Sep 03

I’m Not Getting Emails!!!

Advice 1 Comment »

Why am I not getting my emails from Yourfreesurveys???, is a refrain I get daily while taking care of customer service at Yourfreesurveys. The answer, for the most part, is a fairly simple one. Many email programmes contain filters to protect you from spam email. Sometimes, an email message that you wish to receive is incorrectly judged as spam and is sent to your junk folder. However, you CAN take action to ensure that the mail that you want to receive, does come through. Below you’ll find a list of email programs and detailed instructions on how to add us to your list of trusted senders.

AOL

AOL screenshot

  1. Open your spam folder
  2. Click on the email you wish to receive and click the This Is Not Spam button

Hotmail

Hotmail screenshot

  1. Open the Junk Email folder
  2. Click on the email you wish to receive
  3. Either click this is not Junk on the top menu bar, or Not Junk Mail on the middle yellow warning bar

Windows Live Mail (Beta)

 Windows Live screenshot

  1. Open the email message
  2. Click allow sender in the second yellow menu bar

Gmail / Googlemail

 Gmail screenshot

  1. Open the Spam folder
  2. Open the email you wish to receive and click the Not Spam button in the menu bar

Microsoft Outlook 2003

Outlook screenshot

  1. Right-click on the message you wish to receive
  2. Hold your mouse pointer over Junk Email and choose Add Sender to Safe Senders List or Add Sender’s Domain (@example.com) to Safe Senders List.

Yahoo! Mail

 Yahoo screenshot

  1. Open the Bulk Email folder
  2. Open the email you wish to receive
  3. Click the Not Spam button in the menu bar above the email

Yahoo! Mail (Beta)

 Yahoo beta screenshot

  1. Right-click on the message you wish to receive
  2. Click Add Sender to Contacts

Can You Receive Our Email?

There are a few things you can do in order to make certain you receive our email.

  • Add YourFreeSurveys.com to your “approved list.” You can add noreply@yourfreesurveyinvitations.com to your approved list which should allow messages to be properly delivered to you.
     
  • Contact your ISP or ESP.  If you still do not receive messages from us, then you should contact your ISP or ESP for additional support help.

IF YOU USE HOTMAIL:  Add yourfreesurveys.com to your list of approved domains/senders by:

  1. Clicking the Optionslink found in the upper right corner of your Hotmail account.
  2. Click on the Contacts link on the left.
  3. Click on the Safe List link from the list of choices.
  4. Type yourfreesurveys.com in the Type an address or domain text box then click the Add button.

IF YOU USE MSN

Version 9.0

  1. Click on Settings: E-mail | Junk e-mail (it’s at the bottom left of the screen, just above Calendar).
  2. On the E-mail settings screen, click Junk E-Mail Guard.
  3. Select Safe List.
  4. In the space provided under “Add people to the safe list”, enter the address mark@yourfreesurveys.comnoreply@yourfreesurveyinvitations.com
  5. Click Add.

For Earlier Versions of MSN

  1. Click on E-mail settings (it’s at the bottom left of the screen, just above Calendar).
  2. On the E-mail settings screen, click Junk Mail.
  3. Select Safe List.
  4. Click Add an item to this list.
  5. When the Add To Safe List box appears, enter the address mark@yourfreesurveys.comnoreply@yourfreesurveyinvitations.com
  6. Click Add.

IF YOU USE AOL:  AOL has a very aggressive filtration system in place to block SPAM from filling your inbox.  Unfortunately, they also mistakenly block emails you requested.

You can make sure you receive emails from YourFreeSurveys.com by adding mark@yourfreesurveys.comnoreply@yourfreesurveyinvitations.com to your “People I Know” list.

Additionally, AOL’s new SPAM controls recognize what kinds of email you consistently delete and in about a week will automatically block those messages from reaching your inbox.

For example if you don’t open the YourFreeSurveys.com emails for about a week, AOL will automatically block you from receiving any additional messages.

If you are not receiving messages, we recommend that you contact AOL and request they unblock mark@yourfreesurveys.comnoreply@yourfreesurveyinvitations.com so you can continue receiving our messages.

AOL Version 9.0

  1. Click the “Spam Controls” link (lower right area of your inbox).
  2. When the “Mail & Spam Controls” box appears, click “Custom sender list”.
  3. Choose “allow email from ” option
  4. Type mark@yourfreesurveys.comnoreply@yourfreesurveyinvitations.com
  5. Click “Add”, then “Save”.

AOL 7.0 and 8.0

  1. Go to Keyword Mail Controls.
  2. Select the screen name you are using to receive email.
  3. Click “Customize Mail Controls For This Screen Name.”
  4. For AOL version 7.0:  In the section for “exclusion and inclusion parameters”, include the following domain:
    *@yourfreesurveys.com
    - or -
    For AOL version 8.0: Select “Allow email from all AOL members, email addresses and domains.”
  5. Click on “Next” until the “Save” button shows up at the bottom.
  6. Click “Save.”

IF YOU USE EARTHLINK

  1. Click on Address Book (it’s over on the left, below your Folders).
  2. When your Address Book opens, click the Add button.
  3. On the Add Contact screen, find the Internet Information box.
  4. Enter the address mark@yourfreesurveys.comnoreply@yourfreesurveyinvitations.com into the top Email box.
  5. Click Save.

IF YOU USE SPAMCOP

  1. Open your browser and go to this page: href=”http://webmail.spamcop.net” mce_href=”http://webmail.spamcop.net” target=”_blank”>http://webmail.spamcop.net/
  2. Log into your SpamCop account.
  3. Click on the Options icon in the toolbar.
  4. Under Mail Management (in the middle), click SpamCop Tools.
  5. Select Manage your personal whitelist.
  6. Near the bottom, where it reads “Click here to add to your whitelist”, click on Click here.
  7. Enter the address noreply@yourfreesurveyinvitations.com in the first empty slot.
  8. Click Submit.

    OTHERS:  Email settings, email filtering and other SPAM controls may result in possible mistaken blocks of your YourFreeSurveys.com registration email and others.

    If you do not receive the messages, we recommend that you contact your ISP to find out why you are not receiving the messages.  Generally you should be allowed to add mark@yourfreesurveys.comnoreply@yourfreesurveyinvitations.com to your address book “safe list” or “approved senders” list.  This will allow your messages to be received as you requested.

Trusted Senders Instruction

How can I add YourFreeSurveys to my list of trusted senders?

Some e-mail programs place e-mail from unknown senders in a junk or bulk-mail folder. To avoid missing news from YourFreesurveys, please follow the instructions below.

Hotmail and MSN

To ensure that YourFreesurveys newsletters go to your inbox and not a junk or bulk-mail folder:

  1. Log in to your Hotmail or MSN account
  2. Click on Contacts
  3. Click on Safe List
  4. Add ‘YourFreesurveys.com’ (without the quotation marks) to your Safe List

AOL

To ensure that YourFreesurveys newsletters go to your inbox and not a junk or bulk-mail folder:

  1. Add ‘YourFreesurveys.com’ (without the quotation marks) to your address book.

Yahoo!

To ensure that YourFreesurveys newsletters go to your inbox and not a junk or bulk-mail folder:

  1. Log in to your Yahoo! account
  2. Click on Mail Options
  3. Click on Filters
  4. Type ‘YourFreesurveys’ (without the quotation marks) to the right of ‘From header contains’
  5. Select Inbox to the right of ‘Then…Move the message to’
  6. Click the Add Filter button
  7. Return to your mailbox by clicking on the Mail tab in the left-hand corner

Microsoft Outlook

To ensure that YourFreesurveys newsletters go to your inbox and not a junk or bulk-mail folder

  1. Add ‘YourFreesurveys’ (without the quotation marks) to your Safe Senders list.

Save this list to a folder, so that you’ll have it handy in case our emails either don’t come, or suddenly stop coming. I’ve had some people who had been getting our emails for months stop receiving any at all. It’s always wise when you first sign up for ANY survey site to check your spam/bulk folder daily, in case the mail is being blocked, and apply these instructions.

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Aug 28

Patience is a Virtue

Advice 2 Comments »

Have you ever wondered why other people seem to have better luck with certain online paid survey sites than you do? Gary sent me a great email asking about all of the glowing reviews on the blog and forum for Survey Spot. His experience had been quite the opposite, and he wanted to know if he was missing something. As this is a question most of us have when beginning the process of signing up for a myriad of survey sites, I thought now would be a good time to address it.

Most of the experienced, dedicated survey takers who so graciously offer their insights here and on the forum, list Survey Spot as their favorite survey site. I happen to agree with that assessment, but it was a long time coming. When I first signed up with them, all I ever received were surveys that awarded you a chance at a sweepstakes, and as you know, those drive me up the wall! In the beginning, I refused to do them, thinking that eventually I would get an actual paying survey from them. Nope. It was around this time, that I started seeing Survey Spot at the top of the heap on those favorite’s lists.

I guess it irritated me, more than anything. that they must have known something that I didn’t. So I started paying attention, and realized that good things come to those who wait, AND those who actually take those silly “get paid for sweepstakes” surveys. I suppose that they want to see that you are dedicated and serious, because once you take a few of the sweepstakes surveys, lo and behold, they start to send the good stuff. That’s when you find out that all of those other people do know a thing or two!

And don’t think that this scenario is only reserved for Survey Spot. Lots of the other survey sites operate in much the same manner (although Survey Spot wins the prize for making you earn those good surveys). Generally the more you take, the better the surveys that are sent.

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Aug 26

How to Take Daily Surveys: A Primer

Advice, Survey Ramblings 3 Comments »

Now that Yourfreesurveys offers daily surveys through their website, I thought you all might benefit from a refresher course on how it all works. Because you can take them EVERY day, the potential for extra income is better than almost any other survey. Can it be frustrating? You bet! But armed with some information and tips, your experience can be much more rewarding.

1) Don’t give up if you find that you don’t qualify the first time. Keep in mind that you can COMPLETE one every day, so you can keep trying as many times as it takes to complete a survey and get paid. Persistence pays off!

2) Don’t try to get greedy and take OTX/AMP or Greenfield (the Yourfreesurvey’s daily survey) surveys from more than one site. If won’t work and you’ll be automatically disqualified. Pick your venue and take them from one place.

3) Daily surveys are notoriously finicky. You can spend a great deal of time, only to receive an error message for your efforts. Don’t despair, overall, it’s worth a few error messages in the long run.

4) Take your time! The easiest way to disqualify yourself from a survey is to hurry through it. Big Brother is watching, and will assume that you aren’t answering the questions thoughtfully. Boom. You’re out.

5) I’m SURE that none of you try to beat the system. That’s a bad idea. But if you know anyone who does, make sure that they know that questions will sometimes be repeated at the beginning and the end of a survey to see if your answers match up.

6) CLEAR THOSE COOKIES! This is the most important thing that you can do to ensure a good experience. Always clear your cookies BEFORE you start a survey. This will pave the way for you to be credited properly. There are even programs out there that will help you with this, like CCleaner, which will keep a list of cookies that you don’t want to delete. It can be a hassle when you have to keep logging into websites or forums, and this free download can save you that headache.

7) Be sure that you either take your daily survey from your unique link sent to you by Yourfreesurveys via email or from Yourfreesurveys once you have logged in to the site.

I hope this helps to make taking Daily Surveys a little less stressful. Taking the daily surveys at Yourfreesurveys can put an extra $1.95 in your pocket everyday. It adds up!

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Aug 26

SurveyHead: Good idea to join?

Advice, Survey Site Reviews 2 Comments »

I’m baaaack! I’ve returned from my 10 day vacation! After a great trip to Costa Rica with my darling daughter, I came back to an email system that malfunctioned, whereby three quarters of the customer service emails that were supposed to be forwarded to Mark in my absence, were never redirected. Yikes! It took me all of last week to get caught up! To those of you who experienced a delay in a response from Yourfreesurveys, I do apologize. I think that everyone has been answered now, but please email me at mark@yourfreesurveys.com   if I missed you!

After reading quite a few negative comments about SurveyHead on the forum, I decided to join up with them about a month ago so that I could let you all know if it was a survey site that would be worth your while to join. I’ll have to say that I’m going with the consensus, that it is definitely NOT a worthy endeavor so far. After 30 days, I haven’t qualified for ANY surveys, not one. I don’t think it’s my demographic either, as I do seem to qualify for many other survey sites. I was hoping that this one might be promising because it is run by GoZing, a fairly reputable survey site, but sadly, so far this is not the case. I’ll keep trying (so you won’t have to) and let you know if my opinion changes in the near future!

Please let me know if you find any new survey sites that you would like for me to take a look at for you. I’ll do all the dirty work and report back! Believe it or not, even though I thought I had reviewed all of the legitimate survey sites on the Internet, there are probably 500 more that I haven’t gotten to yet! So don’t waste your time and let me know!

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