Fractional Chief Growth Officer
A Fractional Chief Growth Officer for Emeryville Law Firms — One Owner for the Whole Revenue Engine
Your firm markets hard, runs an intake team, and works its referrals — but each one runs on its own metric and qualified leads slip through the handoffs. A fractional CGO sits above the silos and unifies demand, intake, conversion, and retention under one owner.
Quick Answer
What is a fractional CGO, and why do Emeryville firms hire one?
A fractional Chief Growth Officer for a law firm is a senior revenue executive who owns the entire revenue engine a few days a week rather than full-time. Where a CMO owns marketing and a COO owns operations, the CGO works above the silos — connecting marketing, intake, sales, and retention into one accountable system instead of optimizing alone while good leads slip through the gaps.
- Top-tier growth leadership at a fraction — roughly 20–40% — of a full-time CGO
- A fit for $1M–$100M+ firms whose marketing, intake, and sales report separately
- Typically 6–18 months, then a part-time advisory cadence
The Model
Why no one owns the baton
Marketing, intake, sales, and retention each run their own leg. A fractional CGO owns the baton — so qualified leads stop getting dropped between teams.
Demand
Measured by cases, not impressions.
Intake
Every qualified lead answered fast — none left to cool.
Sales & BD
Disciplined follow-up that turns interest into signed clients.
Referrals
Happy clients recycle into new pipeline.
Before & After
What changes when one owner runs the number
The gap isn’t budget; it’s ownership of the handoffs.
Before a CGO
- Marketing, intake, and sales each report their own metric
- Qualified leads cool off in the handoffs
- Growth means buying more ad spend
- No one owns the revenue number
Aligned
- A single source of truth across every team
- Speed-to-lead under five minutes, every time
- Revenue grows on the spend you already have
- One executive owns the number
One Number
One number, owned and moved every week
The number
One growth number the whole firm runs on, with a single owner on the hook for it.
The Mandate
The four legs of the revenue engine
Demand & marketing oversight
Marketing and agencies held to qualified pipeline and cost-per-signed-case — not vanity metrics.
Intake
The marketing-to-intake handoff owned, so no qualified lead goes cold.
Conversion & business development
Consultative follow-up and BD channels that turn interest into signed clients.
Retention
Every client feeds the next.
Representative Outcomes
What it looks like in practice
Illustrative engagements; details are representative.
Personal Injury · $28M revenue · scaling
Strong demand, stalled conversion, and no single owner of the path.
We unified the funnel, drove fast response, and installed a weekly revenue review.
Lead-to-signed conversion rose ~35% — with no increase in ad spend.
Employment Law · $5M revenue · expanding
Demand was strong, follow-up was hit-or-miss, and every team reported its own numbers.
We built one pipeline view and pointed every team at one signed-case goal.
~25% revenue growth with no added budget.
Testimonials
What Emeryville firm leaders tell us
“Marketing, intake, and our closers finally pull the same direction. Someone owns the whole number now — not just their slice.”
“The growth came from fixing the handoffs, not a bigger budget; we finally convert the leads we were losing.”
Representative testimonials based on typical engagements; attributions are role-based. Individual results vary.
FAQ
Questions Emeryville firms ask
Q.What is a fractional Chief Growth Officer for a law firm?+
A fractional CGO is a seasoned revenue executive who, part-time, owns the full path from lead to signed client to referral, holding every team to one number.
Q.How is a fractional CGO different from a CMO or COO?+
A CMO owns marketing and a COO owns operations; a Chief Growth Officer works above the silos and owns the full path from lead to signed client to repeat and referral revenue, so every function pulls toward one number.
Q.How much does a fractional CGO cost in Emeryville?+
Most engagements run on a fixed monthly fee well below a full-time growth executive’s $250,000–$450,000+ compensation, set during the diagnostic by size and scope.
Q.What does a fractional CGO actually own?+
Everything that moves revenue: demand, intake and speed-to-lead, conversion and BD, and retention and referrals — consolidated onto a single scoreboard.
Q.What size law firm benefits from a fractional CGO?+
Firms in the $1 million to $100 million+ range get the most value, especially when marketing, intake, and sales each work hard but report separately and qualified leads slip through the handoffs.
Q.Do you work with law firms in Emeryville, CA?+
Yes. We work with firms in Emeryville, CA and nationwide, mostly remote with on-site time when it helps.
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