Tips on not getting Rejected from Surveys
thanks to KEN for this
Ok so a lot of people have been asking for tips on how to get into the
surveys without being thrown out. since i seem to say a lot of the same
things over and over i thought it would be a good idea to put them into
a thread so here are some ideas. i will keep adding as i think of more
things.
ALWAYS say that you are the primary shopper in your household. if your not... lie
If asked if you own or rent (or some other option) your home... YOU OWN IT!
you
are always over 21 as there are a significant amount of beer surveys. i
come across them quite frequently and if u say ur under 21 they
obviously will not consider you a viable candidate for their survey.
If
you are asked whether you or a family member work in a particular
industry say NONE OF THE ABOVE. the reason for this is while they claim
that they sometimes are looking for people in certain industries the
truth is it is just the opposite. they want people who are unbiased and
generally the industries listed are industries that might make you
biased. so once again say NONE OF THE ABOVE (or whatever equivalent
answer the survey allows)
often times you will come across a list
of products that the survey gives u and they ask if u have ever bought
or used any of the products. they are asking because one or more of the
products are what the survey is about. so since you dont know ahead of
time what the product is simple check all answers.
for further
information on this sometimes the survey gives the name of the surveying
company. for example not too long ago i took a survey that was offered
from the national home buyers alliance (NHBA) Knowing this gave me a
hint as to what the survey was looking for. (that particular one
happened to be about replacement flooring) so sometimes you can rule
out the false products (the ones they are not looking for) and thus not
check them off. but if you dont feel comfortable you can always check
everything.
there are similar situations to the above rule of
thumb. for example sometimes they ask if u have used some products
within varying amounts of time or if u intend to buy something in the
near future. i generally put the closest time frame to the present and
it generally works.
even if you get into the surveys the
companies have little tricks to try to ensure the quality of the
surveys. sometimes surveys will have something in them that will say
"for quality control purposes please choose 6" or whatever it happens to
be. if u genuinely answer the survey questions then you dont have to
worry about these but if ur like me and dont care then skim through the
page at the questions and look for anything that resembles the above
example and mark the appropriate answer.
If asked have you ever
heard of "insert product name here" the answer is yes. they want to
see if u actually know what ur talking about when you answer the survey.
If asked if you have used a product answer yes. once again they just want to know that u know what ur talking about.
These
are all simply rules of thumbs which i follow and i find to help me get
into the surveys. I know there are more things and i will try to add
them as i come across them. I dont consider myself special or gifted in
surveys but i do believe that because i try to follow these rules of
thumbs i tend to be rather successful with surveys. some of these may
seem obvious and others may not but i figured if im going to make a
thread on this i will be as thorough as i can. I'm posting the obvious
not to insult anyone but simply for completeness. So for all of you who
have read to this point thank you and good luck with those surveys!
they can bring a lot of swagbucks (or whatever the currency is for site u
happen to use)
