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Paid Surveys Crash Course
How to Get Paid Taking Surveys in Your Spare Time

By Sam Parker



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Table of Content
Introduction …………………………………………………………………. 5

Paid Survey Panels to Join 6

Is your opinion really worth money? 7


The most popular surveys to take …………………………………… 8

Tips to make your survey experience successful ………………… 13


Don't make this beginner mistake! …………………………………… 16


Make sure you get surveys! ………………………………………………. 18

How getting paid for taking surveys works? ………………………… 19

Get evidence it really works! …………………………………………… 22

Are survey databases a waste of time? ……………………………… 25

Get equipped to earn money …………………………………………… 27

Conclusion ………………………………………………………………… 29

Success stories ……………………………………………………………. 30

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Introduction
Hi,
First of all I'd like to thank you for downloading this report. I hope you'll find it
useful.
I have been in the paid survey business for the past six years and I am going to
do my best to help you learn more about this amazing opportunity.

Paid Surveys are great, but you can easily get burned if you don't know what you
are doing. I was once a paid survey novice, just like you, and I made many
mistakes that could have been avoided if I had someone to guide me…

The purpose of this course is to educate you on what paid surveys really are and
how they work. It is jam packed with insider tips that can help you getting started
successfully and with top surveys to take.
Learn and prosper!
Sam Parker
MaximumPaidSurveys.com
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Paid Survey Panels to Join
In this course I recommend panels that offer paid incentives for answering
surveys. For your convenience, find all of them listed on this page.
Click on appropriate country links to register with them. Don’t forget to
confirm your registration so you start receiving your first survey invitations
shortly.
Paid Survey Panel Registration Links Corporate Site
iSay
USA / Canada

i-say.com
Global Test Market USA / International
globaltestmarket.com
My Survey
USA / CAN /, UK / AUS
lightspeedresearch.com
NPD
USA / CAN
npd.com
Valued Opinions
USA / AUS / NZL
valuedopinions.com
Survey Spot
USA
surveyspot.com
Opinion Outpost
USA / CAN
opinionoutpost.com
Toluna USA / CAN / UK / AUS / India
toluna.com
Survey Savvy
USA / International
surveysavvy.com
eSearch
USA / International
esearch.com
Market Force
Mystery Shopping in the USA
marketforce.com
Probe Market Research

Focus Groups in the USA
probemarket.com
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Part 1: Is your opinion really worth money?
Every year companies and institutions spend over 280 Billion dollars on
marketing efforts to convince consumers to buy products and services. That's
huge!
A significant part of this money is directed to opinion research because the main
challenge that corporations face is how to get into the consumers' heads.
Thousands of innovative products are released every year but many of them fail
in the marketplace. These corporations invest tremendous efforts to develop new
successful products but they often miss what consumers really want. For
marketers, it's a fatal flaw. Failing to understand consumers leads to marketing
disaster!
Savvy marketers have used surveys for years as a way to explore consumer
needs. People like you and me are invited to give their opinions on various topics
and this information is used to elaborate their marketing strategies.
Because they need to know what consumers want very quickly and
because very few people will volunteer this information for
free, corporations are willing to pay for our opinions. It makes perfect
business sense for them and it's a great opportunity for you and me.
To make it short and to the point, your opinion is really worth money!
How much? I'll answer this question in the next section.
Before you read on, I recommend you to join these two excellent survey
companies in order to get started right now. Every beginner should be registered
with them.
• Ipsos i-Say: U.S. Join here / Canada Join here
• Global Test Market (U.S. & International) – Join here

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Part 2: The Most Popular Surveys to Take

Today the most popular surveys are:
• Online surveys: You give your opinion on the Internet. It’s easy and fun.
• Focus groups: You participate in an interview conducted among a small
number of individuals. These discussions are animated and interesting.
They pay the best.
• Shopping surveys: You are paid to shop at the mall or to eat at
restaurants! No gimmicks! All you need to do is fill out a questionnaire
about your customer experience.

You can get paid:
• $1 - $15 to take online surveys
• $20 - $250 to participate in focus groups
• $5 - $50 to participate in shopping surveys
The best surveys pay up to $250 an hour because these companies know this
information will give them an edge in the market and they will make more profit
for themselves.
Remark: Let me make myself perfectly clear. I am not claiming that you will make
$250 an hour all day and every day I’m also not claiming that you will earn $15
for every online survey you complete. But from experience I know that you can
easily earn extra money every month, working in your spare time, with hundreds
of online paid surveys and mystery shopping jobs that are sent directly to your
email. Sometimes you will also receive an invitation for a 1-2 hour focus group
that can pay as much as $250 per session!
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Let’s explain how you can profit from every type of survey.
Online Surveys
Online paid surveys are a new medium used in marketing research for gathering
data on consumer behaviors. People are invited to fill out forms on the Internet
and to give their opinions on various topics. Participants like you and me are
rewarded for completing these surveys.

At least 50% of consumer opinions are gathered with paid online surveys and it is
easy to understand why: With paid online surveys, marketers can collect
consumer opinions quickly and in a cost effective way. Giving incentives to web
participants is much cheaper and more efficient than surveying customers on-
site, over the telephone or through the mail.

Marketers have been using opinion research for decades as a way to explore
customer needs. Paid online surveys are now reinventing the way it is done and
it is a great opportunity for all of us.

I recommend you to join these online panels to increase your chances of
receiving paid surveys:
• My Survey: U.S. Join here / Canada Join here / Australia Join here / UK Join
here
• NPD: U.S. Join here / Canada Join here
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Focus Groups
A focus group is a personal interview simultaneously conducted among a small
number of individuals; the interview relies more on group discussion than on a
series of directed questions to generate data. It is also called a group in-depth

interview.
Unlike the one-way flow of information in a one-on-one interview, paid focus
groups generate data through the give and take of group discussion. Listening as
people share and compare their different points of view provides a wealth of
information — not just about what they think, but why they think the way they do.
When being recruited, potential participants receive a brief description of what
the focus group will be about, as well as assurances that their participation is
entirely voluntary kept confidential.
With focus groups, you will be invited to spend 1-2 hours with a group of 6 to 12
people to discuss a product, service, brand or any other marketing concept. The
meeting is typically held in a pleasant environment and refreshments are served.
During this group session there is interplay of thoughts and ideas to get
insights on consumer attitudes and perceptions.
There are many benefits to focus groups:
• A wide range of information can be gathered in a relatively short period of
time and the market research company can explore related but
unanticipated topics as they are raised in the discussion.
• Focus groups are very well paid – participants can make up to $250 per
session.
• These discussions are animated and interesting. They can be a lot of
fun.
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Remark: because they pay the best, we give a high priority to focus groups in our
paid survey database. One out of hundreds companies listed at Maximum Paid
Surveys is Probe Market Research that pays between $50 and $400. You can
join it now:
Probe Market Research – Join here

Mystery Shopping
Mystery shopping is currently the most profitable opportunity for our
members so it’s definitely worth your time.
Simply put, mystery shopping is very much like everyday shopping, but for
money! You just need to be attentive to some details during your shopping trip
and report them to the mystery shopping companies that hire you. Doing so, you
can get paid for eating out at first-class restaurants, shopping at the mall, staying
at hotels and even going to the movies.
Let’s take a mystery shopping assignment at a shoe store for example:
Your mystery shopping job: You go into the ABC Shoe Store on a Monday
afternoon and you notice posters displaying a promotion on all Nikes (20% off) in
the store display window. A salesman named “Andrew” greets you and mentions
you can get an additional 20% off on all Nikes. You thank him and then walk over
to the Nike shoe section. You pick up one pair of Nikes. Another salesman
named “Michael” approaches you and asks if everything is alright. You tell
Michael you are wondering what the difference is between this Nike shoe you are
holding and the pair of New Balance shoes near it. Michael gives you some
details about the different materials used, manufacturing process etc. You tell
him you want to try a pair of Nikes in a size 10. He brings them to you. You try on
the shoes but they are too big. You ask for a smaller size. Michael comes back
with a size 9. They fit. You tell Michael you want to take the shoes. He asks if you
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would like a pair of socks with the shoes. They’re 50% off when purchased with a
pair of shoes. You agree to buy the socks too. Michael smiles and rings up
everything quickly and efficiently. You leave the store feeling like you got a good
deal and good service. You behaved like a normal shopper and nobody would
think you are a mystery shopper.
Your mystery shopping report:

• You fill out a questionnaire detailing your customer experience and
answering specific questions about the promotion posters, whether the
salesman greeted you, whether the salesman told you about the socks,
and about other add-on products, etc.
• You send this questionnaire by fax or email to the mystery shopping
companies that hired you for this assignment.
Your payment for this mystery shopping job:
• You keep the Nike shoes for free.
• You get paid $15 to $50.
Did you ever dream of getting paid for shopping, eating out at restaurants or
going to the local theater? Now you can make that dream a reality as a mystery
shopper.
The benefits of mystery shopping are plenty. You get free stuff and money. Your
hours are flexible. Your job is varied and fun and you have the satisfaction of
helping to improve the quality of services available for consumers.
Maximum Paid Surveys lists over 250 mystery shopping companies.
Market Force is one of them. I highly recommend watching the video and joining
this company here: Market Force – Join Here
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Part 3: Tips to Make Your Survey Experience Successful

Tip #1: Sign up to as many legitimate survey sites as you can
The more sites you are affiliated with, the better your chances are of being
eligible for more surveys.

Tip #2: Skip all survey invitations that aren’t worth your time
You’ll come across several types of survey invitations that aren’t worth your time:
Surveys that don’t offer money incentive, surveys that will put you in

sweepstakes, surveys that don’t state up-front which incentive you will receive.
Skip them and give your priority to the most profitable ones. It means that you
need to discard many survey invitations and pick up only the best ones to make
this opportunity as profitable as possible.

Tip #3: Combine all kinds of surveys
To earn the best possible income, you should combine all kinds of surveys:
Online surveys, focus groups and mystery shopping jobs. Taking online surveys
is fine but taking online surveys only is missing out on some of the best
opportunities to earn money! According to our experience top performers devote
at least 70% of their time to Mystery Shopping and focus groups because they
make the most money with them and they are fun.

Remark: At Maximum Paid Surveys members get access to a board of focus
groups in selected cities and a board listing thousands of current mystery
shopping surveys to take so it’s easy to get started.


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Tip #4: Set up a dedicated email inbox
Once you start registering with a lot of companies, you will start receiving plenty
of invitations and you definitely don't want to miss any of these opportunities. For
this reason, we highly recommend setting up a separate email address for
everything related to paid surveys. By having a separate email account dedicated
to surveys, your survey-related emails won’t be mixed up with other emails and
you won’t miss any survey opportunity. You can set up a free email account at
Yahoo.com or Gmail.com. In our opinion, these are the best free email services
on the web.

Tip #5: Make your life easier and save your fingers by using Roboform
Roboform will automatically fill in your information when signing up for paid
surveys. This will save you time and can usually be completed with one mouse
click.

Tip #6: Fill out the profile section of paid survey sites
When you are participating in online paid surveys, a lot will hinge upon your
personal profile. Where you live, your age, and your interest preferences. It will
depend upon whether the companies needing information are interested in
hearing from you according to your profile.

When you fill out your profile, make sure you check everything you are even
remotely interested in or know anything at all about. This will determine how
many surveys you will be sent. The more you have on your profile, the more
surveys you will be eligible for. Even if some of the subjects are remotely
interesting to you, be sure to include them.


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Tip #7: Bookmark paid survey sites in a separate folder
Be sure to bookmark sites where you are required to log in. You may want to
create a folder with separate files for each of your paid survey sites and keep
them in a folder in your documents. This will help to keep you organized and you
will have your user name and password at your fingertips. When the sites are
bookmarked, you will be able to access the site easier and check to see if they
have any surveys available for you to take.

Tip #8: Open a PayPal account
Opening a PayPal account might be a good idea, if you don’t have one already.
You can go to www.paypal.com to sign up. Some of the paid survey sites use
PayPal to send payment. It is a fast and easy process, and your information is
safe with them.

You can join here two more survey panels:
• Opinion Outpost – U.S. & Canada Join here
• eSearch – US / International
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Part 4: Don’t make this beginner’s mistake!

If you joined the survey panels recommended in former parts of this course, you
are probably very excited about joining more. I was too when I first discovered
this amazing opportunity. I was so eager to start making money that I began
signing up like crazy with all the survey companies I could find.
Later I discovered that it was a mistake!
What's wrong with joining as many survey companies as you can? Nothing is
wrong. In fact, the more survey companies you join the more surveys you will be
invited to complete, and the more money you will make…
The problem is which survey companies you choose to join. Signing up with all
survey companies without discerning which ones are legitimate and which ones
are not is a BIG MISTAKE.
The really bad thing is that you will get disappointed with paid surveys just
because you didn't register with the right companies!
To make it really work you must register with legitimate companies only!
How can you discern between good and bad survey companies?
Legitimate survey companies comply with the following practices:

• Your privacy and the privacy of your answers are ensured.
• You will not be sold anything under the guise of research.
• You will get paid on time for the surveys you decide to take.
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Illegitimate companies typically do the following:
• They try to sell you something and in exchange they promise great
rewards.
• Most of the time nobody gets these rewards!
• The Terms & Conditions of these companies (in small print at the bottom
of their web sites) state they can sell or distribute your personal
information without asking for any further permission!

If you really want to make money and have a lot of fun with paid surveys,
you must join legitimate companies only.
Let’s take an example. Do you remember the i-Say panel I recommended
before?
Ipsos i-Say is considered one of the leading online panel companies in the
industry. Since 1994, it has been providing consumers with the ability to voice
their opinions by participating in online research surveys and focus groups. Last
year, it paid its members $4,000,000 in cash! Ipsos i-Say is an excellent example
of a legitimate survey company.
Of course other companies I mentioned in this course are legitimate as well.
I bring you here two more legitimate surveys to join:
• Toluna – U.S. / Canada / U.K. / Australia / India
• Survey Spot – U.S. Join here
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Part 5: Make sure you get surveys!

I receive many emails from people who inform me that they joined a survey
company and haven’t received any surveys yet.
I did a little research and discovered that most people don't know that
registration is a two step process. This is why some people never receive
surveys!
Let's take an example. Do you remember the iSay panel I recommended you
before?
Registration is very easy and takes only 2-3 minutes. After you have registered
you will receive an account where you can track your earnings, see the surveys
you have completed so far and ask for your payment.
The process is the same for other panels as well!
However, most people complete the web sign-up forms and think they are done.
Then they get upset because they don't receive any surveys. It is clearly stated
on these websites that after you complete the web forms, you will receive a
confirmation email with a welcome survey. You must complete that welcome
survey in order to receive any subsequent surveys.

If you don't complete it, they will interpret it as a lack of interest and never contact
you again.
So always remember to check your inbox for the welcome email after you
register with a survey company.

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Part 6: How Getting Paid For Taking Surveys Works

It's a simple 3 steps process to make it work for you:

Step 1: Join a professional paid surveys network
The most difficult part about getting paid with surveys is finding an extensive list
of companies, filtering out all the scams that run on the Internet, keeping only
legitimate companies and listing the best opportunities first so money comes
faster.
That's a lot of work!
Remark: Maximum Paid Surveys bring you the most professional resource of
paid surveys, focus groups and shopping jobs on the Internet. You will find all
you need to succeed. Click here to learn more.
Step 2: Take Paid Surveys, Focus Groups and Secret Shopping Jobs
All these opportunities want the same thing: Your opinion! This is why you should
combine all of them and join a professional network including all kinds of surveys
(online surveys, focus groups and mystery shopping evaluations).
You can see here an invitation for a highly paid survey:
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$150 for 2 hours of your time Wow! This invitation was sent by one of the best
paying market research companies listed in at Maximum Paid Surveys.
Important remark: Focus group interviews are the best paying surveys you may
receive but they are also less common than online surveys or mystery shopping
jobs. Don’t expect to get $150 surveys all day and every day What is much
more likely is a deluge of offers paying different fees for your opinion: $1, $5, $8,
$12, $20, $50 and more. With all of them together you can easily earn money
every month with invitations sent directly to your email.

Step 3: Get Your Money, Free Products and Prizes
Many companies pay cash but there are also other forms of rewards to motivate
people to participate in paid online surveys. You can get free products, gift
certificates, be entered in a sweepstake or get "points" that can later be

redeemed for money.
How much you will get paid depends on the specific survey, focus group or
shopping assignment that you have completed. There are companies that pay
instantly via PayPal and others that will send you a check by mail. You'll always
know the details in advance before you participate.
Remark: The best paid surveys are the ones that pay cash! This is why
Maximum Paid Surveys lists them first.
>> Learn more about Maximum Paid Surveys
Maximum Paid Surveys brings you over 760 companies that are guaranteed to
pay. You just need to login, choose your country and join the best paying
companies.
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Part 7: Get evidence it really works!
Most people are excited to start taking paid surveys but many of them don’t do it
because they are skeptical. They don’t really believe that they can get paid just
for sharing their honest opinion. They need evidence to believe it:
“Did you say PAID surveys? Show me the money!”
To answer this question I recommend you sign up with another legitimate
company that has grown to over 1.5 million people across 190 countries. With
this company, people earn money by participating in online surveys and to date
this company has paid over $18,000,000 in cash!
Survey Savvy (International) - Join Now
Sign up before you continue reading! Otherwise you will not really understand
what I'll show you.
After you register, login to your account and click the “My Earnings” tag and then
the “Request Payment” tag. Because you just registered now and haven’t taken
any surveys yet, you will see $0. After you take surveys, your balance will
increase and you can have this money sent to you.

Now look at this account at Survey Savvy (next page):
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You see a screenshot of the same website, except that this Survey Savvy
account belongs to me. I have taken many surveys with this company. At this
point, my earnings are $581 and I can decide to redeem the amount whenever I
want. Your account can look the same!
You can see here two paychecks previously sent by this company: $640 and
$460 for surveys completed a Survey Savvy!

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I hope that you'll achieve the same results soon with this great market research
company and other surveys that are willing to pay for your opinions.

Remark: Survey Savvy is one out of 760 legitimate market research companies
listed at Maximum Paid Surveys. All of them reward survey takers for their
opinion.

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Part 8: Are survey databases a waste of time?
How are you doing with surveys?

I hope you are receiving many invitations but…
You should know that joining only 4-5 companies isn’t enough to receive
daily surveys. Each market research company conducts its own surveys and
only people registered with them will be invited to take surveys. The more
companies you sign up with, the more surveys you will receive! It’s as simple as
that.
I know people who make hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars per
month doing surveys. This income can be achieved only if you are registered
with at least 100-200 legitimate survey companies. Joining a few survey
companies is a good start but it isn’t enough to build a new stream of income.
This is why a professional database can be very useful to people who are new to
paid surveys. You need to pay a one time fee but this small investment is
returned from the surveys you receive.
I have registered with over 1000 companies since I started taking surveys three
years ago. I spent a lot of time finding these companies and I discarded many of
them because they were scams!
With a professional database you can skip this hassle. You get access to a huge
collection of legitimate survey companies and the best opportunities are
prioritized so you can make a maximum amount of money as easily and as
quickly as possible.
Why work hard when all the hard work was already done for you?
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Maximum Paid Surveys was set up to be the most authoritative collection of
legitimate paid surveys on the Internet. Anyone using this program will save a
tremendous amount of time, hassle, and "trial and error". It took us years of hard
work to find, evaluate and keep track of all the real opportunities. The result is a
professional database that makes it easy to get paid for your opinions.
Below you can find one more survey company that every beginner should join:

Valued Opinions – U.S. Join here / Australia Join here / New Zealand
Valued Opinions is a leading full-service opinion-gathering company.
This website is held by a reputable market research company that you can join
safely. Of course, companies listed in this report are just a small sample of what
you will find at Maximum Paid Surveys.
For more information go to: