Case study

Virtual Doctors Online

Client

Virtual Doctors Online

Industry

Healthcare

Year

2020

Service provided

Performance Marketing

Brief

The objective was to connect a quality telemedicine service to the patients who needed it. Virtual Doctors Online offered high-quality care but was not reaching enough people to grow, largely because prospective patients simply did not know the platform existed. The goal was to build an acquisition strategy that could introduce the service to entirely new audiences, turn awareness into sign-ups, and grow the patient base in a measurable, cost-effective way through targeted digital advertising.

Challenge

The greatest challenge was a visibility gap rather than a quality gap. The telemedicine service itself was strong, but it was not generating enough patients because the right people were unaware it existed. Reaching new prospective patients meant engaging cold audiences with no prior relationship to the brand, which required both a compelling reason to sign up and a way to reach the most relevant people. Converting first-time visitors into patients called for clear incentives and precise targeting rather than broad, untargeted promotion.

Discovery

Research into the audience shaped a strategy built around reaching people who had never heard of the platform. Prioritizing cold audiences opened the door to new potential patients, but attracting them required more than exposure. It became clear that first-time patients needed a clear incentive to act, which led to a set of lead magnets designed to add value and encourage sign-ups. Building a detailed patient avatar ensured that advertising spend would reach the most relevant individuals, increasing the likelihood of conversion.

Design

The acquisition strategy was designed as a targeted funnel built to attract, incentivize, and convert new patients. It prioritized cold audiences to expand reach beyond the platform's existing visibility, using a curated list of lead magnets to give first-time patients a clear reason to sign up. A tailored Facebook ads campaign, targeted around the defined patient avatar, ensured the message reached the most relevant people at each stage. The results were strong and efficient. The campaign generated leads at a cost of just $10 per result and grew the client base by 20 percent in a single month, connecting quality telemedicine care to the patients who needed it most.

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