http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Walmart satisfaction survey (More than 11 Moms)
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Update on Harlequin Ambassadors panel
If you love romance novels and wouldn't mind helping Harlequin with some marketing research, be sure to join their panel.
Harlequin Ambassadors join link.
(I get nothing for referring you - this is a direct link to their site ;)
Thursday, October 08, 2009
American Consumer (ACOP) is looking for panelists
ACOP sent me this email recently. They are a totally legit survey company. I've never had a problem getting paid. I have received many product trials over the past few years as well. They are currently looking for women in the 18-49 demographic.
"As you might know, I am a member of an online opinion panel called American Consumer Opinion®. It is an online community where I get emailed invitations to participate in surveys. Sometimes they even mail out product samples to try out at home. For completing a screener my name gets entered into a sweepstakes for cash prizes, and for completing full surveys I receive real dollars, not just points!
I thought you might be interested in joining American Consumer Opinion® since they are looking for Women between the ages 18 and 49 who are interested in testing Personal Care Products It just takes a few minutes to register to become a member so you can start having your opinion heard too!
Your information will never be used for sales or advertising purposes, and your name will never be sold."
When you are ready to register:
Friday, October 02, 2009
Update on Opinion Outpost survey site
If you aren't a member already, consider letting me refer you. I would receive an incentive from referring you, in the interest of full disclosure. Still, with budgets so tight for so many, it is nice to see survey sites offering more incentives and different payment methods to help meet families' needs. Opinion Outpost is legit and definitely worth joining, considering the low payout threshold now.
Blatant referral link to Opinion Outpost
Monday, July 13, 2009
Harlequin Books: Join their Reader's Panel
Here's what Harlequin's Tell Harlequin Reader Panel site says:
"As part of this Panel, we will be contacting you from time to time by email and/or mail, and ask you to…
• Read Harlequin® books and give us your opinions (the books will be sent to you free of charge and are yours to keep with no obligation to purchase anything!)
• Share your opinions on our book covers
• Give your opinions on new book ideas
…and much more "
If you go through a lot of Harlequins, you should definitely join the Harlequin Reader Panel. Free books, special sweeps... it sounds like it could be a good fit for me and could be a good fit for you too!
Click here to get to the Harlequin Reader Panel site.
Click here to start your application to the panel.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Kraft First Taste - open consumer panel - try items before everyone else, for free!
Kraft's First Taste panel is a great way to give input into product development, not to mention the ability to get to try products for free.
Want to join? I bet you do! Click here!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Got a teen? Sign them up for Say Nation Teen Panel
Want to have your teen sign up? Please visit the Say Nation! Teen Panel site here. Mom and dad, you can join Say Nation! adult panel. I have been a member of Say Nation! for a few months and have had good success with their surveys and am ready to redeem for some Amazon rewards!
The Say Nation! sign up page can be found here, and I do appreciate those who use my referral link when they join. My referral number is 7911551472 and if you use it when you sign up, we will both get 500 points. The place to enter the referral number is toward the bottom of the sign up page. It's a win-win situation for us both, so please consider using me as a referral if you want to join. If you would prefer to receive an invitation, I can do that too. Just use the contact me link above or reply here with your email address.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Mindfield Online Surveys - Legitimate Survey Company #20
Most of the Mindfield Online surveys that I get pay $1 per survey; however, they are also super short - about 10-12 minutes - if you can make it through without disqualifying. I rarely qualify for Mindfield's surveys, so it has been hard make money with them.
Despite my bad luck with qualifying for surveys at Mindfield Online, I do still (begrudgingly) recommend them. They do pay and the check did come very quickly taking only about one week. The surveys are quick if you do qualify and $1 for 10 minutes "work" isn't all that bad. If you are going to disqualify, you will know within just a few short questions whether or not you are going to get the "Sorry" screen or not. My demographics may not be what they are looking for, but someone else could easily do well.
If you would like to join Mindfield Online, please click through to their join page.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
SheSpeaks Survey Group - Legitimate Survey Panel #19
One of the nicer rewards that I did get was a free subscription to a magazine. That particular survey allowed me to choose one of four magazines for free. I had my doubts that it would actually come, as it was a bit on the tardy side, but it did come after all.
I recently missed out on a children's vitamin survey, but it probably wasn't something I would buy for my children anyway, so I didn't mind too much not taking a slot for a product test for something that didn't interest me much. I estimate that I receive a survey invitation/product test invitation every 3 months or so.
This is a legitimate survey panel, and like the name says, it is about women's opinions (sorry, guys). If you wish to check it out, please visit this link: SheSpeaks Survey Group.
If you are ready to join, please click this link: SheSpeaks Survey Group Join Page.
Friday, May 16, 2008
BzzAgent - legitimate survey panel #18
I have been a BzzAgent for several years. I am not an overly active agent by any means (I hover between Tier 1 and Tier 2) but I really enjoy being a BzzAgent. I do want to clarify here that BzzAgent is not to be used as a way to get freebies. The premise is that if you are a person who likes to talk to others about products, then you should join and spread the word via WOM - word of mouth advertising.
In the past, I have gotten some mundane and some absolutely cool campaigns. How it works is that you sign up and wait for a campaign to be offered to you. You either accept or decline the campaign, based on your own interests and whether or not you feel you could bzz the product effectively.
Recently, I received a Logitech Harmony One remote to try and bzz about. I can't tell you how excited we were to try out this awesome remote control device that would run our Vivitek TV, DirecTV, TiVO, and DVD player. No more, "Where's the remote?" conversations in our house as this remote does it all. Trust me when I say that needing multiple remotes to run various electronic equipment is not easy with kids around. I was forever looking for one specific remote and not finding it! This remote is easy to bzz to friends and family and since we truly love the Logitech Harmony One remote, it is not difficult to talk to others and share our excitement. Because this remote is so utterly cool, my husband told a friend about it and this friend is planning to buy one! Word of mouth advertising works. Companies know this and they use BzzAgent to spread the word about their products.
You earn points for submitting reports, which can be redeemed for prizes. Currently, the old prize system (which had many flaws, believe me) has been retired and we agents are in limbo while we wait for Shaloha so that we can redeem our points again.
Recent campaigns from recent memory were:
Oust - I received two free cans of Oust to try out (and/or share with a friend, which I did), plus 5 free coupons
Glade Wisp Flameless candle - I received a free Glade Wisp Flameless candle with a total of 3 scents to try out, plus $3 coupons to hand out to friends
Listerine Whitening strips - I received several samples with coupons to use and hand out to friends
Sonicare UV Santitizer - I received this awesome product and was able to bzz about it to several of my friends and family members about its germ killing power. My husband has had several colds, none of which I caught. The unit will sanitize two Sonicare brush heads at once and only takes a few minutes to cycle through.
Campaigns are doled out based on geographic area/demographics so I don't get every one that I would like, but I have appreciated each campaign that I have gotten.
Caveat here is that as I mentioned, you should not join BzzAgent just to get freebies. I joined because I love to try new products and am a chatty person otherwise. Most of the time, it is easy to strike up a conversation about a product. The coupons are nice too and my friends and family that I bzzed the Oust to really appreciated the chance to try the Oust products for free.
Warning: It is absolutely, positively against the Terms of Service of BzzAgent to re-sell any item you get in a campaign. It is my understanding that they do have people that monitor sites such as eBay and the like for campaign items. They can and do catch people violating the TOS and again, if you happen to be a Slickdealer and follow the Official BzzAgent thread, you will see that die hard Agents there who find such listings have no qualms about sending BzzAgent a link if they suspect that you may be violating the TOS.
So, you think you have what it takes to be a BzzAgent? Fly on over to the hive and check it out.
BzzAgent Join Page
Not quite ready and want to learn more about BzzAgent first? No problem. Here's a link to the BzzAgent site. Feel free to buzz around and learn about WOM and what it means to be a BzzAgent.
LiveWire Research - Legitimate Survey Panel #17
Many people on the Slickdeals.net forum complain that LiveWire requires your Social Security Number to pay you. It is income and taking surveys can be construed as a "job" by most standards. While many companies do not ask for SSN, some do. LiveWire does and I have found that Denise there is very nice about asking for it and finding ways to make you feel safe to provide her that information. You provide your number to her once and then each time you take a survey, you simply put ONFILE in the SSN slot on the survey.
I have received a wide variety of surveys and since my profile indicates that I would be willing to allow my children to take surveys, I do receive surveys for them. In particular, my school aged daughter has received two survey invitations in the past few months. Surveys are generally easy and fast to complete. She received and qualified for two $10 surveys and now looks forward to getting survey opportunities since I just cash the check and give her the money.
I receive on average one survey a month from LiveWire, but I do not qualify for all. However, LiveWire's screeners are not time intensive and if you qualify, the surveys do not take an excessive amount of time to complete. The compensation is extremely fair for the time spent.
I have also found the customer service to be exceptional. One time on a weekend, I received a survey and had a problem getting the link to work. I emailed LiveWire and got an extremely prompt response from Denise. She worked very hard to get me to be able to take the survey and we shot emails back and forth several times. I was very impressed that a live body would be there to help me so quickly. Most survey companies never respond when you click the need help or contact us button.
Want to join LiveWire? Click here.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Zoom Panel - Legitimate Survey Panel #16.
However, I really dislike Zoom Panel's Zoom Rewards. Each survey is earmarked with points and they aren't very many. For instance, you'll likely get invites for 50, 75 or 100 points, depending on length. They do offer 5 points for disqualifying. But here's why I dislike it so much. Zoom Panel's rewards system is structured into folios and it takes forever to get enough points to cash out for a $10 gift. Trust me when I say that even saving up 2,500 points won't get you a nice reward. To be fair, their rewards were awful until just a few months ago when many more items were added in to the catalog. But even with that addition, it still doesn't change the fact that you do tons of surveys for little return.
So, for me, I still remain a member, but I screen my survey invitations and only do those that might lead to a product test or are very short to complete. Right now, I have just shy of 2,500 points and the only thing I see I might want is a cookbook stand. Everything else I could redeem for is low quality junk or outdated music or books that don't interest me.
That being said, if you do want to join, I'll still provide the link: Sign up for Zoom Panel.
Zoom Panel has a 64% rating at Survey Police, likely due to the poor compensation. One rater stated it takes 20+ surveys to cash out for anything. I have to concur as that has also been my experience.
For must know tips on how to get started taking surveys, don't pass up my article How To Make Ends Meet and Still Be a Stay At Home Mom. The part that deals with surveys is on pages 2 and 3 of that article, but you may want to read the rest for other ideas.
Monday, April 21, 2008
U30/Garb Panel - Legitimate Survey Panel #15 - earn cash for your opinion
Not all surveys have compensation attached, but prize drawings. To be honest, I don't think that U30 uses these types of surveys for anything more than pre-screeners. Other less panelist friendly panels use these as basically freebies on their part; that is, they get free information and you end up doing a long survey for a long shot at a prize.
Myself and my sister have both done product wear tests for U30, but they do have other types of surveys as well. U30 does market research for many name brand companies such as Pepsi, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Coors, etc. As a general rule, I would be more inclined to try to qualify for a U30 survey than many others that hit my inbox. They pay well and I would rather spend my time doing market research for a company that doesn't pay their panels a pittance for honest opinions.
If you wish to join U30, please sign up at their site by clicking this link:
Join Page for U30
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Opinion Outpost - Legitimate Survey Panel #14. Earn cash by doing surveys.
How it works: Opinion Outpost emails you survey invitations and they have Opinion points attached to them. 10 points is equivalent to $1. Many surveys are worth more than 10 points, so you could cash out after two or three surveys depending upon the point value. You need 50 Opinion points to cash out and receive a $5 check. It generally takes 6 weeks or so to receive a check via mail. My last cash out which was on 1/16/2008 was for 57 points. I received a check for $5.70. To date, I have cashed out for about $35 total since I signed up for this company.
I really like that the surveys have a point value assigned to them. For the most part, it is a fair amount. If the survey is long, the points are higher. If you aren't going to qualify for a survey, you will know fairly quickly. This is a very nice thing since certain other survey companies have you spend 10 minutes answering questions, only to find you do not qualify. To me, it should be very evident within the first 5-10 questions whether or not you will qualify. I have seen surveys range between 10 points and 182 points. (I, sadly, did not qualify for the 182 pointer.) I encourage you to sign up since Opinion Outpost is a reputable company that pays and treats its panelists fairly when it comes to compensation.
Want to join? Please click this link: Opinion Outpost's sign up page.
For must know tips on how to get started taking surveys, don't pass up my article How To Make Ends Meet and Still Be a Stay At Home Mom. The part that deals with surveys is on pages 2 and 3 of that article, but you may want to read the rest for other ideas.
Monday, April 07, 2008
Harris Poll - Legitimate Survey Panel #13 - Not worth signing up for in my opinion.
One thing I do need to mention is that before I came here to make this post, I did a read-through of my account history. Since late 2005, I have cashed out 5 times for a $5 gift card each time. Most of my surveys in 2007 were rather small amounts - 30, 50 points at a time. Before that, the surveys were worth more. Harris Poll does award more points if a survey is time intensive. Most surveys are about 15 minutes long.
It should be noted that you need at least 800 points to cash out for a $5 card or $5 PayPal. At 30-50 points, or even a lucky 100 points per survey, you are going to be working a long time toward a measly $5! The first year, I got several high points surveys and had several referrals, which helped me to cash out so often. However, I just don't think that Harris Poll is worth the bother any more for 30 points per survey. I plan to do more surveys until I reach the 800 point threshold and then monitor their e-mails from there to determine whether or not the point values start to increase. The 800 point folio is the only folio with a gift card or PayPal option; the rest are merchandise you can trade points to receive. If you ask me, the merchandise to point ratio just sinful and the merchandise doesn't look any better than what you'd buy at a Dollar Store.
However, this panel would be great for anyone with a lot of time on their hands or one who is building up their survey money throughout the year to pay for Christmas presents. If you have nothing else better (or more lucrative) to do, then this panel will suit you just fine. If you are a panelist currently and have any comments, please post. I am hoping it isn't just me who is getting the surveys with small points values attached to them.
If you would like to join Harris Poll, click here: Harris Poll Join Page
For must know tips on how to get started taking surveys, don't pass up my article How To Make Ends Meet and Still Be a Stay At Home Mom. The part that deals with surveys is on pages 2 and 3 of that article, but you may want to read the rest for other ideas.
Friday, March 28, 2008
HCD Surveys - Legitimate Survey Panel #11
Let me give you an example. I receive a lot of surveys from HCD that involve gathering opinions about public events and politics. Remember Michael Vick? I got a public opinion survey about that subject. Remember John McCain and his alleged affair? I got a survey about that too. I really feel like HCD has its finger on the pulse of the American Public by gathering a large sampling of people to give their opinions on things. Usually you are shown a video clip during the survey and most are about 10 minutes long. So really, the compensation is pretty fair for the time you spend taking a survey. HCD also recently started awarding 10 points if you disqualify, and not many survey companies are so thoughtful in that regard.
Most surveys range from 100-300 points for me. Once I hit 1,000 points, I can cash in for a $10 check. This is relatively new; they used to assign a dollar amount to a survey and mail you a check after you completed it. While I don't get checks as often, the ones I do are higher valued. It is a lot more worth it to me to go to the bank to cash a $10 check than it is for a $2 check!
I really can't say how much I have made with HCD. I've been a panelist for probably a year and a half. I can say I got probably eight $2 checks before they switched over to the new point system and have gotten one $10 check so far this year.
Please consider allowing me to refer you to HCD: HCDSurveys Consumer Research Panel
I hope you all aren't sick of my survey postings, but I am trying to post the information I would have wanted years ago before I started signing up for different survey panels.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Baker Street Solutions - Legitimate Survey Panel #10
Joining is very easy and can be done by clicking the link below. I have never had a problem getting payment within the specified time frame. Baker Street Solutions is not listed on the main ranking pages of Survey Police, but that doesn't mean anything other than not enough people have bothered to rank it. If you click on its information, you will see a 99% rating, but because fewer than 10 people have rated it, it doesn't appear on the main page.
Please click here to join Baker Street Solutions and also click here to see their page on Surveypolice.com.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Keynote Research Panel - Legitimate Survey Panel #8
I do note, however, that invitations are few and far between, at least for me. However, my husband easily gets 5 times as many invitations as I do. It all comes down to demographics, I guess!
It generally takes 3 business days or so for Keynote to send you the Amazon code after you have completed the survey. They verify the results and make sure that you spent an adequate amount of time with each question. The nature of the surveys is that you are given specific tasks to perform on the site you are evaluating. Obviously if they ask you to search for and read privacy statement and it took you 2 seconds to do it, you probably didn't do a good enough evaluation of that aspect.
Keynote surveys are longer than most surveys, but the pay is very fair. Even though the surveys aren't frequent for me, I still recommend signing up because even a few surveys a year at $10.00 each is worth my time. I do think men may fare better with this survey company though. So guys, this is a good one for you to sign up for as well. One week my husband got 3 separate invitations that he qualified for and received $30 in Amazon codes. I do want to stress a certain need to not let these invitations languish in your inbox for long. They fill quickly (probably due to the large reward for completing them) so take the surveys as soon as possible after they hit your inbox.
If you wish to join Keynote, please click here.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Product testing: What kind of products do you test?
- Diapers (more than once)
- Pull-ups (more than once)
- Wipes (more than once)
- Diaper Cream
- Personal Lubricant
- Bras
- Underwear
- Toaster Pastries
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Sunless tanning product
- Feminine products (maxi pads)
- DVDs of television programs
- Audition tapes - to pick a host for proposed TV shows)
- Facial cleansers
- Hand lotions
- Children's Food products (well known manufacturer)
- Dog Biscuits/treats
- Cat treats
If anyone else cares to leave a comment about their own lists of product tests they have done in the past, please do!
Greenfield Online - Legitimate Survey #7. Not a real moneymaker, but could be good for some..
Did I just say that? Yes. My husband is a member and gets somewhat frequent survey invitations offering him decent remuneration for taking their survey or joining an online discussion board to talk shop about products. Me? I get survey invites asking me to spend a half hour to earn a measly buck. Or worse, a half hour to earn a sweeps entry! Though recently, I see, they have instituted a "quarter for your thoughts" where they offer a quarter now for those surveys they used to want you to spend a good half hour of your time on for free. Many of their surveys are repetitive in nature and you are just praying that the next question is the last.... they take forever. There is a reason why Survey Police has Greenfield ranked as number 31 on their list.
If you do decide to join, just do what I do. I look at the invitation and if they want me to spend more than 10 minutes or offer me a buck or less for my time, I pass. I hit that delete button and move on. I generally skip over surveys for restaurants, cell phones, technology items, etc. Basically anything that doesn't look like it will lead to a product test. Surveys that are targeting consumers to try a product won't take a half hour! Ten minutes, maybe 15, max! Product tests do pay fairly well, plus most of the time, you can keep the product when you are finished.
If you do decide to join, you can do so by clicking here.