FON: THE BUSINESS OF INTEGRATIVE HEALTH & MEDICINE

This is the third installment of a 7-part series.Read the entire series:Part 1: IntroductionPart 2: Personal Branding + PlatformPart 3: Unique PositioningPart 4: Content StrategyPart 5: MediaPart 6: Monitoring + Promoting Your BrandPart 7: Conclusion–Putting it all Together Now that we have identified and examined the core elements for creating your integrative health personal brand and platform, it’s time to take the next step to differentiate your unique position and

This is the second installment of a 7-part series.Read the entire series:Part 1: IntroductionPart 2: Personal Branding + PlatformPart 3: Unique PositioningPart 4: Content StrategyPart 5: MediaPart 6: Monitoring + Promoting Your BrandPart 7: Conclusion–Putting it all Together When most people think about a brand, they think about a name and a logo. While these labels and graphics that establish your ‘look and feel’ are important, a personal brand—when thoughtfully

This is the first installment of a 7-part series.Read the entire series:Part 1: IntroductionPart 2: Personal Branding + PlatformPart 3: Unique PositioningPart 4: Content StrategyPart 5: MediaPart 6: Monitoring + Promoting Your BrandPart 7: Conclusion–Putting it all Together Many professionals within the vibrant integrative health space possess masterful clinical abilities, significant scientific subject-matter expertise, and entrepreneurial business savvy. However, too few have consistently leveraged their significant attributes in the effort

In 2012, I wrote a piece describing the integrative health community as being one camp comprising many tents. The article discussed the various sub-groups within the field, including: integrative medicine, functional medicine, holistic medicine, restorative medicine, and lifestyle medicine. I posited then, with numerous ‘tents’ falling under the integrative health camp, that newbie (integrative) health consumers often have difficulty clearly differentiating between numerous names and the nomenclature, thus creating a