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Need Help with Your Holiday Grocery Costs?

Are you looking for a way to combat the rising costs of groceries? Market Force Information www.marketforce.com is currently recruiting independent contractors to conduct grocery store mystery shops in your area.

These shops consist of posing as a typical customer to evaluate the interior and exterior appearance of the grocery store, evaluating one or more departments and the customer service you receive. You will be required to make a reimbursable purchase in order to evaluate both the cashier and bagger, plus you can take advantage of coupons and in-store specials for extra savings.

After the visit to the location, you will fill out an online survey consisting of some yes-no questions describing your experience. This is a great way to lower the costs of your groceries and to help stores in your community improve customer service.

You can find even more opportunities at CMS, a Market Force Company. CMS specializes in theatre checks and in-store merchandising as well as mystery shopping.  

To register with MFI, go to www.marketforce.com and click on “Apply Here,” and then click on the BLUE portal. To register with CMS, click on the PURPLE portal. It’s FREE!

Make Money During Your Holiday Travel!!!

If you are planning a trip during the holiday season, you can pick up mystery shops along the way and make money while you travel. Most are quick and easy!

If you travel by car, you can pick up a fast food breakfast, lunch or dinner shop along the way or you can choose a casual dinner for you and your family. You can also stop to stretch your legs while you audit a gas station/convenience store.  If you travel by plane, consider taking a fast food shop that is inside the airport terminal beyond security.

There are lots of ways that you can earn money while you travel to that Thanksgiving feast with your family and/or friends.

You can find a lot of these shops on the Market Force Information shopper self-assign website. But you have to be an approved shopper. If you are not already registered for these or other opportunities just go to the Market Force website http://www.marketforce.com click on “Apply Here” to join the Field Network and choose the Blue Portal to sign up for these or other mystery shops!

 

Get Help with Your Holiday Costs!

If you need some extra income for your holiday expenditures, try mystery shopping!

Market Force Information has plenty of opportunities for you to increase your income while shopping at your favorite retail stores, dining at your favorite restaurants or buying your groceries for the Thanksgiving holiday!

In most cases you will receive a fee plus be reimbursed for the cost of a meal, or an item of your choice to keep, or a portion of your groceries. Just think – a free meal, a free retail item, free groceries (maybe even enough to cover the cost of that Thanksgiving turkey!)

From now until November 20th any approved Sweepstakes Eligible mystery shops that are self-assigned on the Shopper Website will automatically put the shopper in the drawing for one of 25 cash prizes for even extra holiday money!

You can apply right online at http://www.marketforce.com. Just click on “Apply Here”, then select the Blue Portal for mystery shopping.

Supplement Your Income!

Do you find it difficult to make ends meet from paycheck to paycheck? In the current economy you are not alone. Millions of people are looking for a way to stretch their budgets these days.

Mystery shopping is a great way to add money to your current income. Not only will you be paid but you can eat free at local restaurants, get free groceries and obtain other free items of your choice at local retailers! In return you would be required to evaluate certain criteria from the shop guidelines and fill out an online questionnaire.

Market Force Information is currently recruiting new shoppers all across the US and Canada to conduct mystery shops for national companies with multi-location businesses. For more information or to join the Field Network of mystery shoppers visit www.marketforce.com and complete the online application. You should have a response via email within 72 hours of completing the online application.

You may also request an information/application packet via email to ShopRecruit@marketforce.com

 

MFI Supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Market Force Information, the leading customer experience information and insights company, is please to announce its third annual “Shop for the Cure”, a successful and growing campaign in support of breast cancer research and awareness. With a field network of more than 300,000 independent contractors performing over 120,000 visits each month, Market Force will donate $0.10 to Susan G Komen for the Cure for each assignment completed during the week of Oct. 12-16, 2009 to help further breast cancer programs and research.

“Susan G. Komen is an amazing organization and we are excited to actively join the millions of people fighting for a cure each day,” explained Karl Maier, CEO of Market Force. “Through our third annual ‘Shop for the Cure’ initiative, we are proud to offer our large field network a simple and meaningful way to help in the fight against breast cancer.”

For questions about breast health or breast cancer visit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure website at www.komen.org or call 1 877 GO KOMEN (1-877-465-6636).

About Market Force Information

Market Force Information, Inc. is the leading global customer experience information and insights company for multi-location businesses including major retailers, restaurants, grocery and convenience stores, financial institutions, entertainment studios and consumer packaged goods companies. With more than 120 years of combined industry experience Market Force Information has pioneered the industry with a suite of customer experience information solutions – from 300,000 field associates to real customer surveys to proprietary decision support tools – that provides a holistic view of the customer’s on-site experience and identifies the actions required at the store level to increase customer loyalty and improve financial performance. For more information or to join the Field Network visit www.marketforce.com.

Market Force Information is Growing!

Despite the economic downturn, Market Force Information contiues to add new clients and expand programs for existing clients. Market Force is a recognized leader in the mystery shopping, merchandising and theatre check industry and serves a variety of clientele.

MFI delivers information, insight and action for Retail, Restaurant and Hospitality, Drug and Grocery, Convenience Store and Petroleum, Banking and Finance, Consumer Packaged Goods, Consumer Electronics Manufacturers, and Motion Picture Studios and Theatres.

Mystery shoppers, merchandisers and theatre checkers are independent contractors who have the ability to select the projects that interest them at times that are convenient to their shedules. Mystery shopping involves the covert gathering of information to measure customer service and the feedback allows companies to reward excellence and adjust policies. Merchandising involves managing products and displays for national brands in local stores that allows companies to provide quality products in a timely manner. Theatre checks involves measuring the motion picture industry at the local theatre levels and helps to develop marketing strategy and product advertising.

If you would like to become a part of MFI’s Field Network, simply apply online at http://www.marketforce.com Click on Apply Here and then register on the Blue (mystery shopping) and Purple (merchandising/theatre checks) Portals to become a mystery shopper and/or merchandiser/theatre checker.

Market Force is a member of the Better Busines Bureau, Mystery Shopping Providers Association, National Association for Retail Marketing Services, Marketing Research Association and International Customer Service Association. You can find links to these organizations on the MFI Home page at www.marketforce.com

Need Extra Money?

Everyone could use a little help these days. Why not become a mystery shopper? Mystery shopping is a great way to supplement your income and help offset the financial burden in these down economic conditions.

Do you normally go to a fast food restaurant or casual dining restaurant during your lunch hour? You could easily be reimbursed for the cost of your meal AND make a little money as well just for filling out a questionnaire about your experience. 

Do you stop by your local bank during the week to deposit that dwindling paycheck? You could get paid to assess the customer experience that you receive.

If you clip coupons for your grocery shopping, you could also receive a small reimbursement for a portion of your groceries just for relaying your experience in an online questionnaire.

Market Force Information has numerous projects available throughout the US and Canada.  Additionally, there are also projects just for people who speak French (Quebec Province) or are of Asian descent who speak Mandarin or Cantonese (Canada & US) or whose primary language is Spanish (US).

MFI has a Self-Assign Shopper Website where their mystery shoppers can view, select or decline and report projects directly online.  They also have a live Help Desk available 24/7 to assist with any issues that arise.

There is absolutely no cost to you to become a mystery shopper. Legitimate mystery shopping companies, like Market Force, pay you to complete assignments. You can register with Market Force by going to http://www.applymarketforce.com or you can request a free information/application packet via email at ShopRecruit@marketforce.com.

Mystery Shopping in Banks

Banks throughout the US and Canada want to know how well they are serving their customers or potential customers. There are several things financial institutions would like to know:

1. Are we serving our customers in a timely manner?
2. Is our staff knowledgeable of all of our services?
3. Is our staff courteous and friendly?
4. Is there someone available who speaks a language other than English?
5. Do we assist our business account customers as well as we assist our personal account customers?
6. How well do we assist our non-customers
7. What improvements need to be instituted to better serve our community?

If you are at least twenty years old and have a minimum of a high school degree, you can be paid to answer these questions for banks in your area. There are several market research companies that serve the banking/financial industries and these can be located on the Mystery Shopping Providers Association website at www.mysteryshop.org.

One company in particular has several bank clients. Market Force Information www.marketforce.com has numerous bank evaluation asssignments throughout the US and Canada. To register for these and other types of mystery shopping assignments, just look for the JOIN OUR NETWORK information on the home page of their website. Click on “Apply Here”, then click on the BLUE portal. It’s FREE!

Market Force Information Launches Shopper Sweepstakes

Market Force Information announces the launch of the September Shopper Sweepstakes where twenty-five of their mystery shoppers can win cash prizes just for doing shops.

According to the Self-Assign Shopper Website, all any of their mystery shoppers needs to do to enter this Sweepstakes is ” to log in to our Shopper Website and self-assign any bank, cell phone, fast food, gas station, grocery, hardware or home communications shop which is labeled “Sweeps Eligible” in the “Action” column of the “WebFC: Select Shops” page of the portal, AND complete the shop as scheduled between September 1st and September 20^th, 2009.“

“Shop reports must be approved by our Quality Control Department to qualify. The shop fees range from $5.00-$50.00 and any shops that require a purchase will include reimbursements from $2.00-$15.00 depending on the type of shop selected.“

In order to participate in the Sweepstakes you must be an approved mystery shopper with Market Force Information. To register visit www.applymarketforce.com or you can request a free information/application packet by emailing ShopRecruit@marketforce.com.  It takes anywhere from 24-72 hours to process an application so don’t wait – sign up today!

These shops are now available for selection on their Shopper Website so get them early. For each qualifying shop you will receive one entry into the sweepstakes. The more shops you do, the greater your chance of winning! Log on now to be part of this exciting opportunity!

Sweepstakes is administered by The US Sweepstakes & Fulfillment Company of Rochester, NY