Unfortunately, there just isn't any profit in any of that free stuff anymore. What we were finding was that 90% of the people who were clicking on the daily scratch off were not doing ANYTHING on SR except for the scratch off. So we were essentially paying them just to visit the site and never making a dime of of them. We would have gone bankrupt in a matter of months if we didn't start changing it up.

As for the other paid clicks and emails, part of it is definitely the economy. Advertisers are not putting as much money into advertising, so that kind of stuff is being cut out. They are basically paying only when people actually make purchases now--not just for people visiting their sites.

I think the biggest thing that changed in the last few years was that more and more people are learning how to get "something for nothing" online and have made a living off of it. So many blogs and forums that teach people how to screw companies over. So companies are really trying to protect themselves by limiting their exposure. Our profits are down about 50% from what they were back in "the day." To stay afloat, we've had to stop doing a lot of the free stuff we used to and cut back on things like Super Member gifts.

That said....we are ALWAYS looking for new ways to try to compensate. Have you tried some of the daily surveys besides the Greenfield one? I know that a few of the newer ones accept Canadian traffic as well.