Saturday, December 20, 2008

Take Paid Surveys and Earn Cash

By Hailey Gates

If retirement isn't treating you as well as you expected and making ends meet is a little harder every month, you might want to consider finding some source of alternate income! Did you know there are surveys you can take that you can actually earn money from? There is a demand for people over age 60 willing to take the time to fill out surveys online.

With the baby boomers hitting retirement age, senior citizens are making up a large demographic all on their own. Large companies want to know what you, with your years of experience, think about their products! There are many surveys that are formulated specifically for seniors, to find out what products you use or expect to use.

Some retirees are skeptical, wondering why the companies don't just use phone polling, or mailers. The reason behind people being paid taking surveys is that the results are more reliable and the follow up rate is well worth it! Many people who have made money come back looking for more surveys to take.

There isn't any real trick to finding surveys to take - There are sites online that can help you find the surveys you are most qualified to participate in and all you have to do is register to start receiving notification of good surveys.

Get a brand new email for your new job, and use it to register at as many sites as you feel you can handle. It never hurts to have your bases covered, and this way you are ready to receive the maximum number of notifications and get paid taking surveys on a regular basis!

An important step is filling out your profiles. These are a additional chore, but many sites offer to reimburse you by adding a bonus payment to your next survey. These profiles help tell the sites which surveys to take to your queue.

Be extremely careful when filling out your profiles - a mistake could lead to your being excluded instead of paid. Taking surveys must be done properly if you hope to make money! Make sure you answer each question to the best of your ability.

After you have finished your registration and profile submissions, wait for the systems to update. This could take a couple of hours; if you submitted to multiple sites, though, you should start getting responses quickly! Soon you will be receiving notifications in your new email box, and you can begin getting paid taking surveys!

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