When the calendar looks empty and the pressure rises, most firms reach for ads. We take a smarter route: diagnose the real bottleneck and fix the foundation so every dollar works harder. Jennifer Goddard walks through a practical, step-by-step framework any estate planning or elder law firm can use to stabilize lead flow, lower acquisition costs, and win better-fit clients. We start by separating symptoms from causes. Are you seeing no calls, the wrong callers, or solid consultations that don’t convert? Each path points to a different fix—sales and consultation tuning, call handling and training, or a true visibility gap. From there, we examine discovery across website traffic, rankings for high-intent keywords, online reviews, Google Business Profile optimization, and whether your firm appears in AI-powered search results. If visibility is weak, today’s SEO requires more than keywords; it demands clean site architecture, authoritative content, and a structure AI can index with confidence. If people can find you but don’t reach out, the problem is conversion friction. “Book a consultation” is a big ask for cold visitors, especially if it’s paid. We outline lower-friction offers—ebooks, checklists, webinars—that capture emails and phone numbers, backed by a CRM-driven nurture sequence and trained staff who follow up fast. Only after visibility and conversion are solid should you consider paid advertising. We dig into realistic budgets, creative that builds trust, and targeting that matches your ideal client, while calling out the common trap of underfunded, $5-a-day campaigns that never reach learning thresholds. The hidden killer of ROI is fragmentation. Separate vendors for SEO, web, content, social, and ads often produce disjointed messaging and wasted spend. We show how a cohesive system—aligned offers, consistent authority content, integrated follow-up—reduces cost per lead and brings in better clients. Along the way, you’ll get concrete checkpoints to audit your funnel and decide what to fix first for the fastest revenue lift. Want help diagnosing your foundation and sharpening your strategy? Subscribe, share this with a colleague, and leave a review so we can reach more firms on the brink of a smarter turnaround. Video version on YouTube Book your free Discovery Call with my team.
