Pesaing Ali Baba, Lazada...Apa Kelebihan Shopee?

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OLEH: MOHD EZLI MASHUT

BISNES ONLINE: Kini platform eDagang terkemuka Asia Tenggara dan Taiwan terus mengorak langkah dan mendepani arus persaingan sengit pasaran membeli belah atas talian.

Menggunakan potensi pasaran pembelian menggunakan aplikasi telefon berbanding menggunakan komputer menjadi sandaran terbaik kerana masa kini lebih ramai pengguna menggunakan telefon mencari maklumat dan pelbagai kegunaan lain berbanding komputer.

Sejak 2015, Shopee terus berkembang ke Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam serta Filipina.

BACA: Shopee Tawar Lebih RM1 Juta !

https://ezli007.blogspot.my/2018/01/wow-shopee-giving-out-more-than-rm1.html

Shopee melaporkan pembeli Malaysia telah membeli lebih 500,000 barangan melalui promosi besar-besaran merentasi enam juta produk semasa tawaran "Tawaran 12.12 Mega", "Jualan Mengejutkan" dan "Upsized Mall Highlights" yang merupakan sebahagian daripada perayaan jualan ulang tahunnya pada 2017 lalu.

Untuk rekod pada 2017, Shopee merekodkan dagangan kasar (GMV) bernilai AS$5 bilion (RM20.05 bilion) yang disumbangkan dari tujuh pasaran di rantau Asia Tenggara.

Sehingga kini (Januari 2018) lebih kurang lima juta pengguna memuat turun aplikasi Shopee.

Shopee juha hadir di tujuh pasaran, iaitu Malaysia, Singapura, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Filipina dan Taiwan dengan 40 juta muat turun. 

Shopee adalah platform yang disesuaikan untuk Asia Tenggara, menggabungkan pasaran pelanggan kepada pelanggan dengan pembayaran dan sokongan logistik, membuat pembelian dalam talian.

Syarikat itu juga telah mencapai lebih daripada US $ 3 bilion (RM13 bilion) dalam GMV tahunan di tujuh pasaran pada separuh pertama tahun 2017.

Shopee juga dilihat sentiasa bekerjasama rapat dengan usahawan dan jenama yang memasarkan produk menggunakan platformnya.

Shopee dilihat sebagai aplikasi nombor satu yang sentiasa dimuat turun dan kami berharap perkembangan ini berterusan sekali gus memberi pengalaman beli-belah dalam talian terbaik kepada masyarakat di negara ini.

Shopee berusaha meningkatkan kualiti hidup pengguna dan perniagaan di rantau ini menerusi teknologi serta menyediakan pengalaman beli-belah yang mudah, pantas dan boleh dipercayai.

Sebelum ini, Nestle memilih Shopee, pasaran pertama yang pertama di Asia Tenggara dan Taiwan sebagai rakan kongsi membeli-belah dalam talian terbaharu.

TAGS: Shopee, E-Dagang, E-Commerce

WOW! Shopee Giving Out More Than RM1 Million

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ONLINE SHOPPING: Starting on 15 January until 25 February 2018, Shopee will launch a new "Wang with Shopee" Campaign for the upcoming festive Chinese New Year celebration for Malaysians. 

Shopee, Southeast Asia and Taiwan’s leading e-commerce platform is organising its ‘Wang with Shopee’ bonanza campaign until February 25.

In a statement, Shopee said during the campaign, online patrons stood a chance to receive more than RM1 million in prizes including coins and vouchers, and over 20,000 golden tickets daily.

Photo: Shopee

Shopee is partnering more than 60 leading brands from Shopee Mall, including PETRONAS, Reckitt Benckiser, L’Oreal, OPPO, Super, Watsons, Nestle, Unilever, Tommee Tippee, Deerma, Photobook, and Xixili to offer massive promotions and discounts of up to 90% off. For more information, visit ‘Wang with Shopee’ official website here.  

According to BERNAMA NEWS AGENCY, Shopee’s regional managing director, Ian Ho said the company had partnered with more than 60 leading brands in offering a wide selection of products to suit the needs of every household member.

“Chinese New Year is one of the biggest celebrations in a multicultural country like Malaysia. For this celebration, Shopee provides a wide selection of products ranging from Health & Beauty; Home & Living; Fashion; Groceries; Toys, Kids & Babies; Mobile & Gadgets and more to suit the needs of every member in the household.

“With the great bargains we are offering, ‘Wang with Shopee’ campaign will definitely bring more excitement this festive season,” he said. 

SOURCE: BERNAMA

TAGS: SHOPEE, RM1Million, CNY, Wang With Shopee

Ex-CIA Arrested On Espionage Act Charge

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WASHINGTON — Justice Department said on Tuesday a former C.I.A. officer suspected of helping China identify the agency’s informants in that country has been arrested.

NEW YORK TIMES reported many of the informants were killed in a systematic dismantling of the C.I.A.’s spy network in China starting in 2010 that was one of the American government’s worst intelligence failures in recent years, several former intelligence officials have said.

The arrest of the former agent, Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 53, capped an intense F.B.I. investigation that began around 2012 after the C.I.A. began losing its informants in China. 

Mr. Lee was at the center of a mole hunt in which some intelligence officials believed that he had betrayed the United States but others thought that the Chinese government had hacked the C.I.A.’s covert communications used to talk to foreign sources of information.

Still other former intelligence officials have also argued that the spy network might have been crippled by a combination of both, as well as sloppy tradecraft by agency officers in China. 

The counterintelligence investigation into how the Chinese managed to hunt down American agents was a source of friction between the C.I.A. and F.B.I.

Mr. Lee, who left the C.I.A. in 2007 and was living in Hong Kong, was apprehended at Kennedy International Airport and charged in federal court in Northern Virginia with the unlawful retention of national defense information.

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In 2012, Mr. Lee returned to the United States with his family. F.B.I. agents investigating him searched his luggage during a pair of hotel stays, and found two small books with handwritten notes that contained classified information.

Prosecutors said that in the books, he had written down details about meetings between C.I.A. informants and undercover agents, as well as their real names and phone numbers.

More than a dozen C.I.A. informants were killed or imprisoned by the Chinese government. The extent to which the informant network was unraveled, reported last year by The New York Times, was a devastating setback for the C.I.A.

During those searches, which appear to have been conducted surreptitiously, FBI agents found two small books determined to contain information classified up to the “Top Secret” level that pertained to Lee’s CIA work.


“The datebook contained handwritten information pertaining to, but not limited to, operational notes from asset meetings, operational meeting locations, operational phone numbers, true names of assets, and covert facilities,” FBI Special Agent Kellie O’Brien said in an affidavit submitted on Saturday to a federal magistrate judge in Alexandria, Virginia. 

“The address book contained true names and phone numbers of assets and covert CIA employees, as well as the addresses of CIA facilities.”

SOURCE: NEW YORK TIMES/ THE POLITICO

Terlampau sejuk -62 Darjah Celsius, Termometer Gagal Berfungsi

The thermometer in Oymyakon stopped working shortly after temperatures reached -62C CREDIT:INSTAGRAM/@SIVTSEVA9452

GLOBAL: Sejuk sehingga penyukat suhu gagal berfungsi . Begitulah yang berlaku di sebuah kawasan di Siberia apabila suhu terlampau sejuk dicatatkan. 

Termometer yang diletakkan di Oymyakon sebuah puat peranginan gagal berfungsi selepas mencatatkan rekod -62 darjah Celsius minggu ini.

Omyakon didiami kira-kira 50 penghuni terletak 750 meter paras laut dan mempunyai siang kira-kira tiga jam pada Disember dan sehingga 21 jam pada musim panas.

Sementara itu Siberian Times melaporkan suhu tempatan dicatatkan serendah sehingga -67 darjah celsius mencapai rekod paling sejuk -67.7 celsius pada Februari 1933.

Suhu itu adalah paling rendah dicatatkan di luar Antartika yang didiami manuasia.

Untuk rekod suhu paling sejuk pernah dicatatkan apabila satelit NASA merekodkan suhu -94.7 celsius di timur Antartika pada 2013.

SUMBER: THE TELEGRAPH

Saudi City of Madinah Experiences 2.5 Magnitude Earthquake

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MADINAH, Saudi Arabia: The Holy City of Madinah experienced a 2.5 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, engineer Hani Zahran of the Saudi Geological Society.

Arab News reported the center of the earthquake was 14km north-west of Madinah at a depth of 7km below the surface.

City officials confirmed that there were no reports of damage from the earthquake.

A tweet from the Saudi Geological Survey:
سجلت محطات الرصد الزلزالي التابعة للهيئة هزة أرضية ظهر اليوم 29 ربيع الآخر 1439 هـ الموافق 16 يناير 2018 م الساعة الثانية وتسع وخمسون دقيقة بالتوقيت المحلي بقوة 2.5 درجة على مقياس ريختر وتبعد مسافة 14 كم شمال غرب المدينة المنورة، وتم الشعور بالهزة في المناطق القريبة من الهزة.

— هيئة المساحة الجيولوجية السعودية (@SgsOrgSa) January 16, 2018

Tariq Aba Al-Khail, a spokesman for the General Authority for Meteorology and Environmental Protection, said that the tremor was "weak and not dangerous", noting that small tremors occur often in the Kingdom.


SOURCE: ARAB NEWS

AFC U23: Sejarah Tercipta, Pertama Kali Layak Ke Suku Akhir

photo: AFC

SUKAN: Biarpun pada awalnya ramai menganggap Malaysia bakal pulang awal dalam saingan Piala Asia Bawah 23 Tahun namun segalanya berubah apabila pasukan itu menewaskan Arab Saudi 1-0.

Pasukan Bawah 22 Tahun Malaysia melakar sejarah tersendiri apabila mara ke saingan suku akhir Piala Asia Bawah 23 Tahun yang kini berlangsung di China.

Skuad Datuk Ong Kim Swee itu mencatat kemenangan 1-0 ke atas Arab Saudi dalam perlawanan terakhir bagi saingan Kumpulan C.

Keputusan itu juga melayakkan pasukan negara bersama Iraq apabila menewaskan Jordan 1-0.

Pada perlawanan di Stadium Kunshan ini, gol tunggal negara hadir menerusi jaringan Danial Amier Norhisham pada minit ke-28.

Sebelum ini, skuad negara mencatat seri 1-1 ke atas Jordan manakala tewas 4-1 pada perlawanan pertama kepada Iraq 10 Januari lalu.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/intS0vWp9vQ

Senarai pemain:

ARAB SAUDI: Amin Al-Bukhari, Mohammed Al-Baqawi, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Ali Lajami, Hamdan Al-Shamrani, Abdullah Al-Khaibri, Sultan Al-Farhan (Abdulaziz Al-Aryani 60’), Abdullah Al-Joui (Mujahid Al-Mania 83’), Rakan Al-Anaze, Fahad Al-Rashidi, Jaber Asiri.

MALAYSIA: Haziq Nadzli, Dominic Tan, Irfan Zakaria, Adam Nor Azlin, Matthew Davies, Nor Azam Azih (Syamer Kutty Abba 70’), Danial Amier, Syazwan Andik, Akhyar Rashid (Akif Syahiran 83’), Safawi Rasid, R. Kogileswaran (Jafri Firdaus Chew 46’).


Daniel Teglia: Saudi Arabia head coach


"I think all of us saw that Malaysia created very few goal scoring occasions, only one in the game. We were calm in the game but we didn’t take the opportunity to convert the chances into goals. I want to say congratulations to the Malaysia team and wish them the best of luck. What we had to do we didn’t do it exactly and that was convert the chances into goals. In some moments we were nervous and the passing wasn’t good in the game. We didn’t make good use of the time we had."


Ong Kim Swee: Malaysia head coach


It’s a good result, the boys showed courage and determination and that has brought us to the quarter-finals. I don’t want to talk about how we played, because in these situations the result is the most important thing. I’m very satisfied in terms of the result and to get into the quarter-finals. That’s history for us and we have shown we are bunch of players who can play."

SOURCE: AFC

FAKTA: 10 Syarikat Penerbangan Terbaik Asia 2017

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SETIAP tahun, laman web pengguna penerbangan, Skytrax mengeluarkan senarai syarikat penerbangan terbaik di dunia.

Ranking Skytrax dibuat berdasarkan tanggapan 19.87 juta pelancong dari 105 negara yang berbeza.

Kaji selidik yang meliputi lebih daripada 325 syarikat penerbangan, menilai prosedur dari sebelum pelepasan, keselesaan kerusi sehinggalah kualiti perkhidmatan.

Berikut adalah 10 syarikat penerbangan terbaik Asia:


10- Thai Airways

Pada 2017, Thai Airways memenangi anugerah Kelas Ekonomi Terbaik Dunia, Katering Kelas Ekonomi Terbaik Dunia dan Kemudahan Spa Penerbangan Terbaik Dunia.

9- Garuda Indonesia

Syarikat dari Indonesia ini telah melaksanakan pembaharuan pesawat dan langkah-langkah penambahbaikan perkhidmatan untuk mendapatkan semula kepercayaan penumpang dan pengendali keselamatan.

Pada 2017, atendan penerbangan Garuda membawa pulang anugerah untuk Krew Kabin Terbaik di Dunia untuk tahun kedua berturut-turut.

8- Hainan Airlines

Ditubuhkan pada 1993, Hainan merupakan satu-satunya syarikat penerbangan China yang memegang penarafan lima bintang Skytrax. Dalam tempoh tiga tahun yang singkat, syarikat penerbangan itu melonjak dari tempat ke-22 ke kedudukan 10 terbaik. Hainan berkembang pesat di seluruh Asia, Eropah, dan Australia.

Penilai di Skytrax memuji syarikat penerbangan itu untuk perkhidmatan kelas perniagaannya.

Hainan juga memenangi anugerah untuk Syarikat Penerbangan Terbaik dan Perkhidmatan Kakitangan Penerbangan Terbaik di China.

7 - Etihad Airways

Pada tahun 2017, Etihad merangkul anugerah untuk Kelas Pertama Terbaik Dunia, Kerusi Kelas Pertama Terbaik dan Katering Kelas Pertama Terbaik pada tahun kedua berturut-turut.

6 - Eva Air

EVA Air dari Taiwan ditubuhkan pada tahun 1989 dan merupakan cabang dari gergasi kontena Evergreen Group. Syarikat yang berpangkalan di Taipei ini telah berkembang dengan pesat dalam dua dekad yang lalu dan kini mengendalikan sebuah pesawat besar Airbus dan Boeing. Syarikat penerbangan itu dipuji sebagai perintis kabin ekonomi premium.

EVA juga mendapat anugerah Kabin Penerbangan Paling Bersih Terbaik Dunia dan Kemudahan Keselesaan Kelas Perniagaan Terbaik.

5- Cathay Pacific Airways

Walaupun Cathay Pacific, yang berpusat di Hong Kong ini jatuh satu anak tangga dari tahun lepas, ia masih mengekalkan kedudukannya sebagai salah sebuah syarikat penerbangan paling dihormati dari negara Rim Pasifik. 

Dengan pesawat jet Boeing 777-300ER jarak jauh dan strategi perniagaan yang berpusat kepada tawaran penerbangan berkelajuan tinggi, Cathay merupakan salah satu pengalaman penerbangan terbaik di Asia.

Pengulas Skytrax memberikan markah yang tinggi untuk keselesaan kerusi, kualiti perkhidmatan dan hiburan dalam penerbangan.

4- Emirates

Sepanjang 30 tahun lalu, Emirates yang berpangkalan di Dubai telah berkembang menjadi salah satu pengangkutan jarak jauh utama dunia. 

Beroperasi secara eksklusif menerusi hab palatialnya di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Dubai, syarikat penerbangan itu menawarkan pesawat terbesar di dunia, superjumbo Airbus A380 dan jet lebar Boeing 777.

Sistem hiburan dalam penerbangan Emirates termasuk pelbagai pilihan pilihan video dan muzik apabila diminta dan juga televisyen dan acara sukan secara langsung dalam pesawat menarik perhatian penumpang.

Malah, Emirates telah membawa pulang penghargaan Skytrax untuk Hiburan Terbaik Dalam Penerbangan selama 13 tahun.

3- All Nippon Airways (ANA)

ANA terus maju ke arah kedudukan teratas. ANA adalah syarikat penerbangan antarabangsa terbesar di Jepun dan 'rumah' kepada salah satu pesawat Boeing 787 Dreamliners terbesar di dunia. ANA mendapat pujian yang tinggi dari pengulas Skytrax untuk kebersihan, perkhidmatan dan keselamatan.

Kebanyakan pesawatnya mempunyai ciri-ciri tempat duduk yang memberikan privasi keseluruhan, termasuk saluran USB walaupun dalam kelas ekonomi.

2- Singapore Airlines

Perkhidmatan menyerlah syarikat Singapura ini menjadikan perjalanan anda sangat menyenangkan yang mana para atendan penerbangan dilatih untuk melayan dan menghormati pelanggan sebaik mungkin. TV peribadi dengan banyak pilihan hiburan dan tuala panas yang diberikan sebelum berlepas antara beberapa faedah kelas ekonomi.

Berpangkalan di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Changi, ia adalah salah satu kemudahan terbaik di dunia dan telah dinamakan oleh Skytrax sebagai Lapangan Terbang Terbaik di Dunia lima tahun berturut-turut.

Syarikat penerbangan ini juga membawa pulang anugerah untuk Syarikat Penerbangan Terbaik di Asia, Kerusi Penerbangan Kelas Perniagaan Terbaik dan Katering Ekonomi Premium Terbaik.

1- Qatar Airways

Selepas jatuh ke tempat kedua tahun lepas, Qatar Airways kembali di tempat teratas untuk 2017.

Syarikat penerbangan yang berpangkalan di Doha itu menerima pujian daripada pengulas untuk keselesaan kerusi dan hiburan dalam penerbangan kedua terbaik. Syarikat penerbangan itu menghubungkan lebih 150 destinasi di seluruh dunia.

Qatar juga memenangi anugerah untuk Penerbangan Terbaik di Timur Tengah, Kelas Perniagaan Terbaik Dunia dan Lounge Penerbangan Kelas Pertama Terbaik.

SUMBER: Business Insider

Apa Berita Antarabangsa Menarik 16 JAN?

Sepanyol Destinasi Pelacongan ke-2 dunia

PELANCONGAN: Sepanyol menerima kehadiran kira-kira 82 juta pelancong pada 2017 sekaligus mencabar kedudukan Amerika Syarikat (AS) sebagai destinasi pelancongan kedua di dunia.

Ketua Pertubuhan Pelancongan Dunia Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (UNWTO), Zurab Pololikashvili memaklumkan, manakala Perancis kekal di tempat pertama.

Agensi Berita Antarabangsa AFP melaporkan beliau bagaimanapun tidak memberi maklumat lanjut tentang kedudukan AS.

Malah beliau juga tidak menjelaskan kedudukan Sepanyol itu walaupun negara itu menjadi sasaran serangan pengganas pada Ogos tahun lalu dan melalui krisis kemerdekaan dari Catalonia yang merupakan tarikan pelancongan utama di negara berkenaan.

Namun kata Pololikashvili, statistik yang tepat akan dikeluarkan pada musim bunga nanti. 


UAE Tuduh Qatar 'Pintas' 2 Pesawat Awam

ABU DHABI: Emiriah Arab Bersatu (UAE) menuduh musuhnya, Qatar menggunakan pesawat pejuang untuk `memintas’ dua kapal terbang penumpang yang dalam penerbangan ke Bahrain hari ini.

Agensi Berita Antarabangsa AFP melaporkan Qatar menafikan tenteranya memintas kapal terbang penumpang yang pertama dan mendakwa UAE membuat tuduhan palsu namun sehingga kini tiada penafian dilakukan terhadap kejadian kedua.

Menurut kenyataan yang disiarkan oleh agensi berita kerajaan UAE, Pihak Berkuasa Penerbangan Awam (GCAA) negara ini telah menerima mesej dari sebuah kapal terbang tempatan pagi ini bahawa sebuah kapal terbang yang melakukan penerbangan rutin ke Manama telah dipintas oleh pesawat pejuang terbabit.

`Ini mencetuskan ancaman serius terhadap penerbangan awam dan jelas sama sekali melanggar undang-undang antarabangsa, ’’ lapor agensi itu.

Tegas Qatar, kapal terbang berkenaan melakukan penerbangan rutin yang mematuhi peraturan.

Katanya, kapal terbang kedua dipintas ketika dalam penerbangan ke lapangan terbang antarabangsa Bahrain.

UAE mempunyai empat syarikat penerbangan yang melakukan penerbangan ke Bahrain iaitu Emirates, Etihad, flydubai dan Air Arabia. 


Ribuan Penduduk Berdepan Bahaya Gunung Berapi Mayon

MANILA : Ribuan penduduk yang tinggal berhampiran Gunung Berapi Mayon melarikan diri daripada rumah masing-ma­sing ketika lahar mengalir keluar daripada gunung berapi itu hari ini dalam kejadian yang disifatkan pakar sebagai letusan senyap.

Pakar gunung berapi turut memberi amaran aliran lahar itu mendorong kepada letupan berbahaya dalam tempoh beberapa hari lagi.

Institut Gunung Berapi Negara berkata, lahar mengalir perlahan dari kawasan Gunung Berapi Ma­yon bersama awan debu yang menjulang 1,000 meter ke udara.

Lebih 12,000 penduduk diarahkan berpindah meninggalkan zon bahaya tujuh kilometer di sekitar kawah ketika pegawai memberi amaran akan potensi aliran lahar dan asap toksik.

“Secara teknikal, gunung berapi itu sedang meletup tetapi letusan itu agak senyap. Ia mungkin meningkat kepada satu letusan berbahaya,” kata pakar penyelidikan sains di Institut Volkanologi dan Seismologi Filipina (Phivolcs), Paul Alanis.

Alanis berkata, letupan berbahaya bermakna letusan lahar atau pancuran batu panas dan gas boleh bergerak pada kelajuan 60 kilometer sejam.

Menurut Ketua pejabat pertahanan awam wilayah, Caludio Yucot, agak berbahaya bagi keluarga untuk terus kekal dalam kawasan itu dan menghirup abu.

“Ini kerana hujan berterusan sejak minggu lalu, serpihan mendap pada lereng Mayon boleh mengakibatkan aliran lahar.

“Jika hujan tidak berhenti, ia boleh menjadi bahaya kepada penduduk,” katanya.

Gunung Berapi Mayon setinggi 2,460 meter terletak 330 kilo­meter barat daya Manila merupakan satu tarikan pelancong di Filipina.

Ia dianggap sebagai gunung berapi paling aktif di negara ini.

Mayon kali terakhir meletus pada tahun 2014 menyaksikan 63,000 penduduk berpindah daripada rumah mereka.

“Kami percaya lahar gunung berapi itu lebih cair berbanding 2014 dan bermakna aliran lahar boleh menuruni lereng dengan lebih cepat,” ketua Phivolcs, Renato Solidum. – AFP

SUMBER BERITA: AFP

The Best Strategies To Ask For A Raise, Earn More Income

PHOTO: TIME.COM

BY: MOHD EZLI MASHUT

GREAT TIPS & ADVICE: Negotiating salary is an incredibly complex and emotional endeavor. The first thing anyone asking for a salary increase should think about is why they're asking for it.

Before you ask for more money, take a moment to make sure you're asking for the right reasons.

1. Do Your Homework & Research

Do some market research to determine what others your industry currently earn at your position. Before any salary negotiation, conduct background research to determine your market value. You need to have a solid foundation for the request and realistic expectations.

Researchers at Columbia Business School found that it’s best to give a precise number instead of a round number because it makes the person seem informed.  

They found that people who gave a precise number were more likely to get conciliatory counter offers. 

Instead of saying you want $60,000 or $65,000 ask for $63,500. It’s also helpful to know the average raise is between one and five percent. You don’t want to suggest a number that is completely unrealistic.


2. Show Them What You're Worth

Keep a journal, list, or spreadsheet of your daily task and accomplishment. Use this documentation as evidence to support your assertion that you're valuable to the company and worthy a salary increase.

Start the conversation on a positive note, and explain how much you like working for your manager and the company. Then explain what you want to do in the future, and how you plan to contribute to grow the business.


3.  Focus On Why You Deserve It 

Based on your industry research, your responsibilities and your accomplishments, determine the salary you feel you deserve in advance of meeting with your bos. Be ready to back up your request with spesifics about your performance, KPI and accomplishment.

The best approach to asking for a raise is to focus on deserving one versus needing one. Too often, people argue that a raise is important because of very real costs in their lives, however, an employer is looking to give raises to people based on performance.

Everyone would like to make more money, but don’t bring up personal reasons like your rent increasing, needing to plan an expensive birthday party for your dog or your vacation to Hawaii. Stick to discussing your performance and impact.


4. Demonstrate Your Accomplishments And Added Value

Share examples of projects you have completed and how they’ve positively impacted the business. Was there an increase in revenue? Did you save a customer? 

If you’ve received positive feedback from colleagues or other leaders regarding your work, be prepared to share that with your manager as well. 
These are not only good indicators of your contributions, but also of your future potential.

Numbers are very convincing: Include statistics and measurable data wherever possible. Instead of saying you doubled monthly sales, say that you grew monthly sales by 50 percent, a difference of $500,000.


5. Share Your Goals And Ask For Feedback.

Have an honest and open conversation with your manager. “If you've been in your current role for at least six months, then in a non-pushy or self-serving way, have a conversation with your supervisor to let them know that, while your first priority is to excel in your current role, your long-term goal is to advance and that you want to make sure you're doing everything that you can to set yourself up for success.

Ask for their recommendations on how you can improve in your current role and what you can do to position yourself well for the next role.

Photo: PINTEREST

So what should you do? Before you ask for a raise:

1. Become, without question, the absolute best performer in your position. Don't just be good. Be great. Be so great that everyone knows how outstanding you are. Make it go without saying.

2. Be the person who comes in early... and gets right to work. Don't sit and organize your thoughts. Don't get a jump on your email. Don't "ease into" your day. Instead of taking care of your stuff, do something visibly worthwhile for the company. Take care of unresolved problems from the day before. 

Set things up so it's easier for other employees to hit the ground running when they arrive. Chip away at an ongoing project others have ignored.

Don't just be the one who turns on the lights -- be the one who gets in early and gets things done. Not only will you stand out, the example you set may soon spread.

3. Create your own side project. Excelling at an assigned project is expected. Excelling at a side project makes you stand out. The key is to take a risk with a project and make sure your company or customers don't share that risk.

4. Don't just raise issues. Solve problems. Plenty of people take verbal stands. Fewer take a stand and put effort behind their opinions. Instead of simply showing everyone how smart you are by pointing out a flaw, fix it.

5. Be the last person who knows about the latest gossip. Not only do employees who create a culture of gossip waste time better spent on productive conversations, but they also cause other people to respect their co-workers a little less... and great leaders never do anything that diminishes the dignity or respect of any employee.

6. Be the person who drives important results. No matter what the business, one or two things truly drive results. Maybe it's quality. Maybe it's service. Maybe it's being the low-cost provider. Maybe it's making a personal connection each individual customer.

7. Do the next job. Most people wait to get a raise before they'll consider working harder. The smart approach is to work harder and earn the raise.


What to Expect After You Have Asked for a Raise. Be Prepared For: NO

Even though you really want to know right away, don't expect an immediate answer. Your manager, unless you're at a very small company, may not have the authority to give you a pay raise even if he or she wants to. It will probably need to be discussed with Human Resources and/or other company managers.

Don't feel badly if your request is turned down. There simply may not be money in the budget for pay increases, regardless of how well deserved your raise may be.

Remember timing is key, know when to ask for a raise. GOOD LUCK!, TRY THE BEST!.


REFERENCES:
1. The Forbes
2. BOOK: 13 Things They Won'nt Tell You
3. www.inc.com
4. www.thebalance.com
5. www.salary.com

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