Step By Step: Make Money With Surveys

Most people are intrigued that they can actually make money by giving their opinion about products or services. What they may not know is that the compensation is not always with cash; sometimes it’s with prizes and other rewards. What they may also not know is, how to actually make money with surveys. Here are some steps to guide anyone through the maze of online surveys.

Step 1

It is important that you understand that once the surveys start arriving in your email inbox, that you open the email and click on the link to read about the survey and if you qualify to take it, that you do so in a timely manner. Most survey sites work in the same manner – the more surveys you complete, the more they send you. The way to make money with surveys is through volume – the more you complete, the more money you make.

Step 2

Volume not only pertains to how many surveys you do per company, but how many survey companies you are doing surveys for. Be choosy about which companies you sign up with, check them out to see if they pay or have any complaints about them by checking with the Better Business Bureau and doing a search online with your favorite search engine using the company name as the keywords. It is also beneficial to find forums where others are talking about how to make money with surveys. These forum discussions will let you know which companies pay on time and which ones you should stay away from. If your goal is to make money and you do not wish to be compensated with coupons, prizes or other rewards (gift cards); than look for “paid only” survey companies.

Step 3

You will receive more survey offers if when you apply for each survey company you fill out the applications as completely as possible, being very general with your answers. Answering too specifically may narrow down your interests too much and decrease the amount of offers you will receive. After all your goal is to make money with surveys and to do that you need to be able to complete a lot of surveys. You receive surveys based on how many interests you check off on the application. The more interests you have, the more surveys you will be asked to participate in.

Step 4

Many surveys have drawing that they offer your chance to win increases the more surveys you complete. These cash drawings can net the lucky winner some hefty cash prizes. The chance alone makes it worth your time to fill out as many surveys as you have the opportunity to do, thus increasing your ability to make money with surveys.