I have been doing a whole lot of thinking and searching on ways to make ends meet and I've come up with something that helps a little.I did an internet search for focus groups and paid survey groups :thumbsup: in my area.I found a few online,filled out applications and one has contacted me already.I have to go next week to a two hour "focus group" on restuarants and take a survey,they pay $60 for this! Not bad for two hours and that extra $$ will most certainly help me right now!

It's worth a shot to see if you can find any in your area!

That's interesting, thanks for the tip!

They are actually sometimes rather neat! lol

You know that yucky GREEN Ketchup??? A few years back they called me and had both my son and I come in, they paid us both. Children went into a different room with all kids and the parents sat in the room next door. It took alittle over an hour but we walked out with $70.

These places are everywhere...once your name is on their list when you fit their study, they will call you.

Hmm that is really neat... I'm gonna look for that... I absolutely love the new forums.

A coworker of mine did an 8 hour "mock" trial focus group through a Sacramento,Ca. firm so the lawyer could get feedback on how he did etc.

She made $400!!!!! I would die to get a call for one of those :)

I am looking right now!! Definatly need some extra dough seeing as how I am practically diasbled right now. If I wasn't lucky enough for parents that know Robby is coming home soon and know how much I love my aprtment and how happy my son is here I don't know what I would do.I feel bad but what else can I do? Hell they have paid my insurance for the last 2 years he has been gone, the crappy part is I was making decent $$ but got downsized and let go in Feb. from a $12.00hr job. Oh well

Did you just look up focus groups?

Yah and market research groups.Here is one listing for all states

http://www.marketsdirectory.com/

I help my mom sell AVON...that is a little bit of money...they also have a program that you pay into each year for discounts on prescriptions, eye care, and dental care...so when I start selling on my own, I'll sign up for that too. That would help a little.

I ound a site that has a bunch of links to focus groups and gives you the option to pick your area in most of the links. Thanks for the idea I have signed up for at least 8-10 of them.

I am going to look into the focus groups thing. Sounds interesting, on top of making some extra money. Right now I sew aprons for pre-schools and take personal requests to make clothing for people. I love to do it, and not bragging, but am pretty good at it. My daughter in law is a good walking/talking advertisement for me. I make her work clothes (just the tops actually) for her job at a veternarians office. And I have made the scrubs for our local pediatricians office. Am trying to eventually start my own business, so when my husband gets home he can focus on starting one of his own. Meanwhile, I have my mother and grandkids cutting patterns out whenever I can grab them for a few minutes! I wrote in the crafts postings how I save money on the material and stuff. I work full time as a social worker for handicapped persons, and at the end of some days the last thing I want to do is cut out patterns and sew, but I take a break, start in, and the next thing I know my energy level is back up and I am having a good time! And every single extra cent helps! Good luck to everyone.

Hey, I joined this great site last month it's one of those paid to read email sites. I have joined alot of them, but they give you like a penny an email, then want you to have $50.00 to cash out. BUT this one sent me a check for 12.00 this month. I won a couple of thier contest for 1.00 a piece and clicked on the paid emails! Hey, it's not a fortune, but it's 12 bucks for like 2 minutes a day! Why NOT?
oh the link is
www.read-n-click.com (http://www.read-n-click.com)
if you wanna join
you can also win like a 10.00 prize for getting referrals ...you know...people to sign up under you, pretty cool! Lots of games anyway where you can win 50 cents to 200 or so...Have fun pto pals!!

Thank you all so much for the ideas. Any little bit helps. Imissdaddy, I can give you a referral if you want. Just PM me.

Can you refer any legitimate sites? I looked at a couple and they seem like scams and I don't want to give them my ssn.

Any suggestions for beginners?

Include me too Imissdaddy.

Buddy

KissyMissy the ones I joined that are legit ( I did a focus group for $60 last week) are only in the Sacramento,Ca. area :(

Imissdaddy- hook a girl up!! I can read a zillion emails!!

Hi, anyone who wants to join that site for the paid email the link is
www.read-n-click.com (http://www.read-n-click.com)
if you would when it asks who referred you my name is
inantit
but even if you don't use me as a referral, it's a pretty great place to make a few bucks for doing practicley nothing!!!! :-)

http://read-n-click.com/signup.php?r=1136
Hey yall, here is the correct link for the READ-NClick site, I won another 2.00 today with the Silly little games you play. Down at the bottom of the sign up page it asys payment methods...thats for how they pay YOU, not YOU pay them. It's free to join and get the emails that pay...but some of there little gambling games cost like a dime or so, you dont have to play them though,! Yall sign up!! Maybe I can win the referral contest, the person with the most referrals each month wins like 10.00 or 20.00 YAY!!! I'm so happy yall like this idea and some of you might sign up!!!! Let me know if you do! What do we gotta lose :-) Heres the link with my referral id again!
http://read-n-click.com/signup.php?r=1136

California Sunshine,

I just called 2 here in the Sacramento area and joined, they did not ask for my ssn. One was in Sacramento and the other in Roseville. Where abouts do you live? PM me if you don't want to post it in the forum. I was wondering because it sounds like you are in the Sacramento area and I am also.
knpj2000

Hey there I am in the Sac area! I'll pm you
What one in Roseville did you call? I signed up for one in Roseville online but can't remember the name!

I just did another one the other night.All I had to do was listen to music and turn a dial to say how much I liked or disliked it for $60!!

This is for a company that I've done surveys with for a couple of years. You don't make tons of money, but it's easy. Also, they occasionally send you products and later ask you to do a survey about them. Free stuff=good!

Here's the link: (use this and I'll get a referral!!!)

http://fun.mysurvey.com/join.cfm?r=1768811

Hiya
my contribution to this is:

http://www.borntoloaf.co.uk/

It's a uk based site HOWEVER it lists all the companies both UK and american who will email you paid surveys, as well as a lot of web UK/USA available freebies.

Also has some details of Mystery Shopping/Focus groups for US/UK.

worth a look ?

F

i found this site just now and thought i would share it with you all :)
http://www.onlinesurveyspaid.com/

I do mystery shops and file reports on-line. I work for a few different companies doing this - some pay a small fee plus reimburse your purchase, some just reimbuse - but, hey, it's a free meal, free movie, free whatever! I've done shops at gas stations, fast food, better restaurants, previewed a movie, a cell phone company, a video game store, etc... the list goes on and on. It's fun and doesn't take up much time. You just have to be observant and pay attention to detail.

I help my mom sell AVON...that is a little bit of money...they also have a program that you pay into each year for discounts on prescriptions, eye care, and dental care...so when I start selling on my own, I'll sign up for that too. That would help a little.
Hi all! This is the hardest time of the year for your budget! With the holidays coming up, money is really tight. If you are interested in earning some extra money, you can have your own online business, (it's free to sign up and you get your own website, and it's free, honest!) Four different lines, Cooking, Christmas, Jewelry and Gifts and a personalized product line. It's totally free, so check it out. I have been with the company for over 2 years and it's great. I hope this is okay to post, since it's a free offer, I'm figuring it is. If I am mistaken, please accept my apologies in advance. You can take a look at my site www.richmont.net/sandisoppty4u (http://www.richmont.net/sandisoppty4u)

I just got my first check from surveysavvy

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You can find links to hundreds of free survey companies like this one at yellowsurveys.com (http://www.yellowsurveys.com/).

Was that a whole years worth of surveys?

Here is an easy one. You don't earn money but you can earn gift certificates. I just got a $25.00 Barnes and Noble gift certificate. www.mypoints.com (http://www.mypoints.com) . If it asks for a referrl and you would like to use me as a referral my user name is lisatures. I have been doing this one for years and at one time I cashed in on $100.00 gift certificates to Target. It is slower now to earn points but still you basically earn points by reading email and you can earn big points if you shop online through this website.

Here is a place you can take a look at. Hope it's okay. If not my apologies in advance.
www.deliveringonthepromise.com/csims (http://www.deliveringonthepromise.com/csims) or

http://www.greetingcakeco.com/littlecakes4you/

being a secret shopperr pays money I do that and it is also fun some times they pay up to 150.00 for tests. You have to ahve a credti card to sign up tho and they are in all states and small towns also

You can start earch money starting with Paid Survey Companies Reviews (http://www.onlinesurveyspaid.com/). It contains paid survey guidelines, FAQs and useful tips on boosting your online revenue. All is free.

being a secret shopperr pays money I do that and it is also fun some times they pay up to 150.00 for tests. You have to ahve a credti card to sign up tho and they are in all states and small towns also

Re: Secret Shoppers: I've seen these and tryed to ddo them, but you always had to pay an additional fee just to get started. I'd pay the fee, if I knew the company was going to be legit and I wasn't going to get screwed.

What company/website do you use for this??

Thanks!

Here is another one that I found. Paid me $12.70 already!

http://www.treasuretrooper.com/6192

Actually the companies that want an upfront fees aren't really legitamate. I do it, and I have never paid an up front fee. Go to
Volition.com
It has all kinds of information about mystery shopping and paid surveys.

:) Well here I am... I am in need of a way to make extra money for stamps and such... Things are expsensive on the inside and the outside please help... Is secret shopping hard??

shell

I have tried the secret shopping stuff but it is hard to get into.. I have been making a couple extra hundred a month selling some things on Ebay.. it takes time, but it's kindof fun!

I collect cans at times...its time consuming looking for them but I burn a lot of calories doing it also!

I've done mystery shopping for a couple of companies. It is hard to get started - especially in areas that don't have large cities. But once you get in, then it's easy to do. There are tons of companies on-line - just Google 'mystery shopping'.

Also check out demo/sampling jobs in your area - one company Mass Connections - does alot of them at Super Wal-Mart. The pay is pretty good too.

I don't know about mystery shopping because I've never done it but what about selling Avon? I'm sure you could make some extra money doing that.

are you crafty?? It takes a little to get started, but you can make crafts and sell them at craft shows.

My daughter and I make jewelry also. We don't sell at craft shows anymore. We have tattoo shops and a couple of music shops that sell our pieces for us. All we did was take a selection of pieces to a tattoo shop and show the owners. We gave them the option of buying wholesale or selling our pieces for us for a commission (10%). We do quite well with this. If you are interested I can give you the names of some good wholesale sources for beads.

are you crafty?? It takes a little to get started, but you can make crafts and sell them at craft shows.

My daughter and I make jewelry also. We don't sell at craft shows anymore. We have tattoo shops and a couple of music shops that sell our pieces for us. All we did was take a selection of pieces to a tattoo shop and show the owners. We gave them the option of buying wholesale or selling our pieces for us for a commission (10%). We do quite well with this. If you are interested I can give you the names of some good wholesale sources for beads.

I could not help but notice that 4 days and counting sign. http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/happy080.gif

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/happy057.gif

Great news

Thanks everyone.. There has been a turn of events...The love of my life just converted to Muslum and I am sad....I won't need all those stamps thank you so much...

Sad shell in Ohio

Why are you sad that he is Muslim? It's not a bad thing. I'm Christian and my man is Muslim, we are working through things and realizing that our love for each other and our son is more important than religion. Just wondering why you don't need the stamps anymore.

Good start point to participate in surveys
Online Paid Surveys (http://www.survey-reviews.com/) that collects the best online market research companies that really pay for completing surveys.
You could also use following paid surveys 'BRANDs'
NFO My Survey
GoZing Surveys
E-Poll
Poll Cast
Lightspeed Panel
Test Spin
Pinecone Research
Opinion Outpost
ECN Research
Survey Spot
Survey Savvy
American Consumer Opinion
NOP World
NPD Online research

I just created my own website for free and you can too! I have earned $5.91 from usa-mails and I am on my way to another payout with them. The other ones that send good emails is readrevenue,tinklycash ,classical-mails and donkeymails, the other ones are kind of slow, but, I'm hanging in there. Not bad just reading emails!! My freewebsite is located at www.freewebs.com/jikkler1962/ (http://www.freewebs.com/jikkler1962/)

I still love my bob muslium or not we will be together forever..