Money Making Ideas: Smart Ways to Increase Your Income

Summary: We could all use some extra money, and there are lots of ways to make it. We found the best money making ideas and smart ways to increase your income.<br> At a certain point, you can’t save any more money; there just isn’t anything left to cut. And really, saving money is not nearly as impactful as making more. So whether you want to increase your income to <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/pay-off-your-debt/">pay off debt,</a> <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/how-to-save-for-a-house-fast/">save for a home,</a> <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/ways-to-save-money/">take a vacation,</a> or <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/mr-money-mustache/">retire early</a>, we have ways to do it. Here are our favorite money making ideas.<br> Your Career<br> You are already spending a big chunk of your day at your job so you might as well get the most out of it you can.<br> Fill The Voids<br> People get hired to do certain things, but they don’t always do all of those things. Every job has parts that no one wants to do. Look around your workplace and identify those jobs, even better if they are things your boss doesn’t want to do, and start doing them.<br> And don’t wait to be asked to do them, just dive in and do them. Doing the scut work is what makes you indispensable at a job.<br> Know Your Worth<br> You’ve been filling the voids, and nothing is happening. Everyone is grateful, but no one is promoting you or giving you a raise. It’s time to start looking for a new opportunity. In fact, you should always be looking for a new opportunity even if you are 100% happy with your current job.<br> The average raise within a company is a measly 3%. The raise when you move to a new company is 15-20%. If you’re not sure how much you should be making you can check out sites like <a href="https://www.payscale.com/">PayScale</a> to find out.<br> Linkedin is probably the best way to find a job or a recruiter who gets paid to get you a job.<br> Negotiate<br> Once you find that new job, you have to <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/how-to-negotiate-with-skill-not-force/">negotiate.</a> Too many people just accept whatever is offered, afraid that if they dare to ask for more the potential employer will just revoke the offer and hire someone else.<br> But they want you. You’ve made it to the point of being offered a salary because they want to hire you. If you’ve never been on the other side of a job search, it sucks. It’s a pain in the ass. It doesn’t suck as much as looking for a job, but it’s close.<br> That means you are not some supplicant grateful for whatever you can get. No, you are in a strong position. The other side expects you to negotiate, that’s how this whole thing works. They give you an offer, you counter, and you go back and forth until both parties are happy.<br> Time for a Change<br> If you not only don’t like the job you are in but don’t like the industry you are in either, you can do something else. You might need to improve your skills or learn an entirely new set of skills, but you can do it.<br> A listener who drove trucks for a living decided he wanted a change. He was tired of working such long hours, being away from home so much and just making average money. So he went to coding boot camp.<br> Fast forward about two years and the guy is making four or five times what he was making driving trucks and doing something he never dreamed of doing.<br> Now more than ever there are opportunities, often free opportunities to learn new skills that can put you on the path to an <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/work-from-home-jobs/">entirely new career</a>. Americans watch five hours of television a day. If you don’t like where you are in your career, you can use those hours to learn something that will allow you to pivot.<br>