Fractional CMO Services
A Fractional CMO for Petaluma Law Firms — Where Marketing Is Measured in Signed Cases
Plenty of firms pour money into marketing and just hope it works. We put in place the strategy, channel mix, and measurement that tie every dollar to a signed case — and keep every vendor accountable to real outcomes.
In Short
What does a fractional CMO do for a Petaluma law firm?
A fractional CMO is an executive marketing leader who works part-time — taking the strategy, channels, brand, lead gen, and attribution off your plate. In place of a costly full-time CMO or a self-scoring vendor, the firm gets a leader who owns the strategy, manages the spend, and is accountable for cost-per-case and return. And we get the firm found as search shifts to AI: traditional SEO plus AEO and GEO so the firm turns up in Google, AI overviews, and assistant answers alike.
- One accountable owner for strategy, budget, vendors, and results
- Measurement built on cost-per-case and return, not vanity numbers
- Coverage across SEO, AEO, and GEO as search goes AI-first
What Actually Signs Cases
The channel mix, ranked by what pays
Most firms spread budget evenly and hope. We rank every channel by the cases it actually signs, then move money to the winners.
Lead to Signed
From first touch to a signed, profitable case
We connect every stage so spend traces straight to signed cases.
First touch
Where the client first finds you — tracked, not guessed.
Lead
Logged against the channel that drove it.
Screened
Screened for the cases worth pursuing.
Signed
Closed, with cost-per-case attached.
Repeat & referral
Happy clients feed the next wave of cases.
Modern Search
How Petaluma clients find a firm now
Clients ask Google, AI overviews, and assistants — each rewards different work.
Win the organic and local spots that still drive the most cases.
Land in the AI overviews and snippets that now sit above the links.
Earn a mention inside the generative tools clients ask directly.
What We Own
What a fractional CMO delivers
Strategy & budget
The channel mix, budget, and targets tied to case goals — managed to ROI.
Case generation
The channels that bring in cases worth signing.
SEO, AEO & GEO
Visibility across Google, AI overviews, and assistants.
Brand positioning
Positioning that stands out where everyone looks the same.
Agency accountability
Agencies and vendors on scorecards, managed to outcomes.
Cost-per-case
Every lead tied to its intake outcome, so you optimize cost-per-case.
The Payoff
What firms typically see
From the Record
Two years of spend, zero attribution — then clarity
Illustrative of what this work tends to produce; details are representative.
Personal Injury · $14M revenue · high spend
Budget was flowing to several agencies with no clear read on which channels produced signed cases.
We connected attribution end-to-end, killed the dead spend, and reallocated to the winners.
Lower cost-per-case and higher qualified volume, at the same time.
Testimonials
What Petaluma firm leaders tell us
“I finally know my cost per signed case by channel — we cut the spend that wasn’t working and grew cases anyway.”
“Our agencies finally answer to someone who actually understands the marketing math.”
“We’re turning up in AI search answers now — new clients tell us that’s exactly how they found us.”
“The brand finally sounds like us — and it converts. Strategy and execution in one place.”
Representative testimonials based on typical engagements; attributions are role-based. Individual results vary.
FAQ
Questions Petaluma firms ask
Q.What does a fractional CMO do for a law firm?+
A fractional CMO runs the strategy, budget, channels, brand, and vendors part-time, and answers for tying spend to signed cases and return.
Q.What is the difference between SEO, AEO, and GEO?+
SEO is classic search ranking; AEO is showing up in AI answers and snippets; GEO is being surfaced inside generative AI tools. A modern firm needs every one.
Q.How is a fractional CMO different from a marketing agency?+
An agency runs a single channel; a fractional CMO owns the whole strategy, controls the budget, and answers for results across every vendor.
Q.How much does a fractional CMO cost in Petaluma?+
Expect a fixed monthly fee far under a full-time CMO’s package, set by your firm and scope once the audit’s done.
Q.How do you measure marketing success?+
By cost-per-signed-case and marketing ROI — not clicks. We tie lead data to intake outcomes so the firm invests in what produces profitable cases.
Q.Do you work with law firms in Petaluma, CA?+
Yes. We work with firms in Petaluma, CA and nationwide.
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