The 24th sponsor of our Virtual Baby Shower is Lil Cubby. You can see the intro post here: Virtual Baby Shower - 24th Sponsor - Lil Cubby.

Lil Cubby carries unique handcrafted baby items made by a mother and daughter team. They have onesies, t-shirts, bibs and more that are adorable and very unique. A gift from Lil Cubby would make a fantastic baby shower gift because their items are handmade, fun and not like anything you can buy anywhere else. The designs are bright and colorful and playful, and any new mom or mom-to-be would just love getting a onesie or bib from Lil Cubby!

Lil Cubby products are handmade with care and love. From the website:

We are currently working out of two different states to provide you with unique handcrafted baby items. Mary Ayres is the designer responsible for everything you see on our site. She has sold thousands of her original designs to numerous national craft, sewing, and quilting magazines. The inspiration for the name “Lil Cubby” came from someone very special to us. “Cubby” was the nickname his father gave him when he was a child.

Lil Cubby has generously donated 2 winter monkey onesies in the the winners choice of boy or girl and long or short sleeves, one of which my sister will receive for her shower, the other is included as part of the GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY! Lil Cubby has also donated a personalized onesie or t-shirt for one of our upcoming weekly giveaways. The winter monkey onesie is adorable and I couldn’t stop looking at it. They also sent along a matching hat and I can’t wait to give this to my sister and hear her “oooh” and “aaah” like I did when I opened it.

Thank you Lil Cubby for being a sponsor of our Virtual Baby Shower! Please visit Lil Cubby and check out all of their great onesies, t-shirts and other items. They have so many wonderful designs, you are sure to find one you love!

Please note that we have not started to take entries for the grand prize. We are currently announcing all the prizes. We will begin taking entries on October 1st.

This article is the third in our series of in-depth discussions regarding free paid surveys.

If you missed any of the previous articles, you can access them on our Free Paid Survey Series How-To Page.

We have also begun highlighting the different legitimate survey companies. The first panel discussed is Synovate. You can learn more by checking out the post: Free Paid Surveys - Synovate Global Opinion Panels



WHERE NOT TO LOOK FOR FREE PAID SURVEYS

• Search Engines
  In general, if you type “Free Paid Surveys” into a search engine the first few thousand pages are filled with sites that will lie and mislead you. It is very difficult and time consuming to wade through all the thousands of sites to find the legitimate ones, especially when you don’t have to because others have done it for you.

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This article is the second in our series of in-depth discussions regarding free paid surveys.

If you missed the first article, you might want to go back and read Free Paid Surveys - are they legit? before reading this article.

Any time you do anything online that involves revealing personal information you need to be smart about to whom and how you give it. In general, most paid survey sites are going to ask you for your name, address, birthday, and occasionally your phone number. They will also ask some demographic information such as your marital status, education level, profession, number of children, and maybe more, depending upon the type of panel you are applying for.
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Whether you call them free paid surveys, consumer panels or paid research studies you CAN make money taking online surveys. This is the first post in a series of how-to’s that will describe the ins and outs of how to make money by participating in paid research studies, surveys, product tests, focus groups and more. Stay tuned each week as we go further and further in depth on this subject in order to first, participate smartly and safely and second, to make some extra money by voicing your opinion.

Most major companies employ marketing firms to solicit consumer opinions. I can tell you first-hand that everyone from KFC to Pampers and Kraft to HP value consumer input so much that they are willing to pay to get it. The problem is that they do it discreetly. You cannot go to their websites and sign up for their testing panels (actually there are a few that have their own, but generally it is not the same thing and is a topic for another post), you must sign up through the marketing firms who actually design, set-up and administer the surveys.
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In the coming weeks we will be starting a couple of series of “how to’s” for Moms, or really anyone interested in the subject matter.

The first will be a series of discussions regarding FREE PAID SURVEYS and will answer some of the following questions: are they legit?, how do I protect my personal info?, how do I weed out the scams?, what are the best ones?, and much more. In the meantime, feel free to check out our FREE PAID SURVEY GUIDE which has a lot of great information to start with.

The second will be a series of articles about HOW TO START A BLOG and will cover the basics and get down to some nitty-gritty details. We will talk about free blog services, self hosted services, where to get web hosting, how to use the hosting once you get it, and much more. In these articles we will cover the basics but it will end up very specific related to the Wordpress self-hosted platform and Bluehosthosting service. These are the 2 that we know in detail, but I’m sure that much of the information will cross over very well for those who choose to use other services.

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