by Nate Smith
Paid surveys and the like seem to be the talk of the internet lately. Are there
really places willing to pay you to take a survey? Yes. But the truth is that they don't truly care about your opinion. That being the case, why do these GPT offers sites pay you to take surveys? The real reason is that they just want to gather some information. They want you to become a lead. Now before you are totally turned off from any GPT offers sites, you need to realize that this is not totally a bad thing. There is a little give and a little take, and if you do it right it can be a win-win situation. In fact, if you do it right, you yourself might be the person that comes out winning… and only you. With "do-not call" laws and junk mail laws (to your physical address), and even spam laws (your email inbox), it has become increasingly more difficult for companies to try and sell you their junk. Thus spawned the birth of the GPT offer site. When you take one of these "surveys" you will notice, if you happened to read the fine-print, that you are giving permission for these companies to contact you. They are hoping to be able to up sell you. So how do you combat this? There are a few ways to use GPT offer sites without becoming totally vulnerable. First, your physical address. Normally these companies don't ask for your address. They know that if they do, you are less likely to fill out a form. I have never received anything from any of these companies. It is far more expensive to them than just sending you an email. If you do receive the random occasional letter, just throw it away like you do all your other junk mail. Telephone. Calls come more often than junk mail, but still rare. It is expensive to have a call center calling a bunch of people who are not interested in their products. One way to make sure you don't get a call is to use an online voice box, like evoice. They will provide you with a phone number where you can simply check your messages online. No need to give out your cell phone number now. Last is email. This is how these companies will contact you. It is cheap and easy for them. Create an email account for this specific purpose. You are required to give your true information, but there is no problem here because as soon as you create this email account, it will be your "true information". The only difference is it will only be used for your GPT sites.
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