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Video Review – Got A Profession? Get Paid By Taking Surveys
I invited my friend Charles Lau to do this sponsored review for me, he blogs at Charles Lau dot com reviewing websites, softwares and books – In Video!
Introduction
Hi my name is Charles Lau and I have finished 17 video reviews in my blog.
I am most privileged to be able to spread my 18th video review in Carl’s blog, showing you what I have to talk about this next website review in both video and my write-up. I wish to thank Carl for giving this chance to write a review as part of my personal branding as an Internet Reviewer in a different environment.
The man behind this website I am reviewing is absolutely a perfect example for every one of us to learn from on how to do affiliate websites. And the topic of this affiliate site is Online Paid Surveys.
The Video Review:
My Experience With Online Paid Surveys
In my online venture for making money, I have encountered about making money by taking surveys. It never crossed my mind whether such thing really works because I have heard from my ex-business partner about being cheated in such surveys even though I don’t know how he was cheated of paying money instead of making money out of it. However, when I started to review this website, it really makes me think about online surveys and they really make business sense! Why?
Overview About Online Paid Surveys
Basically, many companies need some input from the public about their businesses. And I know of friends who started their surveying business which really makes them some money because those big companies out there are really looking forward for more inputs and reviews from the public. How the internal staff in the companies are thinking about their marketing campaigns, branding and image, it may differ from the public actually… In fact, lots of money could have been saved on the marketing effort if they have done some surveys before launching it!
And guess what? I got all these conclusions only after reading through this website!
Lots of Information About the Surveys!
The internet marketer behind is very smart in getting so much information about surveys. I have been thinking what surveys can we talk about in an affiliate website… And he actually writes about things that I wish to know about! There’s this page FAQ about Online Paid Surveys where we learn how the companies really pay us. And on top of these people who joined the surveys, he even asked for user reviews about online surveys from them. This will let me understand further through some of the testimonials they have written. Want some more? He even wrote a blog to keep the site going! This site is basically doing everything to improve its ranking in search engines because of the ongoing information which keeps coming in! Well done!
Market Coverage for this Survey-Related Informative Website
I found myself especially close to this website when I can choose a region which is related to where I am staying. Most of the websites on the net so far, are much more relevant to the US or UK. Somehow, if this site didn’t categorize about the different regions, I might not have looked further about this site as a visitor!
And the internet marketer called this page “Free Paid Surveys Directory“. It is basically a page which shows 6 regions relevant to our country. They are US, Canada, UK, Australia, Asia Pacific and International. Somehow, I will be able to find myself relevant when I am on his site surfing further for more information. Because with this free paid surveys directory, I will somehow stumble upon this page no matter what! And if I don’t, he even provides the links on the sidebar on almost every page as well. It’s a well-thought website planning. Perfect for us to learn further and take this site as a role model!
Teens Coverage Is Included!
Oh, I do realize that most of these kind of sites that we join must be of certain age and above. But that doesn’t stop the internet marketer just in case most of his visitors happen to be teenagers. And so, he also comes up with a Teens Survey page as well. This page is basically a page where teenagers get to make some money as well! I believe there’s a huge market for this area since it seems to me that most frequent users of the Internet are of younger age.
Interestingly noted, he has made it even more accessible for the teens to click on the left sidebar as a summary of all his survey sites he is introducing. This internet marketer really knows the heart of the teenagers where they are going for quick clicks to get to where they want!
User Reviews From Existing Survey Participants
It is always good to have testimonials from people around the world to tell us how good or bad those survey sites are. And to entice these people to write, the internet marketer has put in an incentive of paying $10 to 2 reviewers every week! That’s to say that this site is going to have a lot of unique contents generated by itself with a weekly investment of $20. I think that’s a good investment for making search engines to like this site even more!
It also turns out to be a good landing page for natural search results to put the searchers into! That’s because the internet marketer is clever enough to have put in all the relevant information in that single page with user reviews! A best of both worlds to the search engines as well as to the main site!
Conclusion
I was asked to talk about the pros and cons about this site. However, this site has nothing much for me to talk bad about. The internet marketer has put in a lot of effort to get this website up and running properly… And he even included a survey panel blog to get an even better recognition for the Internet. I know of a lot of information sites don’t include blogs because it is such a hassle to write continuously… But having such a blog in it, I know the internet marketer is serious about his site! That’s because he’s not just created a site which is generating income, he is also doing it in a continual effort!
Thank you for reading yet another charles online review element from Charles Lau dot Com.
Carl Ocab is one of the most successful teenage bloggers on the net. But remarkably, Carl was just 13 years old when he rose to fame with his hugely popular “make money online” website: www.carlocab.com
Hi, my name is Carl Ocab or as many call me, the “Kidblogger”. I’m a 16-year old kid from the beautiful archipelago Philippines.
November 7, 2007
7:15 pm
I can say first that I’ve personally tried taking surveys online through those “Get Paid To” programs. The surveys don’t credit to well and that means you don’t always get paid. As for filling out the survey with your real information or accurate answers, it isn’t necessary.
I actually suggest people using spam e-mails or free voicemail numbers at privatephone.com or something. Survey companys tend to spam a lot, so this is a must. Also, the surveys do take a long time, so make sure you only answer the ones that are REQUIRED (saves a lot of time). =)
-Mike
November 8, 2007
9:05 am
You joined which survey program before?
November 8, 2007
11:43 am
Great article about online paid surveys. Gives a real perspective on the power of surveys, and how they can really work for people.
Best quote: “In fact, lots of money could have been saved on the marketing effort if they have done some surveys before launching it!”
You’ve got that right! :grin:
~ John
November 8, 2007
4:18 pm
Thanks! Surveys are meant to be good in the first place. Surveys can also be part of the marketing effort if the companies know how to mix it correctly…
November 8, 2007
12:46 pm
Sounds like you tried some bad survey sites. Legitimate survey panels like the ones featured on the reviewed site do not send spam, and will not share your personal information with third parties.
As for crediting most of these panels has a member’s area and support services to ensure that their member’s receive proper credit for taking surveys. It is in their best interest because these major online market research firms depend on their panelist to supply fresh information and views to their fortune 500 corporate customers.
November 8, 2007
4:21 pm
Yup, I agree with Jim. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with surveys. Sending spams seem to be an extra step which is so unnecessary… Many people thought that spamming is one of the ways of doing direct marketing… They are so annoying!
November 8, 2007
9:17 pm
Great Post. Teens definetly are an under advertised audience when it comes to making money online. They definetly need to be advertised to more often. Surveys are questionable to me though. It sounds like people getting paid to click on ads. Hey, thats just my oppinion. You choice is yours. It feels a lot better when you get paid for hard earned work and not work that can be considered questionable.
It’s not my job though to tell you how to earn your money. You choose.
November 10, 2007
4:20 pm
I personally think that anything to start up shouldn’t be treated as though we are going to make money out of it.
For any business, before we are prepared to make some money, we should have the mentality of losing money out of it initially.
It’s all about willing and not about can or cannot.
So long as we are willing to make money, things can be possible… If we are not willing, we will say “cannot”.
Making money by taking surveys… It’s all about having one source of income only… This doesn’t take much time to make the money… And of course, please get out of those scams that we won’t ever be paid for…
November 9, 2007
6:36 am
Actually surveys are a great source of information for data mining for those that conduct the survey. For those of us doing surveys, it is definitely great if we are compensated for the effort but there are really lots of scams out there when it comes to paid survey.
Charles, if you do take part in this site’s activities, do let us know your results after you have participated for a while. Would love to hear some results.
November 10, 2007
4:24 pm
I do agree with your point… I must admit that I haven’t participate any right now… I had a small chat with the author of the survey website and he does show cheques that he made some money out of it… I think the best person to ask is the author of this website himself… Do join him in his website to find out more…
Check out one of his income over here…
http://www.online-paid-surveys.net/GlobalTestMarket-review.htm
November 9, 2007
6:58 pm
I don’t like this “surveys” :roll:
November 10, 2007
4:25 pm
Haha.. I don’t know how to answer you like this.. :lol:
November 10, 2007
8:36 pm
I do not like paid survey, because they only work well for us residents, very few survey hits asia.
November 11, 2007
11:47 am
absolutely…I’d try before and just a waste of time…
November 12, 2007
4:54 pm
really? They didn’t pay you for what you did?
November 11, 2007
11:45 am
I’m from Malaysian, soo sad because there is not a big opportunity for Malaysian participants… :sad: :sad:
November 12, 2007
4:56 pm
I think there’s a lot of other opportunities u might not have explored… I heard of a few malaysians who made quite good money from it..
November 11, 2007
4:33 pm
I agree there are not as many opportunities for international residents, but that is changing. Check out some of the international paid survey sites like Online Global Recruiting.
November 12, 2007
4:57 pm
Yup, read up some more from this survey site. It should give u some idea.. :)
November 26, 2007
11:22 pm
Yeah, I’ve done Survey Savvy before, and that did actually work. Although sometimes it though I was qualified and I’d answer a few questions and let me know that I’m not, and I never got paid for those, but refers I think work the best.
December 12, 2007
10:56 am
i am doing one online survey for my colleage assignment so how can you help me i given my url…plz tell ur view.