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Getting Your First Referral
Feb 8th
The most lucrative way to make money online is to refer people to products and services. The only problem is, this isn’t as easy as it sounds. Once you figure out the right way to do it, getting referrals can be easy, but it takes a long time and a lot of mistakes to get to that point.
Well, you have to start somewhere! The easiest first referral to get is going to be someone you know, especially family. He or she trusts your opinion, and therefore if you tell him something’s worth signing up for or worth buying, there’s a good chance he’ll listen to you. So, the obvious choice is to refer someone you know, right?
Wrong. If you refer someone you know, no matter what the product or service, he will think of you as the go to guy or gal when something goes wrong. If your friend feels he’s been cheated out of money or time, you’ll be the person he complains to. In fact, it can hurt your relationship. If you’re ever going to refer a friend or family member to something, do it in a passive way. Let them make the choice by sending them a link in an email. Just do it in a way that won’t make them feel obligated to do what it is you’re referring them to do.
The best first referral is someone you don’t know. How do you do this? Well, this is the complicated part. The best way to refer someone you don’t know well or at all is to post a link on your social profile. Whether you like it or not, a lot of strangers view your profile. What better way to mooch off the stalkers than to post a referral link? Plus, even the people you know will view this link and will most likely click on it because they’ll be interested in what you’re affiliated with. I mean honestly, don’t we all “FaceBook stalk” once in awhile? Wouldn’t you click on a link if it was in your friend’s profile?
How about other ways to get referrals? You’ll have to wait for the post! I’ll put the link here when the post is up.
Let us know how it goes getting your first referral!
Making Your First Dollar Online
Feb 6th
It sounds funny, but the first step to making money online is to make one dollar. The hardest money to earn online will be your first dollar. In fact, it took me over one month to make my first dollar online! More >
Got Paid by ValuedOpinions
Jan 18th
I requested a $20 Visa Gift Card from ValuedOpinions after completing a few surveys. I promptly received the gift card, which is somewhat surprising since most online paid survey companies take awhile to hand out payment.
If you haven’t already, I would recommend signing up with ValuedOpinions. They pay a fair amount for each survey you take. I’ve gotten $5.00 for a 20 minute survey.
SurveyScout Review : The Real Deal
Dec 13th
I’ve been a member of SurveyScout since 2006. I paid the full $34.95 to become a member. People always ask me, is SurveyScout a scam? Is SurveyScout legit? I’ll tell you from a member’s point of view and give you behind the scenes snapshots of the member’s area. Seriously, this is 100% honest; I’m not trying to make a sale and I’m not going to bash SurveyScout and then provide you with a link to another site that you still need to pay to join. I won’t hold back anything!
So, the nearly $35 fee, is it worth it? Yes and no. I found SurveyScout to be great when I was first starting out taking paid surveys online. It provided me with a list of paid survey sites to sign up with. I knew I could find most of those site links elsewhere for free, however it is so convenient to have them all in one place in an organized table.
Here’s what the paid survey database page looks like (I couldn’t take a snapshot of the survey sites… sorry):
As you can see, there are 6 full pages of survey sites. There really are more than you can sign up with. It helped out a lot when I had no idea where to begin.
If you’ve already familiarized yourself with the world of online paid surveys then you may think that SurveyScout is a scam. They are basically selling you a list of paid survey sites and some supporting information that, if you look around enough, you can get for free elsewhere. However, if you take the perspective of a newcomer to paid surveys, the $35 fee saves tens of hours of searching for paid survey sites and information on where to being and what other opportunities are out there.
One benefit of SurveyScout is that, upon signing up, you get a $25 voucher to a restaurant. I redeemed my voucher to a nearby restaurant and it was 100% legitimate. I ate dinner and handed them the voucher and they took it no questions asked. Vouchers were available to thousands of restaurants, so don’t think you won’t be able to find one near you.
Another benefit of SurveyScout is all of the extra offers and opportunities you get for signing up with the site. Along with links to paid survey sites, you get links to paid email sites, paid to drive sites, and other home-based opportunities like writing articles.
Here’s a preview of the bonus area:
Using the links in the bonus section I found out about writing articles online and I have since earned well over $100 from it. They really are useful, yet if you look around the internet long enough, you will find these links for free. The only thing is, with SurveyScout you don’t have to pay to register for these bonus opportunities, whereas if you found them yourself some incur a fee. Even some of the links through SurveyScout require you to pay a small fee.
SurveyScout has been around for a long time and no one has any major complaints. Yeah, once you find out that you could have found the links elsewhere you get a little bummed, but then you remember that SurveyScout really helped you get on your way. Would I take the $35 back? No, probably not. I found it to be a great resource for paid surveys, but that doesn’t mean everyone else will think so. I’ve made a few hundred dollars taking paid surveys and I would have to say that I owe some of success to SurveyScout.
Would I recommend SurveyScout? Well, even though SurveyScout certainly isn’t a scam, I wouldn’t recommend it to everyone. If you’ve already signed up with a few sites then I would hold back and save your money. If you’re brand new to the online paid survey scene and you don’t want to spend the time to look around for links to register and for recommended sites, then I would say go for it. It will save you time and the $35 fee isn’t all that much.
If you’re on a budget, then take a look around this site. We offer a free paid survey database (not as big as SurveyScout’s paid survey database, but pretty close). Click for the free paid survey database.
My overall review of SurveyScout is that it offers a great long list of paid survey sites and gives some bonus opportunities, but it is definitely for the beginners and not for advanced survey takers. They don’t directly offer surveys, just the links. So, if you’re already signed up with paid survey sites, it’s pretty useless.
If you are a beginner survey taker or feel that SurveyScout can help you out, sign-up by clicking on the link below! Good luck.
Top 5 Paid Survey Sites You Should Sign Up With
Dec 10th
Do you want to make money online? Taking online paid surveys is a great way to earn some extra cash. The only problem is avoiding scams and finding the right paid surveys that offer decent rewards and get them to you on time.
You should sign up with these five paid survey sites. They’re reliable, have been around for years, actually pay the rewards they promise, and never send you spam. I’m a member of all of these sites and have gotten rewards from each one.
1. Lightspeed Panel
This company has been around forever and provides surveys for major companies. They’ll send you tons of surveys and offer some awesome rewards.
2. Opinion Outpost
This paid survey site is loved by all who sign up. They offer a low $5.00 minimum payout and pay promptly. Opinion Outpost is known for making its panelists happy and always willing to take more surveys! You should definitely sign up for this site, you’ll be pleasantly surprised. I made $50.00 in two and a half months.
3. NPD Online Research
This is another well known paid survey company. They offer a lot of great prizes and a ton of people win them. I know one guy who won a sports package that included a pool table.
4. Zoom Panel
Decent rewards, lots of survey offers, and on-time payout are what makes people stay with Zoom Panel. I’ve been a member for a few years now and I have received a handful of great prizes.
5. Global Test Market
Global Test Market will send you surveys on a daily basis. It’s very easy to rack up points and earn money. A lot of my friends use this as their primary paid survey site.
Good luck with earning money online! Check out Flurbl’s other articles to get some more online money making ideas. Be sure to leave us a comment and let us know how your earning adventure is going!
Reviewstream Has Increased Rates!
Dec 6th
Just to let everyone know, Reviewstream has increased their article payment up to $2.50 per review. That’s a 25% increase!
So many people have been asking how to get paid the full rate on Reviewstream. Well, there’s no specific formula that I know of, however from experience I can tell you some things.
- State your personal feelings. For example, say “I felt uncomfortable in the theater seats” instead of “the seats in the theater were old.”
- Spend less time describing what the item/place/service is about. For example, don’t spend two paragraphs writing about the features of a cell phone. Just say what you thought about the features.
- Try to sneak the name of the item/place/service into the review a few times. This helps it show up in search engine results, making it worth more to Reviewstream.
- Check your grammar and spelling!
- Make sure the review is at least around 300-400 words. I don’t know the exact number, but sometimes your review will be rejected. Just write a little more and it will be accepted.
Sometimes you can write 600 words and still not get the full rate. Remember, it’s quality, not quantity! Don’t panic if you get a page saying “your review is not valuable.” It just means it wasn’t long enough. Go back and write a little bit more and throw in the name of the item/place/service once more.
If you haven’t already, you should click here to start writing reviews with Reviewstream.
How to Make $5 and Get Paid Within 5 Days
Nov 8th
People always say the one thing that sucks about trying to make money online is that you have to wait forever to get paid or you don’t even get paid at all. Sometimes that’s true, but in this case it’s complete b.s.
If you want to make money and get paid within a few days it’s possible… in fact, it’s pretty easy. You just need a PayPal account and decent writing abilities.
Head over to Associated Content and register as a writer. Spend some time researching available categories and write a good article. It doesn’t even have to be that long. Really folks, it’s the quality that matters, not the quantity. You can even write a poem. Seriously, watch for grammar mistakes and write with detail, authority, and in an organized manner.
Submit the article for an upfront payment. You could have your article rejected if you didn’t write something they were looking for or if your article had spelling or grammar mistakes. In that case, get your crap together and start again! Never give up!
Most likely, if the article is of decent quality, you will be offered at least $5.00. My first article submission received an offer of $10.00. You can reject, but if you’re planning on making any money, I would accept. Your money will show up in your PayPal account within a few days. See how easy it is to make money online?
Make Money with Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (mturk)
Nov 3rd
I came across an interesting opportunity to earn money online. Amazon created a website where tasks are posted with a reward. The website is called mturk, short for Amazon Mechanical Turk.
Some tasks pay around $5.00 and include things like reviewing a website or testing out a submit form. Other tasks include finding email addresses on a site or locating company information. These easier tasks pay a mere $0.05 to $0.10, sometimes even less.
My Review of Amazon’s mturk:
So far I have been slightly disappointed with Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Sure, it’s great to be paid for doing easy tasks, but 5 cents per task does not add up quickly, not to mention these little tasks are time consuming. In order to make $8.00 per hour doing tasks at 5 cents a piece you would need to complete 160 tasks. That’s insane.
I have completed three tasks at this point. One promised to pay $6.10. I submitted the task and it won’t accept the submit, therefore wasting the time I spent completing the task. The other two tasks I completed were for $0.05, which are still pending. Once they clear (hopefully), I’ll come back and let you all know if they actually pay.
So, is there a way to make money with Amazon’s Mechanical Turk? Definitely. A lot of tasks are asking you write short articles (around 200-300 words) and they pay $1.00. This isn’t that much, however if you can turn out 8 articles per hour you will be making above minimum wage.
Let us know of your experiences with Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Any suggestions on how to earn more money would be great!
Here’s a link if you’d like to check it out: MTurk
Valued Opinions Review
Nov 2nd
About a week ago I wrote an intro review to Valued Opinions. Now that I’ve been a member for two weeks, I can honestly say that I am quite impressed with Valued Opinions, and here is the updated review of Valued Opinions surveys.
I receive about three paid survey offers per day! Lately the rewards have been between $3.00 – $4.00 for a 25 minute survey. The surveys have actually taken me about 15-20 minutes to complete. One of them was even fun!
I have qualified for a lot more surveys lately, probably because they have been matching me based on a few screener surveys I took from their website. I am genuinely impressed with the volume of survey requests they send each day. It’s awesome!
To keep you updated on my earnings so far, here is a snapshot of my earnings for today and yesterday (Nov. 1st, 2009).
That’s $9.00 just for today and yesterday and I’ve only been a member for two weeks. This is definitely a trustworthy paid survey site.
I’ll post another updated when my payment comes in the mail.
If you would like to become a member of Valued Opinions here is the link to their homepage (non-referral link, I promise): Valued Opinions
Let us know your experience with Valued Opinions. Are you getting a lot of survey offers? Have you been paid?
