BEAUFORT MEMORIAL CASE STUDY
From Marketing Activity to Measurable Growth

Aligning brand, service lines, and performance to drive clarity, confidence, and results.

THE CHALLENGE

Strong performance, but limited visibility into what was driving growth

Beaufort Memorial operates in a rapidly evolving market, with increasing competition from regional systems, shifting regulations, and changing patient behavior.

As the organization expanded its focus to growing new service lines, it also needed to direct demand toward high-value services with available capacity. This elevated the role of marketing from driving activity to aligning efforts with business priorities and measurable growth.

Our Strategic Approach

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Connecting brand, performance, and measurement to drive growth

True North aligned brand and performance marketing into a single strategy, ensuring campaigns drive immediate action while building long-term trust and preference.

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Focusing service line investment where it drives the most impact

Priority service lines were identified based on demand, capacity, and strategic importance, enabling marketing investment to be directed toward the areas with the greatest growth potential.

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Building measurement clarity and confidence in performance

True North’s measurement framework connected marketing activity to business outcomes, providing visibility into lead volume, cost efficiency, and downstream impact while enabling ongoing optimization.

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Elevating marketing as a strategic growth partner

Through shared KPIs, consistent reporting, and close collaboration, marketing became more aligned with leadership and operational teams, strengthening its role in driving growth.

THE WORK

Executing integrated strategies to improve efficiency and drive service line growth

Over the course of the partnership, True North implemented coordinated strategies across media, service line campaigns, and content to improve efficiency and drive measurable growth. Media investments were refined to prioritize high intent audiences and align spend to campaigns most closely tied to patient conversion, improving lead quality and overall efficiency.

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Service line campaigns built for growth

Targeted campaigns supported priority service lines, including Orthopedics, Oncology, and Plastic Surgery. For Plastics, a newly launched service line, the team introduced appointment-focused landing pages and coordinated media to quickly build awareness and drive early patient volume.

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Conversion pathways designed to drive action

Campaign experiences were designed to guide patients from interest to action through clear calls to action and streamlined user journeys, increasing engagement and conversion rates.

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Search and content strategy aligned to intent

Content strategy evolved to focus on high-intent topics and long tail search behavior, improving visibility across both traditional search and AI-driven discovery while capturing more qualified demand.

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Integrated campaigns across channels

Campaigns were executed across digital and traditional channels with coordinated messaging, creating a consistent experience across every touchpoint and reinforcing both brand and performance outcomes.

RESULTS

The campaigns drove lead generation efficiency, service line growth, and measurable business impact

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Cost per lead reduced from $82.75 in FY22 to $32.86 in FY25

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Lead volume increased year-over-year, with flat media investment

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More efficient spend aligned to high-intent demand

Service line growth across priority areas

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ORTHOPEDICS

2,207 appointment leads, a 43% increase year-over-year

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ONCOLOGY

2,097 campaign leads and 924 screening engagements

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PLASTICS

445 leads generated in the first year of launch

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Expanded visibility and long-term growth

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77.4K ranking keywords, a 22% increase year-over-year

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6.4K keywords on page one of search results

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73 percent growth in AI-driven search visibility

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Jess O'Brien

“Marketing plays a critical role in supporting the growth of new practices while driving measurable volume to priority service lines where we have capacity. That is where our strategic partnership with True North comes in.”

5 Stars
Jessica O'Brien
Director of Marketing and Communications

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