The personal finance community often focuses on either reducing expenses or finding side hustles as the best avenues to increase saving rates. While these are both valid pursuits, they ignore what could be the easiest option of them all, making more money at your current job.

In order to do so, you’ll need to demonstrate the value you provide to your organization. In order to do that, you’re going to need to do something many of us are uncomfortable with: self promotion. It’s a difficult thing for many of us and doing so improperly can be very poorly received. Thankfully, the Smart Money Mamas can tell you how to self promote, without making it too shameless.