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Nielsen Home Scan

January 15, 2010

Nielsen HomeScan is looking for new members.  I have blogged about this program before.  If they accept you, you’ll receive a handheld scanner and computer software.  You’ll be asked to scan all purchases each week and then upload them via the computer.  In exchange for your time, you’ll receive points that you can redeem for [...]

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Welcome, Freebies4Mom Readers!

November 6, 2009

Welcome, Freebies4Mom Readers! I’m so glad you’re here. I’m sure many of you have come for more information on doing online surveys as a way to try out some great new products and to earn some extra income. You’ve come to the right place! By clicking the “surveys” tab on the top of my blog, [...]

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Survey Company: Synovate

November 3, 2009

I have been a member of Synovate for over a year now and enjoy the variety of surveys I receive from them. Also, they frequently send me items for product tests and I love product tests! Synovate emails are from the name “Marie Brighton” and I average about 5 per week. I qualify for the [...]

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Earn Holiday Money Doing Surveys!

October 29, 2009

I have posted many times about doing online surveys but wanted to highlight surveys as a money-making opportunity as we enter the holiday season! Everyone can always use a few extra bucks so take some time when you’re at home in your pjs, on the phone, or even watching TV and take a few surveys! [...]

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Pinecone Surveys – Registration Open!

October 21, 2009

I haven’t posted about surveys in a while. I do surveys every day, sometimes just 1 or 2, other times I’ll sit for an hour and do surveys, it just depends on my schedule. I typically earn about $100 or so per month on surveys and focus groups, etc. I love earning money in my [...]

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Join Nielsen HomeScan!

August 28, 2009

I blogged before about Nielsen HomeScan and am happy to announce that they have reopened their applications! I have heard from several readers who tried again to apply and were accepted this time after being denied the first time. Don’t be discouraged if you aren’t accepted – just try again in a month or so. [...]

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Toluna/Your2Cents Surveys

July 27, 2009

Your2Cents is now Toluna Surveys! I have been a member of Your2Cents for over a year now and have cashed out several times with them. They do not send many surveys but I qualified frequently for the ones that I did receive. Remember to use your separate “surveys” email when you sign up. I don’t [...]

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CVS Advisor Panel

June 22, 2009

Many of you emailed me after my post on Sunday about how I got $10 in ExtraCareBucks for completing a CVS survey. I did it because I am signed up for the CVS Advisor Panel. I have been signed up with them for about 8 months and this is the second $10 survey I have [...]

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Nielsen Homescan Panel

June 8, 2009

It’s FREE to join the Nielsen Homescan Panel where you scan your purchases each week to earn money and prizes! Once you sign up they will send you a scanner with instructions. It’s then up to you to scan your purchases each week. The scanner will transmit the purchases to Nielsen via your computer. The [...]

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My View Survey Panel

May 19, 2009

My View Survey Panel is another of the legit survey companies that I have been (and continue to be) a member of. My View gives you a pre-qualifying series of questions before connecting you to the larger survey. I get at least one invitation per day to My View surveys. My View is specifically looking [...]

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EPoll Surveys

May 7, 2009

I have been a member of EPoll Surveys for approximately 8 months and enjoy the surveys that they send. I receive only about 1 per week but wish they sent more! I find their surveys to be thoughtful with very fair compensation. I have received several product tests from EPoll as well and I love [...]

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NPD Online Research

May 3, 2009

I have been a member of NPD Online Research for several months now. NPD is different from the other survey companies I have discussed so far in that for most surveys you are compensated in points which you can then enter in their “Sweepland” area. They let you know which sweepstakes you can enter into [...]

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SurveySpot

April 29, 2009

I have a love-hate relationship with SurveySpot. I have made more money with them than with any other survey site. What’s the “hate” side of the relationship? Most of the surveys I do start out as “sweepstakes only”. A lot of them end in a product test, an invitation to a high-paying online forum survey, [...]

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MySurvey

April 17, 2009

MySurvey is another great and legit survey company. I receive approximately 1-2 invitations to complete surveys per week. You will usually get a 10 point screener survey and if you qualify to complete the larger survey that will be revealed during the screener and you will be given the option to continue. With MySurvey you [...]

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Clinical Trials and Focus Groups

April 16, 2009

Signing up for clinical trials and focus groups can be a great way to earn some good money. Clinical trials involve taking a certain medication or following a certain prescribed routine (or a placebo) and the evaluation of results. A focus group can be online or in person and is like an extended survey. There [...]

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Pinecone Research – My FAVE!

April 15, 2009

Pinecone Research is my favorite survey company for many reasons. The first is that I receive short screener surveys that take no more than 5 minutes approximately 2-4 times per month. If I qualify based on the screener survey then I am sent the survey within a week or so. Once you receive the survey [...]

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Hotspex and Points.com

April 10, 2009

No, the title isn’t a typo! Hotspex is the name of a very cool and different survey company that I have been a member of for 6 months. Hotspex‘s surveys are unlike the rest in their approach, graphics, and perspective. With Hotspex you earn “bux” for doing surveys (and spinning the bonus wheel during surveys) [...]

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Greenfield Online

April 8, 2009

Greenfield Online is a large survey company with lots of surveys for you to take. Many Greenfield surveys get you only an entry into their sweepstakes while others earn you cash. You need a minimum of $5 to cash out and they will mail you a check within a few weeks. I have been signed [...]

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Lightspeed Research

April 2, 2009

Lightspeed Research is another survey company that is FREE to join. Lightspeed sends me approximately 3 surveys per week (though this may depend on your specific demographic) and you are under no obligation to complete every survey. You earn points by completing surveys and then redeem the points for prizes, including Amazon e-certificates. When you [...]

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Mindfield Survey Panel

March 26, 2009

Mindfield Survey Panel is another legitimate survey company I am signed up with. I receive approximately 5 surveys per week from Mindfield and find that many are through the OTX survey company. The thing I like about Mindfield is that if you disqualify, you do it in the very beginning of the survey and not [...]

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