Make Money Taking Surveys Reviews

What do you get in return by taking online surveys?         By Coara Andrei
It’s like Christmas time year round for those who participate in these surveys since the goodies keep coming in! As mentioned earlier, Companies today attach a great deal of importance to understanding the consumer and when they use online surveys as a non-intrusive way to get their answers, they are willing to pay for it in either cash or kind.

Even prizes or discounted products are useful and when you get something free or at a discount you save money that you would otherwise have spent on that item. As we all know, money saved is money earned. Especially during times when there is an economic slow down and job creation is slow, any opportunity that brings in some additional money gives a person a breather.

The incentive is something that varies across companies and websites. Online surveys have been around for a while now and a few patterns have emerged. They usually have a reward system designed to create excitement and enthusiasm among potential candidates.


Incentives


Cash and prizes are most common form of incentive you see on the net. But there are several variations and other forms of reward that are also used to entice people to participate in online surveys.


Given next is a run down on the kind of enticers that are used to get people of all walks of life to come on board and participate in the surveys. These are the incentives offered by online researchers to get people to answer their opinion polls or consumer insights surveys

The list of ‘enticers’:


1. Money for every survey you qualify for and complete

2. Entry into a draw/sweepstakes- for cash or prizes

3. Cash and Free products - Product trials/free samples

4. Coupons/electronic coupons

5. One-stop listing sites

6. Joining incentive

7. Discounts

8. Free movie tickets

9. Gift certificates

10. Earning points



Each of these enticers has a particular attractiveness for people. Let’s look at each
of these in turn -

      How do companies benefit from online surveys?     By Coara Andrei

      You are usually invited to take this survey based on the demographic information you provide when you register. You become a panelist who is accessed whenever a survey that requires your profile comes up. When you respond to a survey and fill in the questionnaire, then you become a ‘respondent’.                                                                

      In market research terminology a respondent is a person who participates in the survey process and from whom information is sought in order to fulfill the objectives of a research project.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
        The company rarely uses your answers in isolation or individually. The answers of several respondents who correspond to a similar profile as you will be put together and analyzed to see if any patterns emerge from the analysis in terms of consumer behavior, buying patterns or opinions.                                                                          

                                                                                                                         
        This analysis is thereafter used within the company by the management to make decisions on their marketing program, product features or the pricing of their products. The information that you provide is genuinely valuable for the company.                                
                                                                                                                       

        When companies tell you that your opinion counts you can be rest assured that it's not sales spiel. They really mean it. They are not trying to get you do something to take advantage of you. You opinion actually does count.                                                          

                                                                                                                         
        The companies are just trying to get to know you better. Each person that they get a response from represents hundreds of other people out there who are consumers of products and services just like you are.                                                                        
                                                                                                                       

        They use the information that they gather to help them in many different ways-