Okay, so let me start by asking a pertinent question… Do you want to earn some extra money by working (read sharing your opinion) in your spare time from the comfort of your home? Before you dismiss my seemingly cheesy proposal by thinking of me as another scam artist trying to trick you on sharing your personal data for me to sell further, sample this: The Work From Home Online Survey Jobs market, as of 2011 is a 2 Billion USD market in the US alone, growing at a rate of 3.9% per annum ! (As per data from IBIS World)
WHY DO COMPANIES NEED ONLINE SURVEYS
So, the question is why do companies need online surveys and why are they willing to pay for it? Well the answer is simple, Customer Feedback / Opinion.
Most companies take customer feedback very seriously as a tool of improvement in its existing products /services, to increase its own sales by acting upon the customer’s experiences of the product/service.
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The opinions become even more important when companies want to judge the market viability of a product/service before its launch and to make changes in the product as per the demand of the market.
Work from Home Online Survey Jobs lets you do exactly that. The physical collection of feedback is expensive and relatively inaccurate since there is no reliable option of filtering out the participants based on the specific inputs sought.
Once you are into Work from Home Online Survey Job, you are asked a few screening questions first, and only when you qualify as a respondent are you asked to fill the further survey, as simple as that.
DO I HAVE TIME FOR THAT
We all have some free time in our lives, at Home after dropping the kid to school, At office lunch hour, in the bus/train while commuting /driven to and from work and at the end of the day, also early risers don’t know what to do with their time on weekends while the rest of the family is asleep.
Work from Home Online Survey Jobs can keep you occupied, increase your knowledge and awareness about the market trends, at the same time paying you quite handsomely compared to the amount of time spent.
I am into Work from Home Online Survey Jobs for a while now and have been rewarded well. I typically travel quite a bit and have a lot of time at hand while traveling / waiting for commute.
If you have a laptop, even a Smartphone that everybody has these days, a little knowledge of the internet which is why you are being able to read this post, you can easily create your own Work from Home Online Survey Jobs profile and get going.
You can easily fill engaging surveys, typically between 10 minutes to 15 minutes long and get paid between $1 – $5 for each survey! If you were to really calculate that would translate into almost $360 a month for an hour of work each day!!
And it’s totally up to you when you want to do it, you can even start a survey, fill it half, save it and start from where you left… How cool is that!
WHICH ARE THE GENUINE SITES FOR ONLINE SURVEYS
I have been associated as a “panelist” for many sites now, some of the well-known among which are:
All these sites are extremely engaging, come out with new and interesting surveys and pay well. If you are really serious about Work from Home Online Survey Jobs, you can start by registering on these sites, which are absolutely free and get going in a jiffy.
Most of these sites constitute a panel/community of consumers who are willing to provide their opinions about new and existing products/services/ideas in order to directly impact the potential of these products and services in the market.
WHAT ARE THE DOWNSIDES
Well, Like everything else on the internet and around us, There can be some down sides to Work From Home Online Survey Jobs , but most of it is to the survey companies and not really the respondents that much.
The respondents, for example can fake data and responses but that they can do even in offline surveys. The only care that you as a respondent should take is to verify the genuineness of the survey company.
There are some companies in the market that ask for a joining fee, steer far clear of them.
Other companies have the ability to access your data and share it with other data collection companies. Some may even take your survey responses without compensating you. However, by being cautious and using common sense, you can minimize this risk.
It’s advisable to review the privacy policies of websites to understand how they handle your privacy. Take the same precautions you would when sharing personal information on any website to ensure your data is secure.
In my opinion, participating in Work from Home Online Survey Jobs is a great way to earn extra money by sharing your opinions on products and services you use or may use in the future. This also provides industries with valuable feedback to enhance their offerings for consumers.
So, don’t hesitate to give it a try! It’s a chance to earn money in your free time without any investment.
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