121 Group
Prepared for Specialist Plus • May 2026

Digital Marketing Strategy
Be Known As The WorkCover
& MVA Authority In SA

Specialist Plus already wins on the inside — lawyers across Adelaide refer to you, and your clinical capability now exceeds your two biggest competitors. The problem isn’t demand. It’s perception. Today GPs and the public see you as a generic specialist centre. This strategy fixes that — clear positioning, a website that matches your clinical depth, and a coordinated GP + public + lawyer awareness engine.

Richmond, SA
Adelaide-Wide Catchment
Lawyers
Already Refer In Volume
GP Channel
Underdeveloped Today
2
Direct Competitors (MLCOA, CHG)
~15 yrs
121 Group In Healthcare
Situation Analysis

Where Specialist Plus Stands Today

Based on the discovery call with Carolene Watson on 5 May 2026, a review of specialistplus.com.au, and a side-by-side audit of MLCOA and CHG, here’s the honest read on where you are and what needs to change.

“People are looking at us as a specialist centre, but they’re not looking at us as motor vehicle and work cover specialists, and I really need to get that out. Our online presence, our digital online presence isn’t there. Our website doesn’t have enough information compared to our competitors.”
— Carolene Watson, Specialist Plus

Strengths

  • Strong, established lawyer referral network across Adelaide
  • Broader clinical capability than MLCOA — psychiatry, pain medicine, occupational, general physician, surgery, O&G under one roof
  • End-to-end WorkCover & MVA case management — not just IMEs
  • Director-led, growing business — appetite to invest in the right marketing partner
  • Clean, modern website foundation to build on (vs MLCOA’s dated UI)
  • Existing GP Education Hub page — a strong asset most clinics don’t have

Current Gaps

  • Homepage tagline (“Comprehensive Medical Care”) hides what you actually do — WorkCover & MVA
  • No dedicated landing pages for “WorkCover” or “Motor Vehicle Accident” — the two terms patients & GPs search
  • Service depth on the site is shallow vs MLCOA & CHG — no FAQ, no GP referral pathway, no patient journey
  • Social channels (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram) underused — no GP education content, no patient awareness content
  • Marketing handled by a junior in-house resource — structure has outgrown the resourcing
  • No attribution — no way to know which channel drives which referrals today

The Strategic Tension — And How We Resolve It

Carolene flagged two distinct goals on the discovery call: educate GPs so they refer in (B2B), and let injured workers & accident victims know Specialist Plus exists (B2C). These are different audiences, different messages, different channels. If we run them as one campaign — which is the cheap, easy mistake — the message dilutes and neither audience converts.

Our strategy runs them as three parallel tracks under one positioning umbrella: GPs (referral education), Patients (public awareness), Lawyers (deepen the existing channel). Same brand, same authority, three distinct content engines. No dilution.

3
Audience Tracks
1
Unified Positioning
2
Hero Service Pages (WC + MVA)
12mo
To Category Authority

A realistic outcome in 12 months: Specialist Plus is the first GP-recall name in Adelaide for WorkCover & MVA, ranking top-3 on Google for both terms in SA, with a coordinated patient-awareness presence across Meta & YouTube and a website that matches your clinical depth.

Competitor Audit

Side-By-Side: Specialist Plus vs MLCOA vs CHG

Carolene asked us to look at the two competitors she sees most often: MLCOA (national IME giant) and CHG — Corporate Health Group (SA workplace health). Here’s the honest read after auditing all three websites on 11 May 2026.

Specialist Plus

specialistplus.com.au
  • Homepage clarity 2 / 10
  • WorkCover landing page None
  • MVA landing page None
  • GP referral pathway Hub exists
  • Service page depth Bullet list only
  • FAQ / education content Minimal
  • Doctor profiles & specialties Strong
  • Active social presence Low
  • Online booking / portal No
  • Visual design quality Modern

MLCOA

mlcoa.com.au
  • Homepage clarity 8 / 10
  • Service-specific pages 15+
  • IME / fitness-to-work pages Dedicated
  • “Who we help” segmentation Yes
  • Online booking portal Yes
  • News / insights hub Active
  • Office locations directory National
  • FAQ & patient education Deep
  • Visual design quality Dated, corporate
  • Local SA presence felt National-feel only

CHG

chg.net.au
  • Homepage clarity 9 / 10
  • Three-pillar service model Yes (Learn / Promote / Manage)
  • Pre-employment medicals Dedicated page
  • Return-to-work services Dedicated page
  • Customer portal Yes
  • Referral pathway Clear
  • NDIS positioning Yes
  • Audience-led navigation Yes
  • Visual design quality Functional
  • SA-local feel Strong

What This Tells Us

MLCOA wins on depth

They have a dedicated page for every service line — IMEs, fitness-to-work, telehealth, medication management, risk assessments. Each ranks on Google individually. We need the same architecture for WorkCover, MVA, and the sub-services under each.

CHG wins on positioning

“Learn. Promote. Manage.” is a clean, memorable pillar model. The whole site organises around audience need, not service catalogue. Specialist Plus needs an equivalent — positioning that says “WorkCover & MVA specialists” in the first three seconds.

Where Specialist Plus wins

Specialist Plus has more clinical breadth on a single site (psychiatry + pain + occupational + surgery + O&G) than either competitor positions. That’s the differentiation: one centre, every specialty an injured client needs. MLCOA outsources, CHG narrows. We tell that story clearly.

The Positioning Take-Out

MLCOA is national, transactional, IME-focused. CHG is workplace-health-focused (pre-employment, training, EAP). Neither owns “WorkCover & MVA case management end-to-end in SA” as their hero positioning. That gap is exactly where Specialist Plus belongs — and right now it’s vacant.

Three Audiences. One Brand.

Who We’re Talking To — And How

Specialist Plus has three distinct buyer types. Each gets its own content track, channel mix, and message — while sitting under the same positioning umbrella.

Track 1 • GPs

The biggest growth lever — underdeveloped today

  • Adelaide-based GPs & clinic principals
  • Pain points: WorkCover & MVA cases are time-consuming, paperwork-heavy, outside their comfort zone
  • Decision driver: a trusted referral partner that takes the case off their plate

Channels & Message

  • Google Search: “workcover specialist Adelaide”, “MVA medico legal SA”
  • GP Education Hub: referral pathways, what we handle, sample reports
  • LinkedIn (clinical voices): case studies, doctor profiles, education
  • Direct outreach: CPD events, GP newsletter, in-clinic visits
  • Tone: peer-to-peer clinical, evidence-led, “we take it off your plate”

Track 2 • Patients & Public

Injured workers & MVA victims who don’t know the option exists

  • 30–50 yr old working-age adults (primary), broader 16–98 catchment
  • Pain points: hurt at work or in an MVA, GP isn’t supporting them, lost in the system
  • Decision driver: “you don’t need a lawyer to come to us” — the message Carolene wants out

Channels & Message

  • Meta (Facebook + Instagram): awareness, “injured at work? injured on the road?”
  • YouTube pre-roll: 15s & 30s spots, geo-targeted to greater Adelaide
  • Google Search: “injured at work Adelaide”, “car accident doctor SA”
  • Google Business Profile: “near me” intent, reviews, services
  • Tone: empathetic, plain-English, reassuring, action-oriented

Track 3 • Lawyers

Already strong — deepen and protect

  • Personal injury & compensation firms across Adelaide
  • Pain points: need timely, defensible reports; reliable specialist availability
  • Decision driver: turnaround, report quality, ease of working together

Channels & Message

  • LinkedIn (firm + partners): case-handling capability, new specialist announcements
  • Quarterly EDM: capability updates, new specialists, turnaround stats
  • Lawyer-facing landing page: referral process, online booking, report formats
  • Tone: professional, reliable, no-fluff, “we make your job easier”
Scope of Services

What We Deliver Every Month

Six workstreams designed to move Specialist Plus from “general specialist centre” to “the WorkCover & MVA authority in SA”. Repositioning first, performance second — in that order, deliberately.

1 • Brand Repositioning & Messaging

New tagline, hero positioning, messaging architecture for all three audiences. Replace “Comprehensive Medical Care” with something that says exactly what you do in three seconds.

Foundation

2 • Website Rebuild & SEO

Dedicated WorkCover & MVA hero pages, GP referral pathway, lawyer portal, FAQ & education hub. Match MLCOA on depth, beat them on clarity.

High Impact

3 • GP Referral Engagement

GP Education Hub expansion, monthly clinical newsletter, LinkedIn thought-leadership from your specialists, optional CPD events. The biggest growth lever.

Long-Term Moat

4 • Public Awareness Campaigns

Meta + YouTube + Google Ads geo-targeted to Adelaide. “Injured at work? Injured on the road? You don’t need a lawyer to come to us.” Brand-recall plus direct response.

Performance

5 • Always-On Social Management

LinkedIn (clinical), Facebook & Instagram (patient-facing). Doctor profiles, education content, patient FAQs, behind-the-clinic content.

Core

6 • Strategy, Reporting & Account Mgmt

Dedicated account director, monthly performance report, quarterly strategy review with Carolene & the directors. Slack / email channel. Tracks referrals by source, attribution to channel.

Included
Full Marketing Strategy Consultancy

Included In Every Package — Not An Add-On

Most agencies charge extra for strategy or skip it entirely. For Specialist Plus, this is the most important thing we deliver. You’re not just buying social posts — you’re buying a partner who thinks about how to reposition a clinic that’s outgrown its branding, sequence GP outreach correctly, and build the WorkCover/MVA category on Google before MLCOA notices SA.

What It Means Practically

Every month, a senior strategist (Katryn Fremlin, Head of Strategy) actively works on your marketing — not just in it. You get strategic thinking, healthcare-specific playbooks, competitor intelligence (MLCOA & CHG monitored continuously), and a roadmap that evolves as Specialist Plus grows. No extra fees. No separate engagement.

Quarterly Strategy Sessions

  • 90-minute review with Carolene + directors
  • Performance vs goals & referral-source analysis
  • Service prioritisation (which specialist to push when)
  • New initiatives (CPD events, lawyer EDMs, PR moments)

Positioning & Messaging

  • New positioning line for Specialist Plus — WorkCover & MVA-led
  • Tone-of-voice for each audience (GP / patient / lawyer)
  • Plain-English patient explainers vs clinical GP language
  • Brand guidelines doc — living, used internally too

Market & Competitor Intel

  • MLCOA & CHG monitored monthly (new pages, new services)
  • SA Return-To-Work Scheme regulatory updates tracked
  • Search-trend tracking on WorkCover & MVA terms in SA
  • Adjacent threats (national IME players entering SA)

Funnel & Referral Strategy

  • Patient enquiry-to-booking journey mapping
  • GP referral pathway design — online + paper
  • Conversion optimisation: forms, CTAs, GBP, intake flow
  • Attribution tagging — know which channel drives which referral

Campaign Planning

  • Patient-awareness campaigns (Meta + YouTube)
  • GP-recall campaigns (LinkedIn + email + CPD)
  • New-doctor announcement campaigns when you onboard specialists
  • Seasonal pushes (Safe Work Month, road safety weeks)

Always-On Advisor Access

  • Direct Slack / email line to your strategist
  • Ad-hoc advice when opportunities arise
  • Input on PR, partnerships, lawyer-firm engagement
  • Compliance-friendly review — healthcare-aware copy at all times

Why This Matters For Specialist Plus

Carolene told us: “I was born in the 1960s. I need help with digital marketing. I know what I want, but I don’t know how to get it done.” That’s exactly why strategy sits at the core of what we do — not tacked on at extra cost.

Repositioning a clinic that’s already trading is harder than launching a new one. You can’t pause referrals while you change the brand. You have to sequence the work — protect lawyer relationships, retrain Google about who you are, educate GPs gradually, then layer public awareness on top once the foundation can convert. Full Marketing Strategy Consultancy means a senior brain doing that sequencing for you, every month.

Website Rebuild & Information Architecture

Match MLCOA On Depth. Beat CHG On Clarity. Win On Both.

Carolene was direct: “Our website doesn’t have enough information compared to our competitors.” She’s right. The current site has 4 service bullet points where MLCOA has 15+ dedicated pages. Each of those pages ranks on Google individually — ours don’t exist to rank. Here’s the new architecture.

New Site Structure

Hero Service Pages (NEW)

  • WorkCover — what we do, who refers, how to refer, FAQ, doctors, locations
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents — same depth, plain English, “you don’t need a lawyer”
  • Medico-Legal — lawyer-facing portal, IME process, report turnaround
  • Specialist Consulting — psychiatry, pain, occupational, surgical, O&G

Audience-Led Landing Pages (NEW)

  • For Patients — “injured at work or in an accident? Start here”
  • For GPs — expanded referral hub, downloadable referral form, sample reports
  • For Lawyers — IME booking, capability statement, turnaround standards
  • For Employers — WorkCover support pathway for HR / WHS leads

Education & Trust Layer (NEW)

  • FAQ Hub — what to expect, how billing works, what to bring
  • Patient Stories — consented case studies (where possible)
  • Insights / Articles — SEO-backed long-form content for GPs & patients
  • Forms Hub — consent, pain, GP referral, intake (already partially live)

Conversion Layer (NEW)

  • Online intake / booking request with audience-tagged routing
  • Click-to-call tracked via CallRail or equivalent
  • Live chat / SMS enquiry for patients hesitant to call
  • Lawyer self-serve booking portal (Phase 2)

Homepage Repositioning — Before vs After

Today

Headline: “Expert Care, Personalised for You”

Sub: “Specialist Plus offers a comprehensive range of medical and medico-legal services”

A GP, lawyer, or injured patient lands here and has no idea this is the place that handles WorkCover & MVA cases. Generic.

Proposed Direction

Headline: “South Australia’s WorkCover & Motor Vehicle Accident Specialists”

Sub: “End-to-end case management. Psychiatry, pain medicine, occupational, surgical & medico-legal — under one roof in Richmond. GPs, lawyers and patients refer directly.”

Three-second test passed. Each audience sees themselves. Final wording finalised in the positioning workshop.

Sitemap Audit — The Receipts

We pulled specialistplus.com.au/sitemap.xml on 11 May 2026 and tested every plausible URL for WorkCover, MVA and Medico-Legal. Here’s exactly what Google can see today — and what it can’t.

What’s In The Sitemap (18 URLs)

7 top-level pages + 11 doctor profiles

  • /, /about, /services, /doctors, /contact, /forms, /consent-form
  • 11 individual doctor pages (Poh Yong, Dion Suyapto, Arun Gupta, Joshua Kartika, Bill Papps, Gilles Hammond, Aiden Tieu, Cecilia Yong, Devinder Raju, Kristy Yang, Katherine Murray-Smith)
  • Strength: doctor pages are indexable assets — each specialist can become a sub-brand

What’s NOT In The Sitemap (3 missing)

Pages that exist but Google isn’t being told about

  • /gp-education-hub — live but excluded from sitemap (your GP-facing asset)
  • /pain-form — live but excluded
  • /join-us — live but excluded
  • No blog / insights / news pages in the sitemap at all — content engine to be built from zero

The 10 URLs We Tested For WorkCover, MVA & Medico-Legal

Carolene’s two priority terms — WorkCover and Motor Vehicle Accidents — have nowhere to land on the site. Every URL a GP, patient or lawyer might guess returns a 404. Here’s the test we ran on 11 May:

URL TestedStatusPage Title Returned
/workcover404Page Not Found
/work-cover404Page Not Found
/motor-vehicle-accidents404Page Not Found
/motor-vehicle-accident404Page Not Found
/mva404Page Not Found
/medico-legal404Page Not Found
/medicolegal404Page Not Found
/services/workcover404Page Not Found
/services/motor-vehicle-accidents404Page Not Found
/services/medico-legal404Page Not Found

What This Means In Practice

Both terms only appear as bullet points inside /services — they have no URL of their own to rank on Google. Compare to MLCOA: their fitness-to-work assessment is a dedicated page, their IME service is a dedicated page, their telehealth service is a dedicated page. Each one ranks independently and pulls Google traffic month after month. Specialist Plus is invisible to anyone searching the two terms that define the business.

The fix is concrete: three new hero pages (/workcover, /motor-vehicle-accidents, /medico-legal), supporting clusters under each, and a sitemap rebuild that submits all live pages including the GP Education Hub. That work is in scope on day one of the Reposition tier.

GP Referral Channel Playbook

The Biggest Untapped Lever — A Repeatable 4-Phase Engine

Carolene was crystal clear: “All the lawyers in Adelaide know us — but I want all the GPs in Adelaide to know what we do.” The lawyer channel took years of relationship-building to mature. The GP channel won’t need that long because we can use a structured digital + offline engine instead of word-of-mouth.

Phase 1 • Month 1–2
Build The GP Asset Library
Expanded GP Education Hub with referral pathway, downloadable forms, sample reports, FAQ on what we accept, turnaround times, billing. Plus printed clinic-leave-behind kit. This is what every GP outreach below points at.
Phase 2 • Month 2–3
Activate Search & LinkedIn
Google Search ads + SEO targeting GP-intent terms (“workcover specialist Adelaide”, “MVA medico-legal SA”). LinkedIn Company Page activated, your specialist doctors profiled, weekly clinical content posted (case studies, regulatory commentary).
Phase 3 • Month 3–6
Direct GP Outreach Engine
Monthly GP newsletter (clinical, not promotional). Geo-targeted LinkedIn outreach to Adelaide GP clinic principals. Optional: in-clinic visit calendar coordinated with your team. Optional: CPD-accredited lunchtime webinars hosted by your specialists.
Phase 4 • Month 6+
Measure, Tune, Compound
Referral-source tracking shows which GP clinics are sending in patients. Double-down on the engaged ones with deeper relationships. New GP cohorts get the Phase 1–3 treatment in waves until you cover greater Adelaide.

5 GP Touchpoints Working Together

1 • GP Education Hub (web)

Already exists at /gp-education-hub. We expand it into the destination every other channel points at.

2 • Google Search

Rank for the searches GPs actually do when they need a referral partner. SEO + paid in parallel.

3 • LinkedIn Clinical Voice

Your specialists become recognisable names. Posts on case-handling, regulatory updates, clinical insights.

4 • GP Newsletter

Monthly email to a curated GP list. Education-led, not pitch-led. Builds top-of-mind recall over time.

5 • CPD Events (Optional)

Lunchtime CPD webinars hosted by your specialists. We organise, market, run. The trust accelerator.

Plus: In-Clinic Visits

If your team has capacity, we co-ordinate scheduled drop-ins with leave-behind kits. Optional add-on.

Content Approval Workflow

Nothing Goes Live Without Carolene’s Sign-Off

Healthcare marketing has compliance implications — AHPRA advertising guidelines, Return-To-Work SA scheme conventions, sensitivity around injured-worker imagery. Every piece of content gets reviewed inside Specialist Plus before publish. We make that workflow simple, fast, and one-click.

Trigger
121 Group Action
Client Review
Publish
1. Plan
Monthly calendar
Copy + visuals
3. Review
Carolene + clinical lead
One-click sign-off
5. Publish
Scheduled live

Built-In Safeguards

AHPRA-Aware Copywriting

All content drafted by writers familiar with healthcare advertising rules — no testimonials in regulated formats, no comparative claims about clinical outcomes.

Clinical Accuracy Check

Anything citing a clinical pathway or scheme detail gets a clinical eye before publish — nominated by the directors.

One-Message Pause

Carolene can pause all scheduled content with one message if a regulatory or operational issue arises — no chasing through five platforms.

Content Strategy

Five Pillars Driving The Monthly Mix

A content calendar built for a clinic repositioning around WorkCover & MVA. Every post is tagged to one of three audiences (GP / patient / lawyer) and one of five pillars below. No filler, no generic stock-photo healthcare content.

Pillar 1 • Service Education

Plain-English explainers of what WorkCover & MVA case management actually involves. Demystifies the process for patients and answers GP “what do you actually do” questions in one place.

30%

Pillar 2 • Doctor Profiles & Clinical Voice

Each specialist gets recurring content — profiles, areas of interest, case-handling commentary (no patient details). Builds personal recognition with GPs and lawyers who refer.

25%

Pillar 3 • Patient Reassurance

“Injured at work, what happens next?”, “Hurt in an accident, who do you actually need to see?”, FAQs on costs, paperwork, time off. Removes the friction that keeps patients lost in the system.

20%

Pillar 4 • Trust & Authority Signals

New specialist announcements, accreditations, professional memberships, industry roles, lawyer-firm partnerships (with permission), service expansions.

15%

Pillar 5 • Industry & Regulatory Commentary

Return-To-Work SA scheme changes, MVA legislation updates, fitness-for-work standards, AHPRA guidance shifts. Positions Specialist Plus as the brain in the room.

10%

Channel Mix — What Goes Where

ChannelPrimary AudienceContent TypeCadence
LinkedIn (Company)GPs & LawyersClinical voice, doctor profiles, regulatory commentary3×/week
FacebookPatients & PublicReassurance, FAQs, awareness, location/access info3×/week
InstagramPatients (broader reach)Reels, doctor intros, behind-the-clinic, awareness2–3×/week
YouTubePatients (paid)15s & 30s pre-roll spots, geo-targeted AdelaideAlways-on (paid)
Google Search AdsGPs + Patients (split)WorkCover & MVA intent terms, GP-search termsAlways-on (paid)
Google Business ProfileLocal patientsPosts, services, reviews, locationsWeekly
GP Email NewsletterGPsClinical education, new specialists, regulatory updatesMonthly
Lawyer Email UpdateLawyersCapability updates, turnaround stats, new specialistsQuarterly
KPIs & Reporting

How We Measure Success

Clear 90-day and 12-month benchmarks. The real measure is qualified GP referrals + patient self-referrals + sustained lawyer volume — everything upstream (rankings, reach, followers) is optimised toward those outcomes. Reports are written in plain English, not agency jargon.

90-Day Foundation KPIs

Get the engine running, prove the architecture

  • New positioning & homepage live
  • WorkCover & MVA hero pages built, indexed and ranking top-20
  • Tracking live: GA4 + Google Ads + CallRail + UTM tagging
  • LinkedIn / Facebook / Instagram active — 100% to calendar
  • GP Education Hub expanded — first GP newsletter sent
  • First measurable GP-attributed enquiries: 3–6

12-Month Growth KPIs

Category authority & referral volume

  • Top-3 Google ranking for WorkCover specialist Adelaide / SA
  • Top-3 Google ranking for MVA / motor vehicle accident specialist SA
  • GP referrals: measurable lift — 2–3× baseline (tracked by source)
  • Patient self-referrals (Meta + Google + GBP): 15–30/month steady-state
  • Lawyer channel: protected and grown via quarterly EDM + new-specialist comms
  • LinkedIn Company Page: 500–1,500 Adelaide GP / lawyer / clinical audience
  • Brand recall: Specialist Plus is the first name SA GPs think of for WorkCover & MVA

Reporting Cadence

Monthly Performance Report

Plain-English PDF: what we did, what worked, what didn’t, what we’re changing for next month. Sent on the 5th business day each month.

Quarterly Strategy Review

90-min call with Carolene + directors. Performance vs goals, next-quarter plan, budget reallocation, new initiatives.

Always-On Dashboard

Live Looker Studio dashboard — rankings, traffic, leads, ad spend, attribution. You can check it any day, no waiting on us.

Roadmap

From Monday’s Walkthrough To Live By July

Carolene’s soft deadline is July. Here’s the realistic path that hits it — with positioning, hero pages and first social activation live before the deadline.

Mon 11 May • 12:30pm
Strategy Walkthrough (booked)
Walk Carolene through this proposal. Confirm direction, package preference, and identify what to take to the directors.
Week of 12 May
Iterate & Director Briefing
Apply Carolene’s feedback. Carolene presents to directors, or we re-present jointly. Final scope & package agreed.
Late May
Engagement Letter Signed
Package, start date, approval workflow customised to Specialist Plus’ review process.
Early June
Onboarding Sprint (10 working days)
Positioning workshop, brand voice doc, channel access audit, GP keyword research, MLCOA/CHG benchmarking refresh, 90-day calendar built.
Mid-June
Website Hero Pages In Production
WorkCover, MVA, Medico-Legal and audience-led pages designed & copywritten. Homepage repositioned. Soft-launch reviewed by clinical & legal eyes.
1 July (target)
Public Go-Live
New site live. Social channels reactivated. First GP newsletter sent. Google Ads & Meta campaigns switched on. Tracking confirmed across the funnel.
Day 30 (early August)
First Performance Report
Reach, rankings, enquiries by source, approval cycle times. Honest read on what’s working — and what we adjust for month 2.
Day 90 (October)
Foundation KPI Review
First full quarterly strategy review against the 90-day KPIs above. Rebalance spend, scale what’s converting, plan Phase 2 (CPD events, lawyer portal).
Your Team

Senior Specialists, Healthcare-Aware, Long-Tenured

Every channel is managed by a senior specialist. No offshore. No juniors learning on your account. Direct access to the people doing the work — and a team that has handled healthcare and lawyer-facing brands before, so AHPRA awareness and clinical sensitivity come baked in.

Adam Ducquet
Adam Ducquet
Managing Director
Strategy walkthrough & director-level relationship
Kate Lawrence
Kate Lawrence
Account Director
Day-to-day partnership lead with Carolene
Katryn Fremlin
Katryn Fremlin
Head of Strategy
Positioning & content strategy
Michael Potts
Michael Potts
Paid Social Director
Meta & YouTube patient awareness campaigns
Chris Castellano
Chris Castellano
Senior Growth & SEO Manager
Google Ads, SEO, GBP, attribution
Scott Campbell
Scott Campbell
Head of Design & Development
Website rebuild & ongoing change management
Pip Tyssen
Pip Tyssen
Graphic Designer
Daily creative & doctor-profile assets
Steven Pythas
Steven Pythas
Strategic Account Director
Quarterly reviews with directors

Our Commitment To Specialist Plus

No lock-in contracts. Month-to-month. Full strategy consultancy contractually included.

We keep your business by delivering results — not by trapping you in a contract. Most of our clients have been with us for 5+ years because they choose to be. Carolene was clear on the call: she wants a long-term partner, not a vendor. So do we.

Healthcare Track Record

Nearly 15 Years Inside Australian Healthcare — Not Theory, Receipts.

Carolene asked on the call whether we work in healthcare. The honest answer: it’s one of the deepest verticals in the agency. Specialist Plus would be joining a roster that already includes pathology giants, 60+-clinic dental groups, 72-clinic medical centre networks, physiotherapy practices and SaaS platforms built for healthcare operators. Different problems — same playbook of strategic clarity, smart paid media, and SEO that compounds.

~15 yrs
In Australian Healthcare
25+
Healthcare Brands Worked With
$20M+
Revenue Generated For One Client (2021)
5+ yrs
Average Client Tenure

The Healthcare Bench — Verified Engagements

Pulled from the live billing ledger plus prior brand engagements. This is the actual list, not a marketing claim — the same agency, the same team, working across pathology, fertility, GP networks, occupational medicine, allied health, surgical and SaaS for clinicians.

ClientCategory
HealiusASX-listed pathology & diagnostics
For Health Limited72-clinic GP network
PH Medical Centres (Partnered Health)Multi-site GP & urgent care group
Partnered HealthGP recruitment platform
Job Fit AustraliaOccupational medicine & pre-employment
Northcare Physio (Partnered Allied Health)Allied health — physiotherapy
New View PsychologyPsychology / mental health network
Fuel Your Life (Allied Performance)Allied health performance & rehab
SISTRWomen’s health & fertility
Rose-Hip VitalJoint health / clinically-studied supplement
Your HaleTelehealth personal healthcare
Compass Medical GroupMulti-site GP network (VIC)
Cascade Road / Gregory Street Skin Cancer ClinicSkin cancer & general practice
Wyelsy Consulting (Para Hills Urgent Care)Urgent care clinic
Baseline PersonnelOccupational health screening
Adora FertilityNational fertility / IVF group
Evoca Women’s HealthWomen’s health specialist clinic
Genomic DiagnosticsSpecialist diagnostics / pathology
Avant InsuranceMedical indemnity insurer
Avant Practice Solutions (PracticeHub)Practice management SaaS
Avant FinanceHealthcare finance & lending
Logic HealthOccupational health & injury management
TrialsWestClinical trials
Avance ClinicalEarly-phase clinical research (CRO)
Resonance HealthASX-listed medical imaging analytics
PreVail CareNDIS provider — disability support

Plus prior engagements with QML Pathology, Laverty Pathology, Health&Co, AusTrials, Skin2 and Mexus — available on request.

Ten Healthcare Case Studies, Ten Different Problems Solved

Every Specialist Plus challenge — reframing positioning, building a referral channel, balancing B2B and B2C, scaling paid media inside a regulated industry — has a direct analogue in the case studies below. Full case studies available on request.

Healius Covid Screening

ASX-listed pathology • B2C

Travel pathology testing & reporting. We managed digital marketing across paid & social during the global travel restart.

  • 10:1 ROAS across 2021
  • $500K Facebook spend → $20M+ revenue in 12 months
  • National-scale media buying inside a regulated category

Why it matters for Specialist Plus: patient-awareness paid media at scale, executed inside healthcare advertising rules.

ForHealth Medical Centres

72-clinic GP network • B2B + B2C

National network of medical centres engaged 121 for all digital marketing services — SEO, paid, social, GBP, content.

  • +42% organic users YoY across 72 sites
  • +30% Google Business Profile actions
  • Robust multi-location SEO playbook

Why it matters: the exact GP-clinic SEO & GBP playbook we’ll apply to Specialist Plus — same audience, same intent terms.

PracticeHub (by Avant)

Healthcare SaaS • B2B

Practice management software for medical clinics. Engaged 121 to build a dependable B2B lead channel for a niche clinical buyer.

  • +172.72% YoY leads via paid search
  • Facebook lead engine built from scratch
  • Targeting: GPs, practice managers, clinic owners

Why it matters: proves we can build a B2B clinical-buyer channel from cold — the same job as the GP referral engine here.

Primary Dental

60+ dental clinics • B2C

National dental group operating from 60+ locations. Took over digital marketing across paid search and local performance.

  • +92.3% MoM average bookings
  • −26% YoY dental CPA
  • Multi-location paid search at scale

Why it matters: moving the cost-per-acquisition needle inside a high-competition healthcare category — same dynamic as MVA & WorkCover paid search in SA.

Evoker Physiotherapy

Sydney CBD physio • B2C

Premier physiotherapy clinic in Sydney’s CBD & Barangaroo — two of the most competitive paid-search markets in Australia.

  • Hyper-local geo-targeted campaigns
  • Booking-led conversion architecture
  • Compete-against-bigger-budgets playbook

Why it matters: single-location musculoskeletal clinic running circles around bigger competitors — the exact David-vs-MLCOA dynamic.

Partnered Health Medical Centres

Multi-site GP & urgent care group • B2B + B2C

National GP & urgent care group with sites including Para Hills Urgent Care, Chelsea Heights Medical Centre, Hastings Family Medical Centre and Trezise Street Medical Centre. We run the full digital stack — GP recruitment landing pages, multi-site SEO, Google Ads, paid social, hosting & maintenance — for the parent group plus each clinic.

  • GP recruitment lead engine: dedicated landing pages + Meta retainer
  • Multi-site architecture across 4+ medical centre brands
  • $1.06M invoiced over 24 months — currently active across the entire group

Why it matters: sustained, multi-site, multi-brand healthcare program with both a B2B referrer/recruitment audience and a B2C patient audience — the same dual-audience problem Specialist Plus is solving, run at $1M+ scale.

Job Fit Australia

Occupational medicine • B2B + B2C

Pre-employment medicals, fitness-for-work, drug & alcohol testing — the same regulatory neighbourhood as Specialist Plus. New website build plus ongoing SEM, SEO & paid social.

  • Dual-audience site: employer + worker
  • Recruitment + service-line lead generation
  • $211K invoiced over 24 months — currently active

Why it matters: closest analogue in our roster — same regulator, same referrer base, same B2B/B2C tension Specialist Plus is solving for.

SISTR (Women’s Health)

Women’s health & fertility • B2C

New brand-stage clinic engaged 121 to build the patient acquisition engine from scratch. Google Ads + Meta Ads + creative. Live in March 2026, scaling fast.

  • Cold-launch paid acquisition strategy
  • Sensitive-category creative & copy compliance
  • $30K+ in first quarter — currently active

Why it matters: patient-direct paid acquisition inside a regulated, sensitive healthcare category — the exact playbook for “you don’t need a lawyer to come to us.”

New View Psychology

Psychology network • B2C

Multi-clinician psychology group engaged 121 for a complete site rebuild — 24–30 content pages, 96 individual clinician profiles, 50–100 blog migrations, full HubSpot integration.

  • Clinician-profile architecture at scale
  • HubSpot integration for booking + nurture
  • $25K rebuild — currently active retainer

Why it matters: the exact “11 specialist profiles + service architecture + booking flow” rebuild Specialist Plus needs — we’ve just shipped it for someone else.

Adora Fertility

National fertility / IVF • B2C

National low-cost IVF provider. Full SEO, Google Ads, paid social, and the “Fertility Information Seminar” demand-generation funnel. $1.16M invoiced across the engagement.

  • Multi-channel patient acquisition at scale
  • Bulk-billed positioning & high-intent SEO
  • $1.16M total spend across 23 months

Why it matters: sustained, multi-year, multi-channel patient acquisition inside a regulated category — the long-game version of what Specialist Plus is starting today.

Plus the broader roster

QML Pathology, Laverty Pathology, Health&Co, AusTrials, Skin2, Adora, Mexus and more — the healthcare bench is deep, from pathology and dental to skincare, clinical trials and fertility.

  • ASX-listed providers & founder-led clinics
  • Specialty consult clinics & multi-site networks
  • Same compliance literacy across every brief

What This Means For Specialist Plus

Healthcare marketing isn’t a vertical we “also do” — it’s the vertical where 121 Group has the most pattern recognition. AHPRA-compliant copy, regulated paid-media literacy, GP/clinical buyer language, multi-location SEO, conversion architectures built for booking flows. We’ve solved the GP-channel-building problem (PracticeHub), the multi-location-SEO problem (ForHealth), the B2C scale problem (Healius), the local-competition problem (Evoker), and the cost-per-acquisition problem (Primary Dental). Specialist Plus is the WorkCover & MVA version of these — and the playbook is already in the building.

All case studies referenced are publicly available at 121group.io/healthcare. Full client-by-client case studies provided on request.

Packages

Choose Your Engagement Tier

All packages are month-to-month with no lock-in contracts. Carolene flagged a working budget of $2K–$6K/month. We’ve recommended Reposition as your best-fit starting point — it covers the full website rebuild, all three audience tracks, and the GP referral engine that is your biggest growth lever. Authority adds the patient-awareness paid layer (Meta + YouTube + Google Ads) once the foundation is converting.

Foundation
Get the engine running. Repositioning, social rebuilt, hero pages live, GP hub expanded.
$3,000/month + GST

Starter tier

  • Full Marketing Strategy Consultancysee what’s included →
  • Positioning workshop & new homepage — replace “Comprehensive Medical Care” with WorkCover/MVA-led messaging
  • 2 hero pages built — WorkCover & MVA
  • 3 channels rebuilt & managed — LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram
  • 8–10 posts/week total across channels
  • GP Education Hub expansion & first monthly GP newsletter
  • Foundational SEO — on-page, meta, schema, GBP optimisation
  • Full pre-publish approval workflow
  • Monthly performance report + quarterly strategy review
  • Audience-led pages (For Patients / For Lawyers / For Employers)
  • Managed paid media (Google Ads, Meta, YouTube)
Select Foundation →
Authority
Own the category. Paid media across Google + Meta + YouTube, plus CPD events and direct GP outreach.
$6,000/month + GST

Full-service growth

  • Everything in Reposition
  • Managed Google Ads — WorkCover & MVA intent terms ($1,000–$1,500 ad budget within retainer)
  • Managed Meta campaigns — Facebook + Instagram patient awareness, geo-targeted to greater Adelaide
  • YouTube pre-roll campaigns — 15s & 30s spots, scripted & produced
  • Quarterly CPD-style webinar — we organise, market, run; your specialists deliver clinical content
  • Direct GP outreach program — LinkedIn outreach to Adelaide GP clinic principals + leave-behind kits
  • Lead-source attribution + CRM integration so the front desk knows where every enquiry came from
  • Priority response — same-day on urgent opportunities or issues
  • Quarterly deep-dive with full senior team + the directors
Select Authority →

One-off onboarding: $2,500 + GST — positioning workshop, brand-voice doc, channel audit, approval workflow setup, 90-day launch calendar, MLCOA/CHG benchmark report. Waived on 12-month agreements.

Website rebuild (Reposition + Authority tiers): scoped & quoted separately if a full design/dev rebuild is preferred over staged upgrades to the current site. Most clients start with staged upgrades inside the retainer.