08/13 - Swimming Saturday!

[C to the J]

we can call it @Blue's clues

I wouldn't mind solving that mystery.

 

[Squatty]

While there hasn't been many new full-timers popping up these days there are 2 examples I would like to bring up, @bxpretzel @Squatty
One works a full time job and one raises 3 kids. Both make $50-60+ on an average day.

They are people who pay attention and see how things work.
And in turn they benefit greatly from it.

With the lack of consistency, money isn't so much an issue for me....I've worked my ass off enough to have a nice savings....never had to worry about a bill since I've been turking.

It's the effort expended.
I hate to put in a full day and make $130+ and then do it again the same way the next day and make $80
It's the rollercoaster that makes it tough.


You and I both know damn well that every thing that would happen on that commune would only be suitable for this thread.
http://www.mturkcrowd.com/threads/mtc-deviants.1428/

Thanks for the mention.

I think the biggest thing for me has been research and learning.
Pay attention to what people say. Research everything.

 

[Princess Gina Marie]

Only for those that are worthy.

:o

 

[Pippa]

Smile princess. You know you're worthy.

 

[Squatty]

Thanks for the mention.

I think the biggest thing for me has been research and learning.
Pay attention to what people say. Research everything.

A great example of this:
I saw @Janthir talking about making a lot of money off of ocmp5.
I did some digging and found out what the hits were.
I then started to watch that requester.
The second they posted qual hits, I was all over them.
I got the qual and started doing the hits.
At first, I hated them. They weren't profitable.
I listened again and figured out how to do them better.
I Had to learn some AHK, so I could make them profitable. Now they are great filler and can save my day.

 

[VGB]

I think the biggest thing for me has been research and learning.
Pay attention to what people say. Research everything.

and do work!

people are paralyzed by something like TO, which is predicated on believing something like a phone survey or random Yelp review. Communication plays a big role, there's people on the other end of the system, as faceless as it seems. For every shit requester, there's someone else just trying to get work done, who is also a human, and they might just listen if you reach out in a measured tone.

 

[Squatty]

and do work!

people are paralyzed by something like TO, which is predicated on believing something like a phone survey or random Yelp review. Communication plays a big role, there's people on the other end of the system, as faceless as it seems. For every shit requester, there's someone else just trying to get work done, who is also a human, and they might just listen if you reach out in a measured tone.

Yes!
Requesters are human too. Just nicely emailing requesters has gotten me quals and even pay increases on hits.

 

[Kerek]

Yes!
Requesters are human too. Just nicely emailing requesters has gotten me quals and even pay increases on hits.

All it got me was lied to by a spider.

( @Jaded, "tarantula bonus")

 

[Princess Gina Marie]

Smile princess. You know you're worthy.

Not most days around here

 

[JenniLeigh]

Yes!
Requesters are human too. Just nicely emailing requesters has gotten me quals and even pay increases on hits.

I only get ignored.

You must be super cute :o

 

[Princess Gina Marie]

/me ignores the boring work talk and goes back to trying to put a tiara on the wolf

 

[Squatty]

I only get ignored.

You must be super cute

Well the nude photos I attach may help

 

[tricker]

I'm chiming in after only reading back two pages, but...
I have a ft job and I am a single mom. I don't make tons on mturk but that is due to CHOICE. Even being a single mom and a ft other job worker, I could make more turking if I applied half of what I've learned in these forums. Now that the kid is in jr. high I just might start kicking some ass as his schooling no longer requires me to step up every week and be in the classroom or on a field trip. But even half assing it, (well, quarter assing it, let's be real) I have pulled in an average of $300 per month on murk. And that's from being spoonfed stuff I panda and catch.

I'm totally shooting for 4-5 hundred a month now that I just did the math and realized how much I let y'all spoon feed me hits!

(I have some closed quals that I don't always do cuz I'm lazy. And I could get my ass up earlier and do Zoltars each day they post...)

But I could see myself doing this ft and being ok once the kid graduates college and I don't have to pay for tuition!

 

[JenniLeigh]

A great example of this:
I saw @Janthir talking about making a lot of money off of ocmp5.
I did some digging and found out what the hits were.
I then started to watch that requester.
The second they posted qual hits, I was all over them.
I got the qual and started doing the hits.
At first, I hated them. They weren't profitable.
I listened again and figured out how to do them better.
I Had to learn some AHK, so I could make them profitable. Now they are great filler and can save my day.

Learning how to MAKE a batch profitable is a great skill.
Make that batch YOUR BITCH. Don't let it eat your day- but don't let it give up it's money elsewhere.

 

[kryss]

Requesters are human too. Just nicely emailing requesters has gotten me quals and even pay increases on hits.

I got in the habit a long time ago of checking HITs I wasn't qualified on a daily basis and emailing for quals, it's a good habit to get into.

 

[humbleturker]

Also, don't be afraid to branch out if you're comfortable. Something like transcription work or screencasts can be effective

 

[Kerek]

I got in the habit a long time ago of checking HITs I wasn't qualified on a daily basis and emailing for quals, it's a good habit to get into.

So you're down to just spamming a couple requesters now?

 

[kryss]

So you're down to just spamming a couple requesters now?

There's a few holdouts, but I'm persistent.

 

[T. Leela]

That was an oddly scary way of answering that, but thank you. On the bright side, I won't have to log in one day wondering whether or not my membership expired. Live thread update spoils me

youre killing me smalls...
whats with all my fav movies tonight?

 

[tricker]

I got in the habit a long time ago of checking HITs I wasn't qualified on a daily basis and emailing for quals, it's a good habit to get into.

I am going to start doing this! I got one qual emailing. But that was an OCMP qual...so not much to celebrate.