Get Paid Doing Surveys!: 2009

4 Cent Clicks!

Anyone actively working in the GPT industry knows about the new Daily Clicks that hit the scene about a month ago. These are high-paying PTC ads, and they're popping up all over the place. They are quickly becoming everyone's new favorite way to make money online!

Well, good news! The fabulous site owners (and I really mean fabulous--they're amazing) over at Firehouse Offers and Solar Rewardz are upping the ante on these Daily Clicks and offering most of them at $0.04 a piece! That's one of the highest payout amounts on these Daily Clicks online! With a folder of these PTC ads that's usually got 45 or more ads, you can easily reach their low, $10 payout in under a week just by clicking ads!!!

But don't stop there. Make sure you take advantage of the sites' referral systems. At both Firehouse Offers and Solar Rewardz, you'll earn 15% of what each of your referrals earn. So talk your best friend into signing up! If they do some Daily Clicks every day and earn just a single dollar each day, you'll be earning $4.50 each month doing absolutely nothing. Get 100 referrals, and that's $450!!!! That's amazing!

So take a minute to check out Firehouse Offers and Solar Rewardz. Becky, the admin there, is one of the best out there. Good, easy, money and amazing contests! And, of course, you can also get paid doing surveys as well. Check it out!

Just In Time For The Holidays!

Big things going on over at GPTCashCow, everybody! Get that extra Christmas money now!

Right now at GPTCashCow, there are some amazing promotions going on:

For any of you who like to get paid doing free offers and surveys, The Cow is running a "complete 5 offers, get $1" promotion!

For all you PTC clickers, for every 250 ads you click, you get $1 bonus!

What's great, is that GPTCashCow has LOADS of absolutely free offers that you can do, and up to 10 pages worth of PTC ads to click. Even MORE amazing is that both of these promotions are unlimited!!! You can get them as many times as you want! That means if you do 10 offers you'll get $2! 100 offers will get you $20! It's easy to get dozens of these $1 bonuses each week! And with so many pages of PTC ads, it's easy to reach The Cow's low cashout of only $5!

If you're not a member yet, definitely don't miss out on this chance to get that extra spending money for the holidays! GPTCashCow pays weekly via Paypal, so you could have your shopping money as soon as next weekend! What are you waiting for?!

How To Get Paid Doing Surveys

I posted this how-to over on my CashCrate blog, but I thought I'd share it here too. If you haven't tried CashCrate yet, you definitely need to check it out. It has one of the best support systems online, and the approval rate for free surveys is outstanding.

This is a walk-through of EXACTLY how I, personally, complete free surveys online. I have a VERY high confirmation rate (roughly 95% of my offers approve and I get paid for them), so believe me that you need to actually do most of these steps.

At the start of every day, I create a new email address. Make sure it's short, so it's quick to type. This email MUST be a real email address. "Disposable emails" and using Gmail's "dot trick" can be detected by the advertising companies, and you won't be credited if you use them. Don't waste your time with cheats. You can use sites like Gmail, Yahoo, Mail.com, and Hotmail.

Go to your website's survey/offer list. Clear your cookies. It works best for me to delete everything on the list except the cookie for your GPT website. If you delete it, you have to log back in again every time--which wastes time.

Don't click 'Close' on your cookies window. Just minimize it to the bottom of your screen so it's easier to get to next time. (Close the 'Options' window if it's in your way).

Click on the survey/offer you want to do. Make a note of what the web address is. Each company will only credit you once per email. So if you are doing the "Day Care Survey" for e-researchcenter.us.com, you won't get credited for "Swine Flu" later because it is also hosted by e-researchcenter.us.com. Make sense? So as you're going down your list of surveys, just make sure you don't do more than one per company.

Creating a spreadsheet or checklist of the companies is handy, so you don't have to write all of the companies down as you go--just put an X next to their name. (You can have a copy of my spreadsheet, if you email me at Emma@PaidDoingSurveys.com...and beg.)

If you click on a survey/offer from the list, and it's a company you've already completed, close it. Delete your cookies again (just opening the window gave you more cookies) and move on to the next survey/offer.

During the survey, let every page load completely. This one's very important. If you don't, and hit 'skip' too soon, they'll assume you're a robot and not credit you.

Fulfill the requirements of the survey/offer. If you are supposed to complete an offer or two, do it. There are plenty of free offers to do. Simply click on one that looks interesting, fill in your information, and click submit. If the directions say to "click" on offers on the final page, click them. Simply choose a couple, click on them, let them load fully, then close the windows.

Make certain you go all the way to the end of every survey.

When you've finished, close the survey window and any pop-ups. Click the submit button on the site.

Start the whole process back over by clearing your cookies again.

After I've finished doing surveys for the day, or am just taking a break, I go to my email I've set up and check on the inbox. Several of the companies (particularly the ones that pay the most) send you confirmation emails to verify that you gave them a real email address. Click on the link in the email, let the page load completely, enter your email and a password if they ask you, then close it.

When you run out of companies, it's time to set up a new email address and start the whole process over again.

$1 Surveys!!!

Yes. You read it right! $1 for every survey you do. Read on:

You may remember me talking about all of the great contests I've won with MakeThatDollar.com. $215 my first month there just doing surveys, to be exact! I have been paid some REALLY easy money doing surveys on MakeThatDollar.com, and you get paid really quickly. Seriously, it's an amazing site to make money on.

Sounds pretty perfect, right?

Well, this morning it was announced that MakeThatDollar.com will be changing their survey rates. Instead of their previous 40%-60% rate, which made most surveys worth between 25 and 75 cents, they are increasing the rate all the way to 80%!!!! Their new goal is to make the payout for EVERY SINGLE SURVEY worth at least $1. Seriously! These changes are going on now!

Think of all the money you could be making getting paid $1 per survey, if you are able to do 20+ surveys an hour. Add on top of that some amazing contests and promotions, and you can be getting paid incredible amounts at MakeThatDollar.com without even having to get referrals.

As with all sites I mention on this blog, MakeThatDollar.com is 100% free to join. You will never be required to pay any money to earn money. It is completely free. Check it out:

DealBarbie Now Has Instant Payments!

Recently, there have been some big changes over at the DealBarbie Network. Big, GREAT changes! The entire DealBarbie Network recently changed hands to a new owner. Of course, it's bittersweet because anyone affiliated with any of the DealBarbie sites already knows how wonderful the former owner, Christina, is. She was always sincere, honest, and helpful, and her presence over at the DealBarbie sites will be very much missed.

The good news is, the new owner has implemented some AMAZING changes on the sites. Dan, the owner of CashPirate and PaidTheFastest has brought all of the great aspects of his sites and brought them over to the DealBarbie Network.

The biggest and greatest change? All payments to paypal through the DealBarbie Network are now fee-free and TOTALLY INSTANT! Seriously! That means you can simply go online to any of the DealBarbie sites, complete free offers and paid surveys, and withdraw your money as soon as the offers approve! And I thought working online couldn't get any better... Now, I don't even have to wait for my money!

Currently, DealBarbie has two sites that pay cash for completing surveys and offers. They are:

DealBarbiePays
and
DealBarbiePaysFast

(DealBarbiePaysFast only has a $1 minimum payout!!! That's awesome!)

Also, make sure you check out DealBarbie's other great points-based sites, where you can trade in your points earned for great prizes, gift cards, and advertising packages:

DealBarbiePoints
and
StarReferrals

Make The Most Money Online This Month

On the first of every month, I sit down at my computer and go through my entire bookmarked list of GPT and PTC sites. I give everything a once-over to see where I stand as far as referrals, cash balances, points, and contests. It's a nice way to keep things fresh--changing up the sites I do now and then. I start by noting which sites are paying out the most for certain contests.

With contests, you can double or even triple the amount of money you make with a given site. Contests are by far the easiest way to make the most out of your time working online, without having to rely on your referrals to do it for you.

It's still fairly early in the day, and I'm on Eastern time, so this list may change. Check back! I'll update if anything new shows up!

GPT CashCow is running TWO great contests this month:

Paid To Click contest; Paying the top 3
Referral Contest; No offers needed! They just have to sign up!!!! Paying top 3

Make That Dollar runs high-paying contests:

Paid To Click contest; Paying top 5
Completion contests throughout the month; usually week-long with top payout winning $35!!!

SolarRewardz is running some great earnings contests:

Month-long cash earnings contest; Paying top 10. 1st place gets an addition 50% of all of their earnings! (i.e. you earn $100, they GIVE YOU $50)
Month-long rewardz (points) earnings contest; Paying top 10. 1st place gets an addition 50% of all of their earnings!

DealBarbiePays has two current contests:

The "One Week Click-Off" PTC contest; Paying top 4
Referral Contest; No offers needed! They just have to sign up!!!! Paying top 4.

SquishyCash has some AMAZING contests this month (these are HUGE!):

$200 July Reach Promotion! Every member that reaches $200 in offer earnings will instantly get $100 added to his/her account balance!
$100 July Reach Promotion! Every member that reaches $100 in offer earnings will instantly get $25 added to his/her account balance!
$50 July Reach Promotion! Every member that reaches $50 in offer earnings will instantly get $10 added to his/her account balance!
July Completion Contest!
The top 25 members who have the most offers approved will win! 1st wins $50!

Look how fast your money can multiply, just by focusing where you spend your time doing surveys and free offers over the month! Try it out this month!

Need To Get Paid Today?

Like working online, but hate waiting for your payouts? The Deal Barbie Network has the perfect site! DealBarbiePaysFast is just like other GPT sites. You get paid to complete free surveys and offers online, but at DealBarbiePaysFast, you can cashout daily! Yes, daily!

On top of that, DealBarbiePaysFast has great contests, PTC ads, and three great referral levels! And you get credit for your referrals as soon as their offers approve--not when they cashout (like other sites).

Need your money today? Check out DealBarbiePaysFast!!!

Not Your Everyday GPT

Admittedly, after a while doing stuff on GPT sites can get repetitive and boring. You find yourself doing survey after survey, clicking on PTC after PTC, and even though you're making free, easy money online...you're just getting bored. Find yourself thinking, "I wish there was a GPT site out there that made this experience fun. Neat contests, fun prizes, games that will earn me money..."

Well stop wishing, because here's TreasureTrooper.com!!!

TreasureTrooper is a fun, innovative GPT site. It's loaded with funny adventure comics, special game quests you can do to get extra cash, a forum treasure hunt, online slot games, special "hidden treasure" that pops up now and then, and even a neat bonus game after EVERY offer you complete.

Plus, just for signing up, TreasureTrooper will pay you $3! And TreasureTrooper has a 20% referral commission! You don't want to pass this one up!

Tell Your Friends!

Did you know you can make money online just by telling your friends about various companies? Most GPT and PTC sites offer referral incentives for having your friends sign up for the site. Generally, there's a signup bonus for you and for your friend that ranges anywhere from 20 cents to $5.

An even BETTER way to make money from your friends, is by checking out the great referral PROMOTIONS different sites have available. If you pay attention to the contest schedules, you can double or even triple your monthly online income. SquishyCash and SolarRewardz, for example, are each offering $1 for every single person that you get to sign up and complete one offer. That's on top of the commission you'll make from all of your referrals earnings!

Here are my favorite referral promotions for this month. Get involved while they're still running! There's more than enough time left in the month to make some real money from these. What are you waiting for?

$1 for every referral who completes at least one offer!

$1 for every 5 people that sign up!

FREE $30!!!

Wow! Right now SquishyCash is giving you $10 free into your account when you sign up! That's crazy! That means you only have to earn $10 for yourself to make your first payout. Who can turn down free money? I know I can't. So, I thought I'd check to see what everyone is offering for signup bonuses right now, and post some of the BEST free signup bonuses. Just by taking the 10 minutes time it'll take to sign up for these 6 sites, you'll have earned $30 FREE! You don't want to miss these! Here they are:

$10 SIGNUP BONUS!

$5 and 500 REWARDZ SIGNUP BONUS!

$5 and 5 HELMETS SIGNUP BONUS!

$5 SIGNUP BONUS!

$3 SIGNUP BONUS!

$2 SIGNUP BONUS!

Free Referrals!

Admittedly, One of the most difficult parts of doing GPTs (for me, at least) is getting referrals. For some people, it just comes naturally. For me...not so much.

Lately, though, I've been very active on StarReferrals. It's a newish site, and part of the DealBarbie Network. It's great! The whole site is on a point system; StarReferrals calls them "stars". You can earn stars by either completing offers, signing up for people's ads, or doing PTC ads.

I love it. I wake up every morning, click on six pages of ads (takes about 10 minutes), and voila! I've got about 20 stars! Then, I go to the "Spend Stars" section and create a Paid To Signup ad for one of my many GPT sites. You can choose to offer as many of your stars per signup as you wish.

People sign up, earn stars, and I earn a new referral! It's all completely free to do. Plus (my favorite part), most of the people who are involved with StarReferrals are already active GPT users. That means you're getting experienced people, and not a bunch of new people you'll have to walk through doing offers and surveys. They're quality referrals.

StarReferrals is a MUST for building your downline. Check it out!

Contests!!!!

Wow. So much has happened in May, that I completely forgot to post my next CashCrate check! It was for $21.81. It's a little lower than my first, because I got very busy completing offers and doing surveys on some other new sites I've found.

One of the sites, MakeThatDollar, has some CRAZY contests. I spent most of the month doing what I could to be eligible for contests. It was SO worth it. Read on to find out my winnings....

The first contest was a paid-to-click contest for whoever could click on the most advertisers' banner ads within a set amount of days. This one was an easy one! I like to turn on a TV show online and listen to it while I do PTC ads - something I can just listen to in the background but don't have to watch to enjoy, like a sitcom or a soap (yes, I'm admitting I watch a soap...I'm not telling which one). I won that first contest and had $5 deposited instantly into my account! That's $5 for maybe 15 total minutes of my time, PLUS the money I made by clicking on the ads. I was hooked.

The next contest was an offer completion contest over the course of a few days. Also an easy one. I won $25!!!!

There was also a month-long offer completion contest, which I TOTALLY had in the bag right up until May 29th. Then, I got a really nasty cold and spent the next few days in bed and not working online. I only got 3rd place in the contest....BUT I STILL WON $100!!!! I'm a little disappointed that I didn't win the $500 1st place prize, but I was SO sick, and I really needed to rest.

I also completed a Paid-to-signup contest for StarReferrals and had $2 deposited directly into my paypal account. I'll definitely be writing about StarReferrals later--LOVE them.

So, in May, I earned:

$2 from StarReferrals
$20.50 from CashCrate
$22.96 from TreasureTrooper (It was actually more, but I "bought" some referrals)
$20.69 from SquishyCash
$212.81 from MakeThatDollar

Holy Cow! Can you believe I made over $275 just doing offers and filling out surveys? And without paying for gas, or a babysitter, and in comfy clothes listening to my favorite music? And that's just these sites--I earned some smaller amounts on some other sites. Wow! And that was all just me. All of these sites offer HUGE referral bonuses. I'll be spending most of June getting referrals. I'll keep you posted on my progress. Can't wait!

Now, I'm off to make more money!

My Very First Check From Working Online!

Okay. Admittedly I was just as skeptical as you about all of this work-at-home industry hype. I thought to myself, "Seriously? I'm going to spend a little time on the internet, and some complete stranger is going to send me a check a month later?"

I knew my check from CashCrate.com was supposed to be processed on April 15th, and I'd seen everyone else's checks in the forums and in people's messages to me...but I just couldn't shake that feeling that I was going to be waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and eventually find out that I'd been duped and wasn't getting a check.

But then I got my check!!!!!

I barely put any effort into my first month of doing this stuff because I was so convinced it was a scam. But you can bet now, after getting a real check, I'm totally going to put more time into this. Can't wait!

(you can click on the check to see a larger image. $62.70! That was like 3 hours of work!)

Want to get your own check next month? Learn more at my CashCrate blog:

What is CashCrate?

CashCrate is a legitimate, GPT (Get Paid To) site that pays you to complete offers, trials, and surveys, and even play games online! Companies need consumers to test and review products, services, and view websites and are willing to pay money to have people do it. Most of the time, those other companies expect you to do this for nothing, or only reward you with"points" that can only be spent at their store, and usually in unrealistic amounts (30,000 points for 10 music downloads??? Geesh!)

What CashCrate does is take the money companies give us, and give you back up to 75% of it! You can also refer your friends to CashCrate to earn MORE money! That's right--ACTUAL money. You'll get an actual check in the mail!

Best of all, it's TOTALLY free to sign up and complete offers. You will NEVER have to give your credit card info, receive a bill, or pay any type of membership fee to be a part of CashCrate. That's right--FREE!!!

So what are you waiting for!?!?

CashCrate Tutorial

Getting Paid By CashCrate

A lot of companies out there make statements about paying you for your time and either pay you ONLY in points that you have to cash in at THEIR stores, or they don't pay you at all. Or, you spend HOURS working on their site, only to find that you didn't even earn enough to cover their fees and charges. Who wants to waste their time on that? Certainly not me.

That's what makes CashCrate so great! It's TOTALLY FREE to earn money and you get paid ACTUAL money! That's right--a check will be mailed right to you. Check out our members forum sometime. We LOVE to show off our paychecks!

Best of all, there are no deadlines or "disappearing income" with CashCrate. If you don't meet the minimum payout ($20) for a single month, it simply rolls over into your next month's income! How great is that!?! The money you earn will ALWAYS be yours.

And with our referral program, your income capabilities are endless! So what are you waiting for???

Cash Crate Games

Probably one of my favorite parts about CashCrate is the free online games section. I spend easily an hour or more there every day.

Why? Because it's a fun, fast way to watch your CashCrate points grow exponentially. And more CashCrate points means earning fun things like gift cards, cameras, iPods, and LOADS of other great prizes.

Hey, you're probably already wasting time while dinner's cooking or you're awake at 3a.m. So why not turn that time into something fun? Sign up today and check out this fun, free feature of CashCrate!!!