The world economy is not in the best of shape about now. Lots of people are out of work, many are looking to make extra money to help out. Many turn to the Internet, searching for ways to increase their income.

There are thousands of ways to make money on the Internet. Most require significant investment in study, training, websites and time. Most require you to attain a certain level of expertise before you are in a position to compete and generate income.

One of the ways to make extra money that requires few skills and little investment is to get paid for your opinion by taking online surveys that pay.

Here’s the way that works. Large companies must have feedback from the consumers of their products and services to plan new products and improve existing ones. They also need that kind of feedback to measure the effectiveness of their advertising.

65-70% of the economy of the U.S. and other developed countries is made up of consumer spending. Most large companies have little or no direct contact with the people who actually buy their products. Look around you the next time you go to a department store or supermarket. Thousands of products are being sold by middlemen. The actual producers are nowhere to be seen.

The large companies hire market researchers to measure public opinion and tell them what people think. Market researchers use mostly surveys to measure consumer opinion. Almost all of these surveys are now done over the internet, online.

Surveys are a very big business on the Net. Thousands of surveys are being made each and every week. How in the world can they get people to take all those surveys? Easy! They pay survey participants to fill out those surveys! Surveys pay from $5 to $150 each. Most are in the $10 to $25 range. Not a lot of money per survey, but they don’t take much time and they add up quickly.

Take a $10 and a $25 survey every day and you could make over a thousand dollars a month! If you want to make extra money, you should seriously consider finding some good legitimate paid surveys that will pay you cash for surveys.

Payment is by checks in the mail or deposits into your PayPal account. Millions of dollars are going to survey participants every month. Some of that could be coming to you!

– Timothy Reeves

As if you needed any more reason to learn Spanish, here is our wonderful list. These can apply to being bilingual with any language, too. They are not in any specific order.

1. Well, there are about 425 million speakers of Spanish including natives and secondary speakers. Depending on the resource, it is neck and neck with English as the second most spoken language after Mandarin (Chinese).

2. Income: Studies have shown that Bilingual employees earn an average of 8-10% more than others who speak only one language.

3. Employment Opportunities: Bilinguals are less likely to be unemployed, as it is considered to be a valuable asset. Knowing two languages also opens up more job opportunities. “Bilingual a plus” “Spanish preferred”

4. Travel Opportunities: Yes, learning Spanish also opens up an incredible worlds of fun and/or work. There are 23 countries in the world in which Spanish is the Primary or “Official” language. Think about those possibilities! You would be able to interact freely in these countries.

5. Relationships: Learning Spanish means that you can now fill your circle with more friends! If you’re single, you will have opened a new door of possibilities in finding a mate or partner.

6. Attention: “What did he just say?” Anyone who needs it will look to you for translation. You would have the ability to act as a translator, or middleman.

Are you enjoying these? Guess what, there is more! For the other 6 visit 11 more Reasons to Learn Spanish to see the rest!