies send surveys regularly and by joining them you can almost be sure to get at least 1 paid survey a day. After signing up for these companies you cancome back later and sign up with other companies that send less. But just with these 20 a hundred to a few hundred dollarsa month is not impossible. These companies are:NFO My Survey, goZing Surveys, Global Test Market, Test Spin,Survey Savvy, Survey Spot, American Consumer Opinion, E-Poll,Poll Cast, ECN Research, Synovate Surveys, NPD Online Research,Pinecone Research, Harris Poll, Lightspeed Research, IpsosSurveys, Opinion Outpost, Greenfield Online, Nielson/NetRatings,Consumer Link....... STEP 3: Check Your Email, Confirm Your MembershipsSome companies will send you emails asking you to confirmyour membership. Make sure you do this. Now all you have to do is wait for paid survey invitations daily. Sometimes more.None of the companies listed here will spam you or try toget you to buy anything. They are all legitimate paid survey companies. You will find that once you have taken afew surveys you will start receiving more invitations.Once youget the hang of it you can go back and find other companiesto join to increase your income.