Paid Survey Tips
Many people give up or become disheartened easily by the lack of market research assignments they receive from some companies, it can take many months before you even receive a survey from some of the companies listed here, some you might not even hear from for years, but others can send out research assignments a couple of times a week, don't let this discourage you.
Many of the assignments you'll receive will have what they call a screener, a screener is usually a short series of questions to see if you qualify for the survey. Most surveys are directed at a particular audience, this might be for instance, married females with one child living in Brisbane or single males living in outback Western Australia and so on, this is why they have a screener survey. A lot of people become annoyed with these screener surveys, because they never seem to qualify to complete the survey.
One of the ways to avoid receiving too many screener surveys that are not relevant to your current situation is to keep your profile or details up to date, your profile is a usually a short questionnaire you fill out upon joining a survey company (not all survey companies have this, but most do), keeping this information up to date is very important if you want to receive assignments that you have chance of completing, and in most cases be rewarded for doing so. Bellow are some other important tips that you should keep in mind:
- Reply to the confirmation email sent after joining: This one is very important, after joining a new survey company online, you will receive a confirmation email, this is to confirm that you are the owner of the email address you have entered, and that you are able to receive their emails, it may also include your login details. If you do not receive this email, contact them!
- Join as many of these survey companies as you can, or feel comfortable with: The more survey sites you join will obviously increase your chances in receiving more surveys.
- Keep your email address up to date: many people change their email address and then forget to update it at the survey sites they have joined, then wonder why they don't get any survey invitations.
- As stated above, keep your profile up to date: Even if you think it's only a minor change.
Be patient: You will get survey invitations and get to complete some eventually.
Keep this in mind: You won't make a living doing online surveys, but you will make something, even if you are not in it for the money or prizes etc, and only want to voice you opinion, you could even donate your earnings or prizes to your favourite charity or good cause.