You Have Drafted That Raise Email Four Times. And Deleted It Four Times.
The word-for-word salary negotiation playbook: a researched number, a one-page case, and a scripted answer to every single thing your boss can say.
Built for Nigerian workplaces and for the diaspora in the UK, US and Canada.
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I have written about money and careers for years, and one pattern kept appearing in every conversation with professionals at home and abroad: the hardest-working people in the room were often the lowest paid, not because they lacked talent, but because nobody ever taught them how to ask.
School taught us how to pass exams. Our parents taught us to work hard and be grateful. Neither lesson covers the moment you sit across from your boss and need to say a number out loud without your voice shaking.
So I built the missing class: every script, every branch, every objection, so that you never improvise once. Then I found something that changed everything about how I saw this problem: the people who get paid properly are simply the ones the company had to price, because those ones asked.
You Have Already Tried the Things That Do Not Work
None of these failed because of you. They failed because they were never built for your exact situation.
✖Waiting to be noticed
Annual reviews came and went with 5 percent adjustments. Silence is priced as satisfaction.
✖Generic YouTube advice
All built for other job markets. "Just walk away" ignores your reality, your visa, and your oga.
✖Hinting to your manager
Corridor hints produce corridor answers: "we'll look into it," which is a no wearing a smile.
✖Half-hearted job applications
You froze when they asked "current salary?" and the new offer anchored to your old low number.
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Everything You Were Told About Asking for a Raise Is Wrong
Introducing The Say-the-Number System
Three moves, thirty days, zero improvisation. Every step produces something physical: a number, a page, a script card in your bag.
Calculate the Silence
Twenty minutes with the Silence Calculator produces your researched market rate and the five-year cost of never asking. This number is your fuel.
Build the One-Page Case
Four to six achievements translated into money language, your scope growth, and your market figure, on one page your boss absorbs in ninety seconds.
Run the Branching Scripts
The memorised opening, the silence rule, and a word-for-word answer to all six things a boss can say, including "if you're not happy, you can leave."
Everything above is a system I built page by page, script by script, worksheet by worksheet. So I put all of it inside one complete guide.
Introducing Say the Number
The script book for the raise you've been too afraid to ask for
Here is exactly what is waiting for you inside:
- The Silence Calculator: see exactly what not asking has cost you over 5 years (Part 1)
- The Corridor Trap: why informal asks always die, and the line that converts "let's talk sometime" into a real meeting (Part 1)
- The One-Page Evidence Case: a fill-in-the-blank grid that turns your work into money language (Part 2)
- Three meeting-request email tracks: traditional office, Nigerian startup, and abroad (Part 2)
- The full conversation script with the golden rule of silence (Part 2)
- Branching scripts for every response: "no budget," "revisit in six months," "be grateful," and the pressure test (Part 2)
- The new-job track: refusing the current-salary question gracefully, and the counter-offer line that moves HR (Part 2)
- Country tracks: NHS banding, Canadian pay grids, US total compensation (Part 2)
- The Wins Log and the two-weeks-after protocol, so you are never underpaid again (Part 3)
You do not need an MBA. You do not need to threaten to quit. You do not need to be naturally confident. You need a system that was built for exactly your situation, and that is what this is.
Week 1
Run the Silence Calculator and build your Evidence Case.
Week 2
Send the meeting request email. The meeting lands on the calendar.
Week 3
Say the number. Hold the silence. Run the scripts.
Ongoing
Fifteen minutes a month on the Wins Log. Your next ask writes itself.
Written by Margaret Jemituwi
Margaret Jemituwi is a journalist, content strategist and DBA student whose work has been featured in Forbes, Gulf News and CoinDesk. She writes about careers, money, and getting paid what you are worth, and built this playbook around the workplace realities that generic negotiation advice ignores.
She writes and answers messages on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/margaret-jemituwi
An honest note: this guide is a new release, which is exactly why the launch price exists. There are no invented reviews on this page. Every buyer is invited to send their result to margaretjemituwi@gmail.com, and real reader words will appear here as they arrive.
How the Playbook Compares
| Say the Number | Free scattered advice | Doing nothing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | N4,850 / $3.99 | Free, plus hours of searching | Free today, N6m over 5 years |
| Word-for-word scripts | ✔ | ✖ | ✖ |
| Built for your workplace culture | ✔ | ✖ | Not applicable |
| Printable tools included | ✔ | ✖ | ✖ |
| Time to first result | 20 minutes | Weeks of piecing together | Never |
| 30-day guarantee | ✔ | ✖ | Not applicable |
And You Are Not Buying the Guide Alone
Every copy comes with the three most-used tools from inside the guide, delivered as separate print-ready files so they live on your wall, in your bag, or on your phone lock screen.
The Objection Card
Every script on one printable page, formatted as They Say / You Say. Read it once more in the car before you walk in.
The Email Pack
All six copy-paste templates: three meeting requests, the 24-hour confirmation, the two-week follow-up, and the counter-offer email.
The Monthly Wins Log
The WhatsApp-note template that builds your next evidence case automatically, fifteen minutes a month.
The guide plus every tool, together, for N4,850 / $3.99 while the launch price lasts. Regular price N15,000 / $9.97.
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Prefer Amazon? Get the Kindle editionStill on the fence? I completely understand. Which is why I am taking all the risk away from you.
When you get Say the Number today, you have a full 30 days to go through everything, try the method, and see the results for yourself. That is 30 days of access to every page, every step, and every tool, with zero financial risk on your side.
If at any point within those 30 days you decide this is not for you, for any reason, or for no reason at all, simply send one email and you will receive a full refund. No questions. No forms to fill. No waiting. No awkward conversations. Just your money back, promptly and without fuss.
I can make this promise because this guide either delivers exactly what this page describes or it does not, and you are the judge of that. I would rather you decide with complete confidence than hesitate and stay stuck.
The only way you lose is if you do nothing.
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Two Versions of the Next Twelve Months
Without the Playbook
- Another review cycle ends with 5 percent and a thank-you-sir.
- Your next job offer anchors to today's low number.
- The draft email gets written and deleted a fifth time.
- The five-year silence figure keeps compounding quietly.
With the Playbook
- A researched number in hand by tonight, from the 20-minute calculator.
- A scheduled meeting and a one-page case that argues for you.
- A scripted answer to all six things your boss can say.
- A monthly ritual that makes every future ask easier than this one.
Your Questions, Answered
How is the product delivered?
Instantly, as a PDF download link sent to your email the moment payment is confirmed. The bonus tools arrive in the same delivery as separate print-ready files.
What device do I need?
Any phone. The guide and every worksheet were designed phone-first, and they read just as well on a laptop or tablet.
Do I need any prior experience?
None. The guide assumes you are starting exactly where you are and walks every step in plain language.
What is the refund policy?
A 30-day money-back guarantee. One email to margaretjemituwi@gmail.com within 30 days of purchase, full refund, no questions asked.
How quickly will I see results?
The Silence Calculator gives you your first result, your researched number and what silence has cost, within 20 minutes of opening the book. The full system runs over 30 days. The final decision always belongs to your employer, which is why the book also scripts what to do with every possible answer.
What makes this different from everything else I have tried?
It gives you exact words, not mindset. Separate script tracks exist for hierarchical Nigerian offices, Lagos startups, and workplaces in the UK, US and Canada, which is precisely what generic advice never covers.
Will this work for a complete beginner who has never negotiated?
It was written for exactly that person. You memorise one opening, print one card, and follow the branches. You never improvise.
Does it guarantee a raise?
No, and no honest product can, because the answer belongs to another person. What it guarantees is that you will never again sit in that meeting without words, and the 30-day refund covers you completely if the playbook is not what you hoped.
Why N4,850 / $3.99 and Not N15,000 / $9.97
This is a launch price, and it is real. The first wave of readers gets Say the Number at N4,850 / $3.99 because early readers help a new book find its people. Once that wave is in, the price returns to N15,000 / $9.97 and stays there.
You will not find a fake countdown timer on this page, and no invented number of "spots remaining." A PDF has no spots. What it has is a launch window, and when the window closes, the price changes. That is the whole truth of it.
If you are reading this while the launch price is still showing above, you are in the window.
If you close this page without acting
- ✖ The next review cycle arrives and you improvise again.
- ✖ The gap between you and your market rate compounds for another year.
- ✖ Someone less capable asks, and gets moved up ahead of you.
If you get the Playbook today
- ✔ You run the Silence Calculator tonight and finally see your number.
- ✔ The meeting request email goes out this week, from a template.
- ✔ You walk in with the Objection Card in your bag and nothing left to chance.
Become the Kind of Person Who Asks
Every month you wait, the anchor sinks deeper: your raises, your pension, and your next job's offer all price themselves off today's number.
Starting takes twenty minutes and a calculator worksheet. The words are already written. All that is missing is your figures.
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