Do Not Hesitate To Say NO To Family Members Who Don’t Want To Pay For Your Work – Gbemi O

Show host and OAP, Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi takes to her Twitter page to dish out business advice to creatives about dealing with family members and friends.  Gbemi O Olateru

In her tweet, the OAP advised creatives not o hesitate to turn down family and friends who won’t want to them for their work. She also recalled her experience with a family member who asked her to help her post a flyer on her IG page and refuse to remunerate her properly for using her platform to push her product.

Gbemi O tweeted;

Dear creatives, do not hesistate to say “NO” to family members / family friends who don’t want to pay for your work. When I was mc’ing weddings a few yrs ago – some aunties /uncles will say “Come & MC your cousins wedding” but wouldn’t want to pay. I’m not around Ma.
Makeup artistes/photographers/artistes suffer this too.
One said “Please help me post this flyer on your IG page.” I helped her the first time . The second time, she came again & said “Please help me post this on your page and send your Acct details – let me send you 20k for the weekend “ I didn’t reply. You’ve got jokes .

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