By no means do I consider myself an expert when it comes to making money taking surveys. But since starting down the survey-taking road more than two years ago, I have developed a plan that has proved successful, in my mind anyway. Over the past six months I have averaged better than $200 a month taking surveys and that does not include gift certificates and testing and keeping various products. I have no idea if I will be able to maintain this pace but I am hopeful and it certainly will not be for a lack of effort. Because this community has been so helpful to me in maximizing my income potential, I would like to share my tips and strategy, and perhaps you too will reap the cash rewards from taking surveys.

First and foremost, I advocate being honest and trustworthy in taking surveys. While I want to make as much money as I can, I will not jeopardize my integrity for a couple of dollars. Don’t rush through surveys and be thoughtful and patient in your answers. When survey sites see that you are a good, quality survey-taker, I actually think it results in more survey invitations.

I must give special recognition to this site. It was central to my being able to develop a plan to maximize my money-making ability. I recommend that you investigate this site in its entirety and then check in regularly for other useful information. One of the biggest mistakes I made initially was joining every survey site I could find. I quickly found that I was spending an inordinate amount of time taking surveys that paid off in points for trinkets I could not use or for points to be used in various contests and sweepstakes that I never won. So I used this site to help me sort through the survey sites that were worth my time and effort and offered cash for taking surveys. After purging my computer of dozens and dozens of sites that were a waste of my time, I came up with a list of about 15 that proved the most promising. And over the past few months I have made revisions based on my success or dissatisfaction with my chosen group and have also added a couple of sites based on reviews from this site.

It takes a lot of time, effort and dedication. Don’t wait for the surveys to come to you by way of email invitation, many sites have surveys waiting for you on their site. Check in with your favored sites several times a day and always remember to keep your profiles up to date. Take every survey for which you are qualified. I know it gets boring and frustrating to take a survey that initially does not offer a cash incentive, however I cannot tell you the number of times such a survey has led to something better. As a result of such surveys, I have been invited to join communities that offer gift certificates; I have participated in interactive sessions paying as much as $35 for 90 minutes of my time; I have been invited to join focus groups online and by phone that paid out as much as $250 for several hours of my time.

Again, I cannot stress enough that it requires as much time as you can devote day and night, seven days a week. This is my hobby and the fact that it is providing what I believe to be a nice side income, it is worth the effort I put into it. I hope my tips can help you harvest the rewards from taking surveys!