In my previous post How to Make Money Online, I have shared with you some of the most popular methods that people used to generate online income. While most methods are free and easy to start, there are also a few that required some expenses before you can achieve any success of making money online. Mainly due to the purchase of domains, hosting, website themes and online marketing tools that help getting through with the initial obstacles.

For beginners, this type of online money makers may be too much for them to chew on at first. So in this post I will discuss in detail one of the free and dummy proof methods that everyone can join immediately and start to earn extra cash.

Online Survey Sites
Online Survey is a great work at home opportunity to earn easy money or free rewards during your spare time. It is one of the earliest make money online programs ever created, and till this day they are still widely used by companies to gather valuable feedback from consumers. So no matter which part of the world you live in. You can easily gain access to any online survey sites or panels and start earning extra cash.

Every year, companies are spending an increasing amount of their budget on advertising to create branding and capture their target markets. So having the direct opinions from the consumers about their products or services has overly becoming very important to them. Therefore, market research companies are always keen to know your opinions on behalf of their international clients.

Through online survey sites, they can simply connect to consumers all over the world. And by making them absolutely free to join and rewarding members for their time in participation, more and more people are visiting online survey sites to get paid for their unbiased opinions. Other than being a fun and easy way to earn extra cash from home, you will also help in the development of future services and products by your favorite companies. How cool is that!

Types of Online Surveys
Basically there are 2 types of online surveys, web surveys and email surveys. The main difference is basically how you are going to get access to the surveys assigned to you. For web survey, you are required to sign in to the respective online survey sites with your User ID to answer the survey questionnaires. You might need to check your account regularly for new survey. (So web survey sites do have features that send you email notification of any new surveys you may get.)

Accessing email surveys are much easier as an access link will be send to your registered email address whenever a new survey has been assigned. You will be redirect to the survey questionnaires page after clicking the link. (Normally no log in is required.) With this, it has been make possible to take the surveys anywhere and anytime you like, as long as you have internet access in reach. It can’t get easier than that to get paid for completing surveys online.

Choosing an Online Survey Site
When selecting an online survey company, be sure to check that they allow participation from your country before joining. As majority of online survey companies are based in USA, Australia, Canada, UK or Europe, and their surveys are more targeted to their local consumers. So survey takers from other countries may not received any survey invitation. However there are still a handful of companies that accepted international members and provide surveys for people from any part of the world. So the best way to increase your chances of getting more survey invitation, is to join as many sites as you can lay your hand on. As they will all add up in the long run.

How to Join
Joining an online survey site is easy. All you need is a frequently use email address and complete your member’s profile in the survey site, which usually included information about your family, career, hobbies, etc. When processing a new survey, the member’s profile will be screened through to select the qualified members. So make sure to spend some time filling up your profile properly if you want to increase your chances of getting more survey opportunities.

What Kind of Rewards Can You Get
For each qualified and completed survey, member will be rewarded differently between each of the online survey companies, depending on their payout program. While cash rewards programs are initially introduced to members, the reward point system has gain popular among members in the recent years. Members will be awarded with points for each survey they completed and qualified. The points accumulated are then redeemed for shopping vouchers, consumer products, and cash or even as cash donation to your preferred charities.

Other than online survey, some companies also provide members with the opportunities of participating online and offline focus group (known to be the highest paid surveys), phone surveys and new products try out. Here are the sums up of what you can get for taking part in each form of survey offers.

~ $1 - $30 for taking free online surveys
~ 1 - 150 points for taking free online surveys
~ Up to $80 for phone surveys
~ $20 - $150 for participated in focus group surveys (Normally $100 for 1-2 hours duration)
~ Get to try out new product and getting paid for giving your opinions on it


There you have it, I hoped you have a better idea of how to identify a good survey site when you came across one. So take advantage of this free online money maker, get in there and make some extra money.

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