Our Work:
Wellnest Fertility
Digital Ads Management
Front Office Helper CRM
Google Ads
Meta Ads
Website Optimization
Local SEO
Data Reporting/Analysis
Increasing New Patient Consultations and Fueling Expansion
As the fertility market in Utah grew increasingly competitive, Wellnest, a premier fertility clinic based in Ogden, needed to defend its market share and accelerate growth, with an eye on opening new locations.
Wellnest partnered with RUNNER, leveraging our extensive experience in fertility and IVF marketing. By deploying a targeted digital advertising strategy and optimizing backend lead management in our Front Office Helper CRM, RUNNER helped Wellnest achieve record-breaking consultation growth and establish a highly efficient patient acquisition engine.
- INDUSTRY: IVF, Fertility
- LOCATION: Utah
- SERVICES: Digital Ads Management, Front Office Helper CRM, Google Ads, Meta Ads, Website Optimization, Local SEO, Data Reporting/Analysis
The Challenge: Defending Market Share & Preparing for Scale
Wellnest faced a multi-layered challenge requiring both front-end marketing visibility and back-end operational efficiency:
- Rising Competition: New fertility competitors were entering the local market, threatening Wellnest’s established footprint.
- Expansion Pressure: The clinic needed to build strong, scalable momentum to support future location launches.
- Operational Bottlenecks: While generating interest was important, the internal team needed support putting in place a HIPAA-compliant CRM system to ensure no potential patient slipped through the cracks.
- The Bottom-Line Goal: Consistently drive more high-intent New Patient Consultations (NPCs).
The Approach: A Dual Strategy of Visibility and Efficiency
Recognizing RUNNER’s deep expertise in fertility lead generation, medical ad management, and CRM optimization, Wellnest collaborated with RUNNER to implement a two-pronged strategy: aggressive, high-efficiency digital acquisition paired with rigorous CRM optimization.
1. Dominating Local Search & Brand Defense
To counteract incoming competitors, RUNNER went on the offensive with a high-intent Google Ads strategy:
- Brand Campaigns: Captured high-intent searchers actively looking for Wellnest, ensuring competitors couldn’t siphon off brand traffic.
- High-Intent Fertility Search Terms: Identified high intent fertility search terms and aggressively optimizing bids to capture the maximum possible visibility in Google Ads.
2. Streamlining the Fertility Patient Pipeline
Driving new patient leads is only half the battle; closing the loop on consultations and IVF cycles is where the revenue happens. RUNNER stepped in to bridge the gap between marketing and patient consultations:
- Lead Handling Optimization: Partnered directly with the Wellnest internal team to put in place our Front Office Helper CRM and optimize lead handling workflows.
- Improved Response Times: Created automations for follow-up reminders and trained staff on new patient lead handling best practices to ensure rapid, empathetic outreach to prospective patients for Wellnest.
- Insights & Reporting: RUNNER dug into the Front Office Helper CRM data early and often before making big moves in the ad account, so every dollar was working to book new patient consults, not just rack up leads on paper.
The combined power of RUNNER’s fertility marketing expertise and a streamlined CRM pipeline yielded immediate, record-breaking results:
- Optimized Operations: Better lead handling led to faster response times and a higher percentage of new patient leads becoming consultations.
- Launch-Ready for New Clinic Opening: Established the strong financial momentum and scalable patient acquisition playbook required to confidently launch new locations.
RUNNER did a great job of coming in and getting campaigns up and running. And for a startup, it’s very important to start really focusing on getting patients in the door upon opening the clinic. They did wonderful at partnering with us on that.
Nicole Braley
Chief Marketing Officer
Wellnest Fertility
The Results
New patient consultations in a month