Friday, January 30, 2009

Get Paid Taking Surveys - I'm not Kidding!

By Hailey Gates

If you are wondering how to get paid taking surveys, you are about to find out! First you need a pc, and a connection to the world wide web. Next you have to sign up to receive notifications of paid surveys that you qualify for. Then you can start off on the road to success as a professional survey taker!

First, lets figure out how it works, and why. Big businesses depend on marketing to keep their brand alive, and marketing firms depend on feedback from you and me. This is why they offer the option to get paid taking surveys!

The first step is to go online. Fill out registration fields at several different survey sites, and you will be able to access hundreds of surveys to take. Most sites will prescreen the surveys to present you with the most compatible matches.

The email you use for this venture should be new and separate from other more general email. Your username and password should be new as well, and different than ones you use on other sites. They should also be different from the ones for the financial institution where you keep the money you got paid taking surveys!

The main goal of the survey site is to weed out undesirable surveys, and help prescreen ones you may qualify for to save you time and energy! You will get emails letting you know which surveys to take, and you can decide whether or not you want to participate.

You will need to fill out profiles at some point so that the survey site can sort through what is available and pre-qualify you for the best surveys to take. These profiles generally don't take longer than five minutes each and provide information that helps identify your demographic.

The profiles will often center around separate categories, such as automotive, home and garden or household products. General information such as age, family members and annual income is also requested, although you can normally opt out of any questions you wish.

Once you start receiving notifications, you can pick and choose your assignments. To get paid taking surveys you have to complete the entire array of questions, so consider carefully which surveys to take and accept only ones you can complete. This way you will be sure to get the most out of the time you invest! - 15336

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