Now that the Big R (Recession has just been announce by the Government we all seem to have gone in to a state of panic.

Don’t panic because there are plenty of ways you can get extra cash in these trying times. The most important thing to do now is to keep calm & manage a cool head. We are here to help you as much as we can by finding freebies & anything else that can help you get through.

First of we have Ipsos Murray which is a great start to our recession beater.

When you join ipsos you will be added in to a prize draw to win £400 worth of Amazon vouchers!. Then you will be sent surveys in your email, you choose what ones you participate in. The more you do the more you get. Ipsos do loads of prize draws, cash rewards & a points system which you can trade in for money. Ipsos also offer product testing. When a product they have is ready for testing they will contact all members whom have a profile which meets the requirements for that specific product. Ipsos are one of the best which is why we have them in NO1 spot.

Light Speed

Light Speed are very good too, they give you loads of freebies for doing surveys which are nice and short. When you join light speed you are put in to a competition prize draw to win £2000!. With light speed you can do surveys & collect points to exchange for either cash, online gift certificates or use your points to enter prize draws to win prizes such as electronics, kitchen appliances, music downloads & more.

Toluna

Toluna are mainly for product testers. You simply join & every week they have say 100 units of items to test like lamps, MP3 players, Coffee, Sweets, Chocolate, Dove soaps, radios & more. Basically they select members from their members list to sample these products of which they post out to you. You try the product for 7 days & go back on the site, do a survey saying what your views on the product are, good or bad. Then you get to keep whatever you test. So if your one of the lucky ones you can get get freebies like MP3 players.

UK Survey Panel

These are also quite good. They don’t offer any competitions like the others but some find these better because they offer just cash. So if your at home with nothing to do you can join up with these and they will send you an email every time a paid for survey comes up. You pick & choose what you do & when you do it. So it’s a bit like working from home & bringing in an extra income.

Survey sites are the perfect way to make yourself some extra money on the side during this credit crunch. We all need a bit of extra money & you should find that this page will help you pull in some good money & great freebies. These survey sites are worth joining even if you just want to be entered in to the competitions to win big money, well you never know you could win enough money to help cover your bills or buy you your weekly shop etc.