Make Money From Surveys???

IMO it was a total waste of time. The ROI was awful considering that you had to sift through one site after another and fill out one page after another. There are so many ways to make easier money.

Well being that one of my main info products that I sell contains information on surveys, I feel the need to comment here. Basically, I agree with what everyone says about paid surveys to an extent...but I also disagree.

The clickbank type sites are ridiculous because their outdated lists are simply not worth $35, $45, $55, etc. They obviously market to work at home moms, students, etc. I also spent some good money on these sites along with the whole "get hundreds a day doing simple data-entry" and "make a fulltime income processing rebates". I fell for these scams years ago because I simply didn't know any better...and curiousity got the best of me.

However, over the years I did find some great and honest survey/focus group companies that do pay GOOD money for your time and opinion. Are you going to make more in IM over the long haul? Of course you are! The problem is that many people do not have the know how, abilities, time for info-digesting, etc to succeed in IM at certain points in their lives. The key with the paid surveys thing is a combination of quality and quantity. You can't just have one of those and expect to see any good ROI.

I belong to around 270 legitimate survey/marketing companies, and they all reward me well for my time. It does take several months to build up trust with many of these companies by filling out tedious "screeners" and what not, but to eventually get paid $75-$100 for an hour of my time, I think it is worth the time. Over the years in college these companies really helped me by providing some much needed funds.

With that being said, most of the people on this board are not really going to benefit from JUST paid surveys because they are obviously building businesses and working on IM. I can say though that enough quality survey companies combined with some other work at home opportunities like freelance writing, even "GPT" sites, can provide a good income for many people in certain situations. However, this mostly applies to people living in the U.S. as most legit companies are based here.

It sucks though, because I see all these "date entry, rebate processing, paid survey" scams selling like crazy for upwards of $50, and I know people are just being straight-up lied to. But affiliate marketers are in it for the money, and if they sell...they sell.

But yeah, I don't like mentioning paid surveys and other alternatives on this forum really because I believe there is MUCH more to be gained from the other amazing IM discussions that take place everyday here. I have learned more here about IM in a month than I learned about some of my college subjects over an entire semester.

Long story short, legit survey companies and opportunities do exist...but they are hyped up beyond belief on clickbank and PDC because people know they will sell better if they claim you can make hundreds a day filling them out.

Just my little rant

Jim