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Vitality Medspa — med spa marketing case study

Vitality Medspa

Breaking a 3-Year Plateau

Vitality Medspa had been stuck at $850K for three years. They'd tried new treatments, new ads, and discounts — nothing moved the needle. The real bottleneck wasn't traffic; it was a leaky retention system. We fixed both ends at once.

Paid MediaEmail & SMSAutomations
2.9xNew patients per month (18 → 52)

52

New patients/mo (from 18)

68%

Repeat-visit rate (from 43%)

$1.9M

Revenue run-rate (from $850K)

Client snapshot

Vitality Medspa

Type
Medical Spa & Wellness
Location
Austin, Texas
Size
Single location, multi-provider
Primary services
Injectables, facials, body treatments, wellness
Engagement
Growth package — acquisition + retention

The background

About Vitality Medspa

Vitality Medspa had a loyal following and solid treatments, but revenue had been frozen near $850K for three straight years. They'd tried everything they could think of — new services, different ad agencies, aggressive discounts — and nothing stuck.

When we audited the practice, the problem was clear: not enough new patients coming in, and too many existing patients never coming back. Marketing money was being spent at the top of a bucket with a hole in the bottom.

The challenge

The Problem — A Bucket With a Hole

Vitality didn't have one problem — they had two, working against each other.

01

Stalled Acquisition

  • Just 18 new patients a month from inconsistent, untracked ads.
  • Not enough new demand to grow past the plateau.
02

Leaking Retention

  • Repeat-visit rate sat at 43%.
  • More than half of patients never came back — and nothing was being done to bring them in.
03

No Patient Communication

  • No email or SMS program.
  • After a visit, patients heard nothing — no rebooking, no offers, no reason to return.
04

Discount Dependency

  • Growth attempts leaned on discounts that trained patients to wait for deals and eroded margins without building loyalty.

The solution

The Solution — Fix Both Ends of the Funnel

We rebuilt acquisition to bring in more of the right patients and built a retention engine to keep them — so every new patient was worth far more over time.

Paid Media

Predictable Patient Acquisition

Tracked, high-intent campaigns that brought in qualified new patients consistently — replacing the on-again, off-again ad spend.

  • Full conversion and call tracking
  • High-intent Google + Meta campaigns
  • Treatment landing pages with booking
  • Weekly optimization toward booked patients
Med Spa Advertising

Acquisition dashboard

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Email & SMS

Retention & Reactivation

An email and SMS program that keeps Vitality top-of-mind — rebooking prompts, treatment plans, and reactivation that bring patients back without discounts.

  • Post-visit rebooking and treatment-plan flows
  • Win-back campaigns for lapsed patients
  • Seasonal and membership offers
  • Segmented messaging by treatment history
Email & SMS Marketing

Email/SMS revenue

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Automations

Speed-to-Lead & Nurture

Automation that responds to every inquiry instantly and nurtures it until it books — so no new patient slips through the cracks.

  • Speed-to-lead response in under 60 seconds
  • Multi-touch nurture across SMS + email
  • Missed-call text-back
  • Appointment reminders to cut no-shows
Marketing Automations

Automation workflow map

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The results

The Results — The Plateau, Broken

Measured over the first 12 months.

5218

New patients per month

+189%
68%43%

Repeat-visit rate

+58%
$8,100$6,200

Monthly marketing spend

Scaled
$28K$4K

Reactivation revenue/mo

+600%
$19K/mo$0

Email/SMS attributed revenue

New channel
$1.9M$850K

Annual revenue run-rate

+124%

Key milestone — Within the year, retention revenue alone exceeded what Vitality used to generate from new patients — the plateau was gone for good.

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