Industry Guide · 2 of 16 chapters published
Google Ads for Podiatrists, From the Ingrown Toenail to the Bunion Surgery.
A podiatry practice sells routine Medicare nail care, custom orthotics and bunion surgery from the same phone line, on a search page shared with orthopedic groups, hospital systems and booking sites. These sixteen chapters build a Google Ads account in the order that works, using real searches, websites and patient reviews from one example market, Los Angeles. The method works for podiatry practices anywhere in the US.
Sixteen Chapters, From the First Callback to the Surgery Consult
New account? Start with Chapter 1. Every chapter builds on the ones before it.
Measure
Count the booked appointment, and price a nail visit, orthotics and surgery separately
Half of Podiatry Sites Book Patients on a Callback. Send That Booking Back to Google Ads With Its Click ID.
Nearly Every Ingrown Toenail Search Wants It Removed. Almost No Heel Pain Search Wants a Doctor Yet.
Pricing Nails, Orthotics and Surgery
Build
One page and ad group per foot problem, ready-to-book searches first
One Page per Foot Problem
Hospital and Doctor Names as Negatives
"Podiatrist Near Me" First
Hand Bids Until the Cost Is Known
Headlines Patients Already Wrote
Launch
Settings that keep a new account local and in your control
Six Defaults to Change
Scale
More reach once the account knows what a booked patient looks like
Performance Max and the Doctor's Name
Demand Gen for Heel Pain
Local Services Ads, Later
AI Max and "Cure" Claims
Podiatry
Medicare foot care, the orthopedist question and cash-service claims
Medicare and Routine Foot Care
Podiatrist or Orthopedist
Laser, Shockwave and PRP Claims
The Rollout, Month by Month
The order matters as much as the campaigns. Each step waits until the one before it has taught Google something.
Isolation and brand
Exact match on "podiatrist near me" and ready-to-book searches like ingrown toenail removal, plus the practice name and every doctor's name.
Exploration
Broad match and a target CPA, once exact match has shown which searches book.
Performance Max
With clean booking data behind it, and the doctors' names kept out of it.
Demand Gen, Local Services Ads and AI Max
Video for people living with heel pain, an optional pay-per-lead test, and Google's newest automation last.
How to Use This Guide
No account yet?
Go in order. Booking tracking and the budget math come before any keyword.
Chapter 01 →Ads already running?
Check what your ads and pages promise about Medicare and what your laser pages claim. Coverage promises and "cure" wording are two common problems.
Chapter 14 →One example market
Examples come from Los Angeles-area podiatry practices, described as we found them. Run the same steps where you are.
Chapter 05 →Running more than one specialty under one roof? Google Ads for Healthcare shows how to run them as one account without one service line starving the rest.
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