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This show helps nutritional supplement brands scale to 8 and 9 figure businesses and make a bigger social impact.
Bobby Hewitt, is the founder of Creative Thirst, a supplement marketing agency that has helped dietary supplement brands grow for over 13 years. He’s built a framework around how people buy supplements. Because, people don't buy supplements the way they buy other products, and if you market your supplement brand like a regular e-commerce store, you're leaving money on the table.
This is the show for supplement brand founders and in-house marketing teams who want to scale their direct-to-consumer sales without scaling their team.
If you run a supplement, functional food, nutraceutical, or beauty brand selling direct to consumers, the rules of marketing are different for you. This podcast will provide tips, strategies, supplement trends, and ecommerce growth hacks, for entrepreneurs, owners, founders, CEOs, marketing VPs, and online marketers of supplements, vitamins, peptides, pet supplements, and skin care products.
This podcast is for you if you find yourself asking questions such as…
- What is the average LTV (Lifetime Value) to CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost) ratio for a $20M+ supplement brand?
- How to scale Meta and Google ad spend past $500k per month for dietary supplements?
- What are the highest-converting upsell funnels for supplement brands?
- What metrics do private equity firms look for when buying a $30M+ supplement brand?
- How to manage cash flow cycles when scaling supplement inventory from 10k to 500k units?
- What is a healthy EBITDA margin for a scaling a nutritional supplement business targeting $50M in revenue?
- How to get around the Meta ads fatigue of $20k+ daily spend?
- How to bypass ad platform restrictions and compliance bans on health claims for scaling ad sets?
- What is the optimal breakdown between prospecting, retargeting, and retention budget for a $30M supplement brand?
- How to reduce churn rates below 5% for a high-volume monthly supplement subscription program?
- What are the most effective post-purchase cross-sell workflows for increasing second-box conversion rates?
- How to design a subscription model to maximize upfront cash flow?
- What performance-based equity or profit-share models attract tier-1 celebrity brand ambassadors?
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Compliance at Scale Is a Systems Problem, Not a Copy Problem
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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The Refund Problem Nobody Talks About
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Supplement Brand Innovation Models : Five Ways to Win a Crowded Category
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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Retention Isn't an Email Problem For Supplement Brands
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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The Next Supplement Wave Pt 7: Pick an Edge or Die in the Middle
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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The Next Supplement Wave Pt 6: Borrowed Trust vs. Owned Trust: The Needed Playbook
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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The Next Supplement Wave Pt 5: How Seed Turned One Product Into a Moat
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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The Next Supplement Wave Pt 4: How Mars Men Hit $100 Million in 18 Months
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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The Next Supplement Wave Pt 3: How Primal Queen Sells
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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The Next Supplement Wave Pt 2: How Arrae Out-Positioned an Entire Category
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Supplement Wave Pt 1: The Shift
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Wrapping Up What The Supplement Winners Got Right Series Pt 6
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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How IM8 Built a $10 Million a Month Brand: What the Winners Got Right Series Pt 5
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Why Grüns Sold to Unilever for a Billion Dollars in Under Three Years: What the Winners Got Right Series Pt 4
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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The Secret AG1 Playbook: What the Winners Got Right Series Pt 3
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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What OLLY, SmartyPants, and Goli Actually Got Right: What the Winners Got Right Series Pt 2
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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What the Supplement Industry Is Getting Wrong About Why Brands Win: What the Winners Got Right Series Pt 1
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May 31, 2026 |
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The Counterintuitive Win How Adding Friction Drove Another 31% in Subscription Sales
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May 03, 2026 |
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The $200K A/B Test: Case Study How One Section Added 23% to Subscriptions for a Well Known Supplement Brand
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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Amazon vs. D2C for Supplement Brands
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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How to Sell Without Looking Like You're Selling
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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The Sales Page Sequence: Converting Cold Traffic Without Burning Cash
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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How Top Supplement Brands Convert Skeptical Buyers
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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How Frictionless Funnels Can Attract the Wrong Customers
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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Why Some Supplements Sell Themselves
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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Your Credibility Strategy Is Backwards
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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The Supplement Selling Trap: When Your Mechanism Kills Hope
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Why Science and Features Don't Sell Supplements
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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How a 4 Person Team Builds an 8 Figure Supplement Brand
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Why Your Subscription Model Is Bleeding Cash (And How Supplement Psychology Breaks Traditional Recurring Revenue)
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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The Ingredient Spotlight Dilemma: Education vs. Commoditization
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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The Insurance Gaps That Sink Supplement Brands
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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The Hidden Economics of Scaling a Supplement Brand (Why Your Numbers Don't Work)
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Why Your Supplement Marketing Keeps Failing (And What to Do Instead)
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Why Most Supplement Brands Fail Before They Even Launch (The Foundation Nobody Talks About)
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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Why Your Meta Ads Keep Getting Rejected (And What It Really Means)
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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2026 Supplement Marketing Trends (Part 2 of 2)
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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12 Supplement Trends in 2026 (Part 1 of 2)
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Q5 Marketing Strategies: How Smart DTC Supplement Brands Are Winning by Playing a Different Game
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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The Real Driver of Sustainable e-Commerce Growth in DTC Supplements
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Why Smart Supplement Marketers Are Mining Cross-Category Opportunities
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Why Discounts Alone Won't Save Your Black Friday (And What Actually Closes Sales) | Supplement Marketing Strategies
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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The Awareness/Sophistication Play for Black Friday | Supplement Marketing Strategies
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Black Friday, Cyber Monday BFCM 2025 Supplement Marketing Strategies | Mechanisms That Convert
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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The Black Friday Trust Accelerator For Supplement Brands
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Black Friday Marketing for Supplement Brands: Your Complete Tactical Playbook
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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E-commerce Growth: Why Ritual's $250M Success Left Growth On The Table
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Marketing Strategies: Reverse-Engineering Grüns $500M Supplement Marketing Machine
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Your Old Supplement Funnel Is Bleeding Money? Here's What Actually Works
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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The $50 Billion Supplement Shift
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Why DTC-First Supplement Brands Are Crushing Traditional Companies (And How to Join Them)
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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What it Takes To Grow a Nutrition Protien Bar Company To $1.5M in 3 Years
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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The Rising CAC Opportunity: Why Higher Customer Acquisition Costs Signal Growth in Supplement Businesses
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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How Smart Supplement Brands Use LTV, AOV, and CAC to Print Money (While Others Go Broke)
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Marketing Clarity: How to Stop Guessing and Start Growing (The Hidden Lever)
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Email Marketing TIps for Supplement Brands
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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In The Supplement Business Your Moat Is Made of Quality
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Unlock Higher Profits with the Supplement Supersize Strategy
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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How to Use Emotion Driven Marketing for Dietary Supplements
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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How to Sell Your Supplement Brand for a Lucrative Exit
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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The Hidden Tradeoff in Supplement Marketing
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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Supplement Business Success Metrics: Optimizing CAC, Payback, and Contribution Margins
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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How Top Supplement Brands Win Authority Through Content Marketing
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Cracking the Weight Loss Buyer Code: Why People Really Buy Weight Loss Supplements
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Innovation Strategies for Beauty from Within Supplement Brand
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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The Hidden Path to Building a Fulfilling and Profitable Health Business
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Off-Amazon Playbook: Diversify or Die
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May 25, 2025 |
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The Real Cost of Starting a Supplement Business
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May 18, 2025 |
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Supplement Discounting Strategy
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May 11, 2025 |
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How to Grow a Supplement Brand When Ads Are Against You (Coaching Episode)
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May 04, 2025 |
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Understanding Supplement Buyer Segments To Get More Sales
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Supplement Business: Inventory and Cash Flow Management
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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The Ultimate Funnel: Customer Referrals
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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The Scaling Trap Most Supplement Brands Fall Into: Coaching Episode
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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The Growing Sports Supplements Market: Trends, Opportunities, and Insights
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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7 Key Ways To Market Supplements To Women Over 40
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Marketing Multi-Functional Supplements
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Foundation of a High-Converting Supplement Brand
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Start-Up Supplement Company Playing The Long Game With No Marketing Budget (Coaching Episode)
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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0 to $1 Million: Lessons from a Supplement Brand’s Explosive Growth
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Marketing Supplements to Baby Boomers
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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8 Emerging Trends Reshaping the Supplement Industry in 2025
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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The Fastest Growing Supplement Category - Part 2
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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What is the Fastest Growing Supplement Category? Part 1
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Secrets to Effective Marketing Campaigns for Nutritional Supplements
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Where is the Best Place to Advertise Supplements?
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Marketing Funnel Audit Followup - Luke The Lion
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Coaching Episode: Go From Losing Money To Making Money With Your Dietary Supplement Funnel (Marketing Funnel Audit)
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Is SEO Worth it for a Supplement Business?
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Simple and Powerful Alternative to a Clinical Trial to Build Trust And Sell Supplements
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Is a Supplement Business Profitable?
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Supplement Marketing Plan
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Avoiding Pitfalls in Your Supplement Business - Tips and Tricks
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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A Path to Success for any Supplement Business
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Who is buying supplements?
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May 17, 2023 |
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Two Types of Supplement Businesses, Which One Is Best?
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Supplement Label Design: Best Practices That Help You Stand Out
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Using Trade Shows to Market Supplements
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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2023 Predictions For Marketing Supplements Direct to Consumer
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Inside a blood sugar supplement company
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Supplement Ingredient Trends With Gene Bruno
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Growing a Supplement Brand with Vin Tricarico From NutraScience Labs
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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The Next Blue Ocean In Dietary Supplements
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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The Underling Copy Structure For Maximum Revenue
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Get Your Supplement Brand Off The Ground - Founder Story
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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How Well Do You Know Your Customer
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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How To Split Test Faster With Smart Relational Optimization
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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How Dave Sherwin Built His Supplement Business
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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How to use YouTube Ads to Grow a Health Supplement Business
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Traffic Trends for Heath Supplement Brands in 2022 and Beyond
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Supplement Millionaire Blueprint
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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2022 State of The Dietary Supplement Market
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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The Missing Conversion Levers To Sell Dietary Supplements Online
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Marketing Dietary Supplements in a Saturated Marketplace
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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The Dietary Supplement Marketing Gap
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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4 Steps To Scaling a Cold Traffic Supplement Funnel
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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The Money Episode - Supplement Funnel Economics Part 2
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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How Terraseed is Funding and Building a Unique Vitamin Niche
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Supplement Funnel Economics Part 1
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Marketing Persoanlized Vitamins with Brad Helfand from Vous Vitamin
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Facebook Compliance For Dietary Supplement Landing Pages
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Growing a Supplement Company to $5 Million Per Year
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Funnel Metrics: Optimizing Your Dietary Supplement Sales Funnel
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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6 Stages of a Successful D2C Supplement Business
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May 18, 2021 |
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Copywriter Red Flags You Should Never Ignore With Nicole Piper
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May 04, 2021 |
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Supplement Funnel Not Working? Here's what to do.
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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These 4 Quiz Funnels Generate Qualified Leads and Buyers
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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The Most Important Thing in a Funnel
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Give Your Buyers a Reason To Buy
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Health Supplement Cold Traffic Funnel Conversions (That Almost Every Copywriter Overlooks)
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Selling Dietary Supplements Online Using Video
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Looking at Sales Funnel Stages Differently
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Mastering The Fundamentals of Selling Dietary Supplements Online
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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6 Ways Supplement Brands Can Boost Customer Lifetime Value
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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The Complete Supplement and Vitamin Branding Guide
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Scaling a Health Supplement Business
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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Marketing Dietary Supplements to Millennials
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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Boost Supplement Customer Lifetime To Grow Your Vitamin Brand
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Why Dietary Supplement Companies Fail
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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Live Q&A Session From Level-up Your Health Supplement Business
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Direct Response Design That Boosts Response with Lori Haller
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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How To Warm Up Cold Traffic
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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How To Use Marketplace Awareness and Sophistication - Part 2
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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What is Marketplace Awareness and Sophistication - Part 1
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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Keys To Content Success For Dietary Supplement Companies with Dr. Karen Vieira
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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10 Trends That May Be Holding Your Supplement Business Back
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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A/B Testing Ideas For Direct Marketing Health Supplements
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May 26, 2020 |
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Boost Ad ROI With Targeted Email Advertising With Neerja Sharma
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May 12, 2020 |
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Health Supplement Claims What You Can And Can't Say
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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How Health Marketers Should Approach The Coronavirus Situation
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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Industry Report: Dietary Supplement Trends for 2020
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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COVID-19 Coronavirus Impact On The Health Supplement Industry
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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Health Supplement Business Manifesto
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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What is Health Supplement Business Mastery
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Mar 02, 2020 |