Decision Analyst originally created the American Consumer Opinion panel in early 1986 as a small mail survey panel. Members were personally invited to participate in the panel by telephone, and answered the surveys via the mail. Since the surveys were conducted by mail, membership was limited to the United States. Members primarily tested and provided their feedback on new products. By 1995, the mail survey panel had approximately 20,000 Members.

Then, with the development of the Internet, the panel went online in 1996 and membership was opened up to all countries across the globe. The panel currently includes over eight million men, women, and children throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

SurveySavvy.com is an online survey panel company that pays you for your opinions about different products from advertisers.

SurveySavvy.com company started back in 1999 with Luth Research, and unlike other survey companies that only rewards you for completing surveys, SurveySavvy.com pays you also for referring new members to their website.  So that doubles the way of making money with them!

Their surveys range from $1-$50 depending on the length of their surveys.

Also if you don't qualify for one of their surveys, you're still enter into their monthly drawings to win $10 that goes towards your account. (I won this drawing once since I've been a member)

There is no confusing point system with SurveySavvy.com, so you'll know exactly how much you'll get paid for each completed survey.  Also no payout limit, meaning, if you've only have a dollar in your account, you can still cash out anytime.  Payments are made by check only, and you're paid within a month of cashing out.

Have you ever wonder how people get free products sent to them to review on their blog?

I'm currently a product review blogger on ProductReviewMom.com and receive products for free from many different companies. 

People search for reviews on many different products everyday online and you can become the go to place for product reviews.

So you're wondering, how can you start getting free products?  Below I'll list some companies you can sign up and get started.

1. BzzAgent- This is a great word of mouth marketing company to join to get free products.  The more products you review, the higher your score and chances in getting more products to test and share your opinions to your readers.

2. Smiley360- Just like BzzAgent it is a word of mouth marketing company that you receive products for reviews.  The more reviews you do, the better your chances of getting into new missions to receive free products.

3. Tomoson- With Tomoson, you apply with different companies looking for bloggers to review their products.  You must have descent amount of traffic going to your blog and have a social network to be successful at getting approved with different companies. 

4. ExpoTV- With ExpoTv, you must have a web cam because you'll review free products to review through web cam only.  You can still share your product review on your blog.

5. Swaggable- Swaggable is another word of mouth marketing company that you'll receive free products to review and you can share about the products to your readers and social networks.

6. Influenster- Influenster is another word of mouth marketing company that sends you boxes of different products to review and do different task like, do a blog post about the products, share information about the products on social networks, join the products fan pages on social networks, etc.



If your blog already receives traffic and have a good presences on social networks, you can contact companies directly and request samples to review on your blog.

Also, if your product review blog have a good ranking with search engines like Google, companies will start taking notice and will start contacting you directly to review their products on your blog.

I hope you find these tips helpful!  If you know of any companies that offers free products for reviews not listed here, please let me know in the comments section.  And make sure to visit my post if you like to get paid for product testing.

-Louida

For awhile now, I've been in a panel called Media Insiders Panel where I downloaded an app on my Android cell phone and Media Insiders collects data from my cell phone usage.

You don't even know the app is running on your phone and you get paid a $5 Tango gift card each month that you have Media Insiders app still running on your phone or electronic device.

I actually like this panel because it requires no surveys to complete and you don't even know the app is running on your electronic device.  Also it doesn't slow down your device either.

The $5 Tango card can be redeemable for several well known gift cards like Amazon, iTunes, Target, and more, or you can use it for charity.

Another great thing is you can add the app on up to 3 devices and get $5 Tango card for each device!

The app is called MI Mobile and if you're interested in downloading the app on your electronic device, click here.

Remember I told you I'd found another product testing company online that is just like BzzAgent? 

Well so far since I've signed up with Smiley360, I've tested Arm and Hammer Sensitive toothpaste with them and currently about to test Emergen-C vitamin supplement drink mix.

It's an ok company if you like to test products at home but what I don't like is how they send me applications for up and coming testing and usually my applications I fill out gets denied.  That's very disappointing when I'm really hoping to get into certain missions that I know I would enjoy.

When you complete any product test with Smiley360, you voice your opinions about the products you've tested and share your thoughts to people, on blogs, through social media, or on the Smiley360 website.

For your opinions, you get rewarded with smiles which I believe will help you get into more product test missions.

I'm still learning about Smiley360 and I like it so far but my main company I like is BzzAgent because I get the most products to test with them.

I currently joined a campaign through BzzAgent to test the Bic Soleil Savvy Razor.  Check out my review on my other blog ProductReviewMom.com.

Thanks and have a great weekend!!!

-Louida