Being an adult is difficult. When you're young, money is somebody else's concern. Unfortunately, as a grown-up with control over your own finances, you have to deal with the realities of budgeting. For students trying to make the most of their college experience, there are difficult decisions to make every day. The opportunity cost of a night out on Wednesday could be milkless cereal and plain pasta for the rest of the week. A decision to take a taxi one day could mean walking to college the next... and the next... and the next. Realistically, most of us are crap with money during college. Sometimes (always), a student just needs a bit (a lot) of extra cash to get through the week.
Well my friends, there is a way. A way you can be productive with minimal effort. A way you can put your hungover days in bed to constructive use. A way you can be rewarded for sharing your opinions. A way to turn your ideas into a bit of extra cash...
Ideas Panel is the answer to Irish students' prayers. This genius website brings together the different groups involved in effective market research and plays host to a community of askers and answerers across the country. Join their growing membership and contribute your knowledge and opinions to a broad variety of projects. Basically, members receive email invitations to participate in surveys about practically anything, which they can decide to accept or decline. Completion of a survey earns the participant points, which can be exchanged for free gift cards from a range of major Irish brands OR a charitable donation to a good cause. Each survey takes on average 10 minutes, they won't spam you, they won't try to sell you anything, they won't share your information and your answers will always be kept anonymous. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me.
Earn your shopping or make a difference whenever you like, wherever you like, in your own time and at your own pace. Use your brain to fill your fridge, or somebody else's. From the safety of your duvet fort, the comfort of your friend's couch or hanging from the rafters at an after-session, turn your opinions into real value and reward those otherwise useless thoughts with a bit of milk for your cereal!
Check out the informational video below or go straight to ideaspanel.ie for more details. You're welcome!