If a raise and promotion isn’t going to happen right now, ask for things beyond salary such as professional development opportunities or more vacation time.

Not why you need it.

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.

Command the tasks and responsibilities in your current role, then start solving the problems that your soon-to-be self would be working on.
The only way to effectively do this is through careful time management. Understand the core strategy of your organization, a...

Consistently exceed expectations in terms of your current role and job responsibilities. Take on more than expected, and manage these projects as well as your more senior colleagues.

Share your accomplishments early and often

... in which you are asking for something almost always go better if you've rehearsed in advance and have considered the many possible responses that you'll get to each of your requests, and how you'll address these responses. 

• Demonstrate that you have taken on additional responsibilities and provide specific details about your accomplishments. 
• 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 cust...