Yougov 0 v 0 Populus

Every week or so I write a blog post about how the revenue is coming along from the opinion poll surveys that I complete. Once I hit a £50 payment that is converted to a score which you will see above, currently no payments so currently nil nil.

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I need to thank you for the heads up. I joined after I saw your posting and am on £5 already...

— TPO (@tpomanners) November 14, 2018

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The above post was a nice one to get, as you put these tweets out and wonder, do people actually see them, from the response they obviously do.

Populus

Currently sitting on £26 which is quite a lead over Yougov, must admit at the moment I am normally happier to receive a Populus poll compared to a Yougov one. There is still the in trepidation of will I get accepted as one the other day got you to fill out about 10 questions and then tell you that you are not needed, but at this rate it seems populus will be the first to hit £50. But as they pay out on the points you have on the first of the month it could well be the 1st Jan total which is the one which means I have hit 50

Yougov

Now you get a steadier trickle of surveys from Yougov, but at 50p a time I must admit I have skipped at least one, I am guessing that if I was retired I would be all over them, but as this is in my free time, I simply pass it by, but if I want to get towards the £50 I must get a bit more orderly, it is after all just 8 or 10 mins. I can waste that watching the news.

Thoughts,

I have in total £43.40 as my balance between the 2 polling companies, over a 6 week period, not bad. Only get anything when they hit £50 but both well on the way, but it does look like Populus will get there first, yet as you can claim Yougov at anytime the wait till the 1st of the month may well be the advantage to YOUGOV claim anytime you hit £50. We will see.

Click this link to see how all the endeavours are helping to build towards the final goal. 

Want your opinions to be heard? Then why not join YOUGOV polling surveys https://t.co/uUhF7D0qM0

— retireatfifty (@retireatfifty) October 10, 2018

Yougov 0 v 0 Populus

So my thought was, if folks collect my data and they get money from it, why not join opinion poll companies and at least get some money back for my thoughts and opinions. Every few weeks or so, or if there is something significant which happen, I will create a blogpost about it.

YOUGOV

Did have a strong start with this and had one opinion survey which gained me 200 points which is equal to £2, but that was just the one, the opinion surveys have gone down to 50p a go with an extra 10p for thoughts on celebrities or products, today I have had one which was only worth 25p. 2 folks have joined from following the link below and that earned me £4. So my current total is £15.55

POPULUS

Now I had one survey after joining then it went quiet, I then had two surveys come through and although you start filling them out you suddenly get a message pop up saying they don't need you for the survey, kind of led me to believe would I get anything from them. Then over a 4 day period I had 6 surveys which has brought my total up to £15. It seems you may have lulls but when you do get the surveys come through you can quickly raise your pot of money.

THOUGHTS

It seems the perfect polling survey company would be one who pays for you to find people to join them, and allows for money transfer digitally not cheque as Yougov do, but have the well paid surveys Populus does, you don't need lots every day but some good quality ones every so often, it would make the best of both worlds.

I do wonder, how the surveys will come through when I get closer to the £50 claim mark, will they slow down? Shouldn't be so pessimistic I guess.
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As I write about the polling experience I will use the header to show how many £50s I have received from each one. Currently it is nil nil.



Click this link to see how all the endeavours are helping to build towards the final goal. 

Want your opinions to be heard? Then why not join YOUGOV polling surveys https://t.co/uUhF7D0qM0

— retireatfifty (@retireatfifty) October 10, 2018

35 Days of walking to work and not spending money at work

Stats. 

So far I have walked 42 Miles in October 135 miles in total since starting this blog

I have stopped myself from spending £105 at work (£42 of which in October) on sweets and snacks, I don't really need.

Click this link to see how all the endeavours are helping to build towards the final goal. 

Thoughts

You do your best to just get your head down and carry on some days, other days you feel as though you have been wired to the mains and have far too much energy to control. Yesterday had both those set of experiences for the first 5 hours I felt absolutely wired, no particular reason. On the way to work I had been thinking about How hopefully by the end of next month I would have saved my first grand. But come the afternoon all the enthusiasm, quick wit and energy had gone, it was back into safety mode. It is always more effort to be happy than be sad. Yesterdays happy spurt didn't half take it out of me.

The EBAY saga is coming to an end, just 2 more items to go and then I can close the door on EBAY Click this link to read why. It can be draining when you just want to do a simple task and it becomes so complex.

The opinion polls is one of the way forwards Click this link to read more about them . It maybe a slow way forward but every little helps.

So for today, a slightly different way of working today at work, a new system needs to be used, and as I have a formulaic way of working I am never one who treats change as a refreshing challenge, but more like an unwanted guest at a table for 8 and you now have to reset the table to accommodate them, ruining your display.

Anyways, would love your thoughts on this or any of the links above.

Yougov 0 v 0 Populus

Being paid for online polling, now this may not be for everyone, as you have to click buttons to say you don't care what you do with me my information. Now to me, it seems folks collect your information all the time in the back ground and don't pay you a penny for it, so why not answer a few questions and get a £50 cheque every so often for the trouble.

Yougov

They work on a 100 points equals a £1 you reach 5,000 points you can claim your £50 which is then paid into your bank in 4 weeks. You get a 100/£1 on your joining survey and all the other surveys I have done have only been 50 points so 50p a time. You get an extra 10/10p for answering do you like / dislike well know people or products. You also have something populus don't do which is refer a friend for this you get 200 points / £2 for that person joining and completing 6 surveys.

Populus

Are known for being the most generous with their polls, My first one got me £2 on the bounce they work a scheme of a £1 a point then when you reach 50 points they send you a cheque for £50 they automatically do this unlike yougov where you have to claim it. Your 50 points is dependent on what you have at the beginning of each month it also takes them 4 weeks to send the cheque out to you.

This is all a slow burner. But has the potential to gather some revenue, as I am sure the pollsters will be busy with brexit and any up coming General Election. I have been reserved on prediction saying 50 pound every 4 months making £150 a year making £950 towards my goal, I think that could be double, but we will see in the future.

As I write about the polling experience I will use the header to show many £50s I have received from each one. Currently it is nil nil.

Click this link to see how all the endeavours are helping to build towards the final goal. 

Want your opinions to be heard? Then why not join YOUGOV polling surveys https://t.co/uUhF7D0qM0

— retireatfifty (@retireatfifty) October 10, 2018

33 Days of walking to work and not spending money at work

Stats. 

So far I have walked 36 Miles in October 129 miles in total since starting this blog

I have stopped myself from spending £99 at work (£36 of which in October) on sweets and snacks, I don't really need.

Click this link to see how all the endeavours are helping to build towards the final goal. 

Thoughts

Saturday was a long old shift, and over the past few posts I have been writing down my thoughts about time, and where someones mind may be, forever looking to the future, enjoying the present or living in the past. My own worry was about always being in the future, looking forward to the goal I have set in this project, but not enjoying the day, almost wishing my life away so I can get to a point, which in itself is a worry, of when I actually get to that point. What if I don't like it?

Well Saturday was a get through the day, look forward to 8pm, and I did enjoy it. and Sunday was a trip to the seaside with my wife, to have a walk along the prom and hear the breaking waves, it also means we got another 4 miles walking in so added to the monthly total.

Our lass is very good at grounding the high flying kite f my imagination, I would flutter of with my dreams, not actually checking if I was tethered and could come back down again. Our lass sees this as a bad thing, but I do try to say to her "You need a base, you need a counter weight" which can get the reply of "You saying I am fat". But seriously the future is bright and I am not trying to wish my life away but it is difficult when you don't enjoy everything you do right now and hope for the freedoms you believe you will get in the future.

In other news, another YOUGOV poll I am up to £8.80 as someone joined and had a go at the polls as well, you are free to do so as well, follow the link below.

Want your opinions to be heard? Then why not join YOUGOV polling surveys https://t.co/uUhF7D0qM0

— retireatfifty (@retireatfifty) October 10, 2018

30 Days of walking to work and not spending money at work

Stats. 

So far I have walked 23 Miles in October 116 miles in total since starting this blog

I have stopped myself from spending £90 at work (£27 of which in October) on sweets and snacks, I don't really need.

Click this link to see how all the endeavours are helping to build towards the final goal. 

Thoughts

Today I have gone back to my old blog post heading for these posts, I previously thought it a bit of mouthful, my other option was simply saying day 28, 29 and so on which sounded a bit like (and create your own Geordie accent) It's day 29 in the Big Brother house. The final nail in the coffin was today I am not actually at work, I have got restricted use of my voice, which can be a big of blow when you work taking and responding to calls.

The millage has been added because I will this afternoon go and walk to meet our lass when she finishes work. I don't like putting down for items not already done, but I really need to meet our lass when she leaves work as she needs the support today. Her first day back after a lot of stress from work.

As for the money, well I haven't been at work so haven't spent the money so will put another £3 in the pot.

Completed another yougov survey and so another 60p in the pot, as with lots of sayings, such as Q. How do you eat an Elephant? A. One mouthful at a time. or which would probably be more politically correct, How do you complete a 1,000 mile journey A. One step at a time. It may seem daft that I comment on 60p but they all add up and over 6 years it is £1,000 Which is something folks would not be so sniffy at. So today there will be a few more posts around things I have done, such as a book I have read, and the Yougov surveys why don't you try it as well?

If you have any thoughts on ways to make money, then feel free to comment.

DAY 29

Stats. 

So far I have walked 20 Miles in October 113 miles in total since starting this blog

I have stopped myself from spending £87 at work (£24 of which in October) on sweets and snacks I don't really need.

Thoughts

Annoyingly the mileage has stayed the same, due to storm Callum, well due to me not wanting to walk 3 miles in the rain and already having a cold and sore throat. About an hour and a half into my shift, my voice wasn't getting any better, I had a sudden bout of sickness, a quick glance to the team leader, a text to our lass and I am home again.

It is so annoying to have thoughts but not be able to just burst out with them, maybe I should learn from these days of making every word count, as they are so difficult to utter. I will more than likely not be at work on Monday, so again no more mileage but will add the £3 regardless, need to keep that going. When pay day comes around I will be add all this to the total. I think that will cheer my spirits when I see everything building up again.

Another day another survey and yes it may only be 50p but every penny counts that is over a grand by the time I am 50.

Click this link to see how all these endeavours are helping to build towards the final goal.

Want your opinions to be heard? Then why not join YOUGOV polling surveys https://t.co/uUhF7D0qM0

— retireatfifty (@retireatfifty) October 10, 2018

Day 28

Stats. 

So far I have walked 20 Miles in October 113 miles in total since starting this blog

I have stopped myself from spending £84 at work (£21 of which in October) on sweets and snacks I don't really need.

Thoughts

Yesterday I was full of cold, and the weather was miserable, the situation today hasn't changed much, voice just about there, kind of need it as my job is talking on the phone and storm Callum or the remnants of, is causing the rain outside. So our lass loves us, so will get another lift to work, it means the mileage hasn't changed but the money not spent will as you see have gone up, I am closing in on a £100.

In other news, I have revised the opinion poll income stream upwards from £50 a year to £150 a year. Based on the fact it seems you get 50p a survey every day, so if this continues over a year that is over £180 as it won't be all the time I have factored I should get £50 every 4 months. This is from just doing one, if the Yougov one slows up then I have at least 5 others I can join as well. As I have work, and I want this to stay fun and not monotonous I am just doing Yougov for the moment.

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Click this link to see how close to the target I am

New ways of adding an income to my target

Whilst doing this blog, I won't just sit on my hands and just keep on with the same old, same old.

I will look at other ways of adding an income or way of adding money to my target.

Click this link to see how close to the target I am

This latest one is by completing polling information. my first one got me a £1 when you get to £50 you can withdraw the money.

You get money for introducing folks, so feel free to click on the link below, and you get money for filling out daily and weekly questionaires. Will report back on how quick or slow this will be, currently set a target of £50 a year £300 over the 6 years, will review in the future as I add other polling groups to it, but keeping it real, as the first polls can be there to entice you and then it might slow up.

But every little helps on the way to £50,000

Want your opinions to be heard? Then why not join YOUGOV polling surveys https://t.co/uUhF7D0qM0

— retireatfifty (@retireatfifty) October 10, 2018