Awards and Honors
This is our bragging page. Sorry about some of the big graphics, but unlike the rest of our site,
we have no control over these
awards.
Legitimate Mystery Shopping Jobs
ABC Action News
May 11, 2009
Money Making Mistakes: Mystery Shopping
Liz Crenshaw
NBC4 Washington, D.C.
March 25, 2009
Arizona Daily Star: Star$avers
Q&A with president of Tucson-based freebie Web site
by Shelley Shelton
March 7, 2008
Randy Featherston's Radio Show
KBJS 90.3 FM
Ray was interviewed about the Physique Transformation program.
March 7, 2008
ShopSmart magazine
from the editors of Consumer Reports
August/September, 2007
Get Paid to Shop!
Woman's World
March 13, 2007
Make Real Money From Home!
New York Post
July 31, 2006
24 Hours To Make Rent
With Some Determination And Ingenuity,
It's Possible To Pay Off 30 Days In Just One
By JONATHAN BENDER
Essence
March, 2006
Side Hustle of the Month
How to earn some extra cash
Woman's World
The Woman's Weekly
November 15, 2005
How to get today's hottest gimmes!
Clark Howard Radio Show
September 16, 2005
May 19, 2004
June 2, 2004
June 25, 2004
November 22, 2004
September 16, 2004
The New York Times
Yes, There Is a Job That Pays You to Shop
by Barbara Whitaker
March 13, 2005
The de facto water cooler for shoppers who want to compare notes.
Jane Magazine
How to Live Like a Swingin' Heiress on Less Than $20 Million a Year
March, 2005
Volition.com is a great source for Mystery Shopping information.
Woman's Day Magazine
The $3000 Challenge (Discover How to Make Extra Money)
March 8, 2005
Volition.com is a great source for information on doing focus groups.
LatinoFuture Magazine
Penny Pincher$...
Feb/March, 2005
TODAY'S TMJ4
The NBC Affiliate in Milwaukee, WI
Feb 21, 2005
Volition.com is a great source for Mystery Shopping information.
The National Center for Professional Mystery Shoppers & Merchandisers
November, 2004
Winner of 4 Awards!
Mystery Shopping Message Board of the Year - Volition.com Mystery Shopping Forum
Merchandising Message Board of the Year - Volition.com Merchandising Forum
Mailing List of the Year - Volition.com Mystery Shopping News
Industry Volunteer of the Year - Ray Sola
Monster.com Magazine
May 2004
"Be a Mystery Shopper"
by Paul Greenberg
The National Center for Professional Mystery Shoppers & Merchandisers
November, 2003
Winner of 5 Awards!
Mystery Shopping Message Board of the Year - Volition.com Mystery Shopping Forum
Merchandising Message Board of the Year - Volition.com Merchandising Forum
Newsletter of the Year - Volition.com Mystery Shopping News
Support Group of the Year - Volition.com Readers
Industry Support Person of the Year - Ray Sola
Black Enterprise Magazine
August 2003
Volition.com is a great source for Mystery Shopping information.
Arizona Daily Star's Caliente (Entertainment Guide)
¡GANGA! It's a good deal
Get a sneak peak by going online
July 18, 2003
CNN Live Saturday
Dollar Signs
June 21, 2003
Woman's World
The Woman's Weekly
December 24, 2002
Earn $722 a month by shopping
techtv show Call for Help
December 5, 2002
Cat's Clicks: Be a Winner Online
Stay hip to thousands of online contests and giveaways with these sites.
By Catherine Schwartz
The National Center for Professional Mystery Shoppers & Merchandisers
December, 2002
Winner of 4 Awards!
Industry Website of the Year - Volition.com Mystery Shopping Guide
Message Board of the Year - Volition.com Mystery Shopping Forum
Newsletter of the Year - Volition.com Mystery Shopping News
Support Group of the Year - Volition.com Mystery Shopping Chat Group
Internet Based Moms
"Your Own Business from Scratch: Start Your Own Mystery Shopping Business"
November 2002 Newsletter
Arizona Reporter
October 9, 2002
Volition.com Advance Movie Screenings "Auto Focus"
Arizona Reporter
September 4, 2002
Volition.com Advance Movie Screenings "The Tuxedo"
Inside Tucson Business
August 30, 2002
"Mystery shopping ensures service with a smile"
By KYLE SCHLIESMAN
San Francisco Chronicle
August 4, 2002
Freebies back on Internet: Bargain hunters guide shoppers to products
By Peter Hartlaub
The State Journal-Register
January, 2002
Spy game: Mystery shoppers rate retailers on the sly
By Kathryn Rem
The National Center for Professional Mystery Shoppers & Merchandisers
December, 2001
Winner of 4 Awards!
Mystery Shopping Website of the Year - Volition.com
Message Board of the Year - Volition.com’s Forum
Support Person of the Year - Ray Sola of Volition.com
Support Group of the Year - The Readers of Volition.com
It's a Mystery!
November 3, 2001
The readers of this Mystery Shopping newsletter voted us:
"Favorite web-site to find mystery shopping info."
Denver Post
July 1, 2001
Seller Beware!: Secret shoppers check service; some call it spying
Inside Tucson Business
April 9, 2001
Volition.com: Finding free stuff online for fun and profit
By KYLE SCHLIESMAN
Arizona Reporter
March 22, 2001
Free Sidewinders Tickets
Arizona Reporter
December 15, 2000
Free Movie Tickets
GulfTel Internet Newsletter
October 16, 2000
Here is what they said:
Freebies
Do you like to get free stuff in the mail? Who doesn't? Due to the technology of the Internet, we now have the most efficient way in history to accomplish this lofty goal. Go to the Volition® website, granddaddy of all freebie sites to start the free stuff flowing. :-)
Consumers Digest's magazine "Your Money"
"The Truth About Internet Freebies"
September, 2000
by Ed Avis
Consumers Digest is known as one of the best resources for information on almost every consumer product.
We are proud to have been so highly praised in this magazine.
CBS affiliate KOLD 13 did a feature story on Volition.com
By Anchor/Reporter Dan Marries
July 28, 2000
Smart Partner Magazine
Have We Got a Solution for You
By Ray Sola
July 17, 2000
Arizona Daily Star and the online version StarNet
Get Free Stuff
Local Site Touted
After realizing that they forgot to mention that Volition.com was a local company in the June 6th article,
they ran another article to correct this error.
June 29, 2000
Arizona Daily Star and the online version StarNet
Totally (well, mostly) free stuff on Web
By Bill Husted
COX NEWS SERVICE
June 6, 2000
Chicago Tribune
Signs Of The Times Like Surfing The Net? Now You Can Get Paid For Doing It
Chicago Tribune
By Ed Avis
Special to the Tribune
April 25, 2000
X-CONNECTIONS Internet Reference Guide
Volition.com® is mentioned as an excellent resource in the book.
Published October, 1999
Cosmic Credit Cool Links
July, 1999
Brain Blitz
March, 1999
Volition® is mentioned as an excellent resource in the book "Cyber Warrior," which was written to help people get answers to questions that no one else has answered.
RxTV Prescription for Good Health
Featured site on the TV show
October, 1998
REALS
October, 1998
Knowledge TV
October 1, 1998
TechEdgeRadio - Central Arizona's 1100 AM, KFNX
Ray Sola was interviewed on September 29, 1998
"Free stuff on the Internet" by Charles Haddad, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
August, 1998
Links2Go
Free
and
Links2Go
Electronic Postcards
The 4Internet Network
"AWARD OF EXCELLENCE" For being The Best Of The Best.
July, 1998
Undocumented Internet Secrets
A supplement to July, 1998 issue of PC Computing. And again in November 1998.
June 8, 1998 - A Volition® to Get FREE
Stuff. One of the oldest (maybe the original) and most respected free stuff sites
on the Internet. Volition® sites are very well done,
easy to navigate, fast to load and have interesting, unique and informative content. All
freebie offers have excellent descriptions. Volition® is
always up to date and new content is added frequently. All in all this founding
father of freebie sites is still a top pick to start your freebie hunt.
Coolest
Setoff Site Of The Day Award
April, 11 1998
In the INTEREST Category
On January 13, 1998, Ray appeared Cablevision's News Channel 12 talk show "The Exchange." The
topic was "How to get free stuff on
the Internet." The Exchange is Connecticut's only live daily talk show with 3/4 of a million
viewers in Southwestern Connecticut. (Yes,
I said live. Scary huh?)
January 11, 1998 - The site was reviewed for originality, usefulness of information,
graphic design, and was found to add
an outstanding artistic flair, careful and concise design, and a wealth of information. Your site
only enhances the originality of our
Internet community. Job well done!
January, 1998
ZineZone article "Bring on the Freebies!"
Volition®, the oldest Free Stuff site on the
Internet!
January, 1998 - ZD Net picked up the PC Computing article "Undocumented Internet Secrets"
and re-ran it.
January, 1998
We were the Cool Central Site of the Hour on December 6, 1997 at 3PM.
The Real Estate Library gave us the PURE GOLD award for December 1997.
A Volition® to Eat Well - November 15 - 21, 1997
November, 1997
A viewer submit this site to Prevue Online's awards program. Even though we did not fit in with
the criteria for a local site, they still
thought the site is unique enough to qualify to be part of the program, as we're "very tastefully
done and informative." Here's the
groovy award:
November, 1997
November, 1997, "Free-for-All"
If you prefer to read it in Russian, go to
ZD Net Russia.
Fall 1997
On September 5th 1997, the PLUS Lotto Cyber Spiders' Newsletter picked Volition® as the
"SPIDER OF THE WEEK"
August 8, 1997
July, 1997 in the category:
Free Stuff
Fantassia's newsletter *smile* named Volition®
Postcards the "Free Ecard of the week"
Volume one issue 15, June 20, 1997.
Thursday, June 12, 1997
Market-ECRes was awarded this for
Friday and the Weekend, June 6-8, 1997
June, 1997
May 23, 1997
May 27, 1997
To quote the award presenter:
"It is only the fourth such award I OPENER has presented since it's inception, and the ONLY
such award for the category of "FREE
STUFF", in which, with no reservations, we feel YOUR SITE is the best.
The award has been conferred for the unique contribution Volition® has made in the area of FREE STUFF on the Internet. Your
site
has been found to be one of the most informative in this area, as well as one of the most unique
and individualistic. Add to this an
interesting presentation which is geared to ease for the user and you have a site worthy of I
OPENER's Site Award.
These awards are not given lightly. Only the best of the Internet ever find themselves listed on I
OPENER. Of these, only the best OF
the best are given this award, our highest recognition of quality."
Excite Review
Ray Sola's Volition® Home Page:
Ray burned his 10 free Prodigy hours in a day back in 1995 and hasn't stopped surfing since....
March, 1997
French Canadian TV show Branche in March 1997
HamTrader's pick for March 1997
February 28, 1997
THE IDEA BANK'S WEB SIGHTS OF THE WEEK
February 14, 1997
February 3, 1997
February 1997 "Bookmark"
January 11, 1997
January 5, 1997
January, 1997 in the category:
Gifts, Novelties &
Greetings
Volition® Free Postcards were featured as the
A-Marketing-Idea-A-Day by e-mail from Jacobs/Gillen Inc. for December 25th, 1996.
They said that our postcards were a great way to "Send a message to a client and stand out from
the rest of the e-mail." and "Send a
thank-you with a little style."
December, 1996
December, 1996
We were reviewed in the December, 1996 issue of this US-Japanese business magazine. I have
seen the review, but since I don't speak Japanese, I had to have it translated. Very nice comments indeed. Here is
the article.
"Link of the Week" from Gyros on November 17th, 1996.
ProgramONE Radio Network reviewed us in the daily report of November 15, 1996.
"HotSite of the Week" from SharewareJunkies.com on November 12th, 1996.
Vault's Site of the Day Award on October 6th, 1996.
Ventana Communications Group, Inc. included a screen shot of the Free Stuff page in its book
Official Netscape Beginner's Guide to the Internet
We have gotten two really nice reviews from CyberHound
Review #1
In need of a 12-step group for compulsive coupon clippers? Before you go out of denial and into detox, have a last binge at Volition®. Give in to your Volition® to get Free Stuff, which'll lead you to nearly a hundred sites offering free products--Reality Female Condoms, Kitty Express Cat Food, water bottles, leather key chains, cd-roms, software--this place is trial sample hell. If that doesn't wear out the obsessive cheapie in you, then check out Free Stuff in Your e-mail Box, and the Volition® to Enter Contests. But of course a site this cool can't leave you with the empty "4-6 weeks" promise of consumeristic heaven's visit to actual and virtual mailboxes. For instant gratification, check out Volition® Marketing Links and find out how to be Madison Avenue's chump no longer. Or be overcome by the Volition® to Stay Healty, Voltion's Food links, and the Voltion to Publish on the Web Source Guide.
Review #2
Tired of waiting for Ed McMahon or Dick Clark to show up on your doorstep with that 10 million dollar check? Then this is the site you had better hurry up and visit! Volition® is the place where free stuff reigns supreme. You can find lists and lists of places to sign up for freebies, from sweepstakes to contests to promotional junk...all for free! How can you beat that? The contests are broken up into categories, like Computers, Art, Cash and Miscellaneous, and all you have to do is read through the links and sign up...better than gambling! This is truly a feel-good page, as not only are freebies and cheapo stuff promoted, but other points of Volition® are encouraged as well: Volition® to Stay Healthy, Volition® to Surf the Web, and Volition® to Publish on the Web Source Guide. All intended to help you in your quest to realize the power of Volition® (conveniently defined for you at the top of the page) can do for you.
July 1996 cover story "Free Stuff on the Internet."
July 1996 "Free Samples of Everything."
July 1996 Lagniappe column
AOL viewers can go to Keyword: ChipNet
Tabbie's Purrfect Pick for June 23, 1996.
This site has been rated a
by Lynx
of the
Week.
June 21, 1996
Freebie International Network (FIN) Update
FEATURED SITE for Wed, June 12, 1996
We were very excited to be part of PC
World's May 1996 Cover Story
The Best Free Stuff Online. We also were in the May issues of a magazine from
The Netherlands: Computer!Totaal and a South African magazine
SOFTWARE WORLD.
June 1996
SUPER SITE of May 20, 1996
Reviewed February 7, 1996.
Reviewed us in the daily reports of January 4, 1996 and February 14, 1996.
Feb 1, 1996
The Network! Business Exchange
Web Site of the Week for the week of January 28, 1996.
January 23, 1996
January 1996
Ray Daly's Sponsored Site of the
Day
December 14, 1995.
December 4, 1995
Linda's Link of the Day - November 30, 1995.
Featured After Hours Site
Heriot-Watt University Library _INTERNET RESOURCES_ Newsletter
Issue 15 (SECTION C) and Issue 16 (SECTION C)
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