Get paid for your JUNK mail and emails

[maplaver]

Small Business Knowledge Center (SBKC) (http://www.sbkcenter.com/consumer.php#form) is a panel that pays you for specific junk mail and emails through giftcards.

You get points for your junk mail and when you reach 2,000 points, they will let you know the choices of giftcards available at the moment (they are always changing them).

You can't log in to their website and check your point balance because they haven't created that option yet. The good news is that they are a FULL-SERVICE PANEL, meaning you can ask away all kinds of question and you'll receive your answer pretty much the same day :p

At the end of each month, you'll receive an email with your point balance like this:

THANK YOU MAPLAVER!

As you know, the success of our market research panel is truly determined by the participation of our panelists. Thank you for your participation of sending us your junk mail, junk email and also your help with our retrieval requests.

Your point status is: 786!

Your points are added up through June 30, 2008*.
*Your point status may NOT reflect any envelopes you have sent within this past week.

What we are looking for, anything from:

Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplements, Medigap
¨ Newsletters
¨ Alerts
¨ Explanation of Benefits
¨ Post cards trying to attract your business
¨ Packets that are offered through reply cards on postcards, etc

Health insurance Carriers (Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana, etc.)
¨ Newsletters
¨ Alerts
¨ Explanation of Benefits
¨ Post cards trying to attract your business
¨ Packets that are offered through reply cards on postcards, etc

Life insurance Carriers (John Hancock, State Farm, Primerica, Guardian, etc.)
¨ Newsletters
¨ Alerts
¨ Explanation of Benefits
¨ Post cards trying to attract your business
¨ Packets that are offered through reply cards on postcards, etc

Financial Service Providers 401K, Mutual Funds, IRA, Rollovers (Fidelity, Vanguard, etc.)
¨ Newsletters
¨ Alerts
¨ New product brochures
¨ Mailings to attract new business, etc.

What we are NOT looking for:
¨ Catalogs
¨ Credit card statements
¨ Sale papers
¨ Coupons
¨ Stock Market information
¨ Credit lines
¨ Ways to get fast cash through email
¨ Don’t forget you do NOT need to print out the emails you receive and send them to us. All you have to do is FORWARD them to us at consumers@sbkcenter.com

We know that there have been some confusion and concerns about your point status emails. We are working hard to correct the problem we are having with our panelists not receiving our emails. To try and help us eliminate this problem please add our email address consumers@sbkcenter.com to your address book.

Have a great 4th of July weekend!
Nicole Hermon
Project Manager- Consumer Panel
Small Business Knowledge Center
t: 312.546.4922
consumers@sbkcenter.com
www.sbkcenter.com

**The Small Business Knowledge Center ensures the privacy of our panelists. You will not be solicited in any way as a result of your participation.**

[maplaver]

We want to reward you for forwarding your junk mail and email!

Our clients have expressed a particular interest in the collection of Direct Mail and Email sent directly to Consumers.

Specifically, we are looking for materials related to:

Insurance: Health Insurance Life Insurance, Long Term Care, Medicare
Investments: Annuities, IRA/Rollovers, Mutual Funds, 401(k), Pensions

Here's how you can help SBKC as a consumer panelist and earn your rewards:

Direct Mail: Hold on to direct mail communications you receive from Insurance Carriers (Disability, Health, Life, Long Term Care) and Financial Services Providers (401K, Mutual Funds, IRA Rollover Offers). We will send you pre-paid flexible envelopes that you simply drop off in any mailbox as often as you like.

Of particular interest: Member newsletters / marketing information from companies that you do business or have an account/policy with.

We are not looking for catalogs, magazines, credit card solicitations, telecommunications or the masses of other unrelated/unsolicited junk you surely receive.

Email: Forward emails to consumers@sbkcenter.com that you receive from Insurance Carriers or Financial Services Companies (basically the same stuff we are looking for above). For example, I have Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Insurance as my medical insurance provider and receive a monthly newsletter and periodic communications from the company. If you receive this kind of solicitation / correspondence, I would like for you to forward these communications to help the database grow. This might also be a good time to establish an on-line relationship with your Insurance and Financial Services Providers as they will send you e-newsletters and periodic product updates.

We are not looking for all of your spam. We need information related to Insurance, Investments, Financial Services only.

Again, thank you for your interest in our study.

If you have any questions, please contact us directly via email @ consumers@sbkcenter.com. Your inquiry will be answered within 24 hours. You can also reach us directly @ 312-546-4922 if you have questions.

[maplaver]

How much “junk mail” can I send?
You should try and fill the provided flexible envelope as much as possible with the direct marketing information outlined before sending them out, and we ask that you send recently received materials only.

Where do I send the direct mail?
Once you become a panelist, SBKC will provide you with pre-addressed, pre-paid postage flexible envelopes to send us your mail. SBKC will also replenish these envelopes on an regular basis.

Forwarded Emails to jennifer@sbkcenter.com are very helpful for our study and can be sent as often as you choose. Some examples we are looking for you to send via mail or email include Newsletters, Product Brochures, Updates, Sales Kits, Direct Mail Solicitations, Bonus/Commission Schedules/Incentive Plans and FAXES TOO from Insurance Carriers or Mortgage Providers.

What type of materials are you looking for?
Producer Panelist: The Insurance Materials we would like to receive include among others: Insurance Materials: Annuities, Accidental Death, Auto, Critical Illness, Dental, Disability (STD, LTD), Group / Individual Health, Investments, Life (VUL, Term, etc.), Long Term Care, P&C, Worksite Marketing.

We pay particular attention to Sales Kits, Commission Schedules, CD’s/Rate Software Updates, New Product Announcements, Sales Contests or Promotions. If you are also a Certified Financial Planner, Hold a Series 7 License, or are an Investment/Retirement Income Adviser, please send along all Investment, Retirement / Group Benefit Plan marketing information as this is helpful for the study too!

We are also interested in receiving e-mail marketing materials such as forwarded e-mails. These can be forwarded to jennifer@sbkcenter.com as often as you choose.

Some other examples we are looking for you to send via mail or email include Newsletters, Product Brochures, Updates, Sales Kits, Direct Mail Solicitations, Bonus/Commission Schedules/Incentive Plans and FAXES TOO from Insurance Carriers or Mortgage Providers.

Consumer Panelists: Specifically, we are looking for materials related to:

Insurance: Disability, Health, Life, Long Term Care, Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Prescription Drug Plans
Investments: Annuities, IRA/Rollovers, Mutual Funds, 401(k), Pensions

How is my privacy protected?

THE SMALL BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE CENTER ENSURES THE PRIVACY OF OUR PANELISTS. YOU WILL NOT BE SOLICITED IN ANY WAY AS A RESULT OF YOUR PARTICIPATION. ALL OF THE MATERIALS ARE SHREDDED AND 100% RECYCLED.

All unique identifying information such as name, address, phone number, account / invitation number are eliminated before any of the materials are analyzed for their contents, industry trends, and overall marketing activity. Your participation will ultimately help shape the future of Marketing within the Insurance or Mortgage Industries.

What does SBKC do with the information?
Our Insurance and Financial Services clients use this information as a competitive intelligence and product development tool.

[maplaver]

THANK YOU MAPLAVER!

The success of our market research panel is truly determined by the participation of our panelists. Thank you for sending us your junk mail, junk email and also your help with our various retrieval requests.

Your point status is: 1292!

Your points are accumulated through July 31, 2008*.
*Your point status may NOT reflect any envelopes you have sent within the last two weeks.

I'm a little closer to reaching the needed 2,000 pts. :p

Your point status is: 1886!

Your points are accumulated through August 31, 2008*.

*Your point status may NOT reflect any envelopes you have sent within the last two weeks.

[maplaver]

Your point status is: 1886!

Your points are accumulated through August 31, 2008*.

*Your point status may NOT reflect any envelopes you have sent within the last two weeks.

Congratulations MAPLAVER!

You have accrued 2000 points!

Please pick one of the $20 gift cards below and email me your choice!


Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic
Staples
Barnes & Noble
Bath & Body Works
Macy’s
Chili’s (includes Chili’s, On the Border, Maggiano’s Little Italy and Romano’s Macaroni Grill)
Starbucks
AMC Movie Theaters
Darden (includes Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, Seasons, Longhorn Steakhouse and The Capital Grille)
Crate and Barrel

Thank you for all of your efforts and we look forward to your continued participation.

If you have any questions, please contact us directly via email and I will answer your inquiry as soon as possible. You can also reach me directly @ 312-546-4922.

Nicole Hermon

Project Manager

The Small Business Knowledge Center ensures the privacy of our panelists.

You will not be solicited in any way as a result of your participation.

Small Business Knowledge Center

I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN AND IF I RECEIVE IT. IF YES, THEN YOU SHOULD ALL DO THIS CUZ IS REAL EASY :p

[maplaver]

Congratulations MAPLAVER!

You have accrued 2000 points!

Please pick one of the $20 gift cards below and email me your choice!


Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic
Staples
Barnes & Noble
Bath & Body Works
Macy’s
Chili’s (includes Chili’s, On the Border, Maggiano’s Little Italy and Romano’s Macaroni Grill)
Starbucks
AMC Movie Theaters
Darden (includes Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, Seasons, Longhorn Steakhouse and The Capital Grille)
Crate and Barrel

Thank you for all of your efforts and we look forward to your continued participation.

If you have any questions, please contact us directly via email and I will answer your inquiry as soon as possible. You can also reach me directly @ 312-546-4922.

Nicole Hermon

Project Manager

The Small Business Knowledge Center ensures the privacy of our panelists.

You will not be solicited in any way as a result of your participation.

Small Business Knowledge Center

I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN AND IF I RECEIVE IT. IF YES, THEN YOU SHOULD ALL DO THIS CUZ IS REAL EASY :p

I received the gc today... so this is LEGIT :D I got 2 MACY'S $10 gc 4 my junk EMAILS... very easy... give it a try!!!

[maplaver]

Congrats! You have earned a gift card from SBKC!‏
From: Nicole Hermon (consumers@sbkcenter.com)
Sent: Fri 12/05/08 12:04 PM

Thank you MAPLAVER!


Please pick one of the $20 gift cards below and email me your choice!

Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic
Staples
Barnes & Noble
Bath & Body Works
Macy’s
Chili’s
Starbucks
AMC Movie Theaters
Darden
Crate and Barrel

Thank you for all of your efforts and we look forward to your continued participation.

If you have any questions, please contact us directly via email and we will answer your inquiry as soon as possible. You can also reach me directly @ 312-546-4922.


Nicole Hermon

Project Manager

Small Business Knowledge Center

consumers@sbkcenter.com

The Small Business Knowledge Center ensures the privacy of our panelists.

You will not be solicited in any way as a result of your participation.

[maplaver]

Your point status is: 154!

Your points are accumulated through November 30, 2008*.
*Your point status may NOT reflect any envelopes you have sent within the last week.

Don’t forget: DO NOT print your spam emails just FORWARD
them to us at consumers@sbkcenter.com.

[maplaver]

Another $20 macy's gc is on my way :p very easy money... too bad nobody here seems interested in trying this :confused:

[maplaver]

Another $20 macy's gc is on my way :p very easy money... too bad nobody here seems interested in trying this :confused:

i received my $20 gc... i've made $40 for sending my junk mail... i cant be easier than that :D

[maplaver]

Thank you! Your January Point Status from SBKC!‏
From: Nicole Hermon (consumers@sbkcenter.com)
Sent: Wed 2/04/09 5:39 PM

1,902

[maplaver]

I just got my first envelopes. Of course, now that I signed up the junk mail is at a trickle. Companies are cutting expenses?

i make more points by FORWARDING my junk emails from 2 addresses... do that!

[jness80537]

I just signed up with this program, I'll let you know how it goes. Thank you maplaver for putting this here for us to use.

[maplaver]

Hello, how do I take money from the website, please send me E-mail: zlip8013@yahoo.cn ，thank you very much

join here: sbkc (http://www.sbkcenter.com/consumer.php#form)

[maplaver]

Thank you! You have earned a gift card from SBKC!‏
From: Nicole Hermon (consumers@sbkcenter.com)
Sent: Tue 3/10/09 10:18 AM

Thank you Maria!

You have earned a $20 gift card!


SBKC has changed the way you will be receiving your gift cards.

In the next few days you will be receiving instructions on how to redeem your gift card. These instructions will allow you to redeem your own gift cards at your convenience and give you a greater variety of choices.

The email you will be receiving will contain a login and password to giftcards.gifts.com. There you can redeem your own gift card and have them send it anywhere!
Thank you for all of your efforts and we look forward to your continued participation.

If you have any questions, please contact us directly via email and we will answer your inquiry as soon as possible. You can also reach me directly @ 312-546-4922


Nicole Hermon

Project Manager

Small Business Knowledge Center

consumers@sbkcenter.com

The Small Business Knowledge Center ensures the privacy of our panelists.

You will not be solicited in any way as a result of your participation.

[maplaver]

i´m goin 2 be paid with a $20 gc just for telling them my CREDIT SCORE and they will pay for that service too :D

[maplaver]

Thank you for your participation with The Small Business Knowledge Center Consumer Panel.

Exciting Changes At SBKC!
We have added some new types of junk mail that we are collecting.

In addition to the list below we will now be collecting the following types of junk mail:

Banking Information
Mortgage/Loan Information Telecommunication Information

You Can start collecting and sending in this junk mail anytime!

Junk Mail and Junk Email SBKC Collects

The types of junk mail & spam email we collect:
• Alerts
• Banking Information
• Benefit Guides
• Credit Card Payment Protection Plans
• Credit Card Solicitations (not statements)
• Explanation of Benefits
• Inserts with original envelope
• Member Communications
• Mortgage/Loan Information
• Newsletters

• Retirement/Investment information such as:
• 401(k)/403(b)
• 529 College Savings
• Annuities
• IRA/Rollover
• Mutual Funds

• Postcards or Letters trying to acquire your business
• Statement Summaries
• Telecommunication Information
• Welcome Kits

• Offers from banks and credit card companies,
associations, etc related to:
• Accident Insurance
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Cancer Insurance • Critical Illness Insurance
• Disability Insurance • Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term Care Insurance

The types of companies we collect mail & email from:
• Health Insurance Carriers
(Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield, Humana, etc.)
• Medicare Carriers
(AARP, Cigna, Humana, etc.)
• Life insurance Carriers
(The Hartford, New York Life, etc.)
• Financial/Investment Service Providers
(Edward Jones, Fidelity, Vanguard, etc.)
• Auto/Home Insurance Carriers
(Allstate, GEICO, State Farm, etc.)
• Banks
(Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, etc.)
• Credit Card Companies
(Amex, Discover, MasterCard, Visa, etc.)
• Mortgage/Loan Companies
(Countrywide, Wells Fargo, etc.)
• Telecommunication Companies
(AT&T, Verizon, etc.)
• Other companies
(AAA, GMAC, Fingerhut, etc.)

We are NOT looking for:
• Catalogs
• Coupons
• Sale Papers
• Stock market Information
• Ways to get fast cash through email

Point Status
Your March Point Status is 246!

Your points are accumulated through March 31, 2009*.
*Your point status may NOT reflect any envelopes you have sent within the last week.

[maplaver]

Exciting changes at SBKC!‏
From: Nicole Hermon (consumers@sbkcenter.com)
Sent: Wed 4/08/09 3:00 PM

Thank you for your participation with The Small Business
Knowledge Center Consumer Panel.

As we recently informed you, we've expanded the type of
junk mail to what we currently collect to include:

Banking Information
Credit Card Information
Mortgage/Loan Information
Telecommunication Information

To coordinate with these new directions, Nicole Hermon, our current manager
of the Consumer Panel, will move into an expanded role within our company
assisting with this new effort. Ashley Barkema will take over as the new
Project Manager of the Consumer Panel.

Both Nicole and Ashley will be available for any questions you may have, as we try to make a simple, smooth transition for everyone.

As a member of the Consumer Panel, we simply ask that you continue to send in
your pre-paid flexible envelopes to us anytime, as well as forward your spam
emails to consumers@sbkcenter.com.

Remember the more mail you send, the more points
you earn towards your gift certificates!

We greatly appreciate your participation in the consumer panel and
your cooperation with this transition. If you have any questions please
contact us at the phone number or email below.

Ashley Barkema & Nicole Hermon
Small Business Knowledge Center
312-546-4922
consumers@sbkcenter.com
www.sbkcenter.com

[maplaver]

i´m goin 2 be paid with a $20 gc just for telling them my CREDIT SCORE and they will pay for that service too :D

Your FICO Reimbursement Is On Its Way from SBKC!‏
From: Consumers (consumers@sbkcenter.com)
Sent: Mon 5/18/09 4:23 PM

Thank you Maria!

You have been sent your FICO reimbursement from The Small Business Knowledge Center!

I sent your CASH reimbursement today for the costs you incurred while obtaining your FICO Score for us here at SBKC!

You should receive a small envelope from SBKC via Direct Mail in the next few days.

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you do not receive your payment.

Thanks again for all of your help!

Ashley Barkema

Small Business Knowledge Center

312-546-4922

consumers@sbkcenter.com

[karenlou]

I joined this after reading this thread. I don't have any envelopes to submit mail yet but I have been forwarding email. Of course, like someone else said, now I'm not getting much junk mail or email. :D A year ago I was getting about 6 credit card offers in the mail every day. I was taking the little paper "credit cards" they were sending and giving my daughter to play with. She had quite a collection! I'm still finding them all over the house and throwing them away now.

I'll have to ask them about the FICO score. I read in their newsletter that they are still accepting scores, but since I just joined I didn't get any details on it. Maria, did they pay you points for submitting your FICO as well as reimburse you for the cost to obtain it?

Karen

[maplaver]

I joined this after reading this thread. I don't have any envelopes to submit mail yet but I have been forwarding email. Of course, like someone else said, now I'm not getting much junk mail or email. :D A year ago I was getting about 6 credit card offers in the mail every day. I was taking the little paper "credit cards" they were sending and giving my daughter to play with. She had quite a collection! I'm still finding them all over the house and throwing them away now.

I'll have to ask them about the FICO score. I read in their newsletter that they are still accepting scores, but since I just joined I didn't get any details on it. Maria, did they pay you points for submitting your FICO as well as reimburse you for the cost to obtain it?

Karen

i got paid 2000 pts which is a $20 giftcard and reimbursed $15 --- THEY R GREAT... yesterday i got a $40 gc 2 PF CHANGS... which makes a total of $155 since i joined mid last year :D

[maplaver]

SBKC July Newsletter and Point Status Update!‏
From: Ashley Barkema (consumers@sbkcenter.com)
Sent: Fri 7/10/09 5:09 PM

July 9, 2009
July Newsletter

Current Projects

FICO Project

We will still be accepting FICO Scores through July! So, if you haven't already participated, go ahead and send in your score for your..
$20 GIFT CARD!

If you have any questions about the FICO project feel free to ask Ashley anytime.

Point Status

Maria,
Your June Point Status is 61!

Your points are accumulated through June 30, 2009*


*Your point status may NOT reflect any envelopes you have sent within the last week.

[maplaver]

PAY TO FORWARD

Sbkc (GC) $155

plus another $20 gc that i will be gettin soon... pending redeem code!

[Laura H]

Is this company still active? I signed up about a week ago but never heard anything...

[maplaver]

Is this company still active? I signed up about a week ago but never heard anything...

yeah... and luv it :) just received another $20 gc!

[paddysmum]

Just got my first payout. Yea!

[Laura H]

Thanks for the info! I'll try emailing them and see if there's something I missed and try to poke things along. This sounds like an easy and rather fun way to make a little extra cash. :)

[maplaver]

Thanks for the info! I'll try emailing them and see if there's something I missed and try to poke things along. This sounds like an easy and rather fun way to make a little extra cash. :)

it is... i can do it even when i stop doin surveys cuz lack of time... this place is great and i luv it :p

[paddysmum]

Update: I requested two Regal Cinema GCs and received them in about a week. :D

[vwilliams55]

What is a Fico score or where do you get this info?

[paddysmum]

I passed on this request from SBKC because it costs money to obtain your FICO score, and it seemed to me that SBKC was basically reimbursing me for the money I spent to get it. I saw myself making little money on the transaction.

If anyone else here has furnished SBKC their FICO score, please let us know how much it cost to get it, and was it worth the $20 from SBKC?

FICO is short for Fair Issac Corporation. A FICO score is a very powerful number: 90% of US banks use it determine the interest rates you pay on mortgages and other loans. It's calculated using your payment history, $$ in outstanding debt, # of credit cards, whether you have obtained loans recently, etc. FICO sells your score to banks, auto dealers, etc, when you apply for a loan.

While you can obtain your credit score from all three credit bureaus for free through https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp, it costs some money to get your FICO score.

FICO sells its scores directly to consumers at myFICO.com using data from Equifax and TransUnion.

Equifax and TransUnion also sell FICO scores directly to consumers.

[vwilliams55]

Ok. Thanks for the info.

[maplaver]

I passed on this request from SBKC because it costs money to obtain your FICO score, and it seemed to me that SBKC was basically reimbursing me for the money I spent to get it. I saw myself making little money on the transaction.

If anyone else here has furnished SBKC their FICO score, please let us know how much it cost to get it, and was it worth the $20 from SBKC?

FICO is short for Fair Issac Corporation. A FICO score is a very powerful number: 90% of US banks use it determine the interest rates you pay on mortgages and other loans. It's calculated using your payment history, $$ in outstanding debt, # of credit cards, whether you have obtained loans recently, etc. FICO sells your score to banks, auto dealers, etc, when you apply for a loan.

While you can obtain your credit score from all three credit bureaus for free through https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp, it costs some money to get your FICO score.

FICO sells its scores directly to consumers at myFICO.com using data from Equifax and TransUnion.

Equifax and TransUnion also sell FICO scores directly to consumers.

i gave them my FICO score and was totally worth it. i got the $20 giftcard and the $15 for the free trial of a monthly credit score program.
after i got my credit score number, i canceled the trial and was charged ZERO... so i made $35 and spent nothing :p

[Laura H]

Damn, I really wish I could join this, but my emails have gone unanswered by this company..

[maplaver]

Damn, I really wish I could join this, but my emails have gone unanswered by this company..

send me a pm with ur name and email and i will email ashley myself :)

[Laura H]

Thanks, I appreciate it! PMing now!

[maplaver]

Thanks, I appreciate it! PMing now!

just emailed her explaining ur problem... add this email 2 ur SAFE SENDERS consumers@sbkcenter.com

[Laura H]

Just heard from Ashley! Thanks again!

[maplaver]

Just heard from Ashley! Thanks again!

u re welcome :p