Friday, November 6, 2009

Affiliate Marketing - Does it Work?

Ever since the Internet arrived, everything became so easy. It really accumulates your time and effort. With a couple of clicks from the Internet, you will gather information about anything, buy a product, and even make money. No need for office space and practically zero expenses. Don’t be contented with the classic ways of making money. Why not make money online? Try joining an affiliate marketing network and earn a lot of money.

Think no more. You can work with the time you prefer. No need to wake up early in the morning, no need to wear business suit everyday. You can work anywhere as if you’re having a vacation. You just have to bring laptop or iBook and spend the day out. Relax and watch the money filling your account. That’s possible! Many people are doing this on a regular basis.

Of course, there's a little work and learning involved, but affiliate marketing has changed over the past couple of years. No need to worry about learning web design and making your own website because others can do it for you. No need to learn marketing on your own because you are given advice, tips and hints from marketing gurus that will help you in your own niche market and rake in the cash. People who run affiliate marketing networks are ready to help you. They’ll be happy to see you successful like them. It's a win-win situation. Both will benefit and earn the money you all deserve.

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Power of Your Opinion

There are a lot of reasons as to why a company would be willing to pay you for your opinion. I'll list a good example. Say you have a big box electronic store that is thinking of doing some big changes to their product lines. They're thinking of removing a certain section of products and replacing it with different goods or services. Companies do things by the books. They're not going to make a change until they've done intensive research to determine if their move will be profitable. No profit, no change.

This big box store is thinking of removing their printer section, as their printer sales are down by 60% in the last year. Instead of carrying printers, they're interested in replacing the section with scanners. This is what they need to know: Are you going to come in to their store and buy a scanner? What would make you come in to buy a scanner? Would you appreciate assistance from sales staff?

As you can see, this big box store needs to know what you think about their proposed changes. If enough people say that yes, they will most likely buy a scanner, then the company is that much more likely to make the changes they've proposed. The whole economy is based on your consumer habits and opinions. If a company sees the potential for extra profit in the future, the best people to ask for verification of their ideas is you. Many companies still follow the age old technique of calling you directly to ask if you're willing to take a phone survey. Phone surveys offer nothing in return. Companies know that people are far more likely to answer truthfully if they are going to see some benefit from doing so. Enter the online survey industry.

Not only is it cheaper for a company to pay you to take an online survey, the results are much, much more accurate than any other medium. People are far more comfortable in their own home, taking their time to think about a question before answering it. As such, the answers on online surveys are typically much more realistic and well thought out.

Because companies want your complete, honest opinion on their product (they abhor it when people answer only positively when clearly, no company is perfect), they'd rather pay you than a focus group, or a market researcher. The market researcher can only estimate and guess about what you may or may not think or do. Whereas you know exactly what you want, and what you like.

Like I said, taking online surveys can be a great source of extra income. Many survey companies ask for a small fee to be paid that grants you access to the surveys. Why is this the case? Because for the most part, survey companies aren't paid, or are payed very little by the companies they represent. Obviously, a site demanding four or five hundred dollars for access to their survey database is probably a scam and should be avoided. Generally speaking, most companies request a five to thirty dollar payment for access to their databases. This allows them to stay in business, so it really is quite necessary.

Keep in mind that should you purchase a member account at a reputable survey company, you'll get access to much higher paying surveys. Survey companies that don't require member payment typically only offer very low-paying surveys that very few people are willing to participate in. It's been said that you need to spend a little bit to make any real amount of money in online surveys, and for the most part, that holds true. Some free-access survey companies will occasionally have a high-paying survey available, but those are typically only offered in very limited numbers, and it can be very difficult to grab a spot before everyone else does.

Monday, October 26, 2009

There's money to be made taking online surveys

Contray to popular opinion, it is indeed possible to earn extra income by filling out online surveys, or trying out new products or services. Many people have fallen prey to online scams that promise thousands a month by simply taking a few "quick" surveys. You won't be able to quit your day job by filling out online surveys, but you will be able to make as much as $150.00 an hour if you're willing to really invest some time and effort into filling out online surveys. On average, you can make about $100 a week by filling out surveys in your spare time. Surveys can take anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour. Typically, the longer the survey, the more you'll be compensated for your time. The $150.00+ an hour surveys are rare, but they pop up from time to time, and you have to be quick to snatch up a place to fill them out.

Ideally, you will be able to spend one hour a day filling out surveys. This isn't a difficult thing to do of course, but to really make it worth your while, you need to be willing to do it six or seven days a week. If you like the idea of earning as much as $500.00 a month in your spare time, then you'll probably do just that by taking online surveys for cash.

How does it work? Companies with new services or products value your opinion. You're the people they're going to be marketing to, so they want to know what it is that you're thinking about their product's or service's before they begin to direct massive amounts of money at marketing and sales. What you tell them can make or break a new product or service, and that's exactly what they want you to do. Ideally, you'll be 100% honest in your answers, because your answers to their question's will determine whether or not a product or service ever makes it to market. Some survey-for-cash sites will occasionally provide you with a product or service free of charge, so that you can use and evaluate a product before filling out a survey or questionaire. Typically, once you've done so, the product or service will remain yours, and there will be no expectations on you to send those products or services back.

If they would like the product's returned, they'll typically pay you significantly more, to ensure that the product or service returns in good working condition for their evaluation purposes. Some products may be as small and seemingly simple as an electric toothbrush, or as large and complex as a vacuum cleaner.

If you are truely interested in earning money online, I recommend that you ad this blog to your favorites. As I update with posts and new content, you'll want to stay on top of things so that you can be the first in line to take the better paying surveys.