From tons of paperwork to a hectic work schedule, many mystery shoppers find themselves stressed out when disorganization takes over their lives. Your disorganized work life could be costing you more than a few headaches, though. It could also be costing you time and money! Here are some top tips to help you stay organized and save yourself some time, money, and headaches: Keep A Calendar. Whether you are a…
3 Hot Time Management Tips Mystery Shoppers Should Live By
When you work for someone else, your work schedule is largely decided for you. Your employer tells you when to come to work, when to leave, and if you need to work over-time. As a mystery shopper, you are an independent contractor working for yourself. As your own boss, many mystery shoppers delight in being able to work when they want to, setting their own hours and working around their…
How Much Work Is Too Much Work For One Assignment?
The answer to that question for most mystery shoppers can be summed up with another question, “How much am I getting paid to do the work?” There is, of course, more to an assignment than how long your assignment takes. For instance, if you spend an hour scouring the provider’s job boards to find one assignment, that is an hour that you can a lot to the time you spent…
Make Your Mystery Shopping New Year’s Resolutions A Reality
The turn of a new year is a time to reflect on the past year, giving thought to what has gone well and making goals to improve the areas that need improvement. As a mystery shopper, you likely are making mystery shopping New Year’s resolutions in addition to those for your personal life. You can give your mystery shopping a kick start for the New Year by taking the steps…
Mid-Year Organizational Tips For The Busy Mystery Shopper
Most mystery shoppers find it easier to complete their assignments when they print out the requirements. This most assignment requirements and questionnaires pushing upwards of ten or more pages, the result is a large stack of paperwork that accumulates after weeks and months of mystery shopping. Whether you’re a busy full-time mystery shopper or a casual mystery shopper with a busy personal life, mid-year is a great time to clean…
Making The Most Of Your Travel Time On Mystery Shopping Assignments
For many mystery shoppers, travel time to and from job assignments is downtime. If the required travel time on an assignment is fifteen minutes, twenty minutes or longer, some mystery shoppers simply pass up the assignment altogether. As a mystery shopper, you can make your miles count in a number of ways that can save you both time and money. So before you pass over that next assignment that’s just…
Easy Ways For The Busy Mystery Shopper To Stay Organized
For mystery shoppers who complete just a handful of assignments each month, it’s not too difficult to stay on top of the paperwork involved in mystery shopping and stay organized. But for mystery shoppers who complete several assignments per day or even per week, the paperwork can quickly become overwhelming. Consider the many pages of assignment requirements, a printout of the driving direction to the job site, the questionnaire or…
Spring Cleaning Tips For A Mystery Shopper’s Home Office
With the icy grips of winter finally melting away and warmer weather bringing spring blooms outside, the last place you want to be is stuck indoors cleaning out a musty old office. But this time of year inevitably reminds us that now is a great time to clean out the old clutter and mess and treat yourself to a fresh, clean work area. De-Clutter to De-Stress. Clutter in your workplace…
When A $5 Shop Is Better Than A $10 Shop
Many mystery shoppers are adamant about the minimum mystery shopping pay they will work for. For some shoppers, it may be $10, for others it may be $5. How much (or little) you are willing to work for often depends on what area of the country you are in. Your cost of living in Los Angeles may be a lot different than a mystery shopper living in Pecos, Texas. Regardless…
Make More Money Mystery Shopping By Improving Your Organizational Skills
If you’ve put off getting yourself organized as a mystery shopper, you could be losing money without even knowing it. You may think a disorganized work life would just lead to a little bit of chaos and stress from time to time, but there’s much more to it than that. Here why you should take a little time and organize your mystery shopping life today! Know What’s Going On. You…