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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.