Meta Ads
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Cheaper to acquire than Google. The right offer, the right creative, and a world-class first session is what turns the booking into lifetime value.
Meta is interruption marketing on people scrolling cats and dogs. Done well, you'll book new patients for $50 to $75 each, well below what Google costs. Done poorly, you'll burn budget on tyre-kickers who never show up. The difference isn't ad spend. It's creative built for healthcare, an offer designed to lower the barrier to entry, and the systems that turn a discounted first session into a long-term patient.
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Your Speech Clinic
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the right words.
Paediatric Speech Pathology. Sydney.
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Late talkers, stuttering, autism support. Paediatric and adult speech.
yourspeechclinic.com.au
Stop the scroll. Earn the booking.
What goes wrong
Why most clinic Meta ads underperform.
Four patterns we see every week.
No offer, or the wrong one.
Meta patients aren't searching. They're scrolling. They've usually tried something already and been disappointed. Asking them to commit to your full-priced first session is the single biggest reason clinic Meta ads fail. A 40% off or $69 initial isn't devaluing the service. It's lowering the cost of saying yes.
Creative that doesn't earn the scroll.
A patient on Instagram doesn't want a brochure. They want to know whether you can help with what they're feeling right now. Most agency creative skips that part.
Lead forms that flood the front desk.
A cheap lead is expensive if it doesn't book. We add the right qualifying questions so your team isn't chasing tyre-kickers who never had real intent.
Treating the discount patient like a discount patient.
Younger team members see a discounted Meta booking and unconsciously deliver lower-quality care. The patient feels it, doesn't rebook, and the campaign gets blamed. Meta clients can be just as valuable as Google clients, but only if the experience after the booking is world-class.
Before you run that ad
Is your ad copy going to land you in trouble with AHPRA?
How we work
Four steps. Built for healthcare.
Offer and positioning.
Most of the work happens before the ad runs. We design the offer (typically 40% off the initial or a $69 first session) and the audience around your real catchment, your real avatar, and the language they actually use. Psychology is the exception: no offer, education-led only.
Creative that earns the scroll.
Patients on Instagram aren't looking for a brochure. They want to know if you can help with what they're feeling right now. We write in their language, with creative that stops the thumb and turns it into a booking.
Launch and learn.
We run small to find the winners, then scale what works. No 'set and forget'. No betting the budget on day one.
Optimise weekly.
Creative fatigue kills Meta campaigns inside 4-6 weeks. We build a refresh cadence into the work so your ads stay alive longer than the average.
What changes
What you get when this works.
$50 to $75 cost per booked patient.
Lead-form ads typically deliver leads at around $25, with 1-in-2 to 1-in-3 leads converting to a booking. Cheaper than Google. Psychology runs higher ($100 to $150) because no offers.
A predictable lead pipeline.
Not feast and famine. A consistent inflow of bookings each week, scaled to your capacity.
Brand recall in your community.
Patients who don't book today often book in six months. Meta ads keep you top of mind in your local area.
Front-desk-friendly leads.
Pre-qualified prospects who already know what you do, where you are, and roughly what it costs.
Lower barrier to entry, not lower value.
The offer is for people who have already tried other things and been disappointed. The first session you deliver is what earns the lifetime value back.
AHPRA-aware, always.
We know what you can and can't say. Your marketing stays compliant without losing the things that make it convert.
Pricing
Simple, honest pricing.
No hidden fees. No long contracts. Pay for the work, pay for the spend, get the results.
ROI calculator
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What the patient pays you per visit
Average number of visits per patient
Your media budget, separate from management fees
Select your specialty above to see your numbers.
Meta Ads
Monthly management
$725/mo
+ GST + 15% of ad spend
One-off setup
$795
+ GST
What's in the setup
- Strategy session
- A clear, defined Meta Ads marketing strategy
- Conversion tracking installed
- Keyword research
- Full campaign build
- Everything wired up and working before launch
Ongoing, every week
- In your account every 24 to 48 hours
- Measuring, refining, optimising
- Constant split testing. Always trying to beat our best ad.
- Monthly reporting in plain English
- Pete in the account, not a junior or overseas VA
Min. ad budget: $500/mo
Book a Strategy SessionBy the end of my first session with Pete, we literally had 8 Facebook Ads running. Not only do they give you the knowledge, they help you implement and build a clinic that will help you grow.
The Meta trade-off
Decrease the barrier to entry, not devalue the service.
Most clinic owners hate the idea of running a discount. Fair. But the patient on Meta isn't comparing your full price to your discounted price. They've already googled, tried something else, and been burned. A $69 initial or 40% off the first session isn't devaluing what you do. It's lowering the cost of saying "I'll give them a chance" for someone who can't justify another $200 first appointment.
Acquisition
Cheaper to get them in.
Lead-form ads typically deliver leads at around $25, with 1-in-2 to 1-in-3 leads converting to a booking. That's $50 to $75 cost per booked patient. Meaningfully lower than Google.
Intent
Colder when they arrive.
They weren't searching. They were scrolling cats and dogs. They've usually tried Google first and been disappointed. Lower intent. Less qualified. Lower lifetime value by default.
Retention
Your first session decides the LTV.
Done well, a Meta patient is just as valuable as a Google patient. Done poorly, the discount becomes the story your team tells themselves about that patient. Pre-session comms, in-session experience, and follow-up have to be world-class.
The ethics, plainly
AHPRA's concern is encouraging indiscriminate use of healthcare services. Lowering the price of a first appointment for someone who has already tried other options and is hesitant to try again isn't indiscriminate use. It's making care more accessible to people who would otherwise stay stuck. We think that lands in a strong ethical spot, and we'd defend it.
Common questions
The questions clinic owners ask us.
Why is Meta cheaper per booking than Google? Is the patient worse?
Do I have to discount? I don't like the idea of discounting healthcare.
Are discount offers AHPRA-compliant?
If Meta clients are lower intent, won't they churn after one session?
How fast will I see results?
I'm already running ads. Can I keep them?
What's a realistic monthly ad budget?
Do you lock me in?
Why are you better than a generic marketing agency?
Will Pete actually run my ads, or a junior?
Ready when you are
We'll map out the campaign before you commit.
Tell us about your clinic. We'll come back with a one-page plan: who we'd target, what creative we'd test first, and what a realistic 90-day result looks like.
Where we work
We run Meta Ads for clinics in every major Australian city. Each city guide covers local cost per booking ranges, catchment patterns, and the specialty mix we see there: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Canberra, Hobart. Or browse every city we cover.
