by Dr Survey Man

Created on: June 17, 2008   Last Updated: July 07, 2008

ONLINE SURVEYS [TIPS & TRICKS]

Many people ask if online surveys really work and most believe me or not those who ever tried online surveys hate to spend 20+ minutes doing a survey only to be notified at the end that they did not qualify and will be entered for a prize draw instead. There is an answer to this and knowing what really happens is essential.

Being experienced in this field i would like those who want to explore online surveys a chance to succeed with the least effort but with the highest earnings.

UNDERSTANDING ONLINE SURVEYS

Lots of companies would like people to rate them by describing their services or simply would like to see how people view certain parts of their organisation e.g. their customer service, overall website e.t.c.

These companies have people who create specific surveys for what they are looking for. This in turn enables them to make ammendments and thus improve their businesses, customer relationships and services.

Not each and every company would be able to conduct its survey on its own website as not many people would have access to the surveys since not all customers would access the website and most people would not be willing. Thats where survey sites come in, these companies will take their surveys to the survey sites and pay them some money.

The survey sites will then invite its members to take the survey and it would then pay a commission/fraction of the money to the members who complete the survey or alternatively pay other incentives.

QUALIFYING FOR SURVEYS

If you wanna be a pro at qualifying for surveys then you have to first understand that the companies are only looking for a specific group of people i.e. their customers only, only under 18's or only over 18's e.t.c. To make sure that only the required group takes part in the surveys and thus accuracy is achieved they create screening question (questions to determine if you are eligible for the survey).

These questions may either be at the beginning of the survey (or) and at the end of the survey. If the survey is more paying i.e. more than $10, there are other screening questions inside the survey.
It must therefore be revealed that once one fails a single screening question, you can't go on further with the survey.

Ok, Enough Said, how do one get past this corner stone?

The surveys sites will usually describe what the survey is all about in their invitations. For example, they will tell you that they have a survey for Movie Habits.
Therefore, if you wan't to qualify

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