While getting my daily distraction fix on facebook, I noticed an ad in the sidebar promising $150 to stick up 50 posters around my neighborhood.
Being a student at the largest University in the Maritimes, and growing up in my home town of Halifax, I figured that I knew the city well enough to spam its bulletin boards with posters. I would be performing some street-level marketing for ScreenScape (just a link to the facebook application for now, they have their own website but no mention of the advertising job as far as I can see). Their program allows users to display news tickers or menus, sell rich media advertising, play videos, etc. on LCD TV screens to keep their patrons entertained.
The payout looks decent for a ScreenScape Street Team member – $2.00 per poster, an extra $50 if I stick up 50 posters within my first two weeks (which comes to $3.00 per poster!). However it’s not just the poster-sticking that gets you the cash – a sharpie pen is used to create a subdomain for each location you plaster (ex. spiffyowl.screenscape.net) to a) help draw attention to the poster and b) prove that you didn’t just stick up fifty posters in the same building. Each and every poster also needs to be photographed and documented to prove that you actually put it up (they’ve also employed ‘secret street team ninjas members’ who periodically check on your work). Upon returning home, you will need to fill out an individual form for each poster, uploading the photo, location, venue type, and subdomain. And it seems that your earnings are still not guaranteed – ScreenScape admins will review each submission and will grant the $2.00 based on the quality of the venue! I can’t comment on how strict this review process is as of yet, but it will certainly make or break the deal.
Suddenly putting up 50 posters seems like a lot of work, but I’m not too quick to dismiss it. I signed up on facebook and quickly received a reply the next day letting me know that I was on the team. I’m currently waiting for my free package to arrive in the mail (they provide the posters, along with a sharpie marker, sticky tack, and scotch tape). Once I’ve earned a minimum of $50, they are supposed to mail me a check.
Currently it looks like this program is limited to those living in Canada or the United States. You will need to be 16 or over, and provide an address (so they can mail you your package and checks) and tell them a little about yourself.
There are other ways to make money with this program – they allude to bonuses for plastering stickers and leaving brochures in appropriate places. A currently poorly-defined referral system also seems to factor into these bonuses as well (I’ve asked them if they will set up a system to perhaps track the number of referrals and grant me a % of their earnings, still waiting to hear back on this).
I don’t know how long it will take to find places to stick up these posters and report them, but once I receive the package I’ll document my day and review the program on the Spiffy Owl!
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