SpeakAsia - Income from Online Surveys

A new concept to actually earn some good money online by filling up surveys for MNC's/ government organisations/other corporates etc. Any company has to go for market survey for market research of launch of new product or improvement of such products. The company spends millions of dollars every year to create a survey group and plots out the needs of end users. Surveys are critical since they provide key points to provide complete customer satisfaction & try to meet the benchmark created by rival products.

Speak Asia provides such surveys online to us and provides us fees for filling up the same. It has three main advantages - 

1] It can reach to a huge number of people immediately (currently it has more than 11 lakhs panelists). 

2] Quick results from the surveys as everything is online. 

3] Lot of cost advantages as there is no stationery cost, marketing cost for setting up such survey groups.

Speak Asia has started last year Feb 2010 and it has been featured in NDTV Times, Times of India (Newspaper - Paper Cuts Attached).

Now, let us come to the main point. How much one can earn money and what investment is required for that ?

Everything is provided in their website i.e. www.speakasiaonline.com, you can check it out, but I will provide a brief idea, even if you don't have time for that.

1. Investment for 1 Panel - Rs.11,000 (Premium Panelist)

2. No. of Surveys a week - 2 i.e. 8 surveys a months (4 weeks X 2 surveys)

3. Income from one survey - Rs. 500 i.e. Rs.4000 a month (8 surveys X Rs.500 per survey)

If you add more panels, you can earn more out of it, say for eg: if one goes for 10 panels

1. Investment for 10 Panel - Rs.1,10,000 (Premium Panelist)

2. No. of Surveys a week - 20 i.e.  80 surveys a months (4 weeks X 20 surveys)

3. Income from one survey - Rs. 500 i.e. Rs.40,000 a month (20 surveys X Rs.500 per survey)

Now, there is also another source of income other than survey income, i.e. reference income.

Let us talk about 3 panels to understand the same in a better manner:

1. Investment for 3 Panel - Rs.33,000 (Premium Panelist)

2. No. of Surveys a week - 6 i.e. 24 surveys a months (4 weeks X 6 surveys)

3. Income from one survey - Rs. 500 i.e. Rs.12,000 a month (24 surveys X Rs.500 per survey)

You will be provided with 2 legs - Right & Left - You will suppose add one at right & another at left side.

4. Since your left and right panel will be joined with your reference id (i.e. YOU), you will get Rs. 600 p.m. from each panel only after completing the surveys in that respective panel.

Referral Income - Rs.600 x 2 panels = Rs.1200 per month

5. One time bonus of Rs.1000 from all Accounts i.e. 3 panels = Rs. 1000 x 3 panels = Rs.3,000

Now finally, my personal analysis for 3 panels ROI etc.

1. Investment for 3 panels = Rs.33,000 (11,000 x 3)

2. Survey Income = Rs.500 x 24 surveys = Rs.12,000

3. One time Bonus = Rs.3,000

4. Reference Income from 2 panels = Rs.1200

Let's calculate our 1st Month Income: (12000+3000+1200 = 16,200)

2nd Month Income: 12000+1200 = 13,200

Total in 2 months = 16200+13200 = 29,400

So, further analysis can be done by you, I can conclude that we will recover our initial investment in 9 weeks. Also, there is an offer going on to book 3 panels by paying Rs.13,000 (Only 1 panel will be active, left & right panel are just booked)

CONCLUSION: If you want to earn only by filling surveys and be happy, whats the harm, go on. If you would like to refer this wonderful thing to your friends, families, then why not to earn some extra buck!!!

If you find this interesting, pls contact me for any further query. I have just recently joined with 3 panels (availed the offer by paying Rs.13,000) and completed 2 surveys of this week, amount has been accrued, it gets credited after 30 days from filling up surveys. I was planning to tell you about this only after my first income of Rs. 4000 so that I can send you bank statement proof. But since speakasia is spending a lot on ads, the rates are going to increase to Rs.15,000 w.e.f. 15th June 2011.

Some Factual Evidence: Refer Attachments - TOI, Check Ads between IPL 4 Telecast (Refer details from its website front page), Speak Asia Brochure

Thanks

Nihit Dalmia

nihit.speakasia@gmail.com

Windows is unable to start firewall/ ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) Service

This post is applicable to all versions of windows operating system - windows xp, vista, windows 7. This post will provide you all possible solutions to solve the firewall service issue. There are various reasons for such issue as follows :

1. Problem with the registry of the operating system e.g. registry gets corrupted - "sharedaccess reg file"

2. Instability with the firewall service engine.

3. Virus Attack - Corrupts registry, firewall services

4. Corrupted *.dll files in windows system32 folder which may create such issues.

Now, you will find below possible solutions for all such above-mentioned issues alongwith some tools which would help to remove corrupted files/bugs/viruses & would provide ultimate solution to this problem.

Windows is unable to start firewall/ ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) Service

First Solution, We will deal with instability to the firewall service engine:

Go to Start --> Run --> Type cmd --> Type following command on command prompt screen

netsh firewall reset

After the firewall service engine is reset, we need to reset another related service. On command prompt type the following command -

netsh winsock reset

Now we need to restart the system. After restarting, go to -

Start --> Run --> Type "firewall.cpl" It will ask to enable firewall service, click "Yes"

OR Type "services.msc" in Start-->Run & find windows firewall service, click properties & set the parameters to "Automatic" & click "Start" service to enable firewall/ICS service.

Second Solution, We will replace the registry "sharedaccess.reg" file

Download sharedaccess.reg (only for Windows XP systems with Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3 applied) and save to Desktop. Then double-click the file to merge the contents to the registry. The Services entry will be created. Restart Windows (mandatory step, otherwise the following NETSH command might display an error).

After restarting Windows, execute the following command via Start, Run dialog:

CMD /K NETSH FIREWALL RESET

Launch firewall applet from Control Panel, and see if you're able to configure the Windows Firewall settings.

If the above steps do not help, as a last resort solution (before attempting to reinstall the Service Pack), give the following commands a try:

Click Start, Run and type:

rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection Ndi-Steelhead 132 %windir%\inf\netrass.inf

The above command repaired most of the Windows Firewall settings when I tested. After running the above command, restart Windows and then run the following:

CMD /K NETSH FIREWALL RESET

Attempt to start Firewall applet. Start the Windows Firewall service when prompted.

WeTravel (navigation without network connection) with tutorial

Best navigation for bb without network connection.
Maps are stored on memory card.

Description:

Current We-Travel versions also offer :

* Track recording
* Fully customizable map, skin, menu and theme layouts
* Possibility to visualise raster maps from various sources
* Track graphs showing track overview, speed and altitude profiles
* Possiblity to download rich POI descriptions from Wikipedia, Wikitravel, ...
* Online/offline reporting of speed camera's or your favorite places
* Enhanced reality POI superimposition on camera image (on selected phones)
* Satellite view, along with the sun, the moon and major star constellations
* Possibiliy to develop additional screens as plugins
* Possibility to follow a pre recorded track
* Support for Garmin and TomTom POI formats
* Uploading and sharing of track on the We-Travel website


Model:

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Worldmate Live for Blackberry

WorldMate Live for BlackBerry: The #1 Travel Application

WorldMate is the #1 BlackBerry travel app. Manage your itinerary. Search for flights. Get flight delay alert pushed to you and find alternate flights. Get the best hotel deals. Book restaurants and find shopping centers. Click-through to maps to your meetings, hotels and other trip locations. Sync your calendar with your trip itinerary, get weather forecasts, convert currency rates and more - right on your BlackBerry.

TripCatch 

WorldMate TripCatch automatically identifies travel confirmation emails and syncs them to your itinerary without the need to forward confirmation emails, after installing WorldMate 4.0 the first travel confirmation email you receive will activate a notification message asking if you would like to add it to your WorldMate Trip. You can approve this one-by-one, or you can auto-import every travel email you get directly to WorldMate. 

Itinerary Manager WorldMate automatically builds your itinerary using confirmation emails and your calendar - and synchronizes it to your BlackBerry for immediate access. Just forward confirmation emails to trips@worldmate.com - we do the rest! Automated Flight Alerts Automatically checks your upcoming flight's status and alerts your BlackBerry if the flight is delayed or cancelled. One click gets you full flight info and even a search for an alternate flight.  * Requires a Gold-level subscription

Maps and Directions Click any item in your itinerary to view it on a map and navigate to it. Integrates with BlackBerry Maps, Google Maps, AT&T Navigator / TeleNav, MapQuest Navigator and others. Real-time Flight Status Up-to-date flight status info for over 350 airlines. Flight delays, cancellations, gate changes and more. * Requires WorldMate Gold

Flight Schedules Find a flight to any destination. Search schedules for over 800 airlines from the Official Airline Guide's database (OAG).  Yelp Local Search Find restaurants, shopping, night-clubs and other businesses wherever you go. Make the most of your time while traveling. Use Yelp to provide you information and reviews for hundreds of thousands of businesses in North America and the UK. Click-thru to reserve a restaurant table, get a map to the shopping mall or compare reviews for night-clubs.

Calendar Sync WorldMate synchronizes your travel itinerary with your calendar. Get your flights in Outlook / Notes. Get your meetings in the itinerary at the correct time-zone - automatically! Smart Hotel Search Find the best deal on the right hotel for you - near your meeting and according to your preferences - then book directly on your BlackBerry with a few clicks. Get great prices from our hotel partner - hotels.com

Travel Briefings WorldMate pushes you information about your trip - from friendly trip reminders through welcome messages when you land, through to meeting notifications with maps!  Travel Directory Phone numbers and URLs for hundreds of airlines, hotel chains, car rental agencies and others. International dialing codes. US Area codes and much more - searchable at your fingertips. * Requires WorldMate Gold

World Clocks View 5 world clocks concurrently with automatic DST corrections. WorldMate will even help you set your time when you land at a new timezone. World Weather Get 5-day weather forecasts for your home town and travel destinations. Wherever you go - WorldMate tells you what the weather's like, so you'll know what to pack!

Currency Converter Convert sums in 3 currencies concurrently. Get up-to-date exchange rates and convert sums easily! Downloads exchange rates for hundreds of currencies to your BlackBerry so all you need to do is input the sum!

File Manager Pro + Key

File Manager Pro is brought to you by the good people at Terra Mobility. The application supports BlackBerrys with an OS of 4.2.1 or higher. Those with and OS of 4.5 and up (not to mention having Docs-To-Go) will benefit from its ability to unzip downloaded attachments. After downloading the application, make sure you set its permissions correctly. 


Click on Settings > Options > Advanced Options > Applications > File Manager Pro and then the menu key and Edit Permissions. Under Interactions, make sure Cross Application Communication and Media are set to allow. All selections under User Data should be set to allow as well. Now that the permissions have been set, let's get into it.

The main menu is broken up into two sections; the top displays a directory where you can access your device memory, the system (sample) files or, if present, your memory card. Below the top node of the filing system is the favourites section. When browsing through folders and files, you can add them to your favourites folder. Now, frequently accessed files and folders will be right at hand, rather than having to rummage through your memory. The items listed in your favourites section won't be as easily managed as the rest of the items. Personally, I would use this section for folders, as you can still manage the items within them.


The main menu, view your favourites

File Manager Pro offers a straight forward navigation system; you'll find it almost impossible to get lost. All of your files, including images, will be displayed in a list view. If you can't determine what the file types are, the application includes icons that automatically display to left of the file name. I found that most of the files opened up quickly, with just a click of the button. The only issues I found lay with video files. Selecting a video to play, I waited and waited and waited. Fifteen minutes went by and the video still wouldn't load. I tried numerous videos and experienced the same problem. Going to the videos through the native media application, they played perfectly. Now for the management portion of the application - Using File Manager Pro, you have complete control over files and folders. New folders can be created; files and folders can be moved, renamed, copied, and deleted. All this can be accomplished from the applications menu. Doing so was very easy and I could see a light at the end of the tunnel. The mountain of clutter, which should have added fifty pounds of weight to my Bold, was disappearing before my eyes. Now, besides sorting and shuffling files like a deck of cards, I'm able to share them as well. From the application, you can attach the files to a blank email template. I'm really hoping that, in the future, I'll be able to send images and such through an MMS or to a Messenger Contact.



Renaming files is one of the ways you can manage them.



Works great with Docs-To-Go

By now, you hopefully have all of that information under your hat and you can see how File Manager Pro is a real time saver. Another huge bonus is the ability to select multiple files to manage and email. You utilize the shift button and trackball to select multiple entries as you normally would. What's different is, after you release the shift button, the selected items remain highlighted as you continue to scroll. If you hold down the shift button again, you can select another set of files, while the original files are still highlighted. If I were to choose to send them in an email, all selected images would be attached.

By far the most important feature of File Manager Pro is the ability to compress files into a Zip archive as well as extract files. So here I am, being able to save memory on my device or memory card by compressing files, as well as being able to create and add to a Zip archive in order to manage related files and images. I'm also able to download and extract zipped files which would be otherwise too big to do so. Couple File Manager Pro with Docs-To-Go and you have a very powerful office in your pocket. The application also includes a text file viewer with a find feature.



compressing files for more storage space, or to send in an email

What application is complete without options? To help personalize your management experience, you can choose what type of file information you want to view, how the files should be sorted, desired compression level and if you want to view hidden files. If I didn't have to edit my images and screenshots, I could handle all of my reviews and reports straight from my BlackBerry. I didn't think I would actually get excited over managing files.



Options

Pros

* Zip and extract files
* Select multiple files at once
* Send files as email attachments

Cons

* Unable to view videos
* Cannot send files as an mms or to a Messenger Contact

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