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E-Commerce Growth For Supplement Brands | Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Strategies

Bobby Hewitt
E-Commerce Growth For Supplement Brands | Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Strategies
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  • E-Commerce Growth For Supplement Brands | Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Strategies

    Why Grüns Sold to Unilever for a Billion Dollars in Under Three Years: What the Winners Got Right Series Pt 4

    22/06/2026 | 18 mins.
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    Grüns went from launch to a reported billion dollar exit in under three years when Unilever acquired them in 2026. 
    Everyone credits the gummy. People don't like chugging green powder, so Grüns made it taste good and easy, and that was that. But if the whole thing were just gummies and taste, any competitor could copy the format and win. Plenty have tried. The gummy is the visible part. 
    The thing underneath it, the part that is actually hard to copy, is what this episode is about. In this episode, I break down the difference between a format and a mechanism of hope, why Grüns moved the mechanism of hope out of the ingredients and into the experience itself, and how the founder's own words about adherence give the whole strategy away. 
    I'll also show you why this is different from what AG1 did, the expensive mistake most brands make when they try to copy this, and how to find the specific reason your own buyer has lost hope so you can build the mechanism that speaks to it.
    Learn more about The Supplement Business Accelerator Group at https://creativethirst.com/group
    If you're interested in working with me and my team to improve your supplement business. You can learn more at my website https://creativethirst.com

    Click here to grab your copy of the Health Supplement Ad Swipe Guide.
    Discover what really works in funnel marketing
    Need help increasing sales on your own? Click here
    Stuck at $1 - $5M in revenue? Click Here
    Case Study on how Creative Thirst added over $200,000 for one supplement brand
  • E-Commerce Growth For Supplement Brands | Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Strategies

    The Secret AG1 Playbook: What the Winners Got Right Series Pt 3

    15/06/2026 | 19 mins.
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    You can't change a deep core belief.
     Argue with it and you lose, every time, because the pulling force is too strong. But you can do something else, and the brand in this episode did it better than almost anyone in the history of the category. 
    AG1 built a six hundred million dollar a year business on a single product by reframing what a healthy person believes about their own supplement routine. Instead of selling one more thing to add to the stack, they replaced the stack. Instead of being someone who fails to maintain twelve supplements, you became someone who has their foundation handled with one. 
    In this episode,I break down the difference between changing a belief and reframing one, why the Athletic Greens to AG1 rebrand reveals the entire strategy, and how the four supplement buying forces all pointed at the same core idea. Plus the practical belief work any supplement brand can do right now to find their own reframe.
    Learn more about The Supplement Business Accelerator Group at https://creativethirst.com/group
    If you're interested in working with me and my team to improve your supplement business. You can learn more at my website https://creativethirst.com

    Click here to grab your copy of the Health Supplement Ad Swipe Guide.
    Discover what really works in funnel marketing
    Need help increasing sales on your own? Click here
    Stuck at $1 - $5M in revenue? Click Here
    Case Study on how Creative Thirst added over $200,000 for one supplement brand
  • E-Commerce Growth For Supplement Brands | Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Strategies

    What OLLY, SmartyPants, and Goli Actually Got Right: What the Winners Got Right Series Pt 2

    08/06/2026 | 23 mins.
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    Most supplement brands spend their marketing budget trying to create desire. But here's the problem with that. The desire is already there. Your prospect already wants better sleep, more energy, a healthier gut. They've wanted it for a long time. 
    So if the desire exists and they're still not buying, the question isn't how do you make them want it more. The question is what's killing the desire they already have. In this episode, I'll break down the one insight behind three of the biggest supplement exits of the last decade. OLLY, SmartyPants, and Goli each solved a different desire killer: identity friction, bad format experience, and category fatigue. Understanding which one is suppressing desire in your market is one of the most valuable diagnostics a supplement brand can run. This episode shows you how.
    Learn more about The Supplement Business Accelerator Group at https://creativethirst.com/group
    If you're interested in working with me and my team to improve your supplement business. You can learn more at my website https://creativethirst.com

    Click here to grab your copy of the Health Supplement Ad Swipe Guide.
    Discover what really works in funnel marketing
    Need help increasing sales on your own? Click here
    Stuck at $1 - $5M in revenue? Click Here
    Case Study on how Creative Thirst added over $200,000 for one supplement brand
  • E-Commerce Growth For Supplement Brands | Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Strategies

    What the Supplement Industry Is Getting Wrong About Why Brands Win: What the Winners Got Right Series Pt 1

    31/05/2026 | 22 mins.
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    Grüns went from founding to a Unilever acquisition in three years. IM8 grew from $600,000 a month to $6.6 million a month in nine months. 

    The industry press says it's about gummies, greens, celebrity co-founders, and hot trends. That's the surface story. In this episode, we kick off a new mini-series by laying out the real pattern underneath these exits and what it means for supplement brands doing $500K to $20M a year. 
    The brands commanding the biggest valuations didn't just have better products. They solved a psychological problem that most of their competitors didn't even know existed.
    Learn more about The Supplement Business Accelerator Group at https://creativethirst.com/group
    If you're interested in working with me and my team to improve your supplement business. You can learn more at my website https://creativethirst.com

    Click here to grab your copy of the Health Supplement Ad Swipe Guide.
    Discover what really works in funnel marketing
    Need help increasing sales on your own? Click here
    Stuck at $1 - $5M in revenue? Click Here
    Case Study on how Creative Thirst added over $200,000 for one supplement brand
  • E-Commerce Growth For Supplement Brands | Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Strategies

    The Counterintuitive Win How Adding Friction Drove Another 31% in Subscription Sales

    03/05/2026 | 20 mins.
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    Every best practice tells you to reduce friction. We added a step to a subscription offer page. Subscriptions jumped 31.26%.
    This is the follow-up on the Human SuperBeets test from last episode. Same brand, same page, same traffic. Stacked on top of the 23.53% win from Test 1, this second test added another seventy-seven thousand dollars in subscription revenue pushing the combined impact of these two tests to roughly $280,000 on a single landing page.
    If your supplement subscription page is asking visitors to make the quantity decision and the subscription decision at the same moment, this episode is the fix. 
    Learn more about The Supplement Business Accelerator Group at https://creativethirst.com/group
    If you're interested in working with me and my team to improve your supplement business. You can learn more at my website https://creativethirst.com

    Click here to grab your copy of the Health Supplement Ad Swipe Guide.
    Discover what really works in funnel marketing
    Need help increasing sales on your own? Click here
    Stuck at $1 - $5M in revenue? Click Here
    Case Study on how Creative Thirst added over $200,000 for one supplement brand
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About E-Commerce Growth For Supplement Brands | Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Strategies
Marketing Strategies for Supplement Business Owners. Discover what works in nutritional supplements marketing online.If you’re a supplement brand, this show will uncover:- E-Commerce Growth- Marketing Strategies- Maximize your supplement marketing- What are the top supplement trends?- How to use YouTube ads to grow a health supplement business- What is the best way to grow a supplement brand?- How to grow a supplement company- What are the best supplement marketing strategies that work- Is a supplement business profitable- Who buys supplements- Supplement funnels- How to start a dietary supplement business or functional food brand - And much moreMarketing for dietary supplement business growth. Bobby Hewitt is a supplement marketing expert with over 13 years of industry experience. Maximize e-commerce and direct-to-consumer sales of dietary supplements. Marketing dietary supplements is different. If you’re a dietary supplement, functional food, or beauty care brand selling direct-to-consumers online, you can’t sell like the average eCommerce store. The rules of marketing are different for you.
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