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Home / Case Studies / Lacayo Law Firm
Legal — Family Law · Miami, FL

How We Made Lacayo Law Firm Miami's Most-Found Family Attorney — 180% More Leads in 6 Months

Lacayo Law Firm was well-respected in Miami's family law community but nearly invisible online. We launched a dual-engine Google Ads and SEO strategy that tripled their consultation volume, slashed cost per lead by 55%, and made them the most prominently placed family law firm across Greater Miami within 6 months.

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Campaign Duration6 Months
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MarketGreater Miami, FL
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ServicesGoogle Ads · SEO · Local
Key Results at a Glance
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Lead Volume
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Cost Per Lead
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Consultations
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Local Pack Rank

A Trusted Miami Firm Hidden from Google

Lacayo Law Firm had built a strong reputation through referrals and community ties — but in a city as competitive as Miami, word-of-mouth alone can't fuel the growth a serious law firm needs. People in divorce proceedings, custody battles, and adoption cases search Google first. Lacayo wasn't there.

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The Challenges

  • No Google Ads presence whatsoever — all business came from referrals, slow and unpredictable with no way to scale
  • Google Business Profile was sparse and unoptimized — missing categories, photos, and services that would trigger local pack visibility
  • Website was not converting — visitors landed and left with no clear call-to-action, no consultation offer, and no urgency to reach out
  • Highly competitive Miami legal market with large firms spending $10,000–$40,000/month on Google Ads
  • Practice area pages were thin — insufficient content to rank organically for high-value family law terms in Miami
  • No call tracking or lead attribution — the firm had no way to know which marketing efforts (if any) were actually driving consultations
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Our Strategic Approach

  • Launched a precision Google Ads strategy targeting the highest-intent family law keywords in Miami — divorce attorney, child custody lawyer, alimony, adoption — with tight geographic radius targeting
  • Fully rebuilt and optimized the Google Business Profile: added all practice areas, uploaded professional photos, activated Q&A, and implemented a review generation system
  • Redesigned landing pages around consultation booking — specific pages for divorce, custody, adoption, and domestic violence cases with Spanish-language variants for Miami's bilingual market
  • Expanded and optimized all practice area pages with 1,500+ word content, schema markup, and internal linking to build topical authority
  • Implemented Google call tracking, form tracking, and consultation booking tracking — full attribution from first click to booked appointment
  • Ran LSA (Local Services Ads) alongside Search campaigns for maximum SERP real estate — appearing in the Google Guaranteed badge positions above all other ads

The 6-Month Dual-Engine Growth Strategy

Google Ads for immediate lead flow. SEO for compounding organic dominance. Running both simultaneously meant Lacayo was winning traffic while building long-term equity — every month.

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Month 1 — Audit, Tracking & Quick Wins

Full Digital Audit + Google Business Profile Overhaul

Audited the website, GBP, and competitive landscape. Immediately rebuilt the Google Business Profile: completed all categories (Family Law, Divorce Law, Child Custody), added 24 professional photos, wrote keyword-rich business description, activated Q&A section, and requested 15 initial reviews from past clients. GBP profile strength score improved from 42% to 89% in 3 weeks. Installed call tracking numbers and form tracking tags across the entire site — zero attribution gaps from Day 1.

GBP OptimizationCall TrackingReview GenerationAudit
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Month 2 — Ads Launch + Landing Page Build

Google Search Campaigns + Practice-Specific Landing Pages

Launched 5 segmented Search campaigns: Divorce Attorney Miami, Child Custody Lawyer Miami, Alimony & Support, Adoption Attorney, and Domestic Violence Law. Each campaign had its own dedicated landing page — written in English and Spanish — with specific messaging around the emotional urgency of each situation. Consultation CTAs were above the fold on every page. LSA (Google Guaranteed) campaigns went live simultaneously. First qualified leads arrived in Week 2.

Search CampaignsLSALanding PagesSpanish
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Month 3 — SEO Foundation + Content Expansion

Practice Area Page Rebuild + Local SEO Authority

Rewrote all 5 practice area pages to 1,500–2,000 words each with FAQs, schema markup (LegalService, FAQPage, LocalBusiness), and internal linking structure. Built 30 local citations across key directories (Avvo, Justia, FindLaw, Martindale, Google). Began a monthly blog program publishing 4 articles per month targeting "divorce lawyer near me," "how much does a divorce cost in Florida," and similar high-traffic, high-intent queries. Organic impressions began climbing in Week 10.

Content SEOSchema MarkupCitation BuildingBlog Program
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Month 4 — Optimization + Remarketing

Smart Bidding Transition + Display Remarketing

With 60 days of clean conversion data, transitioned all Search campaigns to Target CPA bidding set at $85 per qualified lead. Launched Display remarketing campaigns targeting all site visitors for 21 days post-visit — showing empathetic, trust-focused creative ("You don't have to navigate this alone") across Google's network. Negative keyword list expanded from 42 to 280+ terms — eliminating irrelevant searches for free legal advice, law school information, and DIY divorce forms. Cost per lead began declining week over week.

Target CPARemarketingNegative KeywordsSmart Bidding
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Month 5 — Local Pack Domination

Google Local Pack #1 for Core Family Law Terms

SEO efforts began producing major results. Lacayo achieved Page 1 rankings for "divorce attorney Miami," "child custody lawyer Miami," and "family law attorney Miami" — with Local Pack appearances for all three. GBP review count grew from 11 to 38 reviews with a 4.9 average star rating. Organic traffic to practice area pages grew 210% versus baseline. The combination of LSA, Search ads, and organic results meant Lacayo now appeared 3–4 times on the first page of Google for key terms.

Local Pack #1Page 1 RankingsReview GrowthOrganic Traffic
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Month 6 — Scale & Systematize

Full Miami Market Domination + Long-Term Automation

By Month 6, Lacayo was receiving 84 qualified leads per month versus 30 at the start — a 180% increase. Cost per lead had dropped from $195 to $88. Monthly consultations booked grew from 18 to 45+, a 2.5x increase. Set up automated reporting dashboards tracking calls, form fills, consultations booked, and revenue pipeline. Expanded targeting radius to Coral Gables, Hialeah, Doral, and Kendall to continue growing market coverage.

180% Lead GrowthMarket ExpansionAutomationReporting

Leads, Cost & Rankings: All Moving in the Right Direction

Every metric improved every month. Google Ads drove immediate results while SEO built a compounding organic engine — by Month 5 both channels were firing simultaneously.

Monthly Leads vs. Cost Per Lead — Dual-Channel Performance
Baseline: 30 leads/month at $195 CPL → Month 6: 84 leads/month at $88 CPL · Organic traffic growing in parallel
Monthly Leads
Cost Per Lead ($)
Organic Traffic (Index)
90 72 54 36 18 Baseline Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6 Smart Bidding ON Local Pack #1
Before vs. After — Core Lead Metrics
Monthly Qualified Leads+180% ↑
Before · 30/mo
After · 84/mo
Cost Per Lead−55% ↓
Before · $195
After · $88
Monthly Consultations+150% ↑
Before · 18/mo
After · 45/mo
Organic Traffic+210% ↑
Before · Index 100
After · Index 310
Google Reviews+245% ↑
Before · 11 reviews
After · 38 reviews (4.9★)
Performance Ring Summary
+180% Lead
Volume
−55% Cost
Per Lead
2.5x Monthly
Consults
#1 Local Pack
Position
+210% Organic
Traffic
4.9★ Google
Rating
−$107
Drop in cost per qualified lead — from $195 to just $88. At 84 leads per month, this saves Lacayo over $9,000 per month in acquisition costs compared to the baseline cost structure — money that flows directly back to the firm's bottom line.
✓ Verified Google Ads Attribution
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Lacayo now appears on Google's first page 3–4 times for core family law searches: LSA (Google Guaranteed), Paid Search ads, Google Local Pack, and organic page 1 results. No other family law firm in Miami achieves this level of simultaneous SERP coverage.
✓ SERP Dominance Documented
Complete Metric Comparison — Baseline vs. Month 6
Metric Before (Baseline) After (Month 6) Change
Monthly Qualified Leads 30 84 +180% ↑
Cost Per Lead $195.00 $88.00 −55% ↓
Monthly Consultations Booked 18 45+ +150% ↑
Google Local Pack Position Not appearing #1 — All core terms New Position ↑
Organic Traffic (Practice Pages) Index 100 Index 310 +210% ↑
Google Review Count 11 reviews · 4.2★ 38 reviews · 4.9★ +245% ↑
SERP Placements (per search) 0–1 (organic only, page 2+) 3–4 (LSA, Search, Local, Organic) Full Dominance ↑
Languages Served (Landing Pages) English only English + Spanish Bilingual Market ↑
Negative Keywords (Search) 0 280+ Zero Wasted Spend ↑

Dominating Every Family Law Search in Miami

Lacayo now ranks on Page 1 — and in the Local Pack — for every major family law practice area across Greater Miami. We didn't just win one keyword; we owned the entire category.

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Divorce Law
Local Pack #1 · Page 1 Organic · LSA Top Position
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Monthly Leads from Divorce Terms
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Child Custody
Local Pack #2 · Page 1 Organic · LSA Verified
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Monthly Leads from Custody Terms
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Alimony, Adoption & DV
Page 1 Organic · Ads Coverage · Spanish Pages
20
Monthly Leads from Other Practice Areas

The Tactics That Turned Lacayo Into Miami's Most-Found Family Firm

The dual-engine approach — paid search for immediate flow, SEO for compounding growth — was the key. Neither channel alone would have achieved these results this fast.

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Google Business Profile Domination

Rebuilt the GBP from near-empty to a fully optimized, high-converting local listing. Added all practice areas, 24 professional photos, a review generation system, Q&A, and posts. Profile completeness jumped from 42% to 89% — triggering Local Pack appearances within 8 weeks.

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Local Services Ads (Google Guaranteed)

LSA gave Lacayo the Google Guaranteed badge — appearing above all regular ads for family law searches. LSA leads carry higher trust signals from potential clients and cost less than standard Search leads. This was the fastest path to immediate, high-quality lead flow while Search campaigns matured.

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Spanish-Language Pages for Miami's Bilingual Market

Miami is a predominantly bilingual market — a Spanish-language landing page for every practice area unlocked a segment of the market competitors were completely ignoring. Spanish landing pages now account for 28% of all consultation bookings from paid search.

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Practice Area SEO Content Program

Rewrote all practice area pages to 1,500–2,000 words with FAQ sections, schema markup, and legal-specific content structured around Miami-specific search intent. Published 4 blog posts per month targeting high-traffic family law questions. Organic traffic grew 210% in 6 months.

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Aggressive Negative Keyword Management

Expanded the negative keyword list from 0 to 280+ terms — blocking searches for free legal advice, law school, DIY divorce forms, and other non-converting intent. This single change improved lead quality dramatically and allowed budget to concentrate on buyers, not browsers.

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Full Call & Consultation Attribution

Implemented Google call tracking numbers across all landing pages and the main website. Every consultation booking form, every phone call, every chat was tracked back to its exact source — specific keyword, ad, and landing page. This attribution system enabled precise bidding and budget allocation decisions throughout the campaign.


"We went from relying entirely on referrals to having more qualified consultations than we can sometimes handle. The Spanish-language pages alone opened a whole new client base we weren't reaching before. Media Spearhead fundamentally changed our business."
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Managing Attorney
Lacayo Law Firm · Family Law · Miami, FL

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