4 Tips for Building Your Wellness Brand

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Building a company or a brand is never an easy task. Almost every expert will tell you it takes a lot of hard work, consistent efforts, a budget, and time. If you happen to own a wellness brand, then you also know all too well about how stiff the competition is, which can make building your brand to be something recognisable and unique is that much harder. So, what happens if you want to fast-track the process and really do all you can to jumpstart your brand? Are there any tips in particular that can prove to be helpful?

The good news is that there are some things that you can do, and that are in your control that will help you to create a strong and recognisable brand as fast and as effectively as possible.

Start Building the Brand Before the First Product is Launched

Waiting until you launch the product to start putting out the promotional material is never wise. You want to in fact drum up interest, create buzz, and get people anxious for the release. This could mean advertising your upcoming brand and product a couple of weeks before launch.

You’ll want to be sure your promotional material is extremely engaging, clearly describes the product, and has a unique hook which will leave customers wanting more.

Ensure the Brand is Active on Social Networks

At the same time, it’s extremely important that the brand/company becomes active on all the top social network sites. This includes things like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. These provide excellent opportunities to advertise your product in a way that feels less pushy. Instead, you can create fun content, engaging content, and use a variety of media to gain people’s interest and build your following.

Don’t forget this is also an excellent opportunity to engage with potential customers in real-time answering their questions and comments. Everything you post on your social networks can also be linked back to the company website.

If you can’t stay on top of regular postings, hire on a social media expert that can do it for you. This could even be done by a freelancing specialist. The key is to stay consistent with postings and respond to people in a timely manner.

Provide Customers with a Competitive Price

Because it’s important to find ways to get a leg up on the competition, product pricing should be a huge priority. The goal, of course, is to provide the best quality product at the most competitive price possible, while still ensuring a healthy profit margin. So, what’s the solution? Well, automation is often a fabulous route to take.

Let’s say for example you are creating capsules with some sort of wellness blend or product. Automated machines will ensure the job is done correctly and quickly, without the risk of human error. Some machines handle multiple capsule sizes too, which provides you with greater flexibility. Depending on the size of your company and product line, you may want to start out with just one machine and then build from there as demand requires.

Start Positioning Yourself as an Industry Expert

Another great way to build recognition is to start to position yourself as an industry expert. How is this done?

While there are many different paths you can take, blogging could be a great solution. Provide visitors with actual information they can use in their daily life, and give them a reason to keep coming back for more. You can also do such things as creating a Facebook group, joining other Facebook groups, making informative videos on the company YouTube channel, bringing in guest bloggers that are already established industry experts, and so forth.

Each of these tips will help you on the path to building a successful wellness brand.

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Samantha Acuna is a writer based in San Francisco, CA. Her work has been featured in The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur.com, and Yahoo Small Business.