Take Short Technology Surveys And You May Win Real Cash!
Hi, my name is Chris Nielsen and I have been a member of the TAP Panel for over 1 year. During that time I have not won anything and this is not a paid online survey, survey for cash, or free paid survey program like some; but I still participate because I do have a real chance of winning unlike other "Get paid to take surveys for cash" scams. This gives me a chance to not only express my opinion, but I also hear about newer technologies that I might not otherwise know about.
If you are interested in being a member there is no fee of any kind and the online surveys are not that many and the time needed to take survey is not very long. Read the following letter that I received and see if it's something you are interested in. I don't get a dime if you sign up, but I do get an additional "chance" to win some money. If you like technology and giving your opinion, I think you will enjoy being a part of TAP as I have.
Thank you,
Chris Nielsen
Dear Current TAP Panelist:
About two weeks ago, we sent out an e-mail aksing you to help us grow our technology panel by referring a friend. The more people you successfully refer to our panel, the better your odds are of being selected for our $100 drawing (to be held very soon, on or around October 31st). As a reminder, below is the e-mail we recently sent, with instructions on how to refer your friends:
You're all for equality, right? Well so are we. Although women represent 46% of the U.S. workforce, only about 17% of our survey panelists are women. That's why we are looking to increase the female membership in our survey panel. In order to accomplish this, we would like you to forward this e-mail to at least one of your female co-workers, colleagues, bosses or girlfriends who you think may have valuable survey opinions about technology to share and would be interested in participating in our surveys. For every female friend that you refer who joins our survey panel by the end of October, we will enter your name into a drawing to win a $100 American Express Gift Checks (i.e., get 100 female friends/colleagues to join and get 100 chances to win the $100). Your odds of winning depend upon how many of your female friends/colleagues join the panel and how many referred female survey panelists we get in total before the end of October.
Note that since we are, of course, all for equality, we're also looking for new male panelists, so for every male friend/colleague you refer who joins our survey panel by the end of October, we will enter your name into a drawing to win another $100 American Express Gift Check (i.e., get 100 male friends/colleagues to join and get 100 chances to win this drawing). Again, your odds of winning depend upon how many of your male friends/colleagues join the panel and how many referred female panelists we get in total before the end of October.
So that the people you refer don't think you're involving them in a survey for money, free online paid survey, get paid for survey, or get paid to take survey scam, here are some answers to commonly-asked questions about the TAP, along with a link to the registration survey at the end:
Who are you people, anyway? In-Stat (a division of Reed Business Information) is a leading provider of technology market research and consulting.
What's a "Technology Adoption Panel"? The "TAP" is a dynamic, online panel of more than 16,000 technology users and decision makers interested in contributing their opinions and insights about technology usage and issues in the workplace and at home.
I often experience technical difficulties while operating my telephone and other common technologies. Are you sure you want me to join your panel? Yes! The fact that you operate common technologies makes you a technology user. We want to hear about your personal experiences with the technologies that you have used.
I'm a very, very busy person. What will you expect of me if I join the panel? As a member you'll be sent periodic email invitations to participate in quick (as in 5-minutes-or-less quick) online surveys. You will never be invited to take more than one survey a week, and you are under no obligation to take any of the surveys (although we would love to include your experiences, perceptions, and opinions in as many of our research efforts in which you're willing to participate.)
Let's cut to the chase - what do I get out of this deal? In addition to helping to shape trends and identify issues regarding the role of new technology in business and personal life today and in the future, you'll have access to the executive summaries of all of our surveys. You'll also be entered into a drawing for a $100 American Express Gift Check after each survey for which you qualify and will also be entered into our quarterly drawings for $2000.
Will you be selling my survey responses to my neighbors, co-workers and psychiatrists? To ensure information provided by members is kept completely confidential, all data we collect is reported in aggregate. We do not sell or rent the personal information of our panelists, nor will we ever try to sell our members anything.
You had me at hello - how do I sign up? Simply click on the following link (or past it into your Internet browser) and take the registration survey (which should take you around 5 minutes to complete). If you become a member by the end of this month, we will automatically enter you into our next quarterly drawing of $2000 (held on or about December 31, 2006.)
http://survey.instat.com/run/panelreg2
Thank you again, and good luck in the drawing.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Pickering
Primary Research Project Manager
In-Stat
225 Wyman Street
Waltham, MA 02451