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How to REALLY Make Money with Paid Online Surveys

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Welcome to the complete Paid Online Survey System!  For those only interested in taking surveys for money, you'll find some of the best paid online survey sites available.  For those of you who want to make even more from paid surveys, follow the instructions to reproduce this site for yourself and increase your profits through referrals.
Let me start by saying that this is NOT one of those "pay me for a list of survey companies and I'll promise you riches" sites.  On the contrary, you should never pay to take online surveys. This information is available for FREE.  There are literally hundreds of companies that will pay you to take online surveys.  This site has streamlined that list to include only the best - those that pay well for the surveys themselves and also offer the best incentives for referrals.
 
If you've never taken a paid online survey, the process is pretty simple.  You sign up for a survey site, completely free, and fill out a personal profile.  When that company has a survey that fits your profile, they will send you an invitation to take a survey.  The invitation will usually include the length of the survey, the compensation being offered, and a link that will take you directly to the survey.   Simply fill out the survey (which are usually quite interesting) and your compensation will be sent according to site policy.

For the most part survey invitations are not sent on a continual basis.  Unless you are signed up for a LOT of sites (which can be hard to keep track of), you will only receive one here and one there (still a very easy and fun way to make some extra cash).  But you can make up the difference by referring people to these sites.  With some effort, you can actually make more money referring people than by taking the actual surveys.

LET'S GET STARTED WITH PAID SURVEYS! - Make sure that you bookmark this site.

Sign up for Paid Survey Sites: The first step is to sign up for paid online survey sites.  The region column shows who is eligible to sign up by country (INT = International) and the notes will be covered later in the referral section below.  I would highly recommend bookmarking these sites as you go.
 Link  Region  Notes
ACOP INT Affiliate  and Ad Networks
CIAO! (INTERNATIONAL)
 INT Ad Networks
CLICK IQ US Referral.  Request an invitation here.
E-POLL US Ad Networks
GLOBAL TEST MARKET INT Referral and Ad Networks
GREENFIELD (US/CANADA) US, CAN Ad Networks
HARRIS POLL ONLINE INT Referral.  Request an invitation here.
HOTSPEX INT Referral. Request an invitation here.
IPSOS SURVEYS (CANADA) CAN Ad Networks
IPSOS SURVEYS (US) US Ad Networks
LIGHTSPEED (US/CAN) US,CAN Affiliate
LIGHTSPEED (AUSTRALIA) AUS Ad Networks
NIELSEN/NET RATINGS US Ad Networks
NFO MY SURVEY US, CAN,UK Ad Networks
NOP WORLD (UK)
 UK Ad Networks
NOP WORLD (US) US Ad Networks
NPD ONLINE RESEARCH US Ad Networks
OPINION OUTPOST US, CAN Affiliate
 OPINION SURVEYS  US Ad Networks
SURVEY SAVVY INT Referral (great 2-level system) and Ad Networks. 
SURVEY SPOT US, CAN, UK Ad Networks
WHAT DO YOU THINK AUS Ad Networks
ZOOM PANEL US, CAN, UK, AUS, FRA Referral. Request an invitation here.

OK, NOW WHAT?

Now, you will begin to receive invitations from the free paid survey sites to participate in surveys.  Don't be alarmed if they don't come right away, be patient.  It could take a couple of weeks but soon enough you'll start to receive them.  Be sure to read through how these work.  If you just wanted some great sites to take paid online surveys, that's it.  If you'd like to learn how to make even more money with referrals, keep reading.

About Referrals - First, let's cover the types of referrals:
Straight Referrals - Straight referrals are the simplest form of referral.  You'll refer someone to a paid survey site and any incentive you receive will be added to your regular survey earnings.  Straight referrals can be in the form of a referral email or a referral link.  Referral incentives can range from cash, to points, to drawing entries depending on the paid online survey site.  You'll find the straight referral programs marked "Referral" in the notes column above.
Affiliate Programs - Affiliate programs require that you apply to become an affiliate.  You need to have a web site in order to apply, so have this site up and running first.  Affiliate programs tend to pay more than a straight referral and always pay in cash.  Affiliate earnings are completely separate from survey earnings.  You'll find the affiliate sites marked "Affiliate" in the notes column.

Ad Networks - Ad Networks are by far the most effective and most profitable way to make referral cash.  Ad Networks act as a collection point for paid advertisers, so you can get referral links for many paid survey sites from one ad network.  Best of all, they pay more.  Like affiliate sites, you need to have a web page and they usually require you to have your own domain name and a minimum amount of traffic.  You may not qualify for an ad network at first but keep plugging away and eventually you will.  By getting into an ad network you can easily double your referral earnings.
    These are the ad networks that I like to use:
     
  • CheckMyStats - Timely payments, residual earnings, real-time tracking, commission payments by check, direct deposit, or PayPal.
  • GoZing Network - Gone through changes recently.  Offers are limited.
  • OffersQuest - Highest campaign payouts, world-class stats reporting, real publisher support, payments by check or PayPal.

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DUPLICATING AND MODIFYING THIS SITE

There are a couple of rules that you MUST follow in order to have rights to duplicate this site.  At the very bottom of this site, you may find a link to my sponsor.  This link MUST be modified to the link of this site (your sponsor - the site where you found this page).  Second, also at the bottom of this page, you will find a link to the originator of this system.  This link MUST stay in tact, as is.  If these 2 simple rules are not followed, then you do not have right to duplicate this site.  As long as these links stay, you have full rights to duplicate this site.  Don't worry, this will actually work to your advantage in the long run because you will eventually become a sponsor.  If you've created a web site before, simply copy this site and replace the referral and email links with yours.  If not, don't worry, it's really quite simple.  You may want to print this page out for the next part.  If you have any questions feel free to send me an email. 

The easiest way involves downloading Nvu or Mozilla Composer.  Both are "what you see is what you get" (WYSIWYG) editors allowing you to make changes like you would with word processing software.  Nvu is a tabbed editor that allows you to edit more than one page at a time.  You can download it for free here.  Composer is the web page editor that comes with Mozilla Suite (another free download).  Both allow you to also edit the HTML code directly by viewing in the "Source" panel.  After downloading either editor, copy this site.  While you have this page open in your browser, go up to "File", "Save" and save as type "Web Page, HTML Only" to your computer.  Remember where you saved it!  Now, follow the directions listed under the alternative method below starting with "next, go to the logo at the top of the page".   Instead of using the HTML editor Coda, use Nvu or Composer and click the "Open" folder button.  Find your file and open.  You should now see a duplicate of this page you can modify. 

Here's an alternative method if you prefer a straight HTML editor.  The instructions below should be more than sufficient but if not, visit PageTutor, a great web site for beginners.
  • First, get your referral links.  Go to any of the sites above that have "Referral" marked in the notes column.  Login and find your referral link.  Copy your referral link from each site and paste it to text program of some sort just so that you have a list of all of your referral links.  I like using MS Word because I can test each link but any program will do.  Make sure to save this document.
  • If you're completely new to this, I would recommend downloading a program called Xoology Coda.  This is a FREE download and will color the HTML for you making it much easier to find the links you'll need to modify. Otherwise, you can just use a basic text editor like NotePad or WordPad.  These are found under Accessories in Windows.
  • Copy this site.  While you have this page open in your browser, go up to "File", "Save" and save as type "Web Page, HTML Only" to your computer.
  • Next, go to the logo at the top of the page (the one that says Free Online Paid Surveys), right click it, choose "Save Picture As" and save it in the same folder that you saved the web page.  The picture and the web page MUST be in the same folder or you won't see the logo on your page.
  • Now you'll need to open the file you just saved.  If you are using Coda, open Coda, then go up to "File", "Open File" and open the file you just saved.  If you are using a text editor, either open that program and go to "File", "Open" (change the file type to "All Documents") and open the file.  Another way is to open that file in your browser and go to "View", "Source" which will more than likely open it in NotePad.  Either way, you will now see the HTML code for the web site.
  • Replace my links in the web site with yours.  I have commented the site to help you find the links that need to be replaced.  A comment starts with <!-- and ends with -->.  If you are using Coda, the comments will be colored green.  If you are using a text editor, you will just have to look for them.  Scroll down until you find the first comment.  It will be right before the table listing all of the paid online survey sites.  Now scroll down to the first paid survey site that you have on your referral link list (the one you saved earlier).  Copy the link from your referral link list and paste it over my referral link.  Make sure to paste over only the link.  Start with "http and end at the last " making sure to leave the <a href=" at the beginning and the "> at the end.
  • Repeat this process for all of the paid survey referral links you have on your list.
  • Next, you'll find several email links in the survey site table.  Find these links and replace my email address with yours.  Replace only the email address, leave the "mailto: at the beginning and anything after the email address at the end.
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POSTING YOUR SITE:

Now that you have your own Free Online Paid Survey web site, you need to put it on the Internet.  If you already have web space, follow their directions for uploading your site to the web.  If not, Free-Webhosts is a great site for finding some FREE web space.   Any of these sites should have complete instructions on how to upload your site.  You need to upload both the web page AND the logo.

Note: If you need a good free FTP client, try Core FTP Lite.  It allows you to easily upload pages, images, and files to the Internet.

Once you've uploaded your site, type the address into your browser to make sure it works correctly.  Bookmark it also.  Then, check all of the links on your site to make sure they work correctly.

APPLY FOR THE AFFILIATE SITES:

Now that you have your web site posted, you need to apply for the affiliate programs.  Below are the links for the affiliate applications.  You may have to wait for a while to get your affiliate ID.  Again, be patient, they will come.  In the event that you are turned down for affiliate status (I don't know why they would), send them and email to find out why.  Make any necessary corrections and then apply again.
When you receive your affiliate link, follow the same procedures as above, replacing my affiliate links with yours. Remember, don't replace the links immediately above this paragraph.  Replace the links in the initial sign-up table for these sites.  Don't forget to upload your site again once you've updated the links.

The next logical step is to sign up for an ad network and replace all of the ad network links.  However, in order to be eligible for an ad network, you need to do a few things first.  For now, just leave these link as they are.

FIRST, YOU NEED TO START PROMOTING YOUR SITE:

Not only will this help you get enough traffic to qualify for an ad network, it will also start to generate referral payments.  There are many ways to promote your site.  Below is a quick list to get you rolling.  Find more information on free ways to advertise your web site.  Once you've started promoting, I would suggest searching the Internet for more advanced methods.
  • Refer friends and family.  This is the most effective way to start out. Send out an email telling your friends and family about taking online surveys.  Be sure to include your web site address.
  • Traffic Exchanges.  This is the easiest way to generate enough traffic to meet the traffic requirements of an ad network.  It's also a great way to get some referrals.  Here is a great little system to increase web site traffic that will recommend some good traffic exchanges, as well as, show you how to surf multiple exchanges at once to get thousands of hits.
  • Use message boards and forums.  There are tons of message boards and forums out there.  Post a message and include a link to your web site.
  • Add a signature to your email with your web site address.  Most email programs will allow you to add a signature to ALL outgoing email.
  • It Pays To Learn.  One of the very sites that you signed up for is one of the best places to advertise your site.  By earning QuizBucks through taking quizzes, you can run banner ads on their site for FREE.  Very effective. I have set up a page with more detailed information on a free advertising system with IPTL.
  • Banner Exchanges.  There are many banner exchanges out there.  They are not extremely effective but they are usually free.
  • Paid to Read email sites.  If you happen to be a member of PTR email sites, you can usually run quite a few ads by either using points or by using some of the money you've earned by reading email.  You can also find a complete paid to read email system.  Be mindful if you promote using PTRs.  Some Ad Networks do not allow incentive traffic for certain ads.
  • Off-line Advertising.  You can hand out fliers, look for community bulletin boards or make business cards to hand out.
  • Free Online Classified Ads.  These don't work terribly well but again they are free.
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Now, the next step is optional but will lead to you earning the most money from your paid online survey site.  You can simply run your site the way it is and you will generate referrals depending on how much time you spend promoting.  If you really want to start making some money, then proceed to the next step.

GET YOUR OWN DOMAIN NAME:

You actually could have done this step before promoting your site but hopefully by promoting your site for free, you've started to generate some cash. You can just purchase a domain name pretty cheap but I would recommend, if you're really serious, to purchase some web space as well.  If you purchase web space, most places will throw in the domain name for free, plus you will get tons of extra tools as well (search engine submission, site statistics, web site add-ons, etc).  You should be able to get good web hosting from between $5-$10 per month.  I use 1and1.  They give me tons of tools and extras with my account but you can also do a search and find any number of web hosting services.

APPLY FOR AN AFFILIATE NETWORK:

Now that you have your own domain name and hopefully, enough traffic (again, the traffic exchange system above is a quick way to generate enough traffic), you can apply for an ad network.  I would recommend signing up for CheckMyStats first.  They list many surveys sites.

Once you have been accepted by CheckMyStats, login to your account and start choosing "campaigns" (survey sites) that you wish to use.  Follow the same procedures as above by replacing my ad network links with yours.  Most of the campaigns will have the entire code for a banner.  To extract just the link code that you need, look for the line that starts with <a href="http: and ends with ">.  Replace all of my ad network links in the survey table with yours.  Next, make sure you select the CheckMyStats affiliate program.  Then, go through and replace any CheckMyStats links in this site with your CheckMyStats affiliate link.  You can also do the same for the other ad networks - Gozing Network and OffersQuest.  OffersQuest has a traffic minimum of 3000 hits per month.  Let me again stress that after you modify your site you need to upload it to your web host and you should definitely check all of your links.


MODIFY THE REST OF THE LINKS:

There are several other links that you can modify within this site.  If you've duplicated the other systems, find the Traffic Exchange System, IPTL System, and Paid Email Systems links and replace them with your own.  The last link that you will want to replace is the recommended web hosting link.  If your web hosting service offers a referral or affiliate link, then replace my recommended link with yours.

Modify your sponsor link - At the very bottom of this page you will find a link to your sponsor.  You MUST modify the link to your sponsor with the link to the site you are copying this from.  You can copy it from the address bar in your browser and paste it over the sponsor link below.  Also, the small link at the very bottom of the page (after Brought to you by:) MUST stay as is. 


CUSTOMIZE YOUR SITE:

Now that you've got your Free Online Paid Survey site up and running the only thing left to do is to customize it for yourself.  This is not necessary but can be fun and will add your own personal touch to your web site.  You can also add other free online paid survey sites to the list or add other paid advertising from your ad networks.  The "what you see is what you get" editing platform of Nvu or Mozilla Composer makes this simple.  Changing colors, adding tables, and modifying links is a breeze.  If you would like more information on HTML, PageTutor is a great site with a good beginners tutorial.  It also contains a "color picker" and "font guide".  Just remember that you may NOT eliminate your sponsors link or the originators link below.  Don't worry, this will actually work to your advantage in the long run because you will eventually become a sponsor.    

Good luck with your new paid online survey site!
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