If you are running a weight loss business of any kind, it’s important to do what you can to help your business be a success. That means marketing your business, online and off. It doesn’t matter how small your business is. Even if you’re simply an It Works! Representative, you still want to promote your business, how else will you sell your products.

While a franchise business may offer you some benefits, like a free websites, there are some things you should have in connection with that. There are certain things that a weight loss business has to have in order to attract people.

Blogging

Your blog is going to be one of your most important ways of advertising, and is just as important as your business website itself. You want to use your blog to help the people that are going to come to you for assistance in their weight loss. You want to make sure they know all the options that are out there, and why your options are the right ones.

You want to post well researched articles that truly help the people that visit your website. Also, include a call to action at the end, letting them know the next steps, like contacting you for a consultation. This is a great way to get people to contact you, or buy the specific products you talked about in your post.

Before And After

When it comes to marketing a weight loss business, nothing proves your product or services work better than a before and after photo. This is one way a picture speaks a thousand words. You could have all the written testimonials in the world, but showing people the job it has done will tell them everything they need to know.

That means you want to make sure you are asking clients to track their progress, including taking pictures. You’ll also need a model release form to use their photos on your website. But, it will be well worth it when people see how great you help people feel and look!

Social Media

Make sure that you are using social media as well. It’s a great place to share those before and after photos, and your well researched and information packed blog posts. Social media helps you reach out to people all over the world, and it helps give you one more opportunity to direct people to your website, blog, and your shopping cart.

Make sure that you are updating your social media often. You want people to know that your business is thriving, and what you have to offer them works. Share infographics and more here as well, to help people that want to lose weight and live healthier lives.