Fundraiser: Get Paid Taking Surveys for Free.
An instant fundraiser / residual income with good potential... and help getting it...
If you're looking for a good fundraiser (over a period of time), you might consider referring your group, church, or organization to SurveySavvy.com. Note: This is not a fundraiser meant to generate tens of thousands in a short period of time. Other avenues are better-suited for that. This is a long-term fundraiser whose goal should begin in the hundreds of dollars that regenerate month-after-month (residual income). Many large advertisers are willing to PAY for marketing research. In other words, if you take an online survey, they will pay you (or your group) cash for doing it! Basically, this helps them in making their decisions about marketing a product, and they're willing to have a budget for outside input. They're waiting for your opinions and they'd like as many people as possible participating!
There are several survey websites out there, but far and away, the best one I've found is SurveySavvy.com. They pay CASH for their surveys, where other companies may sometimes offer raffles for prizes (not as good). The surveys pay anywhere from $3 to $75 ($75 is the most, I think). They've requested that I participate in surveys that pay $30 several times. The real money from SurveySavvy is in the residual income that they will allow you to create. A residual income is one that will continuously be paid to you or your group monthly. SurveySavvy allows you or your group to build a residual income by paying you for referrals.
Here is how this can be a great fundraiser:
SurveySavvy.com will pay you $2 for each survey taken by someone your group referred, AND $1 for each survey taken by someone one of your referrals referred. If your organization or group recommends this to its members, your group can instantly have dozens, hundreds, or thousands of free sign-ups (depending on the size of your group). Then consider what happens after your members begin making referrals!!!
Potential Fundraiser Examples:
Refer 10 members who each take 2 surveys a month: Pays $40 a month to your group
Refer 50 members who each take 2 surveys a month: Pays $200 a month to your group
Refer 100 members who each take 2 surveys a month: Pays $400 a month to your group
Refer 500 members who each take 2 surveys a month: Pays $2000 a month to your group
And if they put some effort into getting referrals and "getting the word out", besides taking their two surveys a month, and referring members who take 2:
Refer 10 members who each refer 5 members: Pays $90 a month to your group
Refer 50 members who each refer 5 members: Pays $450 a month to your group
Refer 100 members who each refer 5 members: Pays $900 a month to your group
Refer 500 members who each refer 5 members: Pays $4500 a month to your group
And remember that each member is being paid $3 to $75 for taking their own paid surveys. The incentive is definitely there for them.
Because new surveys will be distributed regularly, this income can regenerate over-and-over, month-after-month.
If you're wondering "Could this work as a fundraiser?" or "Would they really pay this?", SurveySavvy.com has already paid out 9.7 million dollars over many years. Advertisers are paying them for the marketing research. This is a win-win-win situation for all that are involved.
Possible ways to promote this as a fundraiser:
Newsletters
Membership Mailouts
Membership Email Lists
Vocal Announcements
Articles
Flyers
Bulletin Boards
Remember that this is free to join (an easy sell) and the surveys will repeat and continue to be distributed to your referrals regularly. And not only that, they'll give you a handy referral link that you can paste onto a website, put in a newsletter, promote in a search engine, put into a free banner exchange, use as a part of your email signature, etc (please do not spam with your link). This makes it very easy to promote as a fundraiser. At the bottom of this page, there are free advertising links to help you promote your referral link.
Below, I've posted a photo of one of my last checks from SurveySavvy for proof:
(click here for 12/03 check)
(click here for 1/04 check)
(I'm not good with pictures or graphics, so I hope you understand :-)
(Click the picture above, and maximize your new window for a large view)
I "blanked" some things on this picture for "security" reasons.
The checks I receive are the result of taking my own surveys and referring others using the referral link that SurveySavvy gave me. My first check was for $15. Now I'm getting checks like the one above for over $300 because I worked at it. My personal vision goes a lot farther than $300 a month though. I'll double it in the upcoming months, and I don't see why I can't double that too. Getting referrals only takes some effort.
Of course there will be those your group refers who ignore or choose not to take the survey, or never make a referral. There will be others who aren't invited to many surveys because their profile was not completed or not needed for that particular survey. That's normal. For your group to be successful, it only needs to concern itself with the ones who do. If your group keep working this over time, it will soon have a group of over 100 referrals, who are doing their own referring. It will begin to take a life of its own. After I referred 60, my referrals began to pass me with their own referrals (My own efforts were then being multiplied by some of those 60 people's efforts). That's just me. The growth of your groups income all depends on how well it promotes it. Imagine 2 years from now, having worked a free survey referral income, and having 300 referrals, and 1000 of their referrals. Then one survey gets offered to that group. Then another survey comes out next week... and another... and another... Get the idea? SurveySavvy has given out over $9,000,000 in survey payments to referrals who signed up for FREE. How much of this would benefit your group, church, or organization?
In the beginning, I began "fooling around" with this. I took surveys and referred others using some of the Internet's free advertising websites. After I received my second check from SurveySavvy, I started to take it more seriously and began to realize the power of receiving a residual income on a regular schedule. SurveySavvy.com has already given away over $9,000,000 doing this. The advertising companies are apparently paying them a lot more.
This is an easy-to-get cashflow that I highly recommend, especially for a group looking for several income or funding streams to support it. Your group risks nothing and has an unlimited earning potential from referrals.
One concern that I had about a survey company was that if I told them my opinions and gave them personal information, that it would be used to hound me with spam, junk mail, etc. They do not do this and I can attest to that personally. This company is professional in every sense of the word.
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Here are some secrets that will help each person's success with survey companies. I would suggest that you bookmark this page so that you can refer back to them, because they can make a huge difference in how much you earn with any survey company.
Secret #1: Survey companies want "well-rounded people" with a large set of interests. Everyone is well-rounded, but your chance to be invited to surveys will increase dramatically if you indicate that you have a wide range of interests, even if they are just "passing interests". The first thing to do is to login to your account and fill out the Profile Enhancers. Even if you have the mildest interest in something, its good that the survey companies know about it.
Secret #2: The real money with surveysavvy is in referrals. They now have a new Household Referrals option in the system. The link they give you (in the Member Invitation section) is probably the best way to promote, because it can be used anywhere on the internet. There are many ways to promote your link.
Secret #3: Be sure that the email address you give them is one that you WATCH regularly (otherwise it can be changed when you login). They have a QUOTA of people who can take each survey, since many people don't respond to the invitations. Take the survey immediately, otherwise the quota may fill up and they won't need anymore people.
Secret #4: Take each survey sent to you. This builds your upcoming check and should increase the chances of more survey invitations. Be patient. Invitations tend to come out weekly to those with good profiles.
Secret #5: Help your friends or anyone you refer. If you assist someone you've referred, you create belief and commitment within your group, which leads to more referrals and more surveys being taken.
Secret #6: Most surveys will be begin with "pre-qualifying questions" (usually 2 or 3 questions to test if you have a strong interest level in the theme of the survey). Keep this in mind when you first begin answering questions.
Secret #7: Advertisers are trying to sell "new" things. You are more likely to pass their pre-qualifying questions if you are an owner of newer models of cars, furniture, etc.
Secret #8: Be Patient. This income is built one survey at a time. Depending on each person's individual submitted profile, sometimes weeks may go by without many getting a survey. This is normal. Marketing companies submit their surveys at random. Your group may build a group of 50 referrals and wonder why it only has $3 in the account. This is normal, because at any given time, a survey can be released, and you'll login in next time to see $25 waiting for your group. You may login next time to see that your group's referrals have referred three times as many as the group originally referred! Remember that SurveySavvy won't forget about your referrals even five years from now! They intend to pay over the long haul. Be patient and keep the faith. Its a free long-term residual income as long as your group treats it that way.
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