Creating Your Health & Wellness Business may seem scary but it does not have to be. There are many ways to work on your own terms.
Do you love everything about health and wellness?
Are you excited by the idea of making health and wellness an even bigger part of your life than it is already?
There are many ways to do that, and one of them is to start your own health and wellness business.
There are a lot of different ways in which you can approach this, and many business ideas that are worth looking into. But you’ll also need to know how you are going to make a success of it. Let’s take a look at some of the things you will likely want to bear in mind.
The Idea
First of all, you will need to come up with a unique idea that you can get excited about. As well, you will need to do a bit of research to see what areas of health will be more likely for you to be successful in.
It is important that you consider what area of health you are truly passionate about. The more aligned you are with your business the more successful it will be. The stronger the idea, the better. Perhaps you want to run a charity helping people have access to better food? Maybe you want to be a personal trainer? It’s up to you, but make sure it’s something you are passionate about.
It is absolutely pertinent that you be authentic in your choice. Do not just follow the money trail.
But about that money…
Funding
All businesses need funding. This is as true for your health and wellness business as any other business.
How are you going to get the money to run your business? To take the example of the charity business above, you might be able to seek out funding in the form of grants and other similar areas of funding. Looking to the likes of America’s Health Group Jason Price is a good place to start for that kind of help. There is always funding to be found if you look around for it. However, timing is important so be sure to do so at your earliest convenience.
Spread The Word
Next up you will need to make sure that you are finding some way of spreading the word about your business. This is essential as it is going to mean that you can much more easily grow the business. Therefore, you will have much more chance of real success.
Marketing can be tricky, but it starts in a very simple place: authenticity. Talk to people about what genuinely fires you up. They will catch the excitement.
Simply telling people about your business and your plans will get people talking in no time.
Grow
After that, it’s just a case of doing what you can to grow the business into a healthy and flowering venture. As long as you are determined, you have a vision and a goal in mind, and you are working hard, you can be sure that you are going to find some success with your business, and that you should be able to grow it pretty healthily in the long run too. Keep at it, be persistent, and you should find that it pays off in the end.
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34 thoughts on “Creating Your Health & Wellness Business”
This is certainly very good advice, Dr. Elise! Grit and consistency at what we do in business will always get us far!
Consistency and grit are the foundation to massive growth in a positive way.
There certainly is a lot to consider when starting and running a business, no matter how small. Your post is just incredibly helpful!
There is definitely no shortage of things to know.
Thank you for your endless good advice, Doc! Your blog always shares very enlightening content 🙂
You are so kind. Thank you very much.
I personally think that health and wellness businesses today are in demand. Especially now that we are in the middle of the pandemic and people have become more concious about their health, they are all looking for ways to boost their imnune system. So i think investing to such business right now is a very smart move
Investing in such a business through education and resources is truly key to helping others and helping ourselves.
This is such great advise! I wish I had known about this before I started my business!
I know that I am learning new things everyday.
I feel like when it comes to this, I struggle with ideas but you narrow it well. I’m sure it will help people who want to start a business.
That is good to hear that this has helped you to narrow down a bit. Journal out your ideas and see what else you come up with.
Life is so much better when we can do things we feel passionate about. Thank you for sharing your advice for those who want to start wellness businesses of their own! Such great tips 🙂
When our work is able to be our love and our love is our work we crate much happiness throughout our entire lives.
These are great tips for starting a health and wellness business but really, any business. The same tips will apply. Spreading the word and doing marketing is huge, especially when you first start out.
The beautiful thing is that most business tips are really truly universal.
Great tips for any business! Don’t be shy about getting the word out.
Acting with shyness will definitely create the opposite effect of building a successful business.
Starting a business nowadays seems pretty easy. Just come up with an idea and bam! You have the internet to share the word and start but it’s actually not that easy. There’s a lot of hard work behind the scenes. Thanks for giving us tips and encouragement Elise
From the outside looking in and it seems easy but when we are in the inside we see all of the different steps and things that need to be done to create a proper business.
Businesses, big or small start with ideas. But funding too is important!
Ideas are extremely important as without good ideas we are just wasting money.
Great tips! I know a lot of people who have been really successful at doing this but it is really hard work and takes a lot of determination. Plus growing your network has an important part to play.
Hard work and determination can help us to achieve just about anything.
It’s always a good read when it comes to learning more about establishing a business. I do agree that spreading the word about the business is important. That’s why influencer has been gaining some attention for the past years.
Yes, indeed that is exactly why influencers are so important. That works out rather well for us. Of course only promoting that what you truly believe in as integrity is always the top of importance.
Thanks, I agree, talking about your business and authenticity is a great way to make the people talk about it.
When you operate in authenticity it attracts just the right people.
I should go into coaching people on how to become better advocates for themselves as patients, since life seems to have thrusted me into this knowledge in 2011 and every year since. 🙂
I 100% agree that you should. You are knowledgeable, have unique experience, are a good writer and a genuine person.
I think having a health and wellness business is a great idea for someone that is passionate about those things!
Following your passion and making it into a successful business is quite exciting.
This is basically what I did with my food blog. I realized that’s what I really enjoyed, and was able to create a business around it. The “grow” part was the hardest and is still something I work on constantly.
I love your food blog. The promotion aspect never really goes away no matter how big we get.