In any industry, it is important for employees to interact. It helps to set standards, ethics, and pay, among other things. It also sets up camaraderie and a sense of community. Especially in industries where much of the work is done online, people can easily start to feel isolated. The...

There are a couple of different ways to find a mystery shopper company. You can run an Internet search or  visit the Mystery Shopping Providers Association website for a list of mystery shopper companies. This website has a searchable database that allows you to locate mystery shopper companies and local...

Countless Internet pop ups advertise free paid online surveys.   It is important to note that while many of these offers may be legitimate, most others may be misleading. Countless Internet pop ups advertise free paid online surveys.  These advertisements are not the only places people can go to find paid...

As in any other home business or work-at-home venture, you should beware of anyone asking for money to help you become a mystery shopper. No legitimate shopper opportunity will require you to pay a fee or buy a kit. The mystery shopper scam preys on our desire to get rich...

The opportunities to take paid surveys on the Internet are staggering.  Countless websites offer people cash, products, or gift certificates for their opinions.  Many of these surveys are legitimate offers that actually provide the rewards promised, but many of them involve a lower likelihood of compensation. Some websites let consumers...

The Internet is loaded with websites that promise free paid surveys.  These offers are very appealing.  But many of these free paid surveys are marketing strategies designed to gather peoples’ contact information so they can be later solicited with email, telemarketers, and junk mail. The Internet is loaded with websites...

Internet surveys offer many rewards, ranging from free products, samples, or gift certificates, but the most alluring reward that paid surveys can offer is cash.  Finding Internet surveys that pay well is difficult, but possible. It is a good idea to search for reputable companies offering cash paid surveys.  Survey...

Many, if not most, paid survey offers do not deliver the rewards they promise.  There are a number of ways that paid surveys mislead or inconvenience participants. Many of them compile personal information about participants to sell to marketers.  Others require people to pay to access a database of survey...

Many marketing companies based on the Internet claim to offer the highest paid surveys, but only a few truly have good deals.  When searching for the highest paid surveys online, it is a good idea to find websites that are well maintained and professional. Some of the surveys that pay...

There are many paid survey directories on the Internet.  Some of them offer good opportunities for people to be rewarded for giving their opinions, while others are essentially a marketing strategy. There are many paid survey directories on the Internet.  Some of them offer good opportunities for people to be...