Why Surveys? I have been sweepstake fanatic for over 20 years. Constantly I am always finding new and exciting ways to win. Remembering way back, I read a blog post about ten years back about getting gift cards and free products and services for free from surveys. Thinking I thought to myself how cool is this. Who wants to try new products and get gift cards?  Some of the cool things I have gotten over the years best buy cards, movie gift cards, and sometimes a check or two.

Companies are always looking for new ways to improve or test a new product. You can say, I love being a tester for these companies. I personally spent about 3 hours a day doing surveys because I know that I can help these companies make changes for their bottom line.  I am going to give you a list of my favorite sites that I use, so you can have a lot of fun like me when you help make change for companies.

1. www.surveypolice.com I use this site to check what type of rewards they have. Users on this site use a rating system on how good the site is. They always have a very informative newsletter that talks about different websites and their rating system for survey sites.

2. www.mysurvey.com  This is the site that I have been using the longest. They have a lot of good gift cards on this site, movie tickets, restaurant cards etc.  The longest survey has been 70 min and the shortest one has been 2 min. Not too bad if I do say so myself.

3. www.oneopinion.com This is another one of my favorites. I have gotten a lot of products and food to try from this survey. This has a wide variety of gift cards for you to choose from. The surveys are usually 10 to 30 minutes when I have done them.

4. www.paidviewpoint.com A friend told me about this site a while back. This site is absolutely fantastic. Surveys are usually under 10 minutes and have a couple of different rewards to choose from Walmart, Best Buy or Paypal. The only drawback is that it takes a while to build up for a reward.

5. www.vipvoice.com  Here is another good one that I love. You do a survey and build up points to enter contests. This is so much fun I can't how much I enjoy doing this. Every so often they want you to fill out a meal plan for 25 dollar gift card. How cool is that!!! Awesome sauce!

There is another option for people who love taking surveys. There is something called apps on your phone. The survey companies had gotten really smart! People are always on the run so they want to do things quick and fast.  I am going to list a couple of apps that I personally use and have been getting good returns on. You can find these apps on your google play or apple store.

1. http://www.surveysonthego.com/  This is one of my go-to apps for quick and lots of points surveys. Surveys last from 10 to 20 minutes. They have good rewards in their reward store. Visa, Paypal, and Amazon really cool in my unbiased opinion. I have been a user of this app for a couple of years. I highly recommend this app for google or apple

2. https://getpanelapp.com/  The best part of this app is that you put on your phone and it asks about going to different stores you go to. Surveys are 5 minutes or less and you build up points fast.  They have a good rewards shop and you can also enter contests so you can get cool stuff.

3. https://www.frequentflyerapp.com/ This app is made by the same company that makes panel app. You can get points and add frequent flyer miles to your account. You can also win airline tickets! How cool is that!  This is a very good app!

In my opinion, this is the best way to get gift cards and make changes in the way companies look at different products. There is always someone out there who needs an opinion to change a product or service.  I have been doing surveys for over 10 years and I love doing it.  I hope you all had fun reading my piece on one of my favorite subjects!
Good luck and have fun!

Guest Sweepstakes Advantage Blogger,

Rene Dubriel