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Client case study

Modern Functional Medicine: state-wide and national reach for a telehealth practice

Well known in Houston, with a telehealth service licensed in 30+ states. Local SEO extended its reach across Texas, AI search content took it nationwide, and lead tracking connected every new client back to the channel that drove it.

Service
SEO & AI Search
Google Ads
Lead Tracking
Lead Generation
Sector
Healthcare
Telehealth
B2C
AI search
9.6k

Google AI Overview mentions in 90 days.

Consultations
+51%

Increase in consultations booked.

Google rankings expanded from Houston to state-wide
Profitable client acquisition across multiple locations
The client

About Modern Functional Medicine

Modern Functional Medicine is an integrative and functional medicine practice based in Houston, Texas, founded by Dr. Bronwen Martin, DC, IFMCP. It treats complex, chronic conditions, including gut health, autoimmune, hormonal, thyroid and mold toxicity.

Care is delivered through a HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform and a membership programme, with locations in Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. New clients start with a free 15-minute consultation.

Two smiling people leaning their heads together

20+ years

Of experience in functional and integrative medicine.

950+ patients

Supported with root-cause treatment plans.

30+ states

Telehealth treatment wherever the practice is licensed.

4 Texas locations

Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio.

The challenge

Reaching clients beyond Houston

As an established practice, Modern Functional Medicine was looking to grow beyond its home market.

The practice was well known in Houston, and its online visibility was concentrated there. As a telehealth service, it can accept clients from any state where it is licensed, but people searching outside the Houston area were unlikely to find it.

The goal was to extend the practice's reach across Texas and to clients nationwide, and to see which marketing channels were producing new clients.

My strategy
1
Extend local SEO across Texas
2
Reach a national audience in AI search
3
Connect marketing data to revenue

James took the time to understand our business, our patients, and our long term goals before creating a clear marketing strategy tailored to us.

Dr. Bronwen Martin, Founder, Modern Functional Medicine
How I helped

From one city to state-wide and national reach

Three ways I helped Modern Functional Medicine reach more of the people they serve

1
Local SEO

LEVERAGING A local SEO FOOTHOLD

Modern Functional Medicine already had strong local visibility in Houston. I applied the same local SEO approach to other cities across Texas, so people searching for functional medicine in those areas could find the practice.

City-level visibility expanded to state-wide Google rankings.
2
AI search

accelerating reach through AI search

Outside Texas, people tend to search for help with a specific health problem rather than for a local practice. A growing share of those searches are answered by Google's AI Overviews and tools like ChatGPT.

I created answer engine optimisation (AEO) content for people exploring telehealth options for specific conditions, structured so search engines and AI tools can understand and cite it. Google Ads topic experiments show which health problems people are searching for, and that data informs which content we create next.

9.6k Google AI Overview mentions in 90 days.
3
Tracking & paid A

Connecting the dots between marketing data and revenue

Google Ads was used to capture high-intent demand from people ready to book, which accelerated the volume of new client leads.

An advanced lead tracking setup attributes new client intakes and sales to the marketing channel that drove them, giving the practice clear figures to decide where to invest.

Profitable client acquisition across multiple locations

James' expertise in SEO, Google visibility, advertising, and performance tracking has helped us strengthen our online presence and reach more of the people we are here to serve.

Dr. Bronwen Martin, Founder, Modern Functional Medicine
Results

Found across Texas, and nationwide

9.6k
Google AI Overview mentions in 90 days.
+51%
Increase in consultations booked.

“I highly recommend James to any business owner looking for a knowledgeable, strategic, and genuinely invested marketing partner.”

  • State-wide rankings. Google visibility expanded from Houston to cities across Texas.
  • Ready-to-buy demand. Google Ads capturing high-intent searches and testing topics that inform content.
  • Every intake attributed. New client intakes and sales tracked back to the channel that drove them.
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He is thoughtful, responsive, honest, and always focused on the strategies that will create meaningful results. I especially appreciate his ability to explain complex marketing information clearly and help us make confident decisions.
Dr. Bronwen Martin
Dr. Bronwen Martin
Founder, Modern Functional Medicine
FAQs

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How can a local business rank on Google beyond its home city?

Give each city or area you serve its own page, with content written for the people searching there, and keep your Google Business Profile and directory listings accurate and consistent. That gives search engines clear signals about where you work. For a practice that also works remotely, those pages can explain how clients in each area can get started.

What is answer engine optimisation (AEO)?

AEO is creating content that AI tools such as Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT can understand and cite when they answer a question. It focuses on the specific questions your customers ask, answered in plain language with a clear structure. For a service that can work with clients anywhere, it is a way to be found by people researching a problem before they look for a provider.

How do I get my business mentioned in Google AI Overviews?

Publish content that answers your customers’ questions in full, written for them and structured with clear headings and direct answers. Make sure the site is technically sound, so search engines can crawl and understand every page. Then track which topics earn mentions and build more content around them.

How can Google Ads inform an SEO and content strategy?

Google Ads shows within weeks which searches bring in enquiries and at what cost, data that takes months to gather from organic search. Running campaigns on different topics reveals which problems people are searching for and ready to act on. Those findings guide which content to create next, so SEO and AEO work goes where the demand is.

How do I know which marketing channels are producing new clients?

Track every enquiry, including phone calls and form submissions, and record the channel each one came from. Then connect that data to the client intakes and sales in your CRM. You can see what it costs to win a client from each channel, and put more budget into the ones that bring in profitable work.