Testing New Producst for the Fun of It.

Why don't I ever get survey invitations that offer testing on linens like Sferra? I'm always receiving invitations for food and drinks, for cleansing products and even political issues. After a while, that kind of stuff gets boring. Yes, I'm glad that I am giving my opinion to curb creation of new products on the market. However, I really want to test comfort levels on beds and lighting fixtures and bed sheets or comforters. Ooooo!!! Wouldn't that be nice! Don't you think so?

What would be your favorite product to test, or one of your favorites? How about an iPod or some other electronic gadget. I'm sure there are survey companies that offer test products on these kinds of things. I remember running across survey lists that talked about this, but now I'm going to have to look for them. It's not for the money, but more for the fun of testing new products. Ultimately, that's why I've continued to do this.

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Dieting Goals...Argh!!!

Now that we're in a new year and under a new administration, oh, and now expecting a new "bailout" to happen, I imagine you have also thought about dieting and diet supplements. I know I have. I am looking forward to my brother coming down in a few months and what can I say that I haven't already said. I have a new diet goal.

I know this is a blog where I talk about current surveys that I've done or even about companies that I think you should work with, but that's not really on my mind right now. I'm looking at my scale going up instead of down and that's so disheartening that I've decided that I'm going to stay away from the scale for a while. I am definitely looking to how my clothes fit as an indicator on whether I'm doing better or not. What are you doing?

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Surveys vs. Blogging vs. E-commerce

I have a serious confession to make. I'm sure if you've followed this blog, you've noticed that I talk less and less about completing surveys and more and more about building your own website. Well, my confession is that I have changed my business strategy and have taken survey taking practically off of my list of ways to make money. I still work with about four companies and get invites from umpteen survey companies, but in reality, this is not my primary way to make money.

Survey taking for me has become like taking cheap diet pills. Once they're done, I hope I don't have to take them again. You know what I mean? I use to spend so much time answering survey questionnaires until I was dreaming survey questions in my sleep. At the end of the day, I had little to show for my time.

That's not to say that others haven't found a way to make it work for them. It just isn't working for me. That's why I'm just keeping it as a small portion of my multiple income stream. Last year I think I made about $100 taking surveys. That's it. Now, $100 is good since it helped pay for little things I wouldn't have purchased without that money.

On the other hand, $100 is not nearly enough to pay bills. I had to find a way to make more. How did I do that? Blogging and Building Websites that sell. E-commerce. Drop Shipping. If you don't know what those words mean or what they entail. I suggest you look seriously into doing this.

You will need a little bit of HTML knowledge and Search Engine Optimization skills to get started. It won't happen over night. I am not going to lie. However, it does work. It has been helping me keep my family afloat. I don't know how long this will last or how long I will be able to maintain my current income stream, but I have been blessed and I know if you learn how to build an e-commerce website, you will benefit too.

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Hire Help and Don't Look Back!

I love having an online business, but this last quarter was such a bear that instead of thinking about hiring more people to help me, I was thinking about doing one of those small business for sale signs and getting out of the rat race altogether. It was WOW! I just can't come up with the words to describe it. I'm not happy that I haven't seen many sales come through the last few days, but I did ask for a break, and boy was it much needed. What's the point?

Well, as you know if you've been reading this blog, I think creating an online store or online business is the way to go. It has helped me over the last three years and it can help you too. However, once things really start getting busy, what should you do? How should you handle the crunch? Should you try to handle everything yourself? I can guarantee you from experience that that is not the way to go. Think about it ahead of time. See who you would hire, family, friends, someone you know and trust that can help you. Then when the time comes and you need help, you're not struggling all by yourself. Right?

I know I'm right, now I just have to implement my business strategy.

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Taxes, Insurance and Spring Cleaning

While I was busy looking to finalize my quarterly taxes for the year and checking out term life insurance here along with thinking about whether I should start adding a new benefit to having my own company by providing myself with health insurance instead of remaining under my husband's policy, survey companies continued to send me invitations to complete surveys. One such company is Mindfield Online.

I have been paid by this company in the past, but there surveys are long and drawn out, so I haven't completed any of their surveys lately. How do you find Mindfield Online? I'm actually thinking of nixing them from my list. It's not that they are not a good company to work for or anything like that. I just don't have as much time as I used to have.

Although winter recently started and spring is still a ways off, I find that with this new year, I want to start spring cleaning early. This year, when I start spring cleaning, I'm going to start with my computer first. I'm thinking of going through all of my old emails and just getting rid the ones I don't need. Actually, to make it easier, I can just transfer them all to an external drive just to have them, just in case.

Do you have any New Years resolutions or starts that you plan to make?

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Burn After Reading

Have you noticed all of the snow lately from West to East? I wouldn't be surprised with all of the snow you've had lately that you might need a
Seattle injury lawyer. Well, I found this website called washingtoninjury.com. They seem to have good information about lawyers in Washington.

Have you seen that movie with Brad Pitt, George Clooney and John Malcovich called Burn After Reading or something like that. The movie is actually pretty entertaining. I don't like the F-word that they use often, actually, almost too much, but apart from that it's not too bad a movie. Another thing I don't too much like is all of the screwing around people are doing on their wives/husbands. It's crazy, but it seems that this is the world we live in and that a movie can't be good without some of that junk in it.

There are some serious issues with people cheating on their spouses in this day and age. Anyway, Brad is too corny in this movie and George Clooney, well, what can I say about him. He's a jerk in this movie.

Frances McDormand is also in this movie. She's kind of pitiful, but a little ruthless too. She wants to get plastic surgery really badly and doesn't care who she steps on to get the money for it. Brad Pitt is her friend in this. I'm not sure where this is going to go, but I'm still interested, so we'll see.

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Pinecone Research is Still Looking

I received an email at the end of last week from Pinecone Research. They are still searching for survey takers, so if you're interested, comment at the end of this post and I can get you the link. It's only live for so long and they are an elusive company to join, but when you do, you won't be disappointed. They did have a decrease in their pay per survey from $5 to $3, but they do give you a chance to win sweepstakes on top of the $3, so I guess that is some concession.

I haven't received surveys where your diet is affected per se, like health related products such as Leptovox. I do get lots of surveys dealing with food. Lately, I've been getting surveys that involve my children. Those are pretty fun, because you get to know what your children really think about what they are eating.

Anyway, if you're interested, hurry up and send me a comment. I'll try to get a response out to you right away.

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