You can make $150.00 by participating in a blogging study. Here is Goodmind’s offer:
My name is Darrin and I work for Goodmind, a market research company in NYC. We?re currently looking for participants for a study on bloggers and social media writers. Participants must be active bloggers and post their own blog, blog for a company, or blog for business reasons. Participants will be paid a $150 incentive for the study, there is no purchase or sales involved, and it is entirely anonymous. Those that qualify will be asked to log into our software twice a day, for three days, each session comprising of about 15 minutes, or 90 minutes total. If you would like to participate, please reply to this email (darrin.lusk AT goodmind.net), or call us at 212-660-0110. If you?d like more information about us, you can visit our website at Goodmind.net. Thank you, and I look forward to heading from you!
This offer was first given to Andy Beal of Marketing Pilgrim which he is passing on to his readers.
Posted by Crystal
6:50 PM
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You can become an online juror and get paid for each case that you review. Some lawyers will pay money to have an online mock trial so they can prepare for a case. All you have to do is read a script with the facts and perspectives of each party. Then you answer a few questions about the trial and your done. It's somewhat similar to an online survey.
You have to be over 18 and have never been convicted of a felony to apply for these sites.
Ejury pays $5-$10 depending on the length of the case. There is no minimum payout and the payments are made via paypal. According to their FAQ the average time spent on each case is 35 minutes.
Here is a sample case you will see on Ejury.
Online Verdict pays $20-$60 per case. The cases take anywhere from 20-60 minutes. You can choose which cases you want to review and you get notified via e-mail when new cases arrive.
This is an interesting way to make money. Although I compared it to filling out online surveys it seems like a much funner way to make money, and it pays better.
Posted by Crystal
9:13 PM
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You can get paid to try out new Google products. Google has a research program that pays you to participate in studies if you qualify. According to their FAQ, they pay $75 for each hour that you spend with a researcher, in person or on the phone. For online surveys the pay varies. The studies usually take about an hour and a half.
They don't accept everyone who signs up - it depends upon what they're looking for at the time. The only thing they ask is that you are over 18.
Sign up for User Experience Research
Posted by Crystal
5:25 PM
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Amazon's Mechanical Turk is a place where web developers list odd-jobs that they need done, along with the price they are willing to pay. Most of the tasks are really easy, such as finding a title for an article or finding the best picture for a product. You can sign up for free and do the tasks immediately. The pay is pretty low, but the work is easy. Most of the tasks (called "HITS") range from 2.00-.01. Here are a few examples of what a HIT would look like:
Transcribe a 15-minute podcast ($1.50 + bonus)
Answer a single demographic question (.02)
Give a 100-word review of the movie 300 (.20)
If you see a HIT you would like to take, you can accept the HIT immediately. You complete it on the site without having to log-on to a third-party site, unless that's part of the task.
I signed up with Amazon Mechanical Turk a few months ago. I have taken 90 HITS and made 3.10 so far. Most of the HITS were worth .01 but only took me about five seconds to do. I usually log-on while I am waiting for class to start.
Obviously this isn't a get-rich-quick scheme. It would be pretty hard to make above minimum wage by working on this site. There are good things about working on MTurk which make the site noteworthy, though. Here are a few:
- It's run by a trustworthy company (Amazon)
- There are always HITS available
- You only take the HITS that you want to do
- The tasks are generally easy
- The minimum pay-out is low ($10)
- Most of the HITS don't have any special requirements
For these reasons I think Amazon Mechanical Turk is worth looking into. This is especially good for someone who isn't trying to be a web entrepreneur, such as a stay-at-home mom or a college student without a car on campus.
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5:22 PM
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