In the October 2008 issue of Money Magazine, Traci Higgins tells how she expanded her personal chef business.
Traci started off bringing food to clients’ homes and cooking in their kitchens, which is a common way that peronal chefs start out in the business. She spent hours driving all over town and going to multiple grocery [...]

This is a cool way to (effectively) earn more: Negotiate to work fewer hours and keep the same pay.
Emma did just this when, once again, she did not get a significant raise at her annual review. Emma works in a small office with a total of four employees. Her boss (the owner) said that though [...]

MFA or Bust shares her story of how she got more money for grad school by asking for it: Do not ask and you shall not receive.
A reader at Get Rich Slowly tells “How I gave myself a raise” by getting a competing offer and offering extra short-term work for his employer.
Free Money Finance gives [...]

A friend of mine, who I’ll call Sydney, recently got a raise and a promotion. I asked her how she got it,
especially since she just returned from maternity leave.
Sydney’s job has a lot of flexibility. She is paid by a large grant from a private company, but she does not interact with them on a [...]

This summer, a friend of mine, who I will call Jenny, needed to make some extra money to cover her tuition in the fall. Inspired by a class she took on goal setting, Jenny set the specific goal of how much she wanted to earn in the summer. Her job offer though, was less than [...]

Where I worked the past few summers, there is a “summer wage cap” determining the maximum amount a person can be paid during July and August. Last summer I was making less than this cap, so I asked for and received the difference ($2,800) with no hassle.
If there is a maximum amount you can possibly [...]