on-line surveys
Posted By: an mt on 2006-07-02
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Are any MTs doing surveys on line? Seems like a good way to make a little extra something and kill time when work is low, but of course now I am suspicious of everything!
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I have not worked for MQ since January of this year when I had finally had enough and got a much better job. Anyway, Friday, I got a phone call from some person doing a survey on MT that used to work for MQ in the past wanting to know what their experience was like and how they could improve. Needless to say, I unloaded on her. I was very polite but said that if they want to entice good MT, they should pay them a better wage as well as be more open, yada, yada, yada.... At the end of the question and answer period, she asked "What could MQ do to entice you back?" Of course, I replied NOTHING A THING. I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them (of course, I didn't actually verbalize the latter as you should ALWAYS keep a door open. You never know what the future holds.
I really empathize with the transcriptions that still work for MQ and am sincere when I say that I hope you aren't all hung out to dry and that MQ was sincere in this survey. It doesn't take an Einstein to figure out what people want from a company.
Good luck all, just glad I left when I did.
Surveys . . .
I looked into it - I was not comfortable with supplying so much personal information for every survey. Also, the ones that paid more seemed like you were signing up for something and later would have to cancel. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep track of it all. If you do it, set up set up a separate email. I received a ton of stuff from 3 different companies, but decided against it for those reasons. If you want the names of the companies I can email, but they're easy to find. You can get some good information on yahoo questions.
surveys
You will get e-mail from hundreds of companies and frankly I didn't want to be bothered. It just seemed like a pain in the neck!
surveys
I have a friend who does it pretty much full time, but she does not collect $, however she gas gotten tons of high dollar makeup, home products, etc.
They are taking surveys of who the best dictators are. Gee, I wonder why?
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An MT: Regarding your question about online surveys
Hi,
Not all are survey programs are scams. I belong to two that do, indeed, pay off.
1) MyPoints so far has been the BEST! I've been a member for years and have recently gotten enough points to purchase an $85 textbook I needed for school from Barnes & Noble last year, a financial break I sorely needed at the time. I paid for my Virgin Mobile Top Up with money to spare this year, and I have earned enough these past few months to get a $100 check which I will redeem soon.
With MyPoints you do not have to purchase ANYTHING. NOTHING at all.
You can earn points by ordering through member companies, however, you can simply earn points by clicking on offers or filling out surveys sent to you. If you don't want to participate in a particular survey or are not interested in the product offer, fine. (For the product offer, you don't have to buy; just click on the link and you still get your points.)
I do suggest that you set up a junk mail account and check it regularly as the offers have an end date.
If you want more info., just e-mail me.
AND, by the way, if you decide to join, let me know in advance, as I'll get 500 points just for the referral and I do loooove my points, lol.
2) I became a member of NFO/My Survey and redeemed a helluva lot of points earlier this year and have now racked up more that I plan to redeem soon. You can get a check, spend points on prizes they offer (quite varied), redeem your points to have them sent to a charitable org., or get the points prize in cash.
If you join them, let me know because I get points for referrals there too--although much, much less than at MyPoints...:( ...though I'm not complaining, lol.
With MySurvey, it is purely all survey--no offers at all. You usually get around 10 points per survey, but based on your answers you can earn much more if you qualify for an extended survey regarding the product you just took a survey on--the last few surveys offered an extra 50 points each to me if I wanted to participate in the extended survey.
Also, if you take a survey and, based on your answers they decide you're not a candidate/don't qualify for the initial survey they have, they tell you that they have no further questions for you and the survey ends--you still get the points however. For example, I've gotten several requests for surveys involving small business owners, house/property owners, and car purchasers, but did not qualify, as I am none of the above and I don't drive, but I got the points anyway just for responding. Not a bad deal at all in my opinion.
--Anita
Thank u for these replies on surveys. It's very helpful.
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Anyone know anything about getting paid to do online surveys? I've been getting these emails to
sign up to do surveys and get paid for it. Does anyone know if this is legit, or who does this? I'd like to try it. I didn't follow through far enough to see if there's a fee to sign up with this company or not.
A gross line is anything on a line is a line. A line set at 65 characters means it sm
has 1-inch margins on each side. The maximum number of characters on that line would be 65 and that includes spaces. If there is 1 character on that line it is a line.
A standard 65-character line usually consists of 65 characters with spaces unless, of course, the employer does not pay for spaces and then it would be 65-characters without spaces.
Anything on the line makes up a line even if just one letter or number. Every line of print is a
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Gross line = each line on page counts as a line, even if it's only 1 word. nm
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Gross line means anything on a line is counted as a line.
You can get an idea in the difference using documents you have already created, assuming you're working in Word. Simply open a document and check the properties. Click on the statistics tab and you will see the number of lines as well as characters with and without spaces. If you're currently getting paid by the line and a line is 65-characters with spaces, do the math and see how that number of lines compares with the number of lines in your stats.
One thing to keep in mind: if you have a blank line between paragraphs, instead of hitting the enter key twice, format your document to give the appearance of blank lines between paragraphs.
Gross line, also including blank lines because my line rate is so low. It all works out in the wash.
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$.06 gross line / .70 = approximately $.0857 cents per 65 character line.
A gross line is anything on a line versus 65 gross characters per net line the other way. You make more money working for the gross line than for the 65 gross character line, as long as the line rate's OK.
A gross line is any line with typewritten characters on it - no matter how long or SM
how short. So your gross lines may be longer than 65 characters, but you get credit even for a line as short as "Sincerely,". If your gross lines are not being counted that way, then you are not being counted on gross lines and are probably getting screwed. I'd look into that if I were you.
Yes if gross line or 65 character line with spaces....Good Deal!!! nm
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1) do you have a contract stating line counting and line rate,sm
if you look at the IRS website it's pretty clear what constitutes IC versus SE versus employee. You might want to photocopy that along with a copy of your contract with your next invoice and also put on the invoice any monies due from past invoices they "changed"...maybe catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Good luck!
New England, 16.50/hr, 8 cents a line after minimum line count..
full benefits available with general contribution by the hospital before you start paying for them, retirement, 403b, all benefits, and working at home as an employee, BUT, you have to live local to the hospital.
I changed my line to a business line, talked to a supervisor sm
at SBC, told him what I was using the service for, and got the okay to use it -- $49/month unlimited.
I have also used The Neighborhood, and their unlimited is truly unlimited. I also explained to them when I signed up what I was using it for and their comment was "unlimited means just that -- unlimited, no matter what." I cannot remember how much they were, but it might be worth checking into for you. (www.theneighborhood.com)
Good luck!
What is the average line/hour for a 65 character line with spaces? NM
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Curious, do most IC's usually charge by the gross line or 65 character line?
Thank you~
it certainly is not pay worthy at 4.5 line or 3 line. I know the companies cram it down our throats
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That still is not a paid line rate. If your base is $0.10 per line, it will be $0.08 cpl.
Considering other companies pay 4 or 5 cents per line for VR - you are still making out.
Question about what is PAID for a line and what is BILLED for a line
Does the MTSO actually bill for headers, footers, and other things the transcriptionists are not paid for? I worked for a company a while back and their copy of what each Transcriptionist typed the day before and our copy was a lot different, about 30% different. Their copy was the billing copy. So, double their enhanced amount and subtract our 9 cents a line, it comes to a bigger profit than what I thought.
What's the diff between a gross line and a 65-char line?
Mebbe just got my first OWN ACCOUNT YAY! He said to charge him the "going rate" since I pay him that. This could be the start, baby! (I hope)
A gross line is any amount of characters on a line
for instance...
MEDICATIONS:
Effexor
Prevasid
A 65 character line without spaces is black marks on the page only and 65 w/spaces is everything... tabs, spaces, numbers, letters, bold, etc.
that should be "up .02/line" NOT up "to" .02/line. geez. nm
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Gross line versus character line....Sm please
I am thinking of taking a job that pays by the gross line and not a 65-character line. I have never worked this way. Does this literally mean if there is one little word on a line you get paid for it? I have not pinned her down on a line rate but I am just thinking I am going to be comparing apples to oranges and am wondering how to accomplish that.
Thanks for any help!
gross-anything on line counts as line,even one word
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gross line is anything on a line, even just your initials. sm
spaces really don't matter in a gross line count.
But that's a GROSS line, not a 65 character line.
So a newbie would have no problem at all hitting 150 lines per hour. A gross line is any line with a printed character on it.
Which is better? Gross line or 65 character line? It's
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I don't make 0.08/line.. I work for no less than .13/line. nm
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IC, by line, 68-72 character spaces/line
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I would go with the line rate. At less than 9.5 cents per line sm
I make $30 an hour. I would never transcribe for $15 an hour, for anyone.
7.5/gross line or 10/65 char line?
Anyone have any idea which would come out to more? TIA
A gross line may be close to 65 ch.pl but she said line
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Anything on a line (even just initials) is considered a line.
I prefer to use the 65-character line count (including spaces).
gross line and character line
I am an IC currently doing one doctor who pays me by the hour but I will be starting another doctor soon and he will be dictating differently so I was going to charge him per line. What is the difference of charging gross lines or per 65 character line?
Gross line is anything on a line is a line
so if there is just one character, it is a line. Font definitely makes a difference though particularly if there are true type fonts involved. That's one you have to be careful on and insist on fixed fonts.
Just do a gross line - anything on a line is a line. sm
I use Abacus - free line counting software.
The bottom line is doesnt matter what they pay if there is no work you make no money. Bottom line.
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What is a 55 char gross line compared to a 65-char line including spaces?
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You need to watch your line count. I was working for them and got reports that had line count of 0
You need to watch your line count. I was working for them and got reports that had line count of 0 in them. They did not pay for templates, they would deduct the template even if it was not used and deleted. I notified them and said they could not change it.
So I asked to be put on another account and they refused. I quit.
I was also promised they would have an incentive plan going into place if you type a certain # of lines. Two years went by and nothing.
I was really disappointed in OSI.
They also offered to pay half on joint AAMT, which they failed to do.
I am glad I am no longer there.
Quick question! Is 10 cpl with benefits at 74 character line better than 9 cpl at 65 character line?
Thanks
I appreciate your responses. I had an option of line vs hour ($14/hour) but if line pays more...nm
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I believe if you use the BCC line and not the TO line when sending...
.. then it only shows the recipient's email in the TO when they recieve it. It is a way to safeguard the other employee's personal information. ;)
A gross line IS a gross line regardless if it's 90 characters long or 1 character long... SM
I'm very sorry that your lines are 90 characters line and you get paid by gross lines. You are cheating yourself - that's not my fault. You cannot change the definition of a gross line. So I gues I'm not understanding what you are trying to say. Now if you are trying to say that your line equals 90 characters and that's how you figure your lines, than you are not using gross lines. You have defined a line to be 90 characters, whereas most MTSOs define a line as 65 characters. If that is the case, then I must say again, you are cheating yourself.
So which is it, do you get paid by gross lines or by a 90 character line?
65-gross line vs.65-gross character line
Can someone explain the difference between these two? I am assuming that the gross line is better than the gross character line. How much better is being paid by the gross character line than just by the standard 65-character line? Does anyone know how much difference it would make in dollars and cents?
Thanks.
They pay 0.04 per line.
What more do you need to know? Sure, they're happy to hire newbies because they pay them slave wages. You can do better.
Pay per line
Patti -
Do you mind my asking what area you live in? Just general. I find as an IC in my area, Ventura County, California, it is difficult to even get 11 cents a line now! Doctor offices bitch that it's too much and mind you, I live in an expensive area of Ventura County, California, and it seems the more expensive the area is, the worse the pay is for transcription. Would like to know if you are outside of California. Thank you in advance.
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