Author: Elena Shlychkov

  • What OSEA Gets Right About Wellness Storytelling.

    What OSEA Gets Right About Wellness Storytelling.

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    Start With an Idea, Not a Product Distinctive Positioning Sets OSEA Apart Good Storytelling Creates Awesome Memories The SEO Lesson Wellness Brands Should Own a Territory The Green Desk Takeaway OSEA’s strongest storytelling lesson isn’t simply “tell your founder story.”It is more strategic:Build a narrative that your products can continually…

  • How WHOOP Sells a Feeling, Not a Wearable.

    How WHOOP Sells a Feeling, Not a Wearable.

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    People Rarely Buy the Technology Alone: WHOOP Marketing Strategy The Emotional Product is Control Data Becomes a Story About the Self Culture Reinforces the Feeling The Marketing Lesson for Wellness Brands The Green Desk Takeaway The strongest wellness marketing doesn’t begin with:“Here are our features.”It begins with:“Here is the life…

  • Why Expansion Creates a Visibility Problem for Wellness Brands.

    Why Expansion Creates a Visibility Problem for Wellness Brands.

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    What Questions Should Your Company Ask During Brand Expansion That is why physical expansion needs to be accompanied by a visibility expansion strategy. One Brand Can Suddenly Have Dozens of Search Identities The brand is now competing at the intersection of brand + service + location + intent. More Locations…

  • Boston Sunset Sail: Escape the Ordinary Aboard the Liberty Star.

    Boston Sunset Sail: Escape the Ordinary Aboard the Liberty Star.

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    Discovering Boston can be far more than simply adventurous or romantic, it can be deeply social, and wonderfully memorable. For me, stepping aboard the magnificent Liberty Star for the Liberty Fleet of Tall Ships Sunset Sail felt like crossing a threshold into a different rhythm of Boston life. Between the salt-tinged breeze,…

  • Brave New Medicine, Book Review: Food, Healing, and Hope.

    Brave New Medicine, Book Review: Food, Healing, and Hope.

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    Sometime ago, I came across a YouTube video conversation with Dr. Mark Hyman, MD and doctor Cynthia Li, MD, and it stayed with me. Their discussion raised important questions about women’s health, autoimmune illness, and the unbearable limits of conventional care and traditional medicine. It also introduced me to Dr.…