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Online paid surveys are a great way to make some extra money online.  It is also a great source of scams.  In terms of keywords, it is an overcrowded market.  There are search terms that will give you tens of thousands of monthly searches, but also give you tens of MILLIONS of web pages.  There are some good search terms in this area, but, they are hard to find.

Online paid surveys can be good if you fit the demographic profile that the survey sponsor is looking for.  For example, if the survey is looking for anyone in North America between the ages of 18 and 50 who has tried a certain two fast food places, and all it wants to know is vague information about what place you like better, you will be lucky to get a dollar for it.  If, on the other hand, It is asking for all women between 18 and 25 in a given province or collection of American states who bought a particular make and model of car, and it asks specific questions about various features of that car, then your survey may well be worth $50!

I tried my hand at surveys.  I should not have bothered.  Remember what I said about the importance of demographic profiles?

I don’t have a car.  I don’t want one.  I don’t have a house.  I don’t want one.  I am not interested in trendy electronic gadgetry or the latest food or clothing or cultural trends. Well, ok; I have three computers.  I believe in buying only what I need and using it until it is worn out.  I am an antisocial “Aspie” who longs for the silence of the Cloister.  What marketing company in its right mind is going to be interested in THAT kind of demographic profile? Exactly!

If you think you can offer a better demographic profile for marketing companies in North America and elsewhere, then certainly give this a try.  This can easily lead to a couple hundred a month income on the side, in between errands or while waiting for more important things to happen. 

If you wish to make a couple thousand a month at it, which is theoretically possible, you will need to sign up with hundreds of companies and be prepared to check your email on an hourly basis.  It just may be the only way you will keep up!

There are many outfits that will give you the necessary leads.  One I heartily recommend is Paid Surveys Online
It would certainly be a good idea to incorporate Paid Surveys into one’s Profitmart offerings.  Just be warned that you face an uphill battle on the SEO front.  You face tens of millions of pages worth of competition!

Happy Profitmarting!

-Dunstan

-Dunstan’s Profitmart site is Webmaster Powertools. His non Profitmart site is Intelligent Collectibles. He is a hermit with a full time job who would like to be a hermit who is an online entrepreneur.

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