Paid Surveys Are The Most Popular Method Of Making Money Online In 2017

Paid Surveys Are The Most Popular Method Of Making Money Online In 2017
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We are well into 2017 and whatever goals we set for the New Year’s resolution, they may already be set aside. One goal that most of us have, which never leaves us, is to improve our income and increase our bank balance.

The internet offers a wide range of ways to make money online, and no matter how much research you do, you would have come across a get rich quick scheme offering a “money making blueprint” or a “secret money making system” that you need to pay for. Unfortunately these schemes are too good to be true.

One of the oldest ways to earn money using the internet is doing paid surveys. It may be 2017, but surveys are still the most popular and legitimate way that you can earn extra income each month. As a personal finance blogger, I can validly back this point up through quantitative research I carried out on subscribers to my blog Moneyjojo.com.

The survey was created to get a better insight into the employment status of our readers and to understand if they earn an income online and how exactly they do it. 116 anonymous respondents completed the survey. The data has been published on the Moneyjojo Blog for people to use.

One of the standout points of this survey, was the fact that 85% of the respondents said that they earned an income through answering paid surveys. The next most selected method of earning money online was get paid to websites (also known as GPT websites) at 39.1%. In third place, 26.4% of respondents earned money doing data entry jobs.

Data from the Moneyjojo.com website

The results prove that surveys are widely regarded as one of the best ways to earn money online. They are also a proven genuine method for people who want to supplement their income and will continue for 2017.

So, we it is clear that people are going to try paid surveys to make some extra cash. What survey panels are the best to sign up for? This is a question I get asked often, and for me there are two things you need to be aware of before signing up to online survey panels.

Firstly, you must be aware that you will not get rich by answering paid surveys. How much you can earn, depends on the survey panels you join and your demographics.

Secondly, only sign up to a survey panel that has accreditation references such as BBB accredited business logos, which you should find on the homepage of a survey panel website.

Survey panels are free to sign up to and if you find one that requires you to pay, avoid it like the plague.

Examples of free surveys to try include American Consumer Opinion, Toluna and GlobalTestMarket. The mentioned survey panels are part of much larger market research companies who obtain data which helps to shape services and products in the future.

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