What are people saying about you? You can influence how people think about your brand by managing the ways in which people interact with you. The different points at which people interact with you (such as your social media accounts) can be used to help you manage people&apos;s perceptions. This applies to both your personal brand and your business. Show Notes (+full transcript): <a href='https://www.thecreatedcreative.co/post/how-to-influence-what-people-think'>https://www.thecreatedcreative.co/post/how-to-influence-what-people-think</a> Connect with on Instagram: <a href='http://www.instagram.com/thecreatedcreative'>www.instagram.com/thecreatedcreative</a> <a href='https://airtable.com/shretxw9UhE2eLigV'>Click here to be a guest</a> on this podcast. Let&apos;s<a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/anesuchikumba/'> Connect on LinkedIn </a> Let&apos;s<a href='http://www.instagram.com/thecreatedcreative'> Connect on Instagram</a>

A Background Story | Why You Need to Brand

What does it take to build an African brand?To create for your home country, with your continent in mind, while competing with&nbsp; international brands&nbsp; that already have the advantages of economies of scale, and yet&nbsp; you still compete because your target audiences have access to their technology, products and services. And you compete because you want your efforts and your offering to be recognized globally.&nbsp;What does it take to build a brand that embodies where you come from yet uses strategies that have been found to work but need to be adapted for them to work in your environment: In the African environment?Welcome to Building African Brands, a podcast by The Created Creative where these questions and more will be answered through weekly episodes with brand strategist and online marketer Anesu Chikumba.&nbsp;This podcast is all about the entrepreneur’s journey to building a strong brand and the ways to attract people that can relate to and see value in it. Each episode is designed to help you understand and use the building blocks of branding to level up your business, apply practical business and marketing tips that will move you from passion to profit. You will learn how to create and promote your services by using tools such as content marketing, social media marketing, and online marketing.&nbsp;If you are looking for a platform that encourages conversations about creating, innovating, building and branding for the African Market. Then subscribe and start listening.