Bernie Clark, Founder at Majux, brings more than 20 years of marketing and business development experience from inside the legal industry to this conversation about digital marketing for law firms. He explains why a useful legal SEO strategy has to account for both practice area and geography, from the different research needs of workers’ compensation and criminal defense to the role of local pages.

Bernie also shares how his team watches for content cannibalization, decides when pages should be combined, and revisits content that earns impressions but is not reaching the first page. The conversation moves beyond rankings to what happens after a prospect calls. Bernie describes reviewing calls, checking after-hours and Spanish-language coverage, and working with firms on intake scripts and call flows so leads do not disappear unnoticed.

He discusses the value of client knowledge and local data when expanding into new areas, and why a polished website or standard call prompt may not fit every audience. Bernie then looks at AI search visibility: citations and reputational signals overlap with local search, though reliable measurement is still developing.

For law firm marketers, agency teams, and SEO practitioners, this episode connects search strategy with the real questions prospects ask and the intake experience that follows.

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In this episode, we discuss:

00:00 - 01:54: Introduction

01:54 - 04:26: Marketing from the Client Side

04:26 - 05:52: Building a Legal Marketing Agency

05:52 - 08:14: Search Intent and Purchase Decisions

08:14 - 09:35: Balancing Research and Local SEO Content

09:35 - 12:03: Commercial Value vs Search Volume

12:03 - 14:19: Diagnosing Content Cannibalization

14:19 - 19:34: Law Firm Intake and Missed Leads

19:34 - 23:41: Planning Geographic Expansion

23:41 - 25:08: Learning from Lead Conversations

25:08 - 27:41: What Call Listening Reveals

27:41 - 30:01: Consistent Content and Site Cleanup

30:01 - 32:07: AI Search Visibility for Law Firms

32:07 - 33:59: Local Search and AI Reputation Signals

33:59 - 35:42: What’s Next for Bernie and Majux?

35:42 - 36:33: Closing Thoughts

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