People are more health-conscious than ever before, and this is reflected in the booming vitamin and supplement manufacturing industry. As one of the leading supplement manufacturers we understand what it takes to properly market a brand. It requires consistency and effort and knowledge of of your goals. 

Perhaps your supplement business can benefit from this experience of learning how to market supplements. Consider the following 12 ideas to help breathe new live into your vitamin and supplements business:

 1. Become a More Valuable Resource

An Increasing number of people are buying their vitamins online thus leading to an increase in the relevance of nutraceutical marketing. However, before they make their decisions about products and brands, they are doing their homework. How well does your current website explain your product line and how each supplement can enhance well being?   Resolve in 2017 to make your online presence a valuable educational resource for clients so that they keep returning – and ultimately buy more supplements from you.

2. Master Social Media

Ensure that your branding and logo are consistent with your website and marketing material across all platforms including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and Instagram. Post shareable, click-worthy content that sets your brand apart from the rest.

Connect it with your growing database of content on your website so that news and interest about your brand can go viral.

3. Banner Ads and Pay Per Click

These are crucial to success in the current supplement market space. Without traffic at your website and online store, you won’t make the big sales numbers you’re looking for. As you wait for numbers from social media to increase, consider buying banner ads and pay-per-click advertising from sites your target audience visits frequently and using your most relevant keywords.

4. Affiliate Programs

These programs work for Amazon and countless other supplement business. An affiliate program pays other website owners and bloggers a percentage for any sale that comes through their site. Affiliate programs motivate other bloggers to write about you and profile your products so that more vitamin users can learn about your offerings.

5. Your First Impression

Assess the home page of your website. 
Remember that you only have one chance to make a first impression. This extends to your social media pages and marketing material as well. Does your logo and approach to marketing have that “wow” factor?

6. Video Marketing

If it’s in the budget, consider having a professionally produced infomercial made to air on television. If that’s not quite in the budget, a television commercial can get your product and company in front of more sets of eyes.

Marketing nutritional supplements heavily through video can be an easy method to attract business but it all correlates with your target market. At the very least, you should have a YouTube channel and/or video advertising campaign.Today’s culture is very visual, and video advertising can be just what’s needed to catapult your brand to the next level.  

7. Stay True to Yourself

Why did you get into the supplement business in the first place? It was likely a passion for health and a desire to share that passion with others.

Perhaps vitamins or supplements have helped you to overcome an illness, become a better athlete or substantially raise your quality of life?

Don’t be afraid to tell your story, or at the very least, ensure that it shines through in the spirit of your brand.

Your story and connection to a healthy lifestyle will inspire others to seek the same, and they’ll feel a more personal connection to your business and brand.

8. Magazine and Radio Advertising

9. Grassroots Advertising

While the hope is that more of your target audience will come across magazine or radio advertising while they are sitting in waiting rooms, you can also use a more grassroots approach.

Make your own brochures and flyers and ask to leave them in the waiting rooms and reception areas for gyms, salons, spas, and other clinics that attract a high volume of your target audience.

Marketing ideas for a small business are a dime of dozen when a budget constricts you so using these unorthodox methods can help tremendously.

10. Classes, Camps and Trade Shows

Become active in the health and wellness community by hosting or sponsoring relevant classes and health camps.  You can also raise awareness about your company and products by participating as a vendor in trade shows.

11. Stay Flexible

The supplements market is changing rapidly, and there seems to be a new trend every few months or so.  Supplement company owners should stay aware of these trends and prepare to adapt to the changing marketplace in order to better serve their customers.

12. Reassess Your Partnerships

One of the most important things  you can do is choose the right supplement manufacturer.

Partnering with a company like ABH Pharma can take your line of vitamin and supplement products to new levels.

You can expand your product line and offer a more impressive array of high-quality capsules, softgels , tablets, liquids and powders. Doing so can substantially increase your customer base and brand loyalty.

Vitamin and supplement businesses face stiff competition in a crowded marketplace. 

Give these 12 approaches a try for your company in 2018, and make it your most profitable year yet!