"Forget Social Media and Focus": Advice Flows In For Fish Pie Hawker To Use Fame To His Advantage

"Forget Social Media and Focus": Advice Flows In For Fish Pie Hawker To Use Fame To His Advantage

  • A social media influencer has issued a piece of advice to the viral fish pie hawker, Alax Evalsam
  • In a video, Gehgeh insisted that Alax should be able to use the current attention he is getting to his advantage
  • He said Alax should shun social media and focus on building a viable business such as an eatery

A social media influencer has told a viral fish pie hawker what to do to maximise advantage of the attention he is getting.

In a video he shared online, Gehgeh insisted that it would be great if Alax Evalsam shunned social media fame.

Man advises fish pie hawker.
Gehgeh said the fish pie hawker should build his business. Photo credit: TikTok/@official_gegeh and Alax Evalsam.
Source: TikTok

He said social media has a way of giving false hope and later dumping someone after the euphoria.

Gehgeh advised Alax, also referred to as Nawao, on the importance of focusing attention on building a tangible business.

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In his TikTok video, he noted that since Alax was now well known, he should use the fame to build an eatery business.

Gehgeh said if Alax built a business, many people would be eager to patronise him.

He warned that if Alax focused more on the social media attention he was getting, there was the tendency that he would be forgotten.

Watch the video below:

Reactions as man advises fish pie seller

@E~lla said:

"You get financial wisdom truly."

@RayXchange said:

"I haven’t been so excited about your tips but you see this one you said here I give you 10/10 you’re true a man of wisdom."

@Booboo_ng said:

"He should start a facebook page and monetize. Posting videos on social media about his business and BTS of the fish pie process would get him views."

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@Charlotte flair said:

"Shey naa everybody Dey carry for your own side."

@Nurse Isatech said:

"Your advice is really good. You are really expert."

Fish pie hawker shows where he lives

The Nigerian man who sells fish pie in the streets showed his social media followers where he lives.

The man said it is not true that he got financial help from superstar musician, David Adeleke, aka Davido.

He said if he had gotten money from Davido as claimed, he would have moved out of the house where he lives.

Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng

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