Saturday, June 28, 2008

Getting Back Into Mystery Shopping After Relocating

Hi All,

Question:

I'm a mystery shopper who just recently relocated to a new city and I don't know how to find mystery shopping assignments in my new area. What do I do?

Answer From Coach Melanie:

I'm not sure what your normal strategy for finding mystery shopping assignments is but it really isn't that hard to get re-established as a mystery shopper in your new location depending on how large or small the area is. Here are some tips:

1. E-mail all of your old scheduler contacts and let them know of your new coverage area. Ask them if they also handle mystery shopping assignments for your new location, or if not, can they refer you to another scheduler they know of who does.

2. Update your profile in any company or scheduling web sites that you may be registered with so you will start seeing availability in your new area--and don't forget your new e-mail and other contact info if any of it has changed (this may seem obvious, but it's easy to forget everything you need to update when you move)

3. Get on a few of the top mystery shopping lead boards and look for asssignments in your area and start making connections with the companies and schedulers who serve your new city. I have some mystery shopping lead resources at http://www.mysteryshoppercoach.com/MysteryShopperLeadResources.html

Blog Reader Bonus! E-mail me and I will send you a sample contact e-mail template for getting in touch with your contacts about your move.

Have a great day and happy shopping!

Taking the mystery out of professional mystery shopping--Melanie Jordan http://www.mysteryshoppercoach.com/

Check out Melanie's other blogs:

Make Money In Foreclosures
http://www.YouCanMakeMoneyWithForeclosures.com

The Healthy Food Review at http://www.thehealthyfoodreview.com/

Vegas Inside Scoop at http://www.vegasinsidescoop.com/

Copyright 2008 Melanie R. Jordan E-Publishing

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Saturday, June 07, 2008

Pay To Get A Mystery Shopping Job? Uh-Uh

Hi All,

Question:

I have been interested in mystery shopping for a while, but I find it difficult to get into the field without having to pay a fee. At this time, it is not possible for me to pay for find a job, but I need flexible work schedule. Please let me know how to get involved without any upfront costs.

Answer From Coach Melanie:

While there are some what I call "Pay for leads" services out there that claim to have mystery shopping jobs for an upfront fee for the service, some of which are legitimate, it is never necessary to pay any upfront fees to be a mystery shopper.

I like to teach mystery shoppers how to find mystery shopping assignments on a regular basis using real-world business techniques that can be used over and over again to regularly generate work for themselves, and never involve paying any upfront fees.

There are several free mystery shopping resources on my web site at http://www.mysteryshoppercoach.com/ outside of this blog that offer such help, including my articles on getting started in mystery shopping and mystery shopper mistakes, as well as some lead resources to help you get your feet wet.

Have a great day and happy shopping!

Taking the mystery out of professional mystery shopping--Melanie Jordan http://www.mysteryshoppercoach.com/

Check out Melanie's other blogs:

Make Money In Foreclosures CLICK HERE

The Healthy Food Review at
http://www.thehealthyfoodreview.com/

Vegas Inside Scoop at
http://www.vegasinsidescoop.com/

Copyright 2008 Melanie R. Jordan E-Publishing

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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Mystery Shopping Gas Crisis Tips

Hi All,

A common concern for mystery shoppers and merchandisers these days is the crazy gas prices we are all experiencing. No longer does it pay to do a shop that is so far away it costs you more in gas than you make, even if it is tax deductible in most cases since you're an independent contractor. How to deal with it?

1. Make sure you're getting the best gas price in your area first of all by using a gas checker like:

http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=&src=Netx

Although take it with a grain of salt since it didn't have my local Arco stations on it which usually have the cheapest gas in my neck of the woods.

2. Try to take assignments within walking or biking distance(you'll burn calories too).

3. Group together mystery shopping assignments--don't do the onesies unless they pay enough and are close enough to make it worth your while.

4. Be both a mystery shopper and merchandiser so you can group the more regular assignments of merchandising together with mystery shopping to make it worthwhile.

5. In addition, successful supplemental and self-employment also requires having multiple irons in the fire. You may want to consider adding some more virtual ways to legitimately make some cash without burning gas in your spare time.

A great way is to sell the digital products of others online as an affiliate. The problem is, you need to find quality affiliate products thatare worth your while, have great copy and graphics that convertlookers into buyers, and you need to know how to drive traffic toyour site.

Well if you are interested in this concept but wish you had someoneto put it all together for you, wish no more because my friend, expert internet copywriter John Hostler has a fantastic turnkey service that provides complete makeovers of proven, top quality, high ticket internet marketing products.

Each month he makes over a product and gives you great sales letter copy, stunning graphics, video and follow-up sales copy. Then he includes video training on how to put together your site using these materials and webinars on how to drive traffic to your site. I'm even learning things I didn't know about the latest tricks. All for the cost of about a decent mystery shopper job and a half to two mystery shops a month.

So you could take some of the money you earn as a mystery shopper or merchandiser each month and put it into this secondary line of virtual business. Within a year, you could be an affiliate for 12 different internet marketing products and could be seeing some nice steady streams of income with proper effort on your part. Interesting, right?

Check out http://sunlover.homestead.com/renegadeaffiliatesmonthly.html

I'm a subscriber to this service which kicks off June 1st, and John strictly limits enrollment to the first 400 people. That sounds like a lot, but people are snapping this offer up as it's pretty much a no-brainer if you want to start or add to your virtual businesses.

Plus, I believe in it so much, I am offering two free bonuses of my own for everyone who registers for my bonus list for this offering--you'll get a free e-book that provides an introduction to foreclosure investing co-authored by yours truly called "MakingYour Fortune In Foreclosures" which gives you a sneak peek at the work I did with my friend adn foreclosure expert Dan Chaco. That freebie is yours even if you don't decide to sign up forJohn's service.

And you'll get a second freebie "Making Your Fortune As AnInfopreneur" which will give you a sneak peek at my next major project, that I hope some of you will be interested in, with proof of your purchase of John's service through me.

Details will be provided after you sign up for the bonus list at

http://sunlover.homestead.com/renegadeaffiliatesmonthly.html

If you only want to focus on mystery shopping and merchandising, I'm cool with that. But why not take two seconds of your time to think bigger and at least give yourself another way to make some cash?

Go to http://sunlover.homestead.com/renegadeaffiliatesmonthly.html to register for your free bonuses and learn more about my friend John's service. Do it right now while it's fresh on your mind, and you'll get immediate access to bonus #1 after you confirm your request to be on that bonus list.

Have a great day and happy shopping!

Taking the mystery out of professional mystery shopping--Melanie Jordan
http://www.mysteryshoppercoach.com/

Check out Melanie's other blogs:

The Healthy Food Review at
http://www.thehealthyfoodreview.com/

Vegas Inside Scoop at
http://www.vegasinsidescoop.com/

Copyright 2008 Melanie R. Jordan E-Publishing

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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Mystery Shopping Scams In The News

Hi All,

As a service to my loyal readers, I always try to keep everyone up to date on the latest mystery shopping scams going on. Mystery shopping itself is absolutely legitimate, but there are bad apples in every bunch as they say and unfortunately there are those blankety-blanks that will prey on those who are naive.

I wrote about this particular mystery shopping scam in a March post experienced in Arvada, CO and discussed in this article:

Secret Shopper Scam Hits Arvada

Secret Shopper Fraud In Ontario, Canada

I also recently put up a post to remind everyone on how to spot mystery shopping scams, so here it is again. Basically, if it sounds too good to be true...it is.

Have a great day and happy shopping!

Taking the mystery out of professional mystery shopping--Melanie Jordan http://www.mysteryshoppercoach.com/

Check out Melanie's other blogs:

The Healthy Food Review at
http://www.thehealthyfoodreview.com/

Vegas Inside Scoop at
http://www.vegasinsidescoop.com/

Copyright 2008 Melanie R. Jordan E-Publishing

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Mystery Shopping As A Second Job

Hi All,

Question:

I am looking at doing a second job in the evenings, and think I would be good at mystery shopping, any suggestions on how to start?

Answer From Coach Melanie:

Mystery Shopping is perfect for evening or weekend supplemental income due to its flexibility in when assignments can typically be done.

You can use the free mystery shopping resources including my articles and lead resources on my site at http://www.mysteryshoppercoach.com. After checking out the free info there, you may want to consider making a very small investment in yourself, and get one of my books for mystery shoppers that will give you the guidance you need to get started the right way like The Perfect Work-At-Home Job: Mystery Shopping.


Have a great day and happy shopping!

Taking the mystery out of professional mystery shopping--Melanie Jordan
http://www.mysteryshoppercoach.com/

Check out Melanie's other blogs: The Healthy Food Review at http://www.thehealthyfoodreview.com/

Vegas Inside Scoop at
http://www.vegasinsidescoop.com/

Copyright 2008 Melanie R. Jordan E-Publishing

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