Fractional CMO · Healthcare
// FERTILITY CLINIC MARKETING

Fertility patients need trust before they need treatment.

Fertility is one of the most emotionally charged healthcare decisions. Patients are vulnerable, doing months of research, comparing clinics obsessively, and looking for a provider they can trust with something deeply personal. Cookie-cutter marketing feels tone-deaf. Generic healthcare ads feel cold.

The fertility clinics that attract the right patients don't compete on price or flashy ads. They compete on trust — built through educational content, transparent communication, patient stories, and a consistent presence across every channel patients check during their months-long research.

I help fertility clinics build the kind of marketing that earns trust — because in fertility, trust is what drives every decision.

Trust first
Fertility patients make decisions based on trust, not price. Your marketing should reflect that.
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30 minutes · No pitch, just clarity

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// 01 THE FERTILITY MARKETING CHALLENGE

Fertility marketing requires compassion and expertise.

Patients are vulnerable and researching extensively

Fertility patients spend months reading every page of your website, every review, every forum mention. They're making one of the most important decisions of their lives. If your marketing feels generic, clinical, or worse — salesy — they'll move to the clinic that feels like it genuinely understands them.

Success rates without context destroy trust

Every fertility clinic wants to showcase outcomes. But patients are increasingly informed about how statistics can be presented. Without age-specific breakdowns, live birth vs. pregnancy rates, and transparent methodology, your success rate claims can undermine credibility rather than build it.

Cookie-cutter healthcare marketing feels tone-deaf

An agency that markets your fertility clinic the same way they market a dental practice or urgent care center will get the tone wrong. Fertility patients need empathy, depth, and patience in your marketing — not countdown timers and urgency-based CTAs.

Patient stories are your most powerful asset — and most underused

Successful patients are willing to share their stories. But most clinics have no system for collecting, organizing, and strategically deploying these testimonials. Patient stories build more trust than any ad campaign, yet they're typically buried in a single page or scattered across social media.

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45+
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2.5x
Consultation Growth
80%
Organic Traffic Growth
2hrs
Initial Audit Time
Fertility Clinic · Trust-Based Marketing

Educational content ecosystem. 2.5x more consultations. Patients choosing the clinic before they even called.

A fertility clinic with excellent outcomes was losing patients to competitors with stronger digital presence. Their website was clinical and sparse — procedure descriptions without context, no patient stories, no educational content for early-stage researchers.

What I found: Patients were visiting the website 5-8 times over several months before converting — but there wasn't enough content to sustain that research journey. They'd visit, find limited information, and continue researching competitors who had deeper content.

What I built: 45+ educational pages covering every stage of the fertility journey. Patient story framework with video and written testimonials. Transparent success rate pages with age-specific data. Multi-touchpoint email nurturing for patients not yet ready to book.

"Patients now tell us they felt like they already knew us before their first appointment."

Is your fertility clinic's marketing building trust — or just awareness?

Let me review your patient acquisition strategy for 30 minutes. I'll show you where trust is being built and where it's being lost.

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// 02 MY PROCESS

How I build fertility clinic marketing

Not generic healthcare ads. A trust-based marketing ecosystem designed for how fertility patients actually make decisions.

STEP 01 // EMPATHY AUDIT

I audit your marketing through your patient's eyes

I go through your entire digital presence as a patient would — website, reviews, social media, physician profiles, content depth. Does your marketing feel like it understands what patients are going through? Does it answer the questions they're actually asking? Where does trust build and where does it break?

STEP 02 // EDUCATIONAL CONTENT ECOSYSTEM

Content that answers every question at every stage

Fertility basics for early researchers. Treatment comparisons for mid-stage decision makers. Preparation guides for patients ready to commit. Success rate context for the analytically minded. Each piece builds trust and keeps patients in your ecosystem instead of your competitor's.

STEP 03 // SUCCESS STORY FRAMEWORK

Patient stories collected, organized, and deployed strategically

I build a systematic process for collecting patient testimonials — written stories, video interviews, review generation. Then I place them where they have the most impact: treatment-specific pages, physician profiles, social media, and the consultation booking flow.

STEP 04 // MULTI-CHANNEL PRESENCE

Consistent trust-building across every platform patients check

Your website, Google profile, social media, physician profiles, and review platforms all need to tell a consistent story. I ensure every channel reinforces the same message — expertise, empathy, outcomes. Because patients check all of them.

STEP 05 // PATIENT JOURNEY OPTIMIZATION

From first search to consultation — every touchpoint refined

I optimize the entire path — search visibility for fertility-related queries, website experience that sustains multi-visit research, email nurturing for patients not yet ready, and a consultation booking process that feels supportive rather than transactional. Then I build referral systems to turn successful patients into advocates.

// 03 THE DIFFERENCE

What makes this different

Transactional Healthcare Marketing

Generic ads focused on getting clicks and form fills
Clinical website with minimal educational content
Success rates without context or transparency
Patient stories collected randomly, deployed nowhere
Urgency-based messaging inappropriate for fertility
Same marketing approach used for every healthcare vertical
Report on clicks and impressions
No understanding of the multi-month research journey

Trust-Based Fertility Marketing

Empathy-driven messaging — understands the emotional weight of fertility decisions
Educational content ecosystem — 45+ pages answering every patient question
Transparent success communication — age-specific data presented with full context
Systematic story framework — patient testimonials collected, organized, and deployed strategically
Supportive conversion design — clear paths without pressure or manufactured urgency
Fertility-specific expertise — marketing designed for how fertility patients actually decide
Track consultations and patient acquisition cost — metrics that matter
Multi-month attribution — understanding the long research-to-decision timeline
// 04 THE MATH

Let's talk about the money

The lifetime value of a fertility patient extends far beyond the first cycle. Factor in multiple treatments, ancillary services, and referrals to friends navigating similar journeys — the investment in trust-based marketing pays for itself many times over.

What generic healthcare agencies offer

  • $5,000-$15,000/month retainer
  • 12-month lock-in contract
  • Google Ads with broad fertility keywords
  • Clinical website with procedure listings
  • Monthly reports on ad performance
  • No content strategy for the research journey
  • No patient story or referral systems

What I deliver

  • $4,000-$8,000/month, senior strategist
  • No lock-in after initial 3-month engagement
  • Full-journey educational content ecosystem
  • Patient story collection and deployment system
  • Reporting tied to consultations and acquisition cost
  • Multi-channel trust-building strategy
  • Referral multiplier development

Trust compounds. Every piece of content, every patient story, every review builds long-term value.

Unlike ads that stop working when you stop paying, trust-based marketing creates an asset that grows over time.

// 05 HOW WE WORK TOGETHER

Three ways to work with me

Whether you need a full diagnostic, ongoing strategy, or urgent help with marketing that isn't connecting with patients.

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The Diagnostic

2 weeks · Full fertility marketing audit · Roadmap delivered

I audit your digital presence through a patient's eyes — website, content, reviews, social media, physician profiles. You get a clear roadmap showing where trust is building, where it's not, and what to fix first.

$5,000 - $10,000

  • Complete fertility marketing empathy audit
  • Patient journey gap analysis
  • Content ecosystem assessment
  • Competitive trust positioning review
  • 90-day action plan with priorities
  • 60-min strategy presentation
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Fractional CMO

15-20 hrs/month · Strategy + Execution · Trust-based marketing, built

I become part of your team. Build the educational content ecosystem. Create patient story frameworks. Develop multi-channel presence. Ongoing optimization tied to consultations and patient trust metrics.

$4,000 - $8,000/mo

  • Educational content ecosystem build
  • Patient story collection and deployment
  • Treatment-specific landing pages
  • Multi-channel trust-building strategy
  • SEO + Google Ads management
  • Monthly reporting on patient acquisition
  • Minimum 3 months
03

Campaign Rescue

Something's off · I diagnose and fix it · Fast turnaround

Your marketing feels disconnected from your patient experience. Your website doesn't reflect your clinic's warmth. Your ad campaigns are attracting the wrong patients. I diagnose the issue, rebuild the trust signals, and realign your marketing with your values.

$10,000 - $25,000

  • Rapid trust and messaging diagnosis
  • Content and landing page rebuild
  • Patient story emergency collection
  • Fast turnaround (2-4 weeks)
  • Post-rescue training for your team
  • Transition plan for long-term trust building
// 06 WHO THIS IS FOR

This is built for fertility clinics that

Patient-Centered Fertility Clinics

  • Outstanding clinical care that marketing doesn't reflect
  • Patients love the experience but the website tells a different story
  • Need marketing that matches the warmth of the clinic
  • Ready to invest in trust-building over quick-fix advertising

Growing Fertility Practices

  • Adding physicians, services, or locations
  • Need marketing infrastructure to support growth
  • Want to capture patients earlier in research journey
  • Building physician brands alongside the clinic brand

Full-Service Reproductive Health

  • IVF, IUI, egg freezing, genetic testing, and more
  • Each service line needs thoughtful, separate marketing
  • Cross-service patient journeys need mapping
  • Complex offerings that need clear communication

Clinics Outgrowing Their Agency

  • Current marketing feels generic and transactional
  • Ad spend increasing but consultations plateauing
  • Need senior-level fertility marketing expertise
  • Ready for marketing that reflects who they truly are
// 07 QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you market fertility services ethically?

Ethical fertility marketing starts with empathy and transparency. No manufactured urgency. No fear-based messaging. No misleading success rate claims. Instead, I build educational content that empowers patients to make informed decisions, present outcomes data with full context, and create marketing experiences that feel supportive rather than pushy. The goal is to earn trust, not manufacture anxiety.

How should we communicate success rates?

Transparently and with context. Age-specific breakdowns, live birth rates (not just pregnancy rates), methodology explanations, and honest framing of what the numbers mean for individual patients. Patients are sophisticated researchers — they can spot inflated or cherry-picked statistics. Transparent communication builds more trust than impressive-looking numbers without context.

How do you collect and use patient testimonials in fertility?

I build a systematic framework — timing the ask correctly (after successful outcomes, with appropriate sensitivity), offering multiple formats (written, video, anonymous quotes), and deploying stories on treatment-specific pages where they'll have the most impact. Privacy is paramount. Patients control their level of exposure. And stories are placed where they build trust for future patients at similar stages.

What's more important for fertility — SEO or paid ads?

For fertility clinics, SEO is the foundation. Patients research for months — if your educational content ranks for the questions they're asking at every stage, you build trust long before they're ready to book. Paid ads capture high-intent searches but shouldn't be your only strategy. The ideal approach is a deep SEO content ecosystem supplemented by targeted ads for high-intent keywords.

How do you measure ROI for fertility marketing?

Consultations booked and cost per patient acquired, with a critical addition: multi-month attribution. A patient who first found your educational content 8 months ago and books today was influenced by that content throughout. I track the full journey, including repeat website visits, content engagement patterns, and time-to-conversion — because in fertility, the conversion window is measured in months, not days.

Ready to build fertility marketing that earns patient trust?

30 minutes. No pitch. I'll review your current digital presence and show you where trust is building, where it's not, and what to prioritize.

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30 minutes · We'll know in the first 15 if I can help.