Case studyAesthetics

A 2-location aesthetic clinicRM14,000 of ad spend returned RM38,000 in sales.

In aesthetics an offer sells inside its window or it does not. Here is what tracking sales against spend, while the campaign ran, showed.

Shape
2 locations
Window
1 to 22 August 2026
Source
Ad spend and sales recorded by the clinic

Sales against ad spend

1 to 22 Aug 2026

Ad spend: RM14,000
Sales: RM38,000

Ad spend

Sales

2.7x

RM14,000 of ad spend, RM38,000 in sales, in 3 weeks. Sales recorded by the clinic, not leads.

Meta ad spend
RM14,000
1 to 22 August 2026
in sales
RM38,000
1 to 22 August 2026
per lead on the best-performing treatment ad
RM7
May 2026, a supporting line, never the headline

The situation

Cost per lead can look fine while the treatment never sells.

Aesthetic treatments sell in short, offer-driven windows. Cost per lead can look fine while the treatment never sells inside the window, so the clinic wanted to see the number that matters while the campaign was still running: sales against spend.

What changed

  1. Marketing System, one treatment offer

    Meta ads ran for a specific treatment offer across the clinic's two locations, with a window of 3 weeks.

  2. Sales, not leads, tracked against spend

    Sales were recorded against ad spend through the window, so the clinic could see the return while there was still time to act on it.

  3. Lead cost as the supporting line

    Earlier in the year, the clinic's best-performing treatment ad produced leads at RM7 each. A lead cost like that only matters when the sales line above it holds.

The numbers

Spend against sales, inside the window.

Ad spend and sales recorded by the clinic, 1 to 22 August 2026.

Sales against ad spend
MetricAd spendSalesChange
1 to 22 August 2026, 3 weeks RM14,000 RM38,000 2.7x

What this means for your clinic

Track sales against spend while the campaign runs, not after.

A short, well-targeted window can beat an always-on budget for a single treatment, but only if you can see the sales line before the window closes. Cost per lead on its own will not tell you.

See a window like this run on your own offer.

The demo walks the lead to patient journey on real anonymised client data, then runs your clinic's leads and ad spend through it so you can see where you'd land.

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