Glossary
Plain-language definitions for legal marketing, SEO, and AI visibility.
- Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
Optimizing content so AI assistants and answer engines cite your firm when users ask legal questions in natural language.
- Attorney advertising review
Attorney approval of marketing copy and ads before publish to align with state bar advertising and solicitation rules.
- Call tracking
Dynamic phone numbers that attribute inbound calls to marketing channels for accurate ROI reporting.
- Core Web Vitals
Google's page experience metrics (LCP, INP, CLS) that influence rankings and user trust on mobile and desktop.
- Cost per acquisition (CPA)
Total marketing spend divided by signed cases or retained clients, the metric LexGrow reports in plain English each month.
- Cost per signed case
Marketing spend on a channel divided by the signed cases that channel produced, a truer measure of value than cost per lead or cost per click.
- Demand generation
The full funnel of attracting, educating, and converting prospects, SEO, content, paid media, reviews, and nurture working together.
- E-E-A-T
Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trust: the quality signals Google evaluates for Your Money Your Life topics including legal advice.
- Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
Structuring site content, schema, and authority signals so large language models surface your firm in generative search results.
- Google Business Profile (GBP)
The public listing that powers your firm's map pack presence, reviews, photos, and local discovery on Google Search and Maps.
- Intake conversion rate
The share of inquiries a firm converts into consultations and signed cases, often the biggest growth lever for firms that already have demand.
- LexPair
LexGrow's exclusive lead-generation add-on that delivers pre-screened, territory-scoped inquiries for qualifying practice areas.
- Local Services Ads (LSA)
Google's pay-per-lead ad unit for eligible legal categories, shown above traditional search ads with a Google Screened badge when verified.
- Map pack
The block of three local business results with a map on Google, critical for law firms targeting city and neighborhood queries.
- Multi-touch attribution
Crediting every marketing touchpoint on the path to a signed case, first click, last click, or weighted models, instead of only the final interaction.
- Practice area page
A dedicated URL explaining one area of law (e.g., DUI, divorce) with intent-matched copy, FAQs, and conversion paths.
- Retargeting
Paid ads shown to people who already visited your site or engaged with your brand, keeping your firm top-of-mind during the hire cycle.
- Return on ad spend (ROAS)
Revenue attributed to advertising divided by ad spend. For law firms this is most meaningful when measured against signed-case value, not lead counts.
- Schema markup
Structured data added to pages so search engines and AI systems understand entities like attorneys, FAQs, and local businesses.
- Signed-case attribution
Tracing a signed case, as reported by the firm's CRM, back to the marketing source and touchpoints that produced it, so budget follows cases, not clicks.