Earning Money Through Online Surveys

Recently I was given a paid membership to
one of those Online Survey programs so I
could start making money by doing online
surveys.

Since I have taken offline surveys that paid
those who participated I thought I might as
well see how these programs worked in the
online community.

Now I will admit that I am fairly new at trying
this and have only signed up for about 8 of them
so my experiences are truly limited. And,
according to what I have read you have to sign
up at several hundred survey sites to earn any
substantial amounts through online surveys.

With that said I will now tell you what my
experiences have been so far.

First - They tell you set up a special inbox or
folder for your survey mail. This is good advice
since you will start getting a ton of offers from
both the survey places and the companies that
are using them to promote their products.

Second - A lot of the surveys don't pay cash for
taking a survey. They give you points that may
be redeemed for things of value or cash. I haven't
earned enough points to see how that works since
they require thousands of points before you can
redeem them and only give 2 -5 points for surveys
unless you sign up for the product being surveyed.

Third - You can get some really valuable free
products for some surveys but only if you sign up for
1 or more services promoted through the survey.
The services include things like: health plans, car loans,
mortgages, credit cards, book and tapeclubs, weight
loss products, etc. And once you've signed up you
usually have to stay with the program for a few months
to fulfill the requirements of the survey. (The expenses
for these programs run from$20 - $50 a month.)

Forth - Many surveys don't pay cash or points.
They give you an entry to win cash or some other
valuable prize.

Fifth - If you are retired, don't put that information
on the questionnaire to qualify for a survey. So far
everytime I have put retired as my occupation I have
been denied access to the survey. I now use
self-employed and am allowed to take the survey.

I guess that about sums up my experiences so far.
Since I don't have the time or desire to sign up at
hundreds of survey companies I doubt that I will
ever make any money with these services. Instead,
I will group them with the Safelist andPaid to Read
Email programs.

If you happen to belong to a survey program that
really does pay those who take surveys and have
actually received some valuable cash or reward
for your participation, please share that information
by posting a comment.

To Your Success,
Susan

Joint Venture Manager

Yesterday I started a poll to find out if you were
doing Joint Ventures and the votes are still coming
in.

But since I can see that some are involved in Joint
Ventures and because I just downloaded a new software
product that makes doing them easier, I thought I
would share some information about it.

A fellow subscriber, Raam, has just developed JVM
(Joint Venture Manager).

I downloaded it last night and took a look at it.
Now while I haven't had a chance to give it a work
out yet, it does look very straightforward and easy to
use so I will be giving it a try very soon.

The biggest benefit I can see for using this software
is that it will save a lot of time because you can
"Broadcast" your JV offer to your entire list of partners
at the touch of a button!

Along with this "tremendous" software, you also get:

1) 25 Joint Venture Proposal Templates (Like -
Ezine Ad swaps, Percentage of sales for ezine ad,
Percentage of sales for publishing an ezine article,
Cross promote products and the list goes on.)

2) JV Marketer's Handbook (There are 4 sections and
here's the title for 2 of them:
"Here's the 'secret' to boost your sales quickly and
easily in the next 3 days"
"How to find JV Partners you need?")

3) "567 Hypnotic Headlines" (A database of winning
headlines sorted into 15 categories.)

4) Another nifty little utility you will definitely love!
(I am not telling but Raam does when you read his site.)

Raam also told me that he may pull this package soon
because he is building a "paid membership" site and
moving all these things into it.

So if you are doing Joint Ventures or are going to be
doing them one of these days, do yourself a favor and
read Raam's site ASAP.

http://www.salespageanalyzer.com/click.php?p=4&a=newday

To Your Success,
Susan

PS - In case you are wondering why there's an affiliate
link I am doing a JV with Raam. Yes, I do JVs -
especially with subscriber who offer a good product
or service!)