Advice for newbie

I'm pretty much of a newbie myself compared to some others in the forum. I've learned a few things, though, that make a difference to me.

1. If you're not alert when you're exhausted, don't Turk. You'll make a mistake and possibly pay for it with a rejection. And rejections are so not good.

2. Put up with the dinky hits while you get your count up, and keep them in mind as you're reaching for #1000.

3.One penny, one nickel, one dime at a time....it all adds up. Seriously.

4. Visit these forums often. Keep up with the recommendations, cautions, and alerts.

5. In the beginning, keep a wary eye on the hits that offer more than $1.50. If it appears to be too good to be true, you can bet your *&^ it is.

6. When you feel like screaming, scream, and then get back to work.

I'll leave the technical advice to the more experienced.

 

3. I agree with this, BUT make sure they are very, very fast hits if they're the 1-10 cent hits. I have a timer on my phone that I use while doing a "test batch" of hits, to figure out what my hourly wage for them would be. Basically if you can do a 2 cent hit in 15 seconds or under (preferably within 10 seconds), then it's probably worth it. Anything more than that, there's better ways to spend your time on turk.

5. Generally good advice, BUT there are many exceptions. I've done quite a few HITs ranging anywhere from $1.50-$5.00. Generally these are surveys conducted by Universities, they can be a gold mine some days where you'll see 5 or 6 $1-$2 HITs at a time.

I had one day where I did $25 for the day, and only 2 of them were $0.50 hits, the rest were anywhere from $1-$4.

 

One more bit of advice... figure out what you're good at and can do quickly, and stick with that as much as possible. For example, a lot of people make good money doing transcriptions. Personally, I'm horrible at it and it takes me way too long to complete just a couple minutes of audio. I type fast, about 95 wpm, but listening and typing what I hear I'm not so good with, so I leave those HITs alone.

 

In agreement with everything.

As I made my little list I was thinking more in terms of simple advice for the real beginners. Speaking only for myself, because that's all I'm qualified to do actually, I needed to do those tiny hits just to be able to get used to the process. Those were simple enough, not the least bit intimidating, and even when they took longer than seems reasonable they helped me gain the self-confidence I needed. After the first 100 or so hits, I reached out for more. I'm a cautious person, more analytic, and I have to blame my age for that, but for me it works. It may not work for everyone, the uber-brave, who can jump into this thing with both feet.

I guess the point is that each person needs to look at all the advice and decide which way works best for them, along with a little trial and error, perhaps. And never be afraid to ask the simplest of questions. That's what keeps forums like this one alive.

 

The HITs posted by TryMyUi Administrator don't require a webcam, just a microphone to record your voice.