Product Testing

Wanna test FREE products, and get paid?

Check out my newest free test product!

This is my most recent product to test for Synovate! {If you’re not a member yet, you can sign up here today} It is a new Italian Salad Dressing that I get to try out with my family, and then give some feedback in a survey in a couple of weeks. After that, we get a second brand of dressing to test out too. We eat a TON of salad, so I’m pretty excited to try these out.

When you sign up with Synovate, they will email you surveys that allow you to share your opinions, and they reward you with points for each survey you complete. These points can be redeemed for checks, and you can cash out as soon as you reach $5! {I usually wait until I reach $20, which takes about a month or so}

And, not only do you get the cash rewards for simply sharing your thoughts, but they also send you fun new products to try out too! I’ve sampled and reviewed air freshners, cleaning products, lots of food goodies, and more cool stuff over the past couple of years. Plus, you are entered into all of their monthly giveaways wtih TONS of prizes just for being an active member!

So check it out, and get signed up to join the fun. Synovate is one of my very favorite survey companies that I use, because of the high amount of product testing opportunities. Plus, I like that they don’t send you a ton of surveys that you don’t qualify for… They are very good at sending you surveys selected just for you.

They have been taking new members for the past couple months, but they’ll cut it off at any time now, and it’s usually quite a bit of a wait until they open up again, so sign up today!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 7, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies, Product Testing | No Comments

Samples, Coupons, Ideas, and more!

Check out Vocalpoint to get tons of FREE samples! You also get coupons, in the mail with your sample packages and printable from their site.

Vocalpoint also has a really great community full of fun people that post new ideas, and you can get started sharing too. Post new kids activities, recipes, project ideas, and more!

I’ve been a member of Vocalpoint for about a year now, and LOVE getting fun surprise packages of free goodies from them. Sometimes I sign up for offers, but other times they just send me cool stuff that they think I would like, based on my profile info!

Vocalpoint.com gets you free samples, coupons, recipes, DIY ideas, beauty tips—endless gifts of knowledge to make you smile every day! Sign up today. Click Here to join today!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 6, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies, Product Testing | No Comments

Moms Meet: New Sampling Opportunitys!

“The Mom Ambassador Program is a network of confident, charismatic, and commited moms who are enthusiastic about parenting and green living.”

If you are not a member of Moms Meet yet, you can learn more about becoming a Mom Ambassador in my post here.

I have been a Mom Ambassador for about a year now, and it has been such a great experience! Not only do they provide your group with very generous sampling kits of healthy family products to test out, they also offer FREE webinars on tons of interesting topics.

I know that when I did my last post a lot of you had questions about getting started, and how you would be notified when new events were available. Sampling opportunities are invite only, based on your profile… Things such as the age of your children, area of the country that you live in, etc.

If you did sign up last time, I just wanted to let you ladies know that new event invitations are going out now!! I’ve gotten two invitations today, one for an eco-friendly dish detergent, and another for a new gummy supplement program. So check your email to see if you have an invite too!

If not, don’t get discouraged… There are a bunch more events coming very soon for spring, and I’m sure you’ll get to participate in at least one! When you do, be sure to come share your experience with everyone else :)

Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 5, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies, Product Testing | No Comments

Try FREE products with Viewpoints!

If you are not a member of Viewpoints yet, here is your chance to go get signed up! You can join Viewpoints here, and it only takes a minute.

Viewpoints is a great community of members that add reviews of products that they use, giving you a great way to get “real” opinions about items you are considering purchasing. This was so helpful to me when I was shopping and preparing for the baby last summer! There is SO much stuff out there for babies, and it’s awfully hard to know what is worth the limited funds you have to spend…. Before making purchases, I’d come here and search the item, so I could read all of the members feedback first, saving me from some bad purchases, for sure!

Viewpoints also has a ton of other perks:

Today is Monday Funday, and they are giving 20 lucky members a FREE Libman Longhandled Barbeque Brush, enter here. If you are not a member yet, it will give you the chance to sign up after filling out the entry form!

Viewpoints also has a Fantastic Friday giveaways (I won an amazing set of kitchen tools last year!), loads of product sampling opportunities, and rewards for being an active reviewer! I have earned tons of Amazon gift cards during their promotions.

To check out my profile on Viewpoints (you can “friend” people on here too, so that you can read reviews you trust) right here. As you can tell, I’ve been a member for quite some time.

So, go on over and enter the contest today, and get signed up if you’re not already a member already. You’ll love it!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 5, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies, Product Testing | No Comments

Earn {FREE} Rewards!

I was a member of Neilsen Home Scan Consumer Panel until last year, and there are some pretty amazing rewards that you can earn with this program. Seriously. I earned enough points for a new phone, some kitchen appliances, and a few cool toys for the kids. You also get monthly entries into all of their contests and sweepstakes too.

This is how it works:

“As a panel member, the National Consumer Panel will provide you with a hand-held scanner. Every time you or members of your household shop, you’ll use the scanner to scan the barcodes on all of your purchases. Then, once a week, you’ll send us your purchase information. It’s as easy as that!”

I just kept my scanner in the kitchen, on it’s little charging dock, so that I could scan things really quick as I put them away. The kids loved to help do this too. It takes an extra minute, but it is SO worth it when you get the rewards!

It is really simple to sign up, and then they’ll let you know if you’ve been approved quickly. This program has a limited number of scanners available, so it fills up quickly each time that they take new members.

I’m going to apply to get started again too… I only quit towards the end of the pregnancy, because I was just too tired to keep up with things. But I miss it, and miss getting the freebies :)

If you are a member of the panel already, leave a comment and tell us what you think about it…

Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 1, 2011 Filed Under: Product Testing, Freebies | No Comments

Become a BzzAgent! {Product Testing}

I love BzzAgent. A lot. If you are not signed up with them yet, you can sign up on the BzzAgent website here. You’ll love it too!!

As a BzzAgent, you’ll get to:

Discover and try new products and services (often for free)

Spread sincere word of mouth about them

Have your opinions influence some of the biggest companies and brands around!

Cool, right? The more active you are on the site, the more you get rewarded. Check out what I’ve gotten from BzzAgent this week:

This is my SC Johnson Smart and Easy Spring Cleaning shipment… I’m a bit of a clean freak, and actually get kind of excited to get new cleaning supplies, so I loved this one :)

This is the Maybelline SuperStay 24™ 2-Step Lipcolor kit, with 4 full-sized lipcolor products to test out! This stuff rocks, and I’ll be giving one away to a lucky reader soon, stay tuned!

To get started with BzzAgent, sign up on their website today. Then, log in often to check for any new surveys to fill out, they only take a minute or two. The surveys help them learn more about you, so they can offer you more BzzCampaigns, which is how you get product to test!

Since the companies are sending out freebies for you to try out, it is your responsibility to give some honest feedback on the product, and to share your thoughts about it with your friends and family.

BzzAgent makes it SUPER easy to share… You can link it to your Twitter and Facebook, and then make a quick post right from the BzzAgent site, they call it “Bzz Now” :)

PLUS, you get rewarded for sharing Bzz about a product… Each time you post some Bzz, you get awarded in MyPoints, which add up really quickly. If you’re not a MyPoints member yet, you can sign up below… MyPoints lets you earn points for online shopping, reading emails, filling out surveys, AND through BzzAgent! You can then redeem your points for gift cards. I’ve used MyPoints for years, and love it.

To see my profile on BzzAgent, and what I’ve been up to, check it out…

I’d love to hear if any of you are also BzzAgents, and your tips for using it successfully… Share any thoughts {or questions about how it works!} in the comments!