Paid ads and patient acquisition

Social media ads for clinics and medical centers on Snapchat and TikTok

We reach people who have not started searching yet, with a short video that explains the service and leads them to a booking request or a WhatsApp chat. We also advertise on Meta and X when their audience fits the service.

We reply on the same working day.

Many views, few booking requests

On Snapchat and TikTok, viewers pass an ad in two seconds. If they do not understand the service from the opening shot, reach a long form, or wait for a WhatsApp reply, they leave and do not come back. And the same creative often runs for weeks until the audience tires of it and its cost rises.

  • One creative has run for a month, and the cost per request rises every week
  • The platform form brings numbers that do not answer and fake names
  • The ads reach cities where you have no branch
  • An influencer advertised for you without a Mawthooq licence, or with words that promised a treatment result

Where it acts on the patient journey

Works before the search: when patients first learn about the service and decide to ask.

  1. Enquiry
  2. Response
  3. Booking
  4. Attended

What it includes

The platform for each service and audience

Snapchat and TikTok for services a short video can explain, Instagram and Facebook when the audience spans a wider age range, and X for awareness campaigns and news. We split the budget by the cost per booking on each platform.

Creative and message testing

We launch several versions at once: a different angle, a different first three seconds, or a different speaker. We keep the versions with the lowest cost per booking request and refresh them before the audience tires of them.

Targeting by city and branch

A location setting for each branch, a message that names the city or district, and ads scheduled around the hours your team can reply. We never target anyone by their health condition; the platforms restrict it.

Platform form or WhatsApp

A form inside the platform brings more requests of lower quality, and WhatsApp brings fewer chats with clearer intent. We choose by service and by your team's capacity to reply, and add questions to the form that filter out requests that are not serious.

Influencer ads

We work only with influencers who hold a valid Mawthooq licence, under a clear contract, with a script reviewed before filming. No promises of treatment results, and no personal experience shown as if every patient will get the same result.

Script and video review before upload

Every script and video is checked against MOH and SFDA regulations before upload. We pay close attention to before-and-after images, device and product names, and doctors' titles.

How we work

  1. Choose the service and audience

    We pick one or two services with open appointments, learn who asks for them and from which cities, and review the ads you ran before and what they brought.

  2. Write and film

    Scripts and short videos from several angles, filmed by our team or yours, with educational content in the doctor's name when it suits the service. All of it goes through the regulation review.

  3. Launch and test

    A test budget split across the versions. We stop the weak ones within days and expand what brings booking requests at an acceptable cost.

  4. Follow each request to the booking

    We link every request to the platform and creative it came from, and learn from your response team which ones became confirmed bookings. If we have access to your booking data, we measure attendance for each platform.

How we measure

  • Cost per booking request for each platform and creative
  • Share of valid requests from the platform form
  • Cost per confirmed booking
  • How long a creative lasts before its cost rises
  • Cost per attended patient, if we have access to your booking data

Views and likes help us choose creatives, but they are not part of how we measure results.

Ads follow the health advertising regulations of the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the SFDA, and any influencer who advertises for you holds a Mawthooq licence from the General Authority for Media Regulation (GAMR). Form data is handled under the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL).

From our results

Al Raed: 533 booking requests from TikTok in the first 10 days

First 10 days of the campaign. Source: TikTok Ads dashboard.

Starting point
A TikTok campaign for the National Day offer at Al Raed Consultant Medical Center. The goal was booking requests through a form.
What we worked on
TikTok ads that take viewers to the booking request form.
Result
533 booking requests in the first 10 days of the campaign, at 28.5 SAR per request, and about 2 million impressions.
Watch the results in TikTok AdsShort video, plays here on the page · Video in ArabicOr watch it on YouTube

Frequently asked questions

Snapchat or TikTok: which suits us?

It depends on the service, the city and the age group. In many cases we test both with a small budget for two weeks, then move the spend to the platform with the lower cost per booking.

Platform form or WhatsApp?

The form brings more requests, including numbers that do not answer. WhatsApp brings fewer chats that are closer to a booking, and it needs a team that replies quickly. If your response is slow, we start with the form and fix the response at the same time.

Do influencer ads need a licence?

Yes. An influencer who publishes a paid ad needs a valid Mawthooq licence. We ask for the licence number before signing and review the script against health advertising regulations, because the ad carries your organization's name.

Who films the videos?

Our team writes, films and edits, or we write for your team and edit what they film. We need a short amount of the doctor's time to review and approve the medical information.

Can you target patients by their health condition?

No. Platform policies restrict targeting by health condition, which protects patient privacy. We target by city, age and general interests, and the message itself makes clear who the service is for.

Start with a test on two platforms

Tell us the service you want to advertise and the cities where your branches are, and we will suggest a test plan in a free consultation of about 30 minutes.

We reply on the same working day.

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