Case Study

Anti-Aging Physician Case Study

In healthcare, few categories are as search-driven as wellness. Anti-aging medicine clinics like the one we worked with in Orlando fall into that shopping category.  They have the…
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The Challenge

In healthcare, few categories are as search-driven as wellness. Anti-aging medicine clinics like the one we worked with in Orlando fall into that shopping category. 

They have the services to compete at the highest level: hormone replacement therapy, skin rejuvenation, peptide treatments, and a broader suite of offerings that would make them a formidable competitor in any market. Even better, patients had great experiences there.

In a field where patients are comparing credentials, treatment menus, and reviews before they ever reach out, a practice that isn't visible during that process won’t be considered, regardless of what it offers.

Orlando adds a layer to this challenge by spanning across a wide geographic footprint. Thankfully, patients in this category are often willing to travel for the right provider, but the search always comes first. But this can work against a business that is only visible to a fraction of the patients that the market has to offer.

And this business was limited to its immediate vicinity in search results. 

The website also reflected a gap. It was well-built and professionally designed, clearly the product of a real investment, but it wasn't structured for search. In a category where patients research carefully before committing, a site that doesn't rank is a missed opportunity, regardless of how well it presents.

 

Close-up of a laboratory microscope analyzing a medical sample — used for Leverage Local’s anti-aging physician SEO and web design case study.

Starting Numbers

In January 2025, the practice had a digital presence, but not one that reflected the quality of what was being offered. For a city with the wellness demand and the patient base that Orlando has, these numbers pointed to a visibility problem, not a demand problem.

 

51
Business Calls
112
Website Clicks
219
Overall Interactions
21
Business Profile Reviews

"The frustrating part was knowing we had put work and money into the site and the pictures, but it wasn’t solving our problems."

Jenna Clinical Director

What Was Holding Them Back

For a practice with this much to offer, the barriers were surprisingly specific. A  handful of things were eating away at its ability to appear in search results.

A GBP Needs Upkeep

The Google Business Profile made a decent first impression with professional photos, a service list, and the right categories in place. 

But it needed to be more active with posts, review replies, and more in-depth service descriptions. Without it, they look dormant to search engines and potential customers.

Good Website, Wrong Foundation

The existing site was genuinely well done, with good photography and a clean design that communicated professionalism. 

But it required rebuilding on a platform built for search performance, which meant trading a site that looked right for one that performed right. It needed service pages, local relevance, and a structure that could be optimized on an ongoing basis rather than set and forgotten.

Missing Local Content

Building geographic reach here is intended to capture someone searching with the intent to choose a business, regardless of which part of the city they are in. 

And this business needed a lot more reach. Thankfully, Orlando has lots of room for us to add locally relevant content to their website.

Too Few Reviews

In the wellness category, patients are making decisions based on a combination of scientific and anecdotal evidence.

A thin review count creates real friction. Customers need motivation to book an appointment in the form of social proof (reviews). This business needed a system for turning satisfied patients into visible credibility.

 

Goals

  • Grow inbound calls from 51 to at least 150 per month within six months
  • Increase website clicks by at least 300% through a rebuilt site and content strategy targeting high-intent wellness searches
  • Establish presence across Orlando, including the high-income enclaves where the target patient lives and searches
  • Reach 40 reviews within the first three months and build a consistent monthly cadence from there

With the gaps clearly defined, the next step was building a strategy that aligned with how patients in this category search, compare, and choose. The focus was on capturing existing demand and turning it into consistent, measurable growth.

We set clear targets for the first six months.

Each goal ties back to a limitation identified early on. Together, they create the foundation needed to compete in a market where visibility, credibility, and timing all influence who gets chosen.

 

Business Profile Calls

At 51 calls per month, the gap between what the Orlando market could offer and what the practice was capturing was significant. 

Calls more than doubled by March, proving how much demand was already out there once the profile gave Google something to work with.

 

What We Did

A practice without local signals across the city is invisible to patients who would otherwise be happy to make the drive. In service of this, we added local content that proves this anti-aging clinic was a relevant result for people searching in Winter Park, Lake Nona, Windermere, and far more.

We gave their Google Business Profile everything it would need to be considered a current, engaged business. Beginning with treatment pages to convert searches for specific procedures, they worked in tandem with the GBP’s new and improved service descriptions.

Perhaps the most impactful piece was increasing their review velocity. Adding automated outreach for completed appointments made it easy for happy clients to post a review about their experience. This improvement is easily implemented and works like a charm.

 

Website Clicks

Clicks showed the most immediate response to the website rebuild, jumping from 112 in January to 473 by April. 

Growth naturally leveled from there, which reflects the practice reaching a strong, stable position rather than still climbing from a deficit. By June, the clinic had settled into the kind of consistent search presence that keeps a schedule full month after month.

 

What Clicked

The website rebuild was the centerpiece of our early strategy, and the quality of the existing site made it easier to move quickly. Rebuilding on our search-optimized platform meant the practice would have some similar visual elements, but now it would be built for performance.

Searches like "hormone replacement therapy Orlando," and "peptide treatments near me" now have somewhere specific to land. Location pages spread that reach across the city so patients could find the practice from wherever they happened to be searching.

Patients clicking through from the profile are usually doing one of two things: gathering enough information to feel confident, or looking for a way to book.

The site was built to serve both. Clear service pages handled the research phase, and a direct path to booking handled the rest.

Blog content built credibility in the background, signaling to search engines that this was an active, knowledgeable practice worth surfacing for the searches that matter in this category.

 

Overall Interactions

Overall interactions measure the full range of ways potential patients engage with the clinic’s online presence, including calls, website clicks, directions, and profile actions. Starting at 219 in January, these interactions climbed 394%, reaching 1,081 by June. Together, they paint a more complete picture of visibility than any single metric could. For example, a patient who pulls up directions is planning a visit.

That kind of distributed visibility is what the local strategy was built to achieve, and these numbers show it working.

 

The Takeaway

This practice came in with real strengths: premium services, a quality patient experience, and a website someone had genuinely invested in. 

All it needed was a strategy that matched the reality of the market. The demand was always there; they just needed to be able to find the clinic. 

The jump in overall interactions is the clearest sign that something structural changed, not just a temporary spike from a single campaign or a lucky month. When calls, clicks, directions, and profile actions all rise together and hold, it means the practice has genuinely earned its place in search. Patients were finding the clinic, trusting what they saw, and taking the next step.

Once that foundation was in place, Orlando's market did exactly what a city full of high-intent wellness patients does: it responded.

 

"The results were exciting. I didn't need any more convincing after the first couple of months."

Jenna Clinical Director

Results

Six months in, this practice looks very different in search than it did in January. 

A rebuilt site, an active profile, a growing review record, and a presence spread across the city had turned a once hard-to-find business into one that showed up consistently. 

The numbers represent a fuller schedule and more new patients. We helped this business improve its bottom line by solving its visibility problem.

Expanding across Orlando’s neighborhoods, rebuilding the site for search performance, and maintaining an active, credible profile put the practice in front of patients ready to book. As visibility grew, so did trust, engagement, and ultimately, conversions.

In six months, calls more than quadrupled, website traffic surged, and overall interactions climbed nearly fourfold. At the same time, the clinic’s share of local voice jumped from 9% to 49%, shifting it from an overlooked option to a leading presence in its category.

In a competitive wellness market, showing up consistently is what separates growing practices from stagnant ones. This clinic now has the visibility to match its reputation, and the momentum to keep building on it.

 

Before Leverage Local
51
Business Calls
112
Website Clicks
219
Overall Interactions
21
Business Profile Reviews
After Leverage Local
323%
Increased Business Calls
339%
Increased Website Clicks
394%
Increased Overall Interactions
133%
Increased Reviews

Projections

Based on the trajectory through June 2025, continued growth across all three metrics is well within reach. The geographic reach built into the profile and site will keep working for them so long as we maintain its relevance. Every new local page established, every review added, and every month of consistent activity compounds.

Metric Month 9 (Projected) Month 12 (Projected)
Business Calls 260 315
Website Clicks 670 810
Overall Interactions 1,300 1,580