Learn how to use Branded Surveys

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Earnings roundup - Feb 2018

So, can you make money from survey and GPT sites? Each month I'll show you what I made the previous month, explain a little about the sites and apps I used, and keep a running total for the year. As this only started in February, you'll have to trust me that in January I made £327.88.

So, February 2018

I had been hoping that February would be a little better than January, as January was a VERY quiet month. Unfortunately a combination of family stuff, work / clients being very intensive, and a general lack of adverts on a lot of the video sites I use, meant it was even quieter than usual.

I tried to stick to my planned 1.5 hours a day, but for at least 10 days in February I couldn't even spare that, so I wasn't holding out much hope for much more than about £50. 

Let's see how things went...

Swagbucks

Swagbucks is my favourite site, probably because it was the first one I joined, and it'sthe one I make the most from.. It's mainly video apps, surveys, clicks, offers, trials etc. If their advertisers aren't paying much (and Jan and Feb are notoriously quiet) then there's not always a lot to do. I don't like doing surveys, so I rely on the video apps (which I can leave running whileI do other things) and other parts of the site to earn. Some days in Feb I didn't even get the chance to do that, so I was pleasantly surprised to see that I had managed to cashout £105 in February.

You can sign up to Swagbucks by clicking here. Read how you can get a bonus in March, then sign up using your email address, not the Facebook option.

InstaGC

I love InstaGC because there's a lot of opportunity for passive earnings (ie not having to do anything). I mainly run videos on here, there are 4 streams of videos to run and I run them all as often as I can. There are also surveys and offers, the same as Swagbucks, and a lot of the surveys are short, which I like. 

Again, it was quiet as there weren't many advertisementson the video streams and I had problems running a couple, so I didn't make as much as I usually do. Add to that the days off and I was happy to have cashed out $50 to Paypal, which worked out at £34.91

Yu can sign up to InstaGC by clicking here - if you do, it's worth dropping me a line on Facebook as it can be a little confusing at first and I can help you to get started.

Branded Surveys 

Branded Surveys, which used to be called Mintvine is a bit of an acquired taste these days but I kind of like it. I don't earn as much as I used to from it, but I stick with it because it pays for my Pizza Express addiction.

Like the others, it's surveys and offers - no video options anymore, which means actually DOING something on the site, which is one reasonI don't make as much these days.

In February I cashed out the £15 voucher you see above and another £10, which will clear soon. You can also cash out to Paypal, Tesco, Amazon etc, but I use it purely for Pizza Express for a nice treat every month.

You can sign up to Branded Surveys by clicking here - new members tend to get some good surveys for big points and little effort so definitely worthwhile.

Prolific Academic 

Prolific is purely a survey site, but as it's an Academic site the surveys tend to be really interesting and sometimes even fun. There's sometimes an option to earn bonuses, but in general they're one of the better paying survey sites. The only dowside of this site is that they don't email you when a survey is available, so you have to check the site regularly and as such it's easy to miss out on surveys / studies. Payment ranges from pence per study to pounds - in the past I've done stuides worth £16, £20 and more.

Newbies on here tend to get a lot of studies - in my first month I made over £100. This tapers off after a while, and that, combined with the fact that I didn't have a lot of time to be checking in February meant that I only made £18.10 - must try harder in March!

You can sign up to Prolific by clicking here. Be sure to complete all of the prescreening questions and to check in often.

Minor Earners

I have a few phone apps that I also use that take up very little time, and I can do while in the car (as a passenger!), watching TV, waiting for the kettle to boil, in queues in shops etc. 

CitizenMe

Short (4 or 5 questions usually) surveys that pay small amounts immediatelyto Paypal. You'll have to search your app store to find it and it's never going to make you rich but every little helps! Feb earnings - £0.72

Vypr

A great little app that gives you 'steers' every so often. These are mainly about food and are usually just 1 question at a time. Cashout is at £5 to Paypal. Another one that won't make you rich but it's an extra fiver every month or so, so I keep it. Feb earnings £5

You can find links to Vypr by clicking here.

Attapoll

Another app that sends out surveys every couple of days - there seem to have been quite a few in Feb so I was able to cashout £5.15. They pay to Paypal within a couple of hours.

You can get Attapoll by clicking here - it's pretty straightforward and will alert you when there is a survey available.

Gfk Media

This is a browser add on that pays me £10 every 6 weeks or so per device I have it on. Well, DID as it's now been discontinued. I gained another £10 from it this month - it should have been more but I had deactivated it on a few of my devices. It is being replaced by Nicequest, which I'll be checking out ready for next month.

Total

So that means that February 2018 came in at £203.73 - not that great, but not that bad either. Hopefully March will give me more passive earnings and a higher total.

That's £327.88 in January and £203.73 in February, making a running total of £531.61 so far this year.

Hopefully March will be better!

*Please note that most of the links in this post are referral links and therefore I will receive benefits if you join via my link. That said, so will you in some cases, and it's in my interests to help you make the most of them, so feel free to PM me on Facebook anytime.

30 Day Referral Challenge - Day 1

This is Day 1 of the 30 Day Referral Challenge - you can find out more here

Welcome to Day 1 of the 30 Day Referral Challenge, and thank you for joining me :)

Referrals can be the life blood of your earnings in 2018.

This 30 Day email course is going to explain and hopefully help you to make the most of referrals this year.

We're going to cover various things, starting with:

• Writing different types of ads
• Where to find referrals
• Using social media to best effect
• 'Alternative' places to find referrals
• Keeping your referrals engaged
• Why referrals don't earn
• and more!

I'll try and keep the 'business speak' to a minimum, but let's face it, when we're using GPT (Get Paid To) sites, we ARE effectively running our own businesses, and we need to treat it as such, so basic business practices do apply.

So, without further ado, let's get started with Day 1!

Take it slowly.

This is a marathon, not a sprint. We're going to start with basics, and I know it's tempting to race ahead and start posting your ref links willy nilly - please don't.

Take each day's email as a lesson or aid and complete it to it's fullest in so much as you can.

Today we're going to talk about writing ads.

The basis of any ad campaign is, o course, the ad itself. When talking about sites such as Swagbucks, InstaGC etc, there are 2 main types off ads:

• ads that are purely selling, such as those we'd post in job groups ad selling groups, put on classified websites or print on leaflets
• ads that are response based, focused on replying to people who have asked for help

Today we're going to write ads for the main sites we want to get referrals for, so the first type of ad.

A decent ad needs to be engaging (have the right message), be timely (posted at the right time when someone needs what you are offering), be believable (easily proven) and be relevant (reach the right person). It also needs to be niche (not just a generic ad)

So what makes a good GPT ad?

• Make it believable - don't make wild claims you can't prove
• Make it relevant - make sure the relevant info is in there
•  Make it niche - one ad does not fit all, I'd definitely suggest writing different ads for the different sites you use.

Here's an example of just one ad I used in 2017 that gained me over 700 referrals on Swagbucks alone::

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Not long now until Christmas!

Would an extra £500  help you out? Working less than an hour a day (I average about 25 minutes) on just one of the survey sites I use you could easily be making £100+ a month - Paypal, Amazon vouchers, New Look vouchers and more.

NOT JUST SURVEYS - lots of potential for passive income that doesn't involve hours staring at a screen.

Sign up now at (ref link) then PM me for details of a group that will help you to make at least £100 just from this site alone.

No outlay, no previous knowledge needed, just a willingness to (l)earn ;)

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It's timely - focused on Christmas (you could focus on holidays, house decorating, weddings, families, whatever)

It's believable (I post screenshots of my earnings with it)

It explains what people need to do and how long it could take

It also offers more help (something we'll go into in later days on this course.

Your job today is to write a similar ad for each of your survey sites. NOT the same ad with the details changed. Shoppix is different to Swagbucks which is different to ReceiptHog etc. Each site needs it's own ad.

Feel free to send me your ads and I'll take a look at them, but bear in mind over 500 people are on this course so bear with me, I have a day job too :)

Today's homework may well take you more than a day - stick with it, it's fundamental to your campaigns.

Home work for Day 1.

• Start a Word document, notepad file, post it note, whatever, to store your ads on
• Write headlines for each ad/site ad work from there
• Or write the ad and worry about the headline later
• Take screengrabs to prove your earnigs (delete any identifying info)
• Send your ad to me if you want a critique
• Pop over to the Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKSwagbucksAndMore/ and post if you found Day 1 useful