BrainFood - Visibility Strategy Proposal | Gal Media Group
Prepared for BrainFood

How BrainFood
Becomes the Brand the Press Calls First.

BrainFood is not another flavor-first functional drink. It is a caffeine-free sparkling nootropic built by a practicing psychiatrist and a Wharton MBA biomedical engineer. We build the visibility ecosystem that makes that authority impossible to overlook.

Prepared By
Gal Media Group
Prepared For
BrainFood
Date
June 2026
Special Pricing
$2,000 / Month
12-Month Partnership
Forbes·Well+Good·mindbodygreen·Inc.·Food Dive·Fast Company·Glossy·Podcasts
What We See

The product is credible.
The founders need to become visible.

BrainFood has one of the strongest founder credibility stories in functional drinks. A practicing psychiatrist and a Wharton MBA biomedical engineer formulated a caffeine-free sparkling drink around science-backed nutrients for focus, calm, and brain health.

The issue is not product truth. The issue is visibility. Right now, the clinical authority is sitting mostly inside the site, instead of shaping press, AI discovery, podcast conversations, retail credibility, and the broader wellness narrative.

MD
Clinical Founder

Dr. Juhi Gupta can become the clinical voice on focus, stress, mood, burnout, and brain-supportive nutrition.

MBA
Engineer Operator

Megan Burton brings Wharton, biomedical engineering, and genetics credibility to the founder and product story.

6
Functional Nutrients

Rhodiola, B12, CoQ10, Zinc, Vitamin D, and more give BrainFood content depth beyond taste alone.

The Opportunity

Own the science lane
before someone else claims it.

Olipop and Poppi won shelf space through flavor, nostalgia, social velocity, and cultural awareness. BrainFood can win a different conversation: the science of focus, calm, burnout, and brain health, told by the founders qualified to explain it.

BrainFood is the rare wellness brand where the founders are more newsworthy than the product.
Gal Media Visibility Finding
How We Work

Three systems.
One compounding visibility engine.

This is not a short press burst. This is a year-long authority build designed to turn founder credibility, product science, AI discovery, and retail moments into one coherent visibility system.

01
Gal Authority Method
Founder positioning

We define Juhi as the clinical authority and Megan as the founder/operator translating science into a consumer product. Each founder gets a clear media lane and repeatable point of view.

02
Pitch-20 System
Earned media execution

We keep BrainFood in front of wellness, business, food, beverage, founder, and health editors with the right angle at the right moment.

03
Gal Visibility Method
AI and search discovery

We structure earned authority, expert content, and GEO signals so BrainFood becomes easier for ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI to name as the credible caffeine-free focus drink.

What We Activate

Ten visibility levers.
One category story.

Each deliverable is designed to make BrainFood more findable, quotable, credible, and recommended.

01
Founder Authority Positioning
The fastest path to press
  • Build separate founder lanes for Juhi and Megan
  • Develop clinical, founder, and burnout-to-product angles
  • Turn the origin story into a repeatable media narrative
02
National Media Outreach
Editorial credibility
  • Pitch wellness, business, beverage, and women-led founder outlets
  • Target expert quotes, founder profiles, product features, and roundups
  • Prioritize quality placements over volume
03
GEO and AI Visibility
Modern discovery
  • Own queries around caffeine-free focus drinks
  • Build answer-first website and earned-media signals
  • Track AI visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI
04
Expert-Led Content Strategy
Clinical authority at scale
  • Doctor-led explainers on focus, calm, sleep, burnout, and nutrients
  • Myth-busting content that separates BrainFood from flavor-first brands
  • Content designed for PR, SEO, and AI citation value
05
Podcast Pitching
Long-form trust
  • Wellness, mental health, founder, CPG, and longevity podcasts
  • Founder interviews on burnout, brain health, and building clinically credible products
  • Audio moments that create quotable authority
06
Awards and Recognition
Credibility that compounds
  • Functional beverage innovation awards
  • Clean-label and better-for-you recognition
  • Women-led founder and Philadelphia startup honors
07
Experiential Retail PR
Show up in pressure moments
  • Campus, hospital, finance, law, and consulting sampling ideas
  • Founder-community and accelerator partnerships
  • Doctor-led focus talks that turn sampling into story
08
Influencer and Creator Strategy
Credible amplification
  • Identify creators aligned with focus, wellness, burnout, and clean energy
  • Prioritize trust, expertise, and usage context over broad reach
  • Support content angles that reinforce founder authority
09
Press Releases and Partnerships
Milestones with context
  • Package retail, awards, founder, and product moments for press
  • Build editorial and partnership opportunities around real traction
  • Ensure each announcement supports search and AI discovery
10
Monthly Reporting and Strategy
Compounding, not guessing
  • Monthly visibility check-ins and reporting
  • Media, podcast, award, and AI search tracking
  • Strategic adjustments as the brand expands retail and awareness
Targets and Query Ownership

BrainFood should become
the answer for caffeine-free focus.

Priority Media Targets

Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur, Well+Good, mindbodygreen, The Zoe Report, Fast Company, Glossy, Food Dive, wellness podcasts, mental health podcasts, CPG shows, and female founder platforms.

Priority AI Search Queries

Best caffeine-free drink for focus. Nootropic drinks that actually work. Healthy coffee alternative for focus. Drink for calm and focus without caffeine. Functional drink for stress and brain health. Drinks backed by a doctor.

Timeline

A 12-month authority build,
not a short campaign cycle.

01
Months 1-3: Foundation

Build the founder narratives, audit the current visibility footprint, shape media angles, create pitch materials, map priority queries, and begin first-wave outreach.

02
Months 4-6: Authority Build

Expand pitching, pursue founder commentary, podcast interviews, awards, GEO content opportunities, expert explainers, and retail-adjacent story angles.

03
Months 7-12: Compounding Visibility

Use earned media, founder expertise, awards, retail moments, and AI search tracking to reinforce BrainFood as the most credible voice in caffeine-free functional focus.

Why Gal Media

Editorial craft meets
business strategy.

Gal Media Group builds visibility systems for brands that need to be understood before they can be chosen. BrainFood has the raw material: founder credibility, clinical story, clean product truth, and category whitespace. Our job is to make it legible to the market.

Jennifer Jaden
Editorial Relationships

Jennifer brings the PR craft and editorial relationships that earn placements in the publications shaping wellness, food, lifestyle, and founder conversations.

Emily Thomas
Visibility Strategy

Emily connects founder authority, PR, AI visibility, business development, and category positioning so each placement works harder than traditional press alone.

Investment

Special relationship pricing
for a full-year authority build.

Special Visibility Partnership
$2,000
Per Month, 12-Month Term
Purpose: Build the foundation, create momentum, and compound authority over a full year without treating visibility like a short campaign.
Included: Founder positioning, media outreach, GEO strategy, podcast pitching, awards, experiential PR guidance, creator strategy, press release support, and monthly reporting.
Outcome: BrainFood becomes easier for journalists, AI engines, retail partners, and customers to recognize as the clinically credible caffeine-free focus drink.
Ready When You Are

From well-formulated can
to category-defining story.

BrainFood already has the credibility. The next step is making the market see it, cite it, trust it, and recommend it.

This is the work: founder authority, earned media, AI visibility, and retail moments engineered into one compounding system.

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