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February 25, 2022 38 mins

From a Brand Strategist and Business Owner's UNIQUE perspective. 

Listen in to hear Jakiya Brown Thiaw's TOP 3 pieces of advice on branding and business and hear from her unique perspective. In 2016, Jakiya left the corporate side of beauty as a lead brand manager for brands like Giorgio Armani, Lancôme and Philosophy to pursue her dream of traveling the world. 

Along the way, she reconnected with her unique gift of highly-engaged storytelling, built a community of over 20K, was featured in publications like Oprah Magazine and worked to grow hundreds of companies and personal brands with her fresh branding strategies and techniques. 

She now consults tired 9-5ers, entrepreneurs, influencers, full-time business owners, and everyday 'grammers a-like, on strategies and systems she's used on $4M-$400M businesses to transform aspiring entrepreneurs into to business owners, ideas into income, and stories into impact; by building a solid business around their story, skillset & expertise.

 
———TOPICS WE DISCUSS ———
The Difference between Brand + Business, Diversity and Inclusion, Jakiya's story about quitting her job, Purpose-driven, Your WHY, Sustain your business and legacy, Why BLM is not a Brand Trend, Business Foundations, Developing Brand Connections, Inclusive Brands, Sustained Missions, Sustained Foundations. 


 ———JOIN THE DISCUSSION———
INSTAGRAM/FACEBOOK: @blankroomdesign
WEB: brandinggems.com

GUEST: JAKIYA BROWN THIAW
Website:  https://www.thetravelingfro.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakiyabrownthiaw


 HOST: Peggy Bree
Instagram - @peggybree
Website - www.peggybreetam.com
Clubhouse: @peggybree 


 ——— NOMINATE YOURSELF OR SOMEONE ———
Do you have any badass woman in mind that you want to hear their TOP 3 pieces of advice from?  Build this community with us. Submit YOURSELF or ANYONE  you want to hear from here: brandinggems.com



——— THE BOOK COLLECTION ———
View the latest book from BLANK ROOM: BRANDING QUICKIES, a book written by 20 amazing women who are experts in their fields, where they share their insights, stories, and tips in this branding and business game. 



———YOUR NEXT STEP———
Rate this podcast on Apple OR follow it on Spotify. An immediate virtual hug can be felt afterwards!  Thanks for growing this podcast with us as we lift more and more voices from women-founded brands and businesses (remotely) from around the world! Honestly i don't even know if people read these but I just wanted to say that I luvvvvvvvvvv ya! 



 ———PROMOTE YOUR BRAND?———
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