@ceasesmith wrote:
I aim for $25 an hour, from leaving my front door to returning to my front door.
But I (sadly!) find that doesn't include prepping, searching job boards, etc. etc. etc. Although since I have mastered a couple apps, I usually don't have hours of reporting facing me when I get home (Marketforce is the exception to that; I wish they had an actual app that works!).
I mostly do those other things while I'm drinking coffee, doing housework, etc., in maybe snatches of just a few minutes (bored with my latest book? Check a couple job boards, etc.). So I find I don't really calculate that time in.
Mostly I'm quite happy if I reach my goal. Gone six hours? Made $150 net? Happy camper.
But, Birdy, I agree -- it means I pass up a great many shops.
@Shop-et-al wrote:
But the other side of the coin is this: waiting too long for just the right bonus might cause one to miss out on the better-paying gigs. I just lost out on a bonused local gig while hoping it would once again reach $100 for the multi-part event. *oops* It will come around again next month, and I can wait again...
@Shop-et-al wrote:
Theoretically, that is perfect. In my imperfect world, I am losing money on all counts. I cannot speak enough or sit long enough to accomplish my hourly wage talking head job, and I cannot cobble together enough gigs (at base pay or bonused) to make up the lost wages. This, too, shall pass.
@Shop-et-al wrote:
Theoretically, that is perfect. In my imperfect world, I am losing money on all counts. I cannot speak enough or sit long enough to accomplish my hourly wage talking head job, and I cannot cobble together enough gigs (at base pay or bonused) to make up the lost wages. This, too, shall pass.
@CANADAMOMMY wrote:
Switch to surveys folks.a ton out there and absolutely legit.
@wrosie wrote:
I've done market research when I lived in Dallas that paid $100-$250 per hour but normally I had to go into the location and do a focus group. I can get together the information on the three companies there because at least one of them have offices in LA, Chicago, NY etc. also.
Give me a few days to research it and also to see if I can get a referral fee.
@CANADAMOMMY wrote:
$125 an hour keeps my attention
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But I would not call what you are doing surveys. I would call them focus groups. Either in person or on Zoom conference calls. They ask a group about a product and possible modifications to something existing or the group's thoughts on a potential new product they are thinking of bringing to market. At least those are what I get the big money for.
I will say I have had some one on one phone interviews, but they are not surveys.They ask me to do more than pick a multiple choice answer. They want a narrative, or I have to tell them my experience or thoughts on something.
I've done focus groups on banks, beer, miter saws, fast casual menu items, potato chips, corn chips, frozen dinners, electric toothbrushes, credit cards, food replacement drinks (Ensure) and more that I can't remember.
@BirdyC wrote:
MSCs need to have focus groups of shoppers any time they roll out a new program or make changes to existing ones. We wouldn't have so many contradictory, ambiguous, and incomplete information in the guidelines and surveys!
@Shop-et-al wrote:
Huzzah! The scheduler made it right and more than right. That is perfection. !