about PAID EMAILS, SURVEYS and FOCUS GROUPS

I've been thinking lately - what am I doing wrong, why am I not getting the results I'm hoping for in this "internet business"... and I think I got some answers to my questions.

I was just wondering if anybody else is feeling the same way as I do and I would really like to hear your experience.

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I've been trying to create some extra income from home for about 6 years now.

Of course I started with basic things like:

• getting paid for reading emails
• getting paid for participating in surveys, even
• getting paid for being in focus groups.

Actually all of these work!!! They did for me at least... Of course you're not gonna make 100s of $s, but you can get an extra $10-$20 /month for reading the emails (I have a really good experience with inboxdollars - they have been around for I don't know how long and I never had problems with them), you can get an extra $20-$30 / month for the surveys and the focus groups really depend on where you live and other various factors (like how old are you, and what do you do for a living, do you have any kids, and how much is your annual income...etc).

For example, we used to live in Las Vegas and in the Venetian casino, there is a focus group, called MRC and they paid - I think - $60 to participate in a focus group about credit cards (a credit card company wanted to research, which "face" would consumers prefer on the credit card, what rewards would they prefer and which tv advertisement they found the most effective...etc). The whole process took about 45 minutes and we got the $60 on the spot.

Than - after we moved to Los Angeles - we were looking for other focus groups and we came across with Brenda's Recruiting. That is also a great agency! They call you up if you are available to watch a movie trailer on a certain day at a certain time and after that you participate in a focus group about the movie or tv show and than you get paid when it's over.

And you can also find online focus groups - I was part of one of those too, I think it was called the Brian Institute or something like that... I can't remember right now... but if you are interested, I can look it up for you in my old emails, just shoot me an email at snakesfehervar@yahoo.com and I'll give you the details.

So these things are really cool, BUT surveys can be REALLY time consuming. Most of the time you don't know how long a survey is going to take and it's just going on and on and on with the questions and than - my "favorite" - they tell you that you did not qualify for the survey...
BUT if you do qualify and complete the survey, they DO PAY YOU. So it's not a rip-off... just it can be real bummer when you wasted all that time for nothing. But - as I said - they do pay and you are able to see your earnings online. Most of the times you get the credit instatly, sometimes it takes a few days. Some survey companies don't have a minimum payout amount (I was even able to get a check for $2 ... :-D ) but some of them ask you to accumulate at least $20-$30 before they issue your check... and some of they offers to pay by paypal too.

So if you need details on which surveys have worked for me, or if you care to share what has worked for you, or if you have information about some scam that does not work and you got ripped off by one of those scam artists, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE YOUR OPINIONS AND EXPERIENCES.

THANK YOU GUYS.
Aniko Torok
snakesfehervar@yahoo.com