How I Get Big Names Like Patience Ozokwo, Mr Ibu to Act in My Skits - Zicsaloma

Nigerian skitmaker Isaac Aloma popularly known to many as Zicsaloma is a social media skitmaker, actor, singer, and influencer. Zicsaloma is known for his very funny characters and videos, and has been able to get a number of high profile celebrities to also appear in his skits. So many people from the likes of Patience Ozokwo to Mr Ibu to Bobrisky, who is notoriously hard to get for acting gigs, have made appearances in Zicsaloma's skits.

During a new interview with TVC, Zicsaloma opened up about how he is able to get these big names to feature in his skits, and also talked about the financial realities of being a skitmaker. Here is what Zicsaloma said.

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During his interview, Zicsaloma was asked "We caught up on some of your skits and we saw Patience Ozokwo in there, we saw Mr. Ibu in there. It's not easy getting the veterans in skits. So, tell us, how did that experience go, and then, are you paying these people to be in your skits?" He said:

ZICSALOMA: Most of them are paid actually, yes. It's just like calling them for any other job, like calling them for your movie. That's how skit is now. You know, there was a time when skit was seen as just child's play, but right now skit is on another level. So right now, calling them is just like calling them for a Nollywood job.

"So based on that, let me ask you about the business of skit making and social media. There's plenty of money to be made obviously because you people are building houses with pools, driving Benzes, buying one car after the other. Please abeg Zic, explain to us how exactly this works? When people see skitmakers making so much money, many people believe it's a lie. How exactly do you guys make all of these massive moneys?"

ZICSALOMA: Me I would have preferred them to keep believing it [laughs]. It will favor us more [laughs]. There is money online. You are reaching out to people and there are so many paid platforms and if your content is doing really well, the amount you can make is limitless. So there are different ways you can make this money online. So for example, if you have your business, it is an added advantage for you to have a lot of online followers. That is one, then as I said, there are platforms that pay for your views and if you are an influencer, you get a lot of ads, you get a lot of endorsement deals. Like I remember when they posted one of my achievements online, somebody commented "Ah you guys, you people will not tell us what you're doing", somebody now said "Do you know they pay these guys as high as hundred thousand naira for advert?" I was like ah okay, even this one sef doesn't know. Brands pay well. So long you give them value for their money, they pay you.

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