our guide to patient acquisition

from first click
to the next visit.

we build patient acquisition by connecting the service, audience, advertising, landing page, and intake process. a useful plan identifies who u want to reach, what happens after they respond, and how the practice will measure progress.

start with the care
u want to grow.

we start with a service and a practical objective. that might mean consultation requests for an ophthalmology service, membership inquiries for concierge medicine, or new-patient visits for a dental practice.

we review the market, service area, current acquisition, and capacity. a campaign for one physician’s schedule needs a different plan from a campaign supporting several locations. ur team confirms who the practice can serve and which appointment types have room to grow.

  • the service or treatment u want to prioritize
  • the locations and markets u can serve
  • available appointments and an intake owner
  • current advertising, website, and known inquiry quality
  • approved clinical, insurance, and payment information

give each ad
a clear job.

we use paid search to reach people looking for care and paid social to introduce a service through creative. the channel mix follows the market, offer, budget, and advertising eligibility.

doctor content introduces expertise. visual explainers make a procedure easier to follow. statics give one idea a strong visual. patient-story creative connects the care to the questions behind a decision. we choose and test the formats around the service.

the landing page continues the same message. it explains the care, introduces the practice, answers practical questions, and makes contact easy. ur clinical team reviews medical claims before launch.

see our medical creative formats ↗

agree on what
happens next.

we identify where inquiries arrive and who follows up. the intake process needs a clear owner, a way to record the outcome, and a feedback loop with the campaign team.

ur practice handles clinical eligibility and care. we connect the advertising to the agreed contact and scheduling process. when ur team needs extra capacity, optional virtual-assistant support can help with lead handling, follow-up, and scheduling in English and Spanish.

we review reasons inquiries progress or stop. a service-area mismatch, unavailable appointment, unanswered call, or common question can point to a specific change in targeting, information, or follow-up.

make the full
investment clear.

we put the fee, included work, and ad-spend allocation in writing. services, locations, competition, production needs, and website work affect the scope. we agree on the launch requirements and review points before work starts.

for media cost per booked consultation, divide campaign ad spend by the consultations attributed to that campaign in the agreed reporting period. for a fully loaded cost, include the management, production, and other acquisition costs included in the definition.

an example of the calculation

$3,000 in ad spend ÷ 30 attributed bookings = $100 in media cost per booked consultation.

illustrative arithmetic only. this is not a campaign result, price quote, or performance forecast. it excludes management, production, and other costs.

we assess the result alongside inquiry quality, attendance, and the value of the service. consistent definitions let u compare periods and make budget decisions with useful context.

follow each stage
of acquisition.

we separate the stages from ad exposure to inquiry, qualification, booking, attendance, and treatment. each stage answers a different question about the campaign and the practice’s follow-up.

we agree on the attribution method, reporting period, and which outcomes ur systems can provide. keeping the same definitions helps the team understand changes in performance without confusing a contact action with a clinical outcome.

ad impressions
the number of times ads appeared. a person can see an ad more than once, so impressions do not count unique people.
qualified conversions
actions that meet the campaign’s qualification definition. our library reports 99,930 qualifying actions, shown as approximately 100k.
booked consultations
inquiries that progress to a scheduled consultation. an appointment booking and an attended visit represent separate stages.
attributed office visits
visits linked to the advertising through the campaign’s location-based attribution. this measurement does not verify a new patient or completed treatment.
see our published campaign results ↗
before we talk

a few
answers.

what does patient acquisition marketing include?

we connect strategy, paid search and social, ad creative, landing pages, and the intake handoff. the scope starts with the service u want to grow, the patients u can serve, and how ur practice handles a new inquiry.

how much should a practice spend on advertising?

we build the budget around the service, market, capacity, channels, and production required. the written scope separates the management fee, creative or website work, and ad-spend allocation. we agree on the investment and review points before launch.

how do we measure cost per booked consultation?

for media cost per booked consultation, divide the campaign’s ad spend by the consultations attributed to that campaign for the agreed reporting period. for a fully loaded acquisition cost, include the agreed management, production, and other acquisition costs. keep the definitions consistent between reports.

does a qualified conversion mean a new patient?

a qualified conversion records an action that meets the agreed campaign definition. a booking, attended visit, and completed treatment are later stages. we track those separately when ur systems can connect the outcome.

what should we prepare before a campaign starts?

bring the service priorities, locations, capacity, website, current advertising, and intake process. we also need account access, approved practice information, a clinical reviewer, and a person responsible for following up with inquiries.