30 Oct

Alternative Forms of Paid Surveys

If you start looking around the survey world, then you may start to see other types of surveys in the system. These can take many different forms. There are phone surveys, conferences, and long-term surveys. The good news is that these all pay quite well, but they can be a little intimidating if you don’t understand at first.
Let’s start with the phone surveys. These should be a fairly simple thing to understand. You just take a survey over the phone. The form will be a bit different, but the difference usually just takes the form of a conversation. You’ll be asked a series of questions, but you will be allowed to answer them in greater depth than normal. If you like surveys, then these should be perfect. Especially when you consider that the going rate is at least $30 for a half hour call.
The next would be the conference. It can take place at a gathering point near you or take place over the phone or online. Either way, it’s just a friendly discussion. These can often be quite fun if you enjoy a good talk. There are several meetings to talk about political candidates or social ideas, while others just talk about new products and what you like or dislike. One example would be a recent conference done by the Navy Reserve. They sent out a trial packet for a new advertising campaign to four people along with login information. They paid $75 for an hour’s worth of talking about what they liked or disliked about the new campaign. It’s all pretty simple if you are willing to express your ideas.
The long-term survey is different enough to be considered alternative. These can be rewarding or not, depending on what the company is willing to pay. They generally just ask for daily monitoring of an activity. There was a snack survey and a beverage survey that went out last year. It just involved using a PDA to track one’s consumption with a nice reward for those that did it right over two weeks time.
These are just some of the alternatives to basic surveys. If you are active in the survey community, then you should run across the opportunities from time to time. Now you at least don’t have to make your decision blindly.

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