Survey Saturday - National Consumer Panel

Survey Saturday - National Consumer Panel 



As a NCP member you are provided with a hand-held scanner. When you or someone in your household purchases a product you use the scanner to scan the bar code. Once a week you send the information to National Consumer Panel.

In exchange for transmitting your purchase information, you earn points that are redeemable for name-brand merchandise, including electronics equipment, jewelry, household items, toys, and much more!

You will also earn entries into their many exciting sweepstakes.

If you would like to apply for National Consumer Panel click here

Survey Companies that are accepting new members

**I posted this late last night and wanted to make sure everyone saw it**

Here are some of the survey sites that I use. These sites are currently accepting new members

National Consumer Panel

Valued Opinions

Survey Spot

My Survey

Mindfield

Dollar Surveys

You Data - Easy way to earn money

You Data is a great way to earn a little extra money while on the computer. You are paid when you look at ads. The ads are specific to you based on your profile. You are not going to get rich using this program but it is a great way to earn a few extra dollars. The company deposits the funds into your PayPal account every week.

If you are interested in signing up for You Data here is a link to the site.

Frugal February - Day 1

Today is the first day of Frugal February!

This month I will be posting tips, tools and challenges that are focused on being frugal.

I thought I would start the month off with a tip and a challenge

Frugal Tip -How to find coupons

Coupons are no longer only available in the Sunday paper. You can now find coupons online, in store, by mail, and attached to products. I look for coupons every time I am in a store or online. Online coupons provide you with the choice of which coupons you want to print. You do not have to print every coupon only the ones that you will use. I look for coupons every morning when I turn on the computer. When I see a coupon for a product that we enjoy I make sure and print it right then. Some coupons are released in limited numbers. You want to make sure that you print coupons as soon as you see them. That way you do not go back in a few hours or days and the coupon you wanted is gone.

Over the next few weeks I will talk about how to organize and store all of your fantastic coupons!

Frugal February -Challenge #1

Print an online coupon

Today's challenge is to print a coupon online. You can print 1 coupon or 100 depending on what you find. I know that some of you print coupons every day and others have never tried it.

 If you print coupons every day try and find a coupon that you can double at Albertsons this week. (Yes we are getting Albertsons doublers tomorrow 2/2/11! You can double a coupon up to $1.00)

If you have never printed a coupon before try and find a coupon for a product that your family already enjoys. This is a great way to start couponing. You can start with 1 coupon or print as many as you find.

Let me know if you are taking part in this challenge and what coupons you printed!

Here are source for online Coupons

Coupons.com

Redplum

Panera Community opportunity

I love online communities! I think they are a great way to share your opinion and earn some extra money at times. Many online communities pay you with gift cards for their company or Amazon. Here is an opportunity to join Panera's new community. Panera Insights Community
It's FREE to join and you'll be asked to give periodic feedback and complete surveys. It says that "as a thank you for each online survey that you complete as a member of the Panera Insights community, you will be awarded Panera gift cards, or be eligible for entry into a sweepstakes."

Nielsen Home opportunity

Inbox Dollars

If you are interested in making money online here is a great opportunity. Inbox dollars pays you to look at emails. I would definately suggest making sure that you use a seperate email account just for this and other earn money sites. That way you know the emails are not clogging up your personal email account. I have been using this site for a while. I check it about twice a week and go through the list of emails. My mom has been using it for a while and just requested a $35.00 check from them. Click Here to set up an account.

Greenfield Online Survey company

I have been doing surveys for Greenfield for a few years. They send pretty consistent surveys via email. I have a seperate email account just for surveys. That way I know that the only things in the file are surveys.

Take Surveys, Get Rewarded. Join Greenfield Online today! Click Here

Valued Opinions

I really like doing surveys for Valued Opinions. You can earn cash or gift cards. They also have contests for Ipods and other great items!

Nielsen Home Scan

Neilsen Home Scan is a great focus group. You recieve a scanner that you use to scan all of your grocery purchases. The company is interested in knowing what people buy depending on family size and income. You earn points that can be used for gift cards and cash.

Greenfield online

I have done surveys with Greenfield for a while. They produce a good amount of surveys and are easy to complete. Remember to set up a seperate email account for surveys. This way you know that only surveys are going to that account and you have a seperate account for personal contacts

Neilsen Home Scan

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 scanner is easy-to-use and comes with detailed instructions on how to set up and use. Scan your purchases and receive points good towards money and prizes! They also periodically have surveys for points as well as special bonuses and offers where you can earn more points.

Swagucks

I started this morning talking about ways that I make money on the internet and I almost forgot to talk about my favorite one. You may have seen prior posts talking about Swagbucks. I love this search engine! I compare it to google but with bonuses. You earn points for doing searches. You most likely won't earn points every time you do a search but you will earn points over time. I average about 5-8 points a day. It take 45 points to request a $5.00 Amazon gift card. I normally end up getting a gift card about every 10 days. That is equal to $15.00 in Amazon gift cards a month just for searching on the internet.
You can access Swagbucks by clicking on the image above or on the right side of the blog.

Some of the ways I earn money online.....

I have been posting a lot this week about ways to save money and get free things. I thought I would post this morning about a few ways that I make money each week on the internet. I am a big fan of surveys. You can do them when you feel like it and they pay out pretty good. Here are a few of my favorite survey sites.

Mindfieldonline-this company sends you emails when you match one of their surveys. I usually get $10-25 dollars a month from this site.
http://mindfieldonline.com/referral/f9bb0e12

Survysavvy-This site does not send out as many surveys but they are normally valued really high. I have also joined a couple of discussion groups that have paid out in Amazon gift cards every month from this site.
https://www.surveysavvy.com/?id=2066066&action=join

YouData-Is not a survey site but they pay out every week. They pay on Fridays direct to your paypal account. You are paid to click on ads and view them. Some of the sites are pretty interesting. You won't make a million on this site but every little bit counts right now.
http://www.youdata.com/join/ttillison

Upromise

UPromise and June Upromise E-Coupons
Have you signed up for UPromise yet?
Upromise is an online shopping savings program. When you sign up you create an acount where a portion of your online shopping purchases are put into a college savings account.

According to the site:
Every time you purchase an eligible good or service with a Upromise contributing company, a portion of your purchase price will be contributed to your Upromise account. To start saving, simply enroll for free on the Upromise site and begin earning contributions with our contributing companies. You then may choose to link your Upromise account to a tax-advantaged investment account in a Section 529 savings plan.
To help you save even more, you can invite family members and friends to also join Upromise and contribute into your account.


Upromise also has recently added E-Coupons for that can be used at Stater Bros., Ralphs, Von's, Albertsons, Cala Bell, NetGrocer and CVS. The coupons are loaded directly on your store rewards card then when you buy the item and scan your card the coupon value will go right into your UPromise Savings account- a really easy way to build your account with products you are already buying.


You can sign up for Upromise here and then once into your account you will be able to access the ecoupons and load them onto you store savings card.


Some of the June coupons:


$.75 with 1 box of Post Selects Cereal (13 oz. or larger)
$.50 with One Wacky Mac
$1.50 with package of HUGGIES or HUGGIES Supreme Diapers
$1.00 with Bullfrog® Sunscreen
$2.00 with 4-blade Soleil System or Soleil Shimmer System
$.45 with Little Debbie® 100 Calorie Cakes
$.55 with Sun Belt Hearty Grain Cookies


It's a great way to save money for college in a really painless way.

Youdata

I found something that I think you will like. The company's name is YouData (youdata.com). They are trying to convince consumers like us that we should be the ones controlling our own data and selling our own attention, not third parties like broadcasters, newspapers, and spammers. By creating a MeFile at YouData.com, I now control what ads I see and when I see them. Best part - I am selling my attention directly to interested advertisers, for real money. That's right, I get paid for giving them my attention. I can use the funds to buy music and video online, donate to charities, give to my favorite blogs and websites, or keep the change myself and do whatever I want with it.

It's real. They pay. You should check it out.

Click this link to sign up. My MeFile ID, ttillison, in the "Referral Code" will tell them I sent you.

http://www.youdata.com/join/ttillison

Swagbucks

I know I keep bringing up Swagbucks but I think it is amazing! I have received multiple Amazon gift cards from them! It is so easy to earn giftcards. You earn points for searching the site.

I would recommend making swagbucks your home page and using it to search for everything. You never know when you are going to earn points!!!

http://swagbucks.com/refer/Tammilee

Youdata

Reminder
Make sure you check Youdata this week for new ads. This is super easy money!

if you have not signed up, here is a link!

http://www.youdata.com/join/ttillison

the money is deposited into Paypal every Friday.

Survey

mysurvey.com is another fun survey site. You earn points towards great rewards.

Earn rewards for taking surveys & influence new products. Entry to win $10,000 just for registering at MySurvey.com. Learn more https://www.mysurvey.com/index.cfm?action=Main.join&r=6598450

SWAGBUCKS

I just ordered another gift card from Amazon on Swagbucks! I definately suggest signing up for an account and using it daily. It is amazing how fast the points add up.

If you click on Swagbucks in the title it will connect you to the site.