How To Be In A Queue,

and get paid for it!

welcome to the new world of “crowdcasting.”  the company’s tagline: “Go out. Have fun. Get paid.” after quietly launching two years ago, Surkus members have attended 4,200 events for 750 clients, including big-name brands, hospitality groups, live-ticketed shows, movie castings and everyday people who want to throw a party, Stephen George, Surkus’s 30-year-old chief executive, said he considers his app an online matchmaker, one that pairs companies with the people who want to hear from them, George said users can be paid as little as $5 and as much as $100, though the average for most events is between $25 and $40, prolific users, he said, can earn as much as $4,000 a year, George said the company has amassed 150,000 members in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Miami and San Francisco, anyone can download the app, the members are of all ages and backgrounds, George said, noting that people are drawn by the chance to be social and get paid, so there it is, form a queue and line up for the cash!