When you first started out mystery shopping, you may have browsed eagerly through the assignments posted on the job boards in search of great assignments at popular venues. You may have opted for assignments at restaurants and stores you know and love, or may have tried to get assignments at places you’ve wanted to go to before but just never had the opportunity to visit. Many new mystery shoppers don’t…
Mystery Shopping in 2012: Changes to Make for a More Successful Year
As one year changes over to the next, people are often inspired to make some changes to improve their lives in various ways. As a mystery shopper, you may be considering different ways you can find greater happiness in the job while perhaps even working less and making more money in the process. There are a number of changes that you can indeed make, and here are a few of…
What You Need to Know About Bank Mystery Shopping Assignments
If you are like most mystery shoppers, you tend to stick to the same type of mystery shopping assignments every week. Most new mystery shoppers will start out working on traditional assignments like those at retail stores, and then they may branch out to try grocery stores and specialty stores. It may take some mystery shopper just a few weeks to get even more adventurous while it may take others…
When Mystery Shoppers Get Sick: How to Handle Your Assignments
Even the healthiest of people get sick from time to time and have to take some time off of work. Of course, when you work in a “normal” job, you simply have to call in and tell your boss you are taking a sick day. When you are a mystery shopper, though, your job requires you to basically sign up to do a specific assignment within a specific window of…
Are Restaurant Mystery Shopping Assignments Right For You?
One of the many things mystery shoppers love so much about their job is the fact that they get to pick and choose which assignments they complete. This complete flexibility allows you to choose the assignments that not only make financial sense from a time and money standpoint but it also allows you to choose assignments that you will enjoy doing, too. Many who haven’t yet tried out a restaurant…
Staying Warm While Working: Hot Tips for Mystery Shoppers
During certain times of the year, we are mystery shoppers certainly feel like the luckiest working adults out there. On those warm, sunny days, being able to get out and enjoy the weather, see the sights, and interact with happy, cheerful people while earning a living is truly wonderful. Yet in the winter months, the weather is dreary and even at times miserable with hazardous road conditions. Days like this…
Can Mystery Shopping Be a Full-Time Job?
For so many people, there is just a very brief period of time between the moment you realize mystery shopping really is a legitimate, paying job and the point when you begin to wonder what your life would be like if you could fully support yourself financially through mystery shopping. You may have daydreams about turning in your two weeks notice to your over-bearing employer, spending leisurely days sipping coffee…
Social Networks and Mystery Shopping: What You Need to Know
At one time, social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, to name just a few, were for the younger crowd. They have grown in popularity over the years, and now millions of people of all ages and backgrounds around the globe use these sites to stay connected, to network, and more. As a mystery shopper, you may be wondering just how such sites can help you out with your job….
Top 3 “No-No’s” for Your Mystery Shopping Reports
Some mystery shoppers just seem to breeze right through their assignments, completing site visits and reports with absolute ease. Others, however, do seem to get caught up in a variety of problems with a significant number of assignments they complete. If you fall into that latter group of mystery shoppers, you no doubt are completely frustrated with the mystery shopping process. There are, however, a few things that you can…
Closing Out Your Mystery Shopping Year: What You Need to Do This Month
The end of the year is always a busy time of year for folks everywhere. This is a time of year that is often marked by holiday festivities, traveling to spend time with family and friends, and more. Mystery shoppers will want to add just one more thing to their plate this busy time of year, and that is to take time to close out your mystery shopping year the…