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The Socratic Forum Survey Panel Review

by LapisLee on July 12, 2009

The Socratic Forum is an excellent cash-based site that has earned me $71 since March 28, 2008 and which currently ranks 17th out of my top 25 survey sites. Although the Socratic Forum does not send out many survey invitations, they are very legitimate, interesting and well compensated. I have completed 17 surveys over the [...]

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Daily Survey Panel Review

by LapisLee on June 21, 2009

The Daily Survey Panel is an excellent points-based site that has earned me $95.75 since June 8, 2008 and which currently ranks 6th out of my top 25 survey sites. You can choose to have emails sent daily to your inbox, but I prefer to use a link on my browser and do these surveys [...]

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Survey Sites That Pay in Prizes

by LapisLee on June 13, 2009

I realize that survey sites that pay exclusively in prizes, as opposed to cash, points for cash or Amazon gift certificates are popular with many people; however, I am not one of those people. In fact, I have unsubscribed from at least five of these sites over the past year after toiling endlessly to redeem [...]

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Surveys That Pay in Gift Certificates

by LapisLee on June 1, 2009

Surveys that pay in gift certificates are slightly less desirable to me than either those that pay in cash or those that pay in cash for points, but as any good stockbroker will tell you, the key to investing soundly is to diversify your holdings, so I am a member of several of these sites. [...]

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Surveys That Pay Points Redeemable for Cash

by LapisLee on May 26, 2009

The second most lucrative type of survey sites are those that pay in points for cash. These sites are slightly less desirable to me because of the difficulty in determining the value of a point on different sites. In fact, this is the reason why they use a point system: to make you feel as [...]

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Surveys that Pay Cash

by LapisLee on May 17, 2009

There are five basic types of incentives that online paid survey sites reward you with: cash, points for cash, points for gift cards, points for prizes and sweepstakes entries. I will briefly describe the advantages and disadvantages of each type over the next few articles. I prefer survey sites that pay in cash or points for cash and I do not like survey sites that pay only in sweepstakes entries; but, there are valid reasons why you should have a balance of different survey sites in your survey site portfolio and I will discuss these reasons and explain which sites in each category are better and why.

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10 Good Tips for Taking Paid Online Surveys

by LapisLee on May 10, 2009

Everyone wants to know which surveys pay, but there are a few other things that you need to know before you even sign up for your first paid survey site. Here are ten tips, tricks and techniques that I have learned and I will add others as they occur to me. I am sure other members will add their own as well.

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Bzz Agent is in the Midst of Change

by Carrie Anne on April 13, 2008

BzzAgent is a program that you get the opportunity to test products for free, get to keep the product and what they ask in return that you “bzz” about their products and tell your family, friends and associates.  After you tell others, you then log back onto the website and do a short write up of [...]

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A research project hosted by Syracuse University, The StudyResponse Center for Online Research has facilitated over 250 research projects from universities in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Instead of collecting money from corporations, StudyResponse facilitates online research for academic researchers by distributing survey requests. We are not a marketing company. Our lists [...]

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Great News from IPSOS!

by Carrie Anne on March 30, 2008

The i-Say program is launching a new program in April! There are going to be quite a few changes in store, it sounds like. The biggest change is that you will no longer just be taking surveys for a chance to win things. It sounds like you will have guaranteed rewards for taking surveys. They [...]

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