Just an organizing idea for you.

[FreePaidSurveys]

Don't know why I've never mentioned this before, maybe I'll add a section to the website.

I have my Microsoft Outlook setup with a folder for each and every survey site that has sent me anything. In my "inbox", I have a folder called "Surveys" and in that folder I have a separate folder for every single survey site. I started out with the survey folder and as I received email from a survey site, I would create a folder for that site and then make a rule in my Outlook to move any future email from that company to that folder. This does make for a lot of folders (I currently have 182), but you can collapse the survey folder when you're not using it.

This works well for several reasons. First, you can prioritize your surveys. For example, I always do Greenfield surveys last, if I have time to get to them at all. This way, I can leave the Greenfield invitations sit in the "Greenfield" folder, until I have time to get to them, and they won't be cluttering up my inbox. Same goes for survey sites that I like the most. If I see I have new mail from "Survey Savvy" or "Vividence", etc... I make sure I check them as soon as I can.

This is also nice for seeing who is sending you invitations, how many you are getting, what the rewards are, etc... First, you'll know if a survey site has sent you anything, because you'll have a folder for them. And, second, you can go to the folder for any given site and see how many invites they've sent and see what the normal rewards are for that site.

Anyways, this has worked real well for me and I thought I'd pass it on.
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[Michelleivey]

Chris, this sounds like a very good idea. I may do it as well.

Something else that I thought might help people as they do surveys is to do a spread sheet. I have all the survey companies I work with on a spreadsheet in Excel (Lotus would work too!) and it contains all info, url, user id, password, incentives, etc. This helps alot as you can't always use the same user/pw for every survey company. I also have a planner that I've used as a transportable "spread sheet". This helps me stay organized and on top of my companies. Just thought I'd pass it on.

[FreePaidSurveys]

I'm actually a spreadsheet freak. Excel is my fortee (spelling is not). It takes a bit of time to set up but, can be very helpful in the longrun. I use the two in conjunction. I set my email up to catch the emails, then track everything in excel. I find that setting the email up allows me a bit more flexability and allows me to pre-organize my excel entries.
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[kayaker]

I keep two spread sheets too, mine are in works. The first is simply a list of the companies and sites as you described. The second is a log of fthe surveys that I've taken. This includes the date received, the source and survey number if available, the time the survey is started, the time finished and the date it's finished as well as any remarks that I may have....printable or not....javascript:emoticon('')
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[Mickey]

I tried that too, but I couldn't keep up with it. I do around 20 per week, so I take the time to do them, not track them. I do, however, keep them as "surveys done" in my yahoo email. This way I can look back as to the last time I did a survey for any certain company. I've actually done a survey about how many surveys I've done for other companies, so this came in handy!

[kayaker]

Mickey:

I simply conclude that making the log entry is part of taking the survey and a good part of that is copy and past operations.

I also do a monthly recap at the end of each month by copying the log entries for that month into another spreadsheet and appling other calculatiions.

[kaman25]

Hi All!
I have a spread sheet for my surveys but I find it difficult to be acurate. I have one list for money I have actually recieved and another for money I have earned but not been paid yet. Shocker but the two numbers are about $100 different. Do you all have that problem? I wonder if someone would send me a template for me to plug my numbers into just to see if I am off. I use works but I can convert Excel spread sheets. I bet Chris has one on the site somewhere for download but I have meatloaf in the oven so I don't dare to look for fear of having charcoal loaf for lunch! Don't forget to Download KerClink and join my forum! Buh bye!
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