Read This Guide If…

1. You’re happy with the people your health practice is attracting, but you want to maintain a more consistent, predictable roster.

2. You’ve been thinking about growing your client base to not only feel more fulfilled professionally but also to increase your revenue.

Idea I Want to Share With You as a Copywriter for Small Businesses

Bringing in more clients starts with increasing awareness that you exist. It also involves trusting the process – trusting that the right people will engage with your online content over time. Eventually, the content you share will help people realize they need your services or programs to address their health concerns and wellness goals.

Pivotal Question

How do you increase public awareness of your practice or business?

We Could Approach This in Multiple Ways, but I’m Gonna Suggest This Answer

Digital marketing is the key for growing your health and wellness practice. You can create a multi-channel or omni-channel presence depending on your energy and where your target audience spends time online. Alternatively, you can keep it simple by focusing on one platform. Either way, ensure you have these three essential elements:

1. A social media platform – Publicly showcase your health and wellness business.

2. A website – Make sure you write this in your unique brand voice. This provides easy opportunities for visitors to book appointments or take the next appropriate step with your practice.

3. An email list – Create a private channel to engage with your audience.

If This Already Sounds Like a Lot, Don’t Worry

If managing all three elements feels overwhelming, the good news is you don’t have to create new content for each platform. You can repurpose your content, which offers two major benefits: 

1. Content repurposing saves time – You don’t have to constantly think of fresh ideas.

2. Content repurposing keeps your messaging consistent – Your leads won’t be confused about your personality, values, or offerings.

Getting Started: Non-Negotiable #1

To make this happen, stay as organized as possible. Write all your content in a Google Doc, rather than jotting ideas down on paper or in your phone’s notes app. Writing inside a social media app or email platform is risky—glitches happen, and you could lose valuable content. Always title your Google Docs according to the key ideas within them to stay organized.

Getting Started: Non-Negotiable #2

Eliminate distractions during content creation. This might mean leaving your phone in another room or putting it on airplane mode. Alternatively, take your laptop to a park and write offline in a Google Doc (like I’m doing right now). Whatever your method, set up an environment that promotes relaxation and clear thinking.

Getting Started: Non-Negotiable #3

Write in a way that leverages your natural strengths. If your ideas flow better when spoken out loud, record yourself talking through a piece of content and type up the key points as you listen back. If writing in full paragraphs feels overwhelming, jot down bullet points in your Google Doc and later convert them into a paragraph.

The Logistics of Writing for Multiple Channels

When repurposing content for your three platforms (social media, website, and email), it’s typically easier to move from long-form writing to short-form. In other words, write a cohesive, personality-filled website first, then break that down into smaller pieces for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, etc. This is usually simpler than stringing together small social media chunks into a five-page website.

The Exception to This Rule

I’ll contradict myself here. If you’re creating a brand voice guidelines (BVG) document, it makes sense to write short-form content first. This is something I do for my clients when they hire me to write a full website. The BVG document contains key marketing messages, organized by length and perspective.

For example, one section of the BVG might have a two- or three-paragraph message written in the first person (using “I” or “we”) to create a personal connection with the reader. Another section might have under-10-word messages that give a quick snapshot of your business’s core offer. Once the BVG is completed, you can copy-and-paste your marketing messages onto your Instagram bio, LinkedIn about section, and other short-form settings.

However, my original point was that you can use the short-form messages within your BVG to create long-form pieces like your entire website homepage, for example.

Now That You Know About BVG, Here’s How You Might Wanna Proceed

1. Write your brand voice guidelines (BVG).

2. Write your five-page website (or write more pages, depending on your needs).

3. Write your social media posts.

4. Write your emails.

(I’ll admit I’m oversimplifying digital marketing with this four-point list.)

How to Write Your Brand Voice Guidelines (BVG)

Book your free strategy call to learn more about the 5+ elements of the Brand Voice Guidelines (BVG) document that will help your health and wellness practice attract more clients or patients in 2025.

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As humans — and social media users — we are in the business of persuasion.

The way we communicate and present ourselves…WHAT we say and HOW we say it…it’s all for the purpose of persuading people to think/behave a certain way.

Without this skill, we would not survive.

Of course, the meaning of “survival” depends on where your heart is. Where your values lie.

So this is your moment to decide how you will use your communication skills to inspire action that is good for both yourself and others.

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She came to me 100% confident that her services create a real impact for her clients, but she was confused about how to get more people to her website and fill her schedule more consistently.

Before working with me there were several challenges in her way, regarding her online platforms:

1. She was paying for a super empty website – no blog posts and barely anything written on her web pages.
2. She had thousands of people on her email list but wasn’t sure what to send them.
3. She wasn’t repurposing her content. The bulk of her writing was ending up on 1 social media platform.

All of this was holding her back from having an influx of leads that could turn into repeat clients who love her services so much that they end up telling their friends to book with her, too.

She was ready for a consistent schedule without the stress of creating a bunch of content by herself, so we worked on:

• Email copywriting

She started receiving responses from her emails because of how personable and fun they were. She even booked clients she hadn’t seen in about 3 years!

• Pinterest copywriting

She’s getting 1,000+ extra impressions each month thanks to pin descriptions that are written with SEO in mind. Plus, her Pin designs are being repurposed to and from IG.

• Website copywriting & blogging

We did a major overhaul of her homepage and services pages, which allow her repeat clients to take an interest in new services they haven’t tried before. They also boost organic traffic, so new leads can get on her schedule.

Our work together is providing her with a never-ending source of content that she can repurpose across multiple platforms — all moving her closer to that goal of a full schedule every month.

So, if you’re wondering if it’s possible to:

• Re-book clients you haven’t seen in a couple of years — via email
• Spend less time producing more content — thanks to repurposing
• Continually grow your website traffic — without having to invest more money into paid ads

…YES, it’s possible!

Are you growing your online platforms in 2025? Check out my service menu and Instagram account for content writing tips and small business coaching.

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In both cases, you are looking for people who have a specific question or challenge that can be addressed by your product or service. The process of acquiring leads is key for selling your products or services. No leads means no business means no money.

What Is the Lead Acquisition Journey?

Simply put, lead acquisition is the set of activities you practice to get new people “in the door.”

The goal of the lead acquisition journey is to generate revenue from each lead. Your goal amount of revenue needs to make sense for the amount of time and money it takes to provide your product or service in the first place.

Getting new people in the door involves a collection of touchpoints or communications, whether these touchpoints happen traditionally (e.g. in-person events and direct mail-outs) or digitally (e.g. phone calls and social media content).

On top of that, acquiring quality leads – as opposed to the people who don’t believe in your product or service – requires you to build a memorable brand. When your branding is well-planned, you can communicate in a way that consistently builds trust and pleasantly surprises your audience. A well-served audience ends up realizing that your business can meet their needs in a way that other competitors cannot or have not done already.

If we focus on digital marketing, then the lead acquisition process takes place on the internet. Specifically, businesses create content that lives on their websites, social media channels, and search engines. Although they serve distinct purposes, both copywriting and content writing (like SEO-friendly blogging) play a part in this.

Digital lead acquisition is also supported by proper website design, high-quality customer service, and other business operations.

Once a business identifies a productive method of finding leads online, it sticks with that method and eventually scales it (or increases its capacity) by building a team of employees or freelancers. Another way to scale your online lead acquisition is by investing in software or other technical support to speed up the processes that find potential customers.

How Does a Business Know Their Lead Acquisition Strategy Is Working?

By measuring cost per acquisition (CPA) and cost per lead (CPL), you can tell if your lead acquisition strategy is helping you reach your goals.

If the limits of your budget are being pushed, but you’re not really getting as many paying clients or customers as you think you could, then it’s worth pivoting your strategy. You may find a more cost-efficient and time-efficient way to make your brand visible online and build relationships with your audience.

How do you compare how many leads you’re getting to the amount you *could* be getting?

It comes down to “did you choose a target audience that actually exists and that actually could be interested in your product or service?” If you took time to conduct market research and competitor research as you were planning out your business, then you’ve probably chosen a target audience with tons of potential.

So with that in mind, move forward in confidence, knowing that there is room for you to grow and there are still more people out there waiting to find someone just like you.

On a more practical level, you can understand what’s working and what’s not by setting time-oriented goals and tracking your actual results.

Between qualitative data (human feedback, thoughts, feelings, experiences) and quantitative data (numbers, percentages, rates, graphs) you’ll be able to paint a picture of the sort of messages and processes you want to hold onto and which ones no longer serve your brand.

By collecting and interpreting the data, you can understand whether you’re finding more unqualified leads or qualified leads. When it’s time to interpret your data, you can answer questions like these:

“What is it about our online messaging that attracts demographic A, when really our goal is to attract demographic B?”

“If we notice that demographic A signs up for our email list but doesn’t end up buying our product/service, then how can we find more people within demographic B?”

Next, let’s put this idea of acquiring leads online into specific terms.

Acquiring Leads Through Social Media and Website Traffic

Earlier, we talked about writing copy and content to draw more attention online. A great way to do this is by integrating your social media strategy with your website content strategy. 

As opposed to only focusing on social media, connecting the two will give you a higher chance of driving traffic (i.e. internet users) toward a concrete decision of buying from you (or not).

In terms of social media, some channels are going to be more effective for converting leads, or getting them to make a decision. On the other hand, some social media channels are more useful for building brand awareness. With this in mind, if you were to only create content for two social media platforms, be sure to pick one for conversion and the other for awareness.

Another distinction to pay attention to is this: Your brand and target audience are going to align with certain content formats over others.

Let’s break down these ideas a bit further.

Website First

When you prioritize your website as your home base for content, you adopt the advantage of search engines. Every day, 8.5 billion searches are being conducted online – and that’s only on Google!

Since there are massive amounts of humans out there waiting to learn about your brand, you might as well start writing long-form blog content that aligns with search engines like Google. 

Pro Tip: Use a keyword research tool like Moz to identify blog post topics that Google users will enjoy.

Social Second

You’re never going to catch me claiming that social media is irrelevant to your digital marketing strategy. Between Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Twitter, there’s great potential to acquire qualified leads each and every day.

The reason I place social media after website content is for logistical purposes. Converting long-form blog posts into short-form social media content is simpler than trying to piece five different Instagram posts together. When you already have one blog post that’s organized into five different sections, creating five new pieces of short-form content is a no-brainer.

This sort of reverse engineering can be done for both your conversion channel and your awareness channel.

Conversion Channel

I won’t pretend like I know what’s absolutely best for your business. Instead, I’ll just tell you what I’ve done for mine.

Instagram has become my conversion channel. I can say this because I’ve intentionally marketed my services and digital products there and because I’ve gained the most clients there, as opposed to Facebook or TikTok.

When you choose your main social media channel for conversion, make it a point to post content that reflects the way you show off your products or services throughout your website.

This concept becomes even clearer once we talk about the awareness channel. 

Awareness Channel

Again, do not necessarily take this as advice. This just happens to be my jam at the moment.

TikTok has become my primary awareness channel. Yes, the content I post on TikTok sometimes overlaps with that of Instagram. (Sometimes, I’ll post the exact same face-to-camera videos and carousels.)

However, I give my TikTok audience tons of personal stories, casual conversations, and unplanned reflections on entrepreneurship and life in your thirties. The accounts that only follow me on Instagram won’t see that side of my brand.

But that’s okay because I want my awareness channel to entertain a relatively large group of people. Of that group, I want a select few to become curious about my services and digital products, which they can learn more about on Instagram.

I’ll wrap this up by saying: Choose your main social media channel for awareness, and don’t be afraid to veer away from the messaging that’s found on your website.

If you’re still with me, I’d like to chat about using various content formats to acquire leads.

Content Formats

Of all the possible ways leads could interact with your brand online, they all come down to three formats: written word, audio, and video. I encourage you to choose your favorite of the three and post that consistently.

This doesn’t mean just choose the one that’s easiest for you because you’re “not that creative.” (Everyone’s creative. Give yourself a little more credit.)

Instead, tap into the specific format that is best received by your target audience. After all, these are the folks who will someday become your paying customers, clients, or students.

Written Word

• Blog posts
• Social media captions
• Typography-based carousel posts

Audio

• Podcasts
• Voiceovers

Video

• Reels
• YouTube Shorts
• TikTok
• Videos uploaded to other social media platforms

Of course, I’m gonna vouch for blog posts, big time! But strategically combining the three formats is even better.

Inevitably, all of these formats begin with writing down your ideas anyway. So you’ve already knocked out writing. Now you can start thinking about audio and video some more.

Regardless of your content channels or formats, you’ll want to make sure you are staying on-brand when you show up online.

Stay On-Brand

When you were developing your business you should have spent time designing your brand. You probably spent time not just creating the visual elements, but your brand voice, personality, and behaviors.

As you’re preparing to reach more leads through your digital marketing, make sure that you’re consistently and accurately representing your brand on all of your online platforms.

The caveat here is that you should be shifting your presentation and style just a bit for each social media platform. Let’s face it, each app has a different vibe and purpose, even though they all work toward the common goals of lead generation, brand awareness, and relationship building.

When you stay on-brand you can efficiently move cold, warm, and hot leads along the customer journey (this is referred to as lead generation).

Creating Different Types of Content for Cold, Warm, and Hot Leads

In addition to the questions of where and which formats to post, you want to answer this question:

“How can my content meet people exactly where they are?”

Here’s a super simple place to start: Each week, post one piece of content for cold leads, one for warm leads, and one for hot leads.

In the world of marketing and sales, we qualify leads by temperature to categorize how close they are to becoming a paying customer. The desired sequence goes from cold to warm to hot. The ultimate goal is to develop a pool of hot leads that become repeat customers and tell their friends, family, and peers about your business.

You can think of it this way:

Cold Leads Content

Cold leads barely know your brand exists – or they might not know at all. They require content that makes them say, “Oh! We have a couple things in common.”

This definitely isn’t the time to sell through your content. Focus instead on serving these leads with educational, inspirational, and entertaining content. 

(It’s worth noting that you should seek to educate, inspire, and entertain all types of leads.)

Warm Leads Content

Warm leads are aware of your brand, and they’re starting to warm up to you. Still, they might not fully grasp how you can help them solve their problems or make their lives better.

You can start to “push” these folks by getting more specific about their challenges and life experiences, as well as possible solutions.

Hot Leads Content

If these folks won’t buy from you, no one will! Hot leads have been through the journey of discovering your brand, learning from you, checking out your products and services, and identifying you with a positive life transformation.

To start creating content that speaks to cold, warm, and hot leads, answer the following questions:

• Where do these leads exist? (Email list? Instagram audience? Sales call calendar?)
• How do these leads feel about my brand? (Are they learning about us? Are they unsure if they need us? Are they considering whether or not they can afford us?)
• What gets these leads to the next step? (Hint: For all three groups, you’ll want to invest time and energy into them before expecting any commitment in return.)

What Are Some Useful Tools for Lead Acquisition?

When it comes to acquiring and managing your leads, the list of software and automation tools goes on and on. Here are just a few that you might find helpful:

Content Management System

Your blog is made possible with a content management system (CMS). Your CMS first requires a web hosting company.

My top recommendation is to host your website with Bluehost and manage your content with WordPress. (I’ve used both over the years, and they’re super user-friendly.)

Email Marketing System

Email is your primary way of taking your written content out of the public eye and interacting with your leads on an exclusive platform. The cool thing is these interactions take place without the videos, sounds, and distractions of social media.

ConvertKit has got to be the best email marketing system for small businesses, as well as businesses with huge teams and audiences.

Social Media

• Business-to-Business (B2B): LinkedIn and Twitter
• Business-to-Consumer (B2C): Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook

Tools for Staying Organized as You Acquire Leads

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

• Salesforce
• Hubspot
• Cognism
• Callrail
• Notion

FAQ: Lead Acquisition

Wrap-Up: Lead Acquisition

Whether you realize it or not, lead acquisition is already taking place within your business. The question now is how is it happening, and does this align with your sales and marketing goals?

Further Reading on KatQuintana.com: If you enjoy posts like this, check out my guides on lead generation and how to grow your business blog in 2025.

Disclaimer: KQ Writing Studio may receive affiliate compensation for purchases through the links on this page, at no extra cost to you. You can read our affiliate disclosure in our privacy policy. This website is not intended to provide financial advice. This is for entertainment only.

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You keep hearing that you should be sharing more content than you currently do. This leaves you frustrated because you don’t want to sit at your computer all day just to get out a few sentences that don’t even sound like your brand. But you also don’t want your blog, Instagram, Facebook, and all the other places you show up online to stay empty.

I promise you there’s a way to make this entire process easier. First, let’s look at the purpose behind writing more often for your online platforms.

How Does My Blog Help Me Get Customers?

Your blog is a powerful relationship-builder. It acts as another branch of your business, in addition to the products or services that your business is most known for.

By sharing educational, inspirational, and entertaining blog posts with the internet, you’re able to add readers to your audience. (Hopefully, you’re capturing these readers in your email list.)

Over time these readers become more invested in your brand’s personality and worldview, eventually buying whatever you’re selling.

A blog written with search engine optimization (SEO) in mind will organically help your business become more searchable online. This allows you to have a constant flow of new eyes on your website. 

How Do My Social Media Channels Help Me Get Customers?

Social media allows you to engage with other people in creative and personable ways. Whether it’s ideal customers, influencers, or industry peers, social media helps you demonstrate to these people why you’re a top choice within your niche.

As you combine written word, audio, and video, you convince your ideal customers to opt into your email list, visit your website, or follow whichever call to action is present.

Regardless of the final form of your content – written word, audio, or video – it all starts with writing. If you want to start sharing higher-quality content on a more consistent basis, then it’s time to improve your writing process.

Tools and Resources That Will Help Your Writing Process

Outsourcing

Investing money into this area of your business, so you have time to focus on your specialty – and the areas of your business you don’t want anyone else touching.

Proofreader

A proofreader helps you toward the backend of your writing process, by finetuning what you’ve already written. They check for grammar, spelling, and punctuation, as well as a general sense of readability.

Contributing Writer

If you’re looking for help earlier on in the writing process you can hire a writer who has a unique perspective on your specific field of work. Their name will show up in the byline, meaning they keep the authorship rights.

Ghostwriter

As opposed to a contributing writer, a ghostwriter does not keep authorship rights. Their identity remains hidden (hence, “ghost”). For this reason, they tend to charge premium rates, as opposed to other types of writers.

Outsourcing is the most hands-off option when it comes to creating content on a more frequent basis than you currently do. The content practically gets handed to you without you having to do keyword research or planning.

In the case of KQ Writing Studio, we provide video calls with our monthly ghostwriting packages, to make sure our clients are on the same page as us, creatively speaking.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

I consider using artificial intelligence (AI) as a midpoint between outsourcing and doing it yourself. Since AI lacks the human heart and mind, you’ll still want to edit and add your personal touches after AI writes your content.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT is a chatbot that collects information all over the internet to provide focused responses to your requests. When you type scripts (or directions) into the chat box, the bot starts generating content based on those directions. You can continue to tweak the chatbot’s first piece of content by adding new requests or prompts to the chat box.

Grammarly

Grammarly is a typing assistant that optimizes content of all lengths and styles. You can either copy and paste what you’ve written in a Google Doc or begin typing within Grammarly itself. Once the entire piece is there, you can check Grammarly’s scoreboard, which indicates how well your writing turned out, in terms of delivery, engagement, and tone of voice.

Text to Speech Reader

Text to Speech Reader is a digital reader that helps you hear your writing spoken out loud at various speeds. Reviewing your content audibly adds another layer of proofreading that might be missed while you’re reading your work. This text-to-speech app allows you to simply listen for any possible errors or awkward moments within your content.

WordCounter

WordCounter is an online editor that keeps track of key numbers related to your written content. This helps a ton if you’re trying to meet certain quotas, like character count, word count, paragraph count, and keyword density.

Dictionaries and Thesauri

Sometimes a particular word is on the tip of your tongue, and you need extra help communicating the idea in your head. When you keep a dictionary or thesaurus handy, you can quickly find the right words to use in your blog posts and social media captions.

When I was growing up, we had hard copy dictionaries and thesauri, but now we have plenty of digital options with additional functions. Beyond defining words and listing synonyms, these tools demonstrate how to use each word in the right context.

• YourDictionary.com
• WordsInASentence.com
• WordHippo.com

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Whether you’re enhancing your social media, email campaigns, or website content, these hooks will keep your marketing dynamic, relevant, and captivating!

Improving Your Writing Process On Your Own

If you’re not quite at the point of hiring a writer to do the work for you, it’s time to add writing sessions to your calendar. If you’re about ready to give up writing content, please don’t. I have good news! You’re not a bad writer. You just haven’t energized your writing process with these twelve key elements:

• Search engine optimization (SEO)
• Incubation
• Signature
• Imagery
• Deadlines
• Flow
• Contrast
• Hyperbole
• In medias res
• Breath
• Mirroring
• Teasers

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Writing from the perspective of search engine optimization allows you to touch on the ideas that matter to both the algorithm and humans. Do this by conducting keyword research and putting your reader’s needs first.

Incubation

Remove yourself from your rough draft instead of forcing words onto the page. Give yourself time to walk around or work on another project. Afterward, you can edit and proofread your writing with a fresh pair of eyes.

Signature

Give yourself permission to go against the grain in order to demonstrate your unique writing style. Remember that you will attract your ideal audience when you let your distinct personality and perspective shine.

Imagery

How vibrant is your language? Can your reader imagine what you’re writing without having to try too hard? Are you supporting your words with graphs, images, or infographics when appropriate?

Deadlines

You might be frustrated by your writing pace simply because you haven’t given yourself any deadlines. Fill in your calendar with due dates so that you know what you need to complete on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.

Flow

Yes, your writing might be technically sound, but does it come from an inspired place within you? This is when I tell you to dump the rules and listen to your intuition.

Contrast

When you present an opposing view of a single subject, you help your reader think critically about where they stand and whether or not they relate to your point of view.

Hyperbole

Using exaggerated and unreasonable statements can capture your reader’s attention and create a million moments of laughter, which inspires further connection.

In Medias Res

This element automatically builds your reader’s curiosity and willingness to continue reading. Instead of starting with a typical introduction, I began in the middle of my story or statement. Here you are. I think it worked.

Breath

When you speak out loud, you naturally pause to breathe. Do this in your writing by adding extra dashes. Line breaks. Shortened sentences. Ellipses and…parentheses.

Mirroring

As you’re figuring out your unique writing style, look at other pieces of content that you find appealing and easy to read. Apply that style or flow to your specific subject matter.

Teasers

You don’t have to fit all of your ideas into a single piece of content. When you want to wrap up your current topic, promise your reader you’ll expand on it or create a part two in the future.

Wrap-Up: 15 Ways to Improve Your Writing Process

There’s no such thing as a perfect writing process, but these fifteen ideas will certainly help:

• Outsourcing
• Artificial intelligence (AI)
• Dictionaries and thesauri
• Search engine optimization (SEO)
• Incubation
• Signature
• Imagery
• Deadlines
• Flow
• Contrast
• Hyperbole
• In medias res
• Breath
• Mirroring
• Teasers

It’s time to dump your fear of doing things the wrong way. Go with your gut.

If you feel an internal nudge to share a heartfelt message, respond to it by grabbing a pen and paper or hopping in front of your laptop. Allow what’s coming out to simply be. Drop the self-criticism.

Someone out there might be waiting to hear exactly what you have to say.

Further Reading on KatQuintana.com: If you’re looking for more ways to improve your blog writing process, check out my post on how to quickly write blog posts using templates.

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