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Paid Surveys Revealed by: Faithe Thomas Many home-based workers are looking for alternative means to earn income online. These home-based workers could be stay-at-home parents (particularly moms) who want time to attend to their families even though they want to work too; or students who need to balance time for school along with the chance to earn money for themselves; or retirees who want to work but do not want work that makes too many demands on their time and energies. One popular option for such home-based workers is the online survey. 1. Data Entry work – this is the leading online survey-type work. Here, you just need to have a PC and Internet access so you can do work for companies online. These companies require advertising to be created for them. These ads could range from one-liners to those with more lines (say 5 lines of text) that will help promote the service or product of the company. This type of work seems to appeal to people because it permits home-based workers to do simple work that pays well which they can do for as short or as long as they want. For example, if you want to work for just 3 hours per day, you can – and get paid accordingly. The website for which you work will give you a username and password after you sign up. These help you to access the ads that you need to write for the day. You then get paid through various means (the most common being through your bank account.) One company which offers this type of service is Type-At-Home. 2. Another variation of Data Entry work is filling out online forms with pertinent information for use by Pay Per Click advertising companies. Companies that sell digital software and information through the Internet require this type of service the most. These companies prefer to tap home-based workers rather than maintain full-time staff because home-based workers end up being less expensive to maintain. This type of service is offered to people from all over the world (not just Americans, even if the companies that require the service may be from the US.) Payment may be sent via check. Mint Jobs offers this service too. 3. Another type of Data Entry work is when companies hire home-based workers to look through their catalogs and copy-paste pertinent data into online forms. What makes this service different from other Data Entry work is that you will copy-paste rather than do the typing yourself. This means you copy the words used by the companies to promote their products and services instead of using your own creativity to write new text. You then organize the information you copy-pasted into certain categories. You may be paid via direct deposit or check. Data Entry Business does this kind of work. 4. One more variation of Data Entry work is when companies hire you to give your opinion regarding what they are selling. So, instead of just promoting the product or service of the company, you will be telling the world just what you think of the product or service of the company. You may be required to do this by filling in online surveys; take part in Focus Groups; be allowed to try out the products or service yourself; conduct telephone surveys; or be among the first to watch movie trailers. Survey Income System offers this service. 5. Another kind of online survey asks for your opinion so that they may provide you with a chance to earn points towards sweepstakes draws, or have a rewards system that you can work towards. American Consumer Opinion does this. As you can see, these home-based online surveys may be a great way for you to balance caring for your family and earning a living. But you need to be careful about which companies you sign up for, because not all survey companies are legitimate. If you have any doubts, you may ask the US Better Business Bureau about the company. |
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