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17 SCENARIOS THAT ARE TOO REAL FOR NIGERIAN BLOGGERS

1. When you are invited for a meeting and you get prepped, drive all the way from mainland to the island, discuss […]

July 16, 2016
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1.
When you are invited for a meeting and you get prepped, drive all the way from mainland to the island, discuss ideas and then when it comes to budget they say “sorry we don’t have a budget”

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When a brand offers to pay you in “backlinks” and “social media shout outs”!

3.

When people send you links of a blog/website that has copied your posts/photos without giving credit.

Ole Jati Jati
4.
…And then they ignore the mail you send to address the situation. Wehdone!
Oh Kare!
5. 
When you are about to take a photo and the security man acts like you brought out a gun instead of a phone.
Ahn ahn…eeees it not ordinary photo?
6. 
When your family and friends want to eat before you’ve taken the perfect instagram photo 
7.
And they remind you that you have been blogging for many years and yet cannot afford a banana island mansion.
8. 
When Nigerian bloggers get together to discuss the challenges of blogging in Nigeria and how money slow to enter.
9. 
When your hair is laid and make up isn’t runny even under 40 degrees of heat . 
10.
When someone asks you what kind of rubbish career is blogging and why you’re wasting your time?
But you still want me to tweet about your business abi?
11.
When you see your post/video on Bella Naija-Mama I made it!

12.
…But then the post gets some unwarranted bad comments. Sigh

13. 
When a brand offers to send you free stuff + pays due compensation.

14.

When friends and friends of friends request that you post stuff for free on your blog because…”what are friends for”?  and you tell them you’ll think about it.

Still thinking about it 

15. 
When your 7 minute video tells you “10 hours remaining to get uploaded on YouTube”

16. 
When you respond to an advert enquiry and they want to pay N5,000 instead of the N20, 000 you quoted.

17.
But you try to negotiate because at all at all naim bad pass .

Did I miss anything?

0 thoughts on “17 SCENARIOS THAT ARE TOO REAL FOR NIGERIAN BLOGGERS”

  1. Hahaha!! Omg! That woman with her dropped jaw got me ROFL! LOL
    And that decision to pay you less than a quater of what you quoted ticks me off e'ery darn time.
    That Number 17 though.. LOL!! Yelz, at all at all Na im bad pass..
    Hehehe

    We gon make it!!!!

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  4. Hahahahahaha this blogpost is the Realesttttttt. *tears*

    When they want to pay you $12 for banner for one month…or 'free shipping worth $20' of some deadass clothes.

    When you give 50% discount and they ask you one hour after payment where their post is.

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  6. Hey, it's just like any other job! Ups,downs and work,work,work. But, if you actually enjoy it then I will say it's all good.Huh?😆

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  12. One thing I adore about you is your style of writing,very simple and communicating.Your sense of humor will always make me read your content no matter how long.

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  13. I swear! The 1 about the security man is me at the market pretending that I'm watching a movie on my phone but actually vlogging that s***. That free ad own sef. As if we don't pay for Internet. No. 15 me last week. I waited for the vlog to upload o! When it got to 100% d next big talk was. Processing. After waiting from 6pm to 3am? I just said if I wait for it to process and don't get any sleep? God won't forgive me. Oh! Fix it! Chineke Nnam ��

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  17. Sisi, ohhhh your blog makes me laugh like a mumu. I can relate o. Though not a blogger. Sisi yemmie for president! You can make someone's mood go from 0-100 real quick

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  27. LMAOOOO
    My dad does #7 to me! Even before the house, when Linda bought her Range Rover (or sha, big car), he called me like see, what are you doing with yourself?
    Hilarious, and very real. After all these years, you're still one of my faves! <3
    Thank you for this today. I was really thinking about just giving up trying to make money from my blog, so its good to know I'm not alone in the struggz.

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  29. So true!!!

    Numbers 2,3,4 & 16 had me laughing out loud. Nigerian brands though. Sigh* I always say if you value a shoutout from me then you should be willing to pay me.

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  42. Girrrrrrrllllllllllllll, I have no experience with blogging IN Nigeria, but I have written about my experience here. Some people just don't understand that blogging is actual work. I tire.

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  45. hahahaha lol, number 3,4,5 and 7 got me rik cracking, that number 3 enhhh!! "she said ole jati jati" lol, I can't stop laughing
    by the way you blog is addictive ma. welldone

    naija

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  51. lmao rings true Sisi Yemmie… some do not realise the work that goes into blogging … this made me laugh hard almost thought I was on Zikoko. Great job

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  53. LMAO,

    Seriously, this is funny but very true. Imagine when they ask you what you do for a living, what will say? Blogging! They will look at you, like!, what is blogging? Is that one occupation, you better go and apply for job!

    Shout out all those bloggers making full time income.

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  58. This is amazing… "When people send you links of a blog/website that has copied your posts/photos without giving credit" This really get me angry!!! And the one that "Sponsor advert request for N5k for a N20k advert" and the moment you have to choice than to negotiate…

    I am feeling you Jare…

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  60. When you receive a mail asking for price of AD placement. And when you respond, they talk about getting into an Ad exchange collaboration.

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  69. hahahahaha! so so funny. still wondering how someone can be blogging for years but can't acquire a mansion in banana island.

    #this_one_weak_me

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  71. As innn. People can steal posts ehn! A top blog copied 4 of my articles without giving me credit. I sent them a mail, they ignored it. I dropped a comment on their blog, they won't publish it. I'm planning to report them to google.
    Hehehe also, people can price adverts ehn, advertising on my side bar is 10,000 monthly, a woman started with me from 2500 till we eventually ended up on 6000. Bloggers dey try ooo.
    http://www.oldnaija.com

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