Healthcare advertising on Google and Meta in Kochi

• Google Search campaigns built around treatment, specialty and 'near me' searches, with location targeting drawn around each branch and the towns that refer patients to you
• Negative keyword lists that stop spend on job seekers and students, such as searches for 'staff nurse vacancy' or 'MBBS admission', and on free-treatment searches
• Ad schedules matched to OPD and call-centre hours, so call ads run only when someone is there to answer
• Facebook and Instagram campaigns for planned procedures, factual health checkup package details and plain screening-camp announcements, with click-to-WhatsApp ads where patients prefer to start in chat and no discount, limited-period or fear-based wording
• Regular reviews of the search terms patients actually typed, with budget moved towards the departments and audiences producing real enquiries
• A monthly report of spend, enquiries and cost per enquiry by department, branch and platform

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   Goal. We agree one measurable goal per campaign, such as more consultations for one treatment at one branch or more enquiries for a service patients nearby already search for, and the test budget you are comfortable with. In Kochi, the benchmark is the three nearest hospitals and clinics on Google Maps.
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   Build. We open or audit the ad accounts in your name, write and compliance-check the ads, build the landing pages and test that every call and WhatsApp click is recorded.
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   Launch. Campaigns start on a modest daily budget around Kochi, and in the first weeks we read the real search terms and comments closely to cut waste early.
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   Optimise and report. Through the month budget moves to what brings enquiries, and each month you get spend, enquiries and cost per enquiry by department, with a clear recommendation to scale, change or stop. We compare enquiries from Kochi with those from Kadavanthra and Vyttila and widen the radius where it pays.

Kochi's private hospital market is crowded, with hospitals such as Aster Medcity at Cheranalloor, Amrita Hospital at Ponekkara, Lisie Hospital in Kaloor, Lourdes Hospital in Pachalam and Renai Medicity in Palarivattom, alongside the General Hospital in the city centre and Government Medical College Ernakulam at Kalamassery. Between them sit specialist consulting rooms, dental and skin practices, fertility centres, diagnostic chains and physiotherapy clinics, many led by consultants who also work in hospitals. The city takes referrals from across central Kerala, Lakshadweep and Gulf Malayali families. City residents search by neighbourhood, metro station or doctor name rather than 'Kochi'; referral patients from other districts and GCC families research in English before travelling and expect quick WhatsApp replies.

We run healthcare advertising on Google and Meta by specialty, because multispecialty hospitals and dental clinics in Kochi are searched for in different ways:

• Multispecialty hospital marketing in KochiSeriously ill patients from Lakshadweep are regularly brought to Kochi by air or sea, and families from across central Kerala come here for specialist surgery, so a Kochi hospital's departments are often compared by relatives who must decide quickly and from a distance.
• Dental clinic marketing in KochiNRI families on summer, Onam or Christmas visits often try to fit dental treatment into a short stay in Kochi, so clinics that publish realistic timelines and answer WhatsApp enquiries from abroad are easier to choose.
• Fertility and IVF clinic marketing in KochiKochi fertility clinics often see couples where one partner works in the Gulf, so consultations and treatment cycles have to be planned around a few weeks of leave, and clear timelines, first consultations by video and careful handling of records matter.
• Ayurveda hospital marketing in KochiCochin International Airport is a main arrival point for overseas visitors to central Kerala, so ayurveda centres in and around Kochi compete for visitors as well as residents, which makes clear English information essential, with none of the cure claims the Drugs and Magic Remedies Act restricts.
• Dialysis centre marketing in KochiGulf Malayalis on dialysis who come home on leave need their sessions arranged before they land, so Kochi centres that explain how to book holiday dialysis and which records to send in advance are easier for families to plan around.

Search ads can bring calls within the first week if the landing pages and tracking are ready, but the first four to eight weeks are mostly about learning which searches and audiences turn into real patients. A stable cost per enquiry usually takes two to three months to establish, and it varies with specialty, season and how quickly your team answers. Ad spend is paid by you directly to Google and Meta and never passes through Adserr, and our management fee for planning, creative, landing pages, tracking and optimisation is separate. The fee depends on the number of campaigns, departments, branches and languages, and on how many landing pages need building. Offline media such as hoardings and print is paid separately, directly to the media owner. See how our pricing works.

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From Kochi, our office opposite Aster Medcity is 15 minutes to an hour away by road. Patients here often search by landmark, such as MG Road, Kaloor and Marine Drive, so local pages and your Google Business Profile have to use those names.

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Why do Google or Meta keep rejecting our ads for a treatment?

Health ads are reviewed more strictly than most. Common reasons are claims of cure or guaranteed results, before-and-after or body-focused images, wording that suggests the viewer has a condition, and treatments the platform restricts. We check copy against both platform policy and Indian law before submitting, and when an ad is still disapproved we rewrite it or appeal through the platform's process.

Can our ads run only when the front desk can answer calls?

Yes. We set ad schedules to your OPD and call-centre hours and turn call assets off outside them, while WhatsApp or form ads can keep running overnight if someone replies first thing next morning. An unanswered call is the most expensive click your hospital or clinic can pay for.

How soon will ads bring patients to our hospital or clinic in Kochi?

Calls and WhatsApp messages can start within days of launch, but whether they become appointments depends on your pricing, doctor availability and how quickly enquiries are answered. We judge campaigns on enquiries and, where you share booking data, on appointments, and we review after the first month before suggesting any increase in budget.