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Wellness & aesthetics clinic · Eastern Sydney

Selling trust where the category was selling certainty

Wellness & aesthetics clinic had a beautiful clinic, a senior practitioner, and a paid funnel that was acquiring the wrong patient. We changed what the page was actually offering - and cut cost per acquired patient by 41% with the same audience and the same spend.

Engagement · 9 weeksScope · Paid Acquisition Funnel+Fractional CMO

Cost per acquired patient

−41%

Consult-to-treatment rate

47% → 72%

Average first-treatment value

+34%

Reviews per month

3.1×

01 - The situation

The category was loud, before-and-after-led, and selling a result. Wellness & aesthetics clinic were quieter and more careful, and were trying to compete on the same ground. The funnel was acquiring price-led patients who would book once, complain about results, and never return. The team was burning out servicing the wrong audience.

02 - What we did

We rebuilt the entire funnel around what the senior practitioner actually offered - slower, more conservative, more honest. The page stopped promising outcomes and started promising a conversation. The ads matched. The wrong patient stopped clicking. The right one started.

  • Page rebuilt around the practitioner's voice - long-form, honest about what the treatments could and could not do.
  • Booking flow gated by a short qualifying questionnaire, not a discount.
  • Ad creative rebuilt to repel the price-shopper and attract the patient ready for considered work.
  • Review and referral system installed - happy patients now produce the next ones automatically.
Patients weren't buying outcomes. They were buying somebody to trust.

03 - The outcome

Cost per acquired patient fell 41% and stayed there. The consult-to-treatment rate climbed from 47% to 72% as the qualifying step did its job. Average first-treatment value rose 34% as the right patient booked the right work. Reviews per month tripled - and reviews are now the leading source of new bookings.