It seems as if either the entire industry is saturating or everyone is taking time off for the summer.
I finally started getting invitations from Socratic Forum but that is it as far as any of the recent sign-ups (within the past 2 months) that I've checked into.
I'm still getting the strangest invitations from TestSpin.
I was just looking at the contest rules for the Lightspeed sweepstakes.
You can enter up to 100 times, but you don't need to be a member of Lightspeed at all.
To enter without being a member of the Panel or to gain additional entries if you are a member, hand print your name, address, and email address on a 3-1/2" x 5" postcard and send to: Lightspeed Research, Lightspeed Panel Sweepstakes, 180 Mount Airy Rd., Suite 100, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920. You must handprint the most current minipoll question (found on the Homepage of the Site) on your postcard. No mechanically reproduced, facsimile or computer generated mail-in entries allowed. Do not place your postcard in an envelope. Mail-in entries must be postmarked on the last day of the Promotion Period and received within seven (7) days from the last day of the Promotion Period. With each submitted postcard, a participant gains one (1) entry in the sweepstakes.
Totals for the first 2 weeks of July:
A 2-week total as June seems to have gotten off to a slow start...
I just went through TV ads - dumbest thing... first, I can hear the sound but I can't see anything... then, it asks if I could see or hear the ad and I said "no" and it said, "sorry - here's another one..." are you kidding me?
My multimedia settings usually work fine... but instead of closing the survey after I told them I couldn't view it, they just kept tossing one after another of these things at me.
So I got stuck in this loop of ads I could hear but couldn't see until I finally just closed the browser.
By far, the most invitations I have received in the past month came from Greenfield Online with TestSpin and Opinion Outpost rounding out the top spots.
Unfortunately, I don't seem to be qualifying for many TestSpin or Opinion Outpost surveys... and they seem to be pretty consistent with the cash survey offers.
Funny how those cash payout surveys close within a couple of hours of an email.
Lightspeed made me spend 20 minutes answering questions on a survey and then told me I didn't qualify for the rest of the survey and would receive no points - GRRRRR.
24 Active Survey Accounts is just not cutting it these days.
Time to find some new lifeblood.
Week Ending
5/23/08
Just like Survey Spot,
Greenfield
Online is screening for surveys at their website that aren't
being offered via email invites.
I turned down an opportunity to join a survey about credit cards... I always do. I don't mind telling people what kind of beer I drink, but I have issues with them knowing what kind of credit cards I use.
Trying to find a site that will make up for losing my place at SurveySpot, I joined Speedback and Socratic Forum.
I also tried to sign up with Clear Voice Surveys but tried 3 times to get a confirmation email and it would never go through. I don't know if I'll get any invites from them or not.
Week Ending 5/11/08First, after rebuilding my computer, I'm finally back online with a new motherboard and a great new host.
So, getting a fresh start here in May, I have noticed that one of my old standbys, "Survey Spot" is no longer sending me invitations.
I can only attribute this to my husband jumping on the survey-taking bandwagon and Survey Spot having a "one member per household rule."As such, I can only look for some new sites to sign up for.
Greenfield Online has been very consistent with their invitations.
TestSpin is relentless with their screening invitations and I received no less than 6 invites in one day (and did not qualify for one of them).
