Can I ask about your opinion????

We all answer questions each and every day. We even provide our opinion, solicited or not, but we do. We make choices each day about what we will wear, where we will go, what to buy, how much to spend, the list goes on and on.

I decided to sign up for some research panels to earn some extra cash to fund some bicycle rehab projects on my other blog. By earning money specifically for that project, it projects a zero impact on any current savings I have going on in the Frugal house. Call it confusing, but for me, it works.

For example, we have a coffee can that holds all of our spare change we have in our pockets, find on the ground, or whatnot. When we cash it in, it specifically will pay for some activity. We do it about once a year. 2008's cash in was about $92. I believe 2007's went to a fun evening at the Derby Lane dog track. Great buffett and a lot fun on betting on the dogs!

Here are the survey companies I signed up for. They are legit as I have been contacted on one panel and I know of two friends that have been contacted as well. Pays about $80 for a couple hourse of work.

http://www.superiorresearch.net/

http://www.taicompanies.com/

http://www.accudata.net/

I was on the Nielsen Media Research panel for about a year. No monetary compensation, but I did get to use a Smartphone by Cingular with internet access. I paid for the phone service, but also received $50/month to pay for the service. It was basically a free cell phone.

I have also been playing around with some on-line survey companies. Simple point and click, a few minutes here and there. After about a week and a few hours of my time, the balance is just over $15.00 between them. Not a lot, but as referenced above, I have bicycle parts to pay for. Those companies are:

www.inboxdollars.com

www.spotsurvey.com

Lastly, I added Google's AdSense to my blogs. Just click on each of the advertisements, if they interest you and I will receive a small fee. About $.50 a click so far. Thanks for clicking!

So all in all, to generate a bit more out of the air funding, Research panels, online surveys and saving pennies. They will all add up in the end with little impact to the frugal household budget as we rebuild two special bicycles.

Thanks for reading!