{"id":2209,"date":"2017-03-01T07:30:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T23:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2017-04-12T00:36:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T16:36:53","slug":"amp-up-your-earnings-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/amp-up-your-earnings-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Amp up your earnings power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/amp-up-your-earnings-power.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2200 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/amp-up-your-earnings-power-300x277.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>There is a limit to how much you can save but there is none when it comes to making money. There are a <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">few ways<\/span><\/strong> to potentially do that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Boost your Salary<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are a salaried worker (like what 99% of the population out there), there are 2 possible ways to increase your pay:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Negotiating a Salary \u2013 Ask for a pay raise assuming you know that you are bringing much more value to the company<\/li>\n<li>Switching Jobs \u2013 According to a survey from this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.humanresourcesonline.net\/3-4-malaysian-job-hoppers-expect-pay-raises-40\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">site<\/a>, those who stayed in the same company often get the shorter end of the stick when it comes to a pay increase. While frequent job hopping may give you huge pay jumps in a short period of time, it may leave a black mark in your resume in the long run. Thus, it is best to exercise caution and do it within reasonable bounds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Start a Side Hustle<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Owning a business can be a real eye opener. You will deal with issues you normally would not deal with when working for someone else.<\/p>\n<p>From how to incorporate, to balancing the books, to developing a business plan and managing cash flow \u2014 there\u2019s always something new to learn.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, it does not cost an arm and leg to start an online business in this digital age as compared to a traditional business where you need to fork out huge chunks of money for rental and labour costs etc.<\/p>\n<p>And touchwood &#8211; if you should lose your job, you still have a Plan B waiting for you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Turn your Junk into Ka-ching $$<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Look around your house for items you no longer use; chances are you may have lots of items still in good condition and able to be sold for some cash. All you need is a free account in online marketplaces such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mudah.my\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">http:\/\/www.mudah.my<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/sg.carousell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">https:\/\/sg.carousell.com\/<\/a> and you are on your way to make some quick bucks.<\/p>\n<p>On a side note, you should not be-little how much you can earn for this. As the saying goes: <em>\u201cOne man&#8217;s trash is another man&#8217;s treasure\u201d. <\/em>Who knows if you can luck out and sell off something worth 10x the original price?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a limit to how much you can save but there is none when it comes to making money. There are a few ways to potentially do that: Boost your Salary If you are a salaried worker (like what 99% of the population out there), there are 2 possible ways to increase your pay: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}