Here is the last set in my series of Free Money Finance's top posts for 2008. This time it's posts #1 through #5, in countdown format, along with my reasons for including each post. Enjoy!
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#5 -- How to Ask for a Raise -- A key part of financial success is making a good income. And one way to make sure your income is as high as possible is to ask for a raise when the conditions call for it. This post tells how to do this.
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#4 -- Six Times It's Easy to Ask for a Discount -- Most people want to save money and they want it to be easy to do so. This post combines those two wishes.
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#3 -- How to Make Money and Save Money -- Yeah, it's hard to rank a compilation post this high, but as a resource for how to make and save more, it's hard to beat this piece.
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#2 -- How to Demonstrate that You Deserve a Raise -- This is KEY to actually getting a raise. Most people want a raise but haven't demonstrated that they deserve one. It doesn't work that way -- you first have to show why you should get a raise and then you get one. This post tells how.
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#1 -- 11 Great Ways to Earn More Money -- Who doesn't want to earn more money? That's why this post is #1 for the year -- it's one that everyone likes and can use. It also "gave birth" to a follow-up post: 11 More Great Ways to Earn More Money. Also to note, one of the suggested ways to earn more is to turn your hobby into an income. This year I posted several examples of people who have done this, and I thought you'd like to see them as well. For details, visit An Example of How to Turn a Hobby into an Income, How to Make Money Tutoring: Real-Life Story, How to Turn a Photography Hobby into a Business, and An Example of How a Hobby Can Turn into a Big Income.
That's it for my top posts of 2008! Hope you enjoyed them.
Love reading the #1 post. It's always great to reread good ideas!
Posted by: thomas | January 12, 2009 at 11:04 PM