Introductions and Explanations

Well this is my first official blog posting ever. I never thought I would actually do this, but here I am. Anyways, who am I, what is this blog all about, and why is this wasting space on the internet? I am just a regular girl in her early 30's who was made redundant from her job in July 2009. Unfortunately, I have yet to find a new job and because of my difficulty, I ended up applying to grad schools. I have just been accepted for the 2010/2011 term and I now need lots and lots of money to make this happen.

I first came across paid online surveys when I started frequenting scholarship search websites which had them advertised. I figured I might as well try it out and see what its all about. The only thing I have to lose is time, which I have plenty of these days. I started registering with paid survey sites on April 24, 2010...(IMPORTANT TIP: I registered under a special email account which I created just for these sites. I like to keep my email accounts separate...one for personal, one for professional endeavors, one for work, etc...It all depends on what you want to do, but this way if you decide to get out of the survey business then all you have to do is just stop reading 1 email account.) So its only been a little over a week that I have been a surveyor...I have been documenting my experience and the different places where I have accounts and I thought it might be useful to share my experiences with others. So here it is "The Paid Survey Experiment"! While I have read many times that paid surveys are a scam and actually take more time than they are worth, I'm stubborn and have to see for myself. Hopefully, readers will be able to learn from my mistakes.

I plan on joining as many sites as I can find (so far I'm at 36) and blog about what the different sites have to offer as well as the outcomes (do I get a check, how much and how long does it take to actually take to make money, how many emails do you get a day, is it worth your time, etc.). At some point, I imagine that I will be able to finalize my favorites list and become somewhat of an expert on the topic. I hope that you enjoy the blog and are able to use this information to your advantage!