Springboard America

I recently signed up with a new survey company, Springboard America, which is sponsored by Vision Critical and Angus Reid Public Opinion. Springboard gives you an opportunity to speak up on what affects your daily life, from politics to products. The site is elegant and well designed. Springboard America is extremely user friendly and offers surveys that pay out in survey dollars (a rarity now that most companies are using a points system). You need to accumulate 50 survey dollars to collect a check for $50 or a donation to a US charitable organization.

According to their website "Most of our surveys award between $1 and $5 if you qualify and complete them. We'll always let you know in the survey invitation how much you'll receive for completing it, or if there is a sweepstakes instead. The amount is generally based on what's involved in taking the survey - for example, if it is longer in length, or more complex, we'll usually award a little more."


Like most of the survey sites you need to fill out all of the profiles so you can get as many surveys as possible. Also, survey companies are looking for dedicated people. So, if you only want to take surveys once a week or once a month, indicate that in your initial responses. Otherwise you will see your survey opportunities drop dramatically if you don't respond each time they offer you a survey.

Watch Out for Spam Sites

Hi everyone,

I recently opened my mailbox to find more than 145 emails. To my dismay almost a third of them were spam messages indicating I signed up to receive offers from them. I am still trying to investigate which site caused this spam to take place and once I do, I will post it so you don't have the same problem.

Always be very careful who you are working with on the surveys. There are some great survey sites out there, but there are more sites that only act as a clearinghouse. They don't actually offer you any surveys, just lead you to other sites that may cause spam on your computer.

If this happens to you, make sure you mark all of the messages as spam AND unsubscribe from any of the links. Be careful out there and don't give up on surveys just because there are few sites you should avoid.

Keep filling out those surveys!

I heard from my son that he keeps getting kicked out of surveys. My best advice to everyone is to keep trying. It may seem to be futile at times, but the companies are looking for persistent people. You may feel a little unsatisfied but eventually you will start to make a few dollars.

Even if the survey is only for a chance at a sweepstakes entry you need to fill out each survey you are sent in a timely fashion. Don't give up! Good luck to all.

Watch Out For Sites That Don’t Deliver.

Yesterday I gave you my opnions about sites that I enjoy. Today, I wanted to let you know there are sites that will truly annoy you with multiple questions that have nothing to do with the survey. Several of the sites, including Vindale requires you to purchase items to get paid a small reimbursement fee. Sometimes it works out, I purchased a teeth whitening kit, had my son use it for two weeks and then returned it to net $8.00. However, I had to use a credit card to get the item, had to make sure I precisely followed the return policy and needed to keep track of exactly when it needed to be sent back. Other times, you are given the opportunity to purchase something for a trial that is not worth the money or you can find in the local stores for much less.

I would also be extremely vary in signing up for any site that constantly requires you to keep signing up for more sites just to get a very meager reward in the end. You will find your email inbox flooded with mail that is just a bunch of junk. There are other sites like Survey Scout that get you to sign up only to keep sending you invites to survey sites that you probably have already joined. I guess these are like clearinghouses for surveys, however, I find them to be annoying and useless when it comes to getting a payoff.

Decide for yourself if Vindale is the type of survey company you want to join. You may like it, and even though I think it is a pain, I have earned about $50.00 from them.

Hello World! Welcome To My Blog!

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog "Here's my Opinion! Can I get paid?". I am a semi-retired stay at home mom who loves to spend some time everyday on the computer. Semi-retired you may ask? Well my children area all over 18. However, I have a handicapped son who lives with me and my husband, and a daughter in college. My oldest is married.

Anyway, since I enjoy sharing ideas with friends,  I thought, could I make it a little more worthwhile? You betcha! I started signing up on some of the sites that either pay you cash or give you points to take the survey. Now let’s be real, you will not make a fortune doing this, but why not try to make some extra cash or get some prizes since you are on the computer anyway? 

So far, I am having the most success with online surveys like Hits4Pay; Opinion Outpost; ACNielson Homescan; Valued Opinions; e-Rewards, and ZoomPanel to name a few. All of these sites require you to sign up to receive email invitations for surveys. You can specify how many surveys and the types you want to receive. By the way, they are all free! Check Hits4Pay to get started. This online survey site even gives you a $10 bonus just for signing up!