Search captures demand.
Meta creates it.
Google reaches people already looking. Meta gives the clinic another way to reach potential patients before they type a treatment into search.
A second engine
for acquisition.
Paid social should not imitate Google Search. It solves a different problem.
Instead of waiting for explicit search intent, Meta campaigns put relevant offers and clinic services in front of potential patients and convert response into measurable enquiries.
More enquiries.
Lower weighted CPL.
Different intent.
Same business outcome.
Meta and Google were measured separately, but they were built to contribute to the same clinic acquisition system.
Paid social became
material at scale.
In only the first eight reported months of 2026, Meta generated 1,902 enquiries — already above the 1,639 recorded for the whole of 2025.
That is why we treat Meta as an acquisition product, not a content distribution budget.