Paid Surveys, Focus Groups and Mystery Shopping
Paid surveys and focus groups are a little known way for
individuals to make money for free. There are businesses
ranging from Fortune 500 companies to advertising agencies
and market research organizations who look for the opinions
of regular consumers and business professionals for their
product lines or customers. What is great is that a good
number of them pay cash to the participants and it is free
of charge to join these types of studies. Paid surveys are
generally given online.
Focus groups are closely observed
groups of participants and mostly pay lots more than surveys.
Mystery shopping assignments: you are paid to shop at the mall or to eat at
restaurants! All you need to do is filling out a questionnaire on your customer
experience. It's a fun job that pays real cash !
Anyone can join up with these organizations that provide
survey opportunities, and people with specialized business
professional backgrounds such as IT, business management,
law, accounting, etc. are ideal for this line of research.
Average consumers who drink coffee, taste ice cream, buy
power tools or electronic products, watch television or own
a certain type of car can benefit from numerous surveys and
focus groups. The possibilities for different types of
surveys being offered are as endless as there are ways to
create and market products to the public. The Internet is
your best source of finding places to join for either one of
these kinds of surveys, free of cost. Some businesses
advertise to do all the footwork for you and will charge a
fee for doing it. So it's a good idea to learn as much as
possible on these services in order to understand what you
will receive if you decide to pay for the information.
Here’s a list of companies :
SurveyScout
Paidsurveysetc
SurveyIncomeSystem
PaidSurveysOnline
Paid Survey Program
Brand New Paid Survey Site
HighestPaySurveys.com
Paid-Surveys-at-Home
(I offer the same information for free : www.GlobalWebSurveys.com)
