Vital Growth Studio
Local marketing for health and wellness

More new clients for local health and wellness businesses.

When someone nearby searches for a chiropractor, physical therapist, wellness clinic or gym, your business should be the one they find, trust and book. We build the Google visibility, review base and booking experience that turn local searches into scheduled appointments.

What you get

Four results we work toward every month.

This is what each plan covers, split into setup work and ongoing monthly work.

Get found

When someone nearby searches for what you offer, your business shows up.

At setup

  • Full audit of your Google profile, reviews and website
  • Google Business Profile built out and corrected
  • Listing accuracy check across major directories

Every month

  • Google profile posts and updates
  • Educational pages and posts, approved by you

Get trusted

New clients check your reviews before they ever call.

At setup

  • A simple, compliant review request process after each visit

Every month

  • Review follow-up and professional replies
  • Your best feedback highlighted on your site

Get booked

Interest only counts when it turns into an appointment.

At setup

  • Booking path and mobile speed fixes
  • Clear calls to action on every key page

Every month

  • Website improvements based on where visitors drop off

Stay in control

You always know what we did and what happens next.

At setup

  • A written scope, so you know exactly what is included

Every month

  • Your approval on all client-facing content
  • Plain-language report and a short review of next steps
  • Month to month, with 30 days' notice to stop

What's not included: paid advertising and social media management. We focus on being found, trusted and booked in local search, and we can discuss other services later if they make sense for you.

Pricing

Simple, published pricing.

No hidden fees and no long contracts. Every plan is done for you and month to month, and your first step is always a free audit.

Starter

Local Foundation: get your basics right

$497/month

One-time setup: $400. We rebuild your Google presence for you.

  • Done-for-you Google Business Profile rebuild and ongoing upkeep
  • Listing cleanup so your name, address and hours are right everywhere
  • A compliant review request process, set up and running
  • Plain-language monthly report
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Core

Local Visibility: our complete program

$797/month

One-time setup: $500. Your profile, listings, reviews and booking path, all fixed for you.

  • Everything in Starter
  • Two educational pages or posts every month, written for you and approved by you
  • Review follow-up and professional replies handled for you
  • Booking path and mobile speed fixes
  • Monthly report with clear next steps

Growth

For established or multi-provider practices

$1,297/month

One-time setup: $750. A deeper rebuild for busier practices.

  • Everything in Core
  • Four content pieces every month
  • Ongoing website and booking improvements
  • Review software included
  • Quarterly strategy call

Included with every plan, at no extra cost

  • Free practice audit before you commit
  • A written scope, so you know exactly what you are getting
  • A 30-day check-in call after you start
  • Your approval on everything client-facing
  • Month-to-month service with 30 days' notice, no long contract

Prices are for a single location. Prefer to pay ahead? Ask about quarterly billing.

Who we help

Built for independent health and wellness businesses.

We work with owner-led businesses that rely on local patients and members: the people who live and work within a few miles of your door. If your next client starts with a search on their phone, we can help.

Chiropractic clinics

Stand out in local map results for the conditions you treat, and make it easy for new patients to book a first visit.

Physical therapy practices

Show up for the injuries and conditions you treat, and make it simple for new patients to book an evaluation.

Wellness and cash-pay clinics

Communicate what makes your approach different, with content that educates and stays within your advertising rules.

Gyms and studios

Turn local searches and reviews into trial visits, memberships and a steady stream of new members.

The problem

Good businesses lose clients before the first call.

Most new clients start on Google. They compare a few listings, skim the reviews, open a website and book whichever business makes it easiest. A thin Google profile, a few stale reviews or a hard-to-find booking page sends that person to a competitor, and you never know they looked.

You are busy caring for people, so marketing is the part that slips. You never see the appointments you lose, because the person simply chose someone else. We take that work off your plate and handle it every month.

How it works

Three steps, no long contract.

Free practice audit

We review your Google profile, reviews, website and how you appear in local search. You receive a short written report listing what is costing you clients and what to fix first. The audit is free, and you are under no obligation afterward.

Setup

We fix the biggest gaps first: your Google profile, your booking path and the foundations of your review process. You approve the changes, and we handle the work.

Ongoing growth

Each month we publish approved content, follow up on reviews, track results and report back. Service is month to month, with 30 days' notice to stop.

Why Vital Growth Studio

What working with us looks like.

Focused on health and wellness

We work with health, fitness and wellness businesses, so we know how clients choose a provider and what advertising rules apply in your field.

You approve everything

Nothing client-facing is published without your sign-off, and we never promise medical outcomes.

Plain-language reporting

Each month you see what we did, what changed and what we recommend next, in language anyone can follow.

About

Built on real health and fitness experience.

Vital Growth Studio was founded by Garrett Stansel, who brings more than 10 years in the fitness and health industry together with hands-on digital marketing experience. We started the studio to help local health and wellness businesses get found, trusted and booked online.

We work remotely with businesses across the US and respond to every message within one business day.

View Garrett's LinkedIn profile

Where we're coming from

Before launching the studio, we built and ran an AI missed-call text-back service for local businesses. It showed us how many new customers a small business loses when a call goes unanswered or a booking path is unclear.

Vital Growth Studio is the next step: the whole picture of how a new client finds, trusts and books a local business.

Sample audit

What a practice audit looks like.

Every practice we work with starts with a written audit like this one. This is an illustrative example for a fictional practice, built from patterns we see on the public pages of independent practices. The name and figures are examples, not a real client. Real audits go directly to the practice, never public.

Sample audit · Example Family Chiropractic · Single location, Colorado Front Range

Summary

Example Family Chiropractic has a loyal patient base and strong reviews, but most of what a new patient sees before booking is working against it. The Google profile is incomplete, the booking path takes too many steps, and the website does not answer the searches people actually make. The good news: the biggest gaps are fixable in the first 30 days.

Scorecard

Google Business Profile3 / 5Missing secondary categories and services; photos are out of date.
Reviews and reputation4 / 5Strong rating, but few recent reviews and no replies to most of them.
Website experience3 / 5Clear services, but slow on mobile and no real testimonials on the page.
Booking path2 / 5"Book Now" leads to a contact form, not a scheduler.
Local search content1 / 5No pages for common conditions and no educational content.
Listing accuracy3 / 5Phone number and hours differ across two directories.

Priority findings

FindingWhy it mattersImpactEffort
Booking button leads to a contact formPatients who are ready to book have to wait for a reply, and many will choose a competitor with instant scheduling.HighLow
Google profile missing services and secondary categoriesThe profile is less likely to appear for the specific searches people make, such as "sciatica relief near me."HighLow
No condition pages on the websiteEach condition is a chance to appear in local search. Without them, the site only competes on the practice name.HighMedium
Few recent reviews and unanswered feedbackRecent, answered reviews build trust and support local ranking.MediumLow
Inconsistent phone number and hours in directoriesConflicting details confuse patients and can weaken local ranking.MediumLow
Slow mobile page speedMost local searches happen on phones, and slow pages lose visitors before they read anything.MediumMedium

30-day action plan

Week 1Correct the Google profile and directory details. Add online booking to the website and profile.
Week 2Set up the review request process and reply to existing reviews.
Week 3Draft the first two condition pages for the doctor to review and approve.
Week 4Publish approved pages, fix mobile speed issues and send the first monthly report.

What we track every month

  • Calls, direction requests and website visits from Google
  • Online bookings and where visitors drop off
  • Review count, average rating and response rate
  • Where the practice appears for its most important local searches

This example is based on what is visible on public pages. A real audit also reviews search rankings and, with your permission, your Google profile data, which show actual calls and bookings.

FAQ

Straight answers.

Do you guarantee results?

No. No one can honestly promise a set number of new clients. We promise clear work and honest monthly reporting, so you can judge the value yourself.

What does it cost?

Plans start at $497 a month for a single location, plus a one-time setup fee. Core, our full program, is $797 a month, and larger practices can choose Growth at $1,297. Your free audit helps us recommend the right plan, with no obligation.

How long until we see results?

Fixes to your Google profile and booking path can help quickly. Reviews and local search content build over months, so we report progress monthly and adjust as we learn what works for you.

Do you need access to patient information?

No. We work with your public presence: your Google profile, website and reviews. We do not need patient records and we do not ask for them.

Who approves the content?

You do. Anything client-facing is reviewed and approved by you before it is published. We follow your state board's advertising rules and defer to you on clinical wording.

Can I cancel?

Yes. Service is month to month. Give us 30 days' notice and we will wrap up cleanly.

Contact

Get your free practice audit.

Book a short call, or email us your business name and website. We will reply with a written audit of where more clients could be coming from.