The SoCal Lawyer — Legal Marketing by a Lawyer Who Gets It
Legal Marketing · Est. 2026

Legal marketing
built by a lawyer
who actually gets it.

Premium SEO, AI search visibility, and authority building for law firms — with one rule that changes everything: I only work with one firm per practice area per county. Your competitors don't get my playbook. Ever.

FOUNDER
Ayah Sarsour
Lawyer. Strategist. Builder.
  • Licensed attorney in California and Illinois
  • Built and ran SEO for a 15-office Southern California firm
  • CPS defense, criminal defense, PI, family, immigration — I know the verticals
  • I understand law firms, intake, judges, and how clients actually search for lawyers
"When you grow, I grow. That's it. That's the whole pitch."

This is not legal work. This is SEO work. I will get you the legal work.

Real exclusivity Real strategy Real reporting Real speed Real accountability Real exclusivity Real strategy Real reporting Real speed Real accountability

I built this agency around everything I wished legal marketing companies actually did for their clients.

For years I was the person sitting on the law firm side, watching agencies bill thousands a month for templated reports, recycled blog posts, and rankings that never moved. I watched firms get locked into 12-month contracts with people who didn't understand the difference between CPS defense and family law. I watched competitors get the same playbook from the same agency.

So I left. And I built the firm I wanted as a buyer.

The SoCal Lawyer is a one-person-led, founder-run legal marketing agency. I'm a practicing attorney who happens to have spent the last several years building the entire digital footprint of a multi-office Southern California law firm — five county microsites, 3,000-word CPS hub pages, schema markup, AI visibility audits, Google Business Profiles, the works.

I understand lawyers because I am one. I understand SEO because I built it from scratch. And I understand your competitors because I've watched them for years.

No bloated retainers. No mystery reports. No twelve month contracts.

01

Exclusivity

One firm per county per practice area. Locked at signing, in writing.

02

Strategy

Bespoke roadmaps written by a lawyer who knows your market, not a templated deck.

03

Reporting

Real dashboards. Real numbers. No vanity metrics, no smoke.

04

Speed

I move fast. Pages ship in days, not months. Movement in weeks, not quarters.

05

Accountability

Month-to-month. Results keep clients, not contracts. If I don't earn the next month, I don't get it.

We don't work both sides.

Every other agency takes ten clients in the same market and lets them fight each other for the same keywords. That's not strategy — that's a conflict of interest dressed up as a retainer.

When you retain The SoCal Lawyer, I lock the county and practice area to your firm. I will not — under any circumstance — take on another attorney competing in your market while you're my client.

How it works

  • One firm per county per practice area
  • Locked at signing, confirmed in your engagement letter
  • Practice area defined narrowly: DCFS Defense, DUI, PI Auto, Family Law
  • Multi-county lockouts available on Enterprise engagements
  • Once your market is taken, it's taken. Lock in before your competitor does.

I offer way more for way less.

No magic. I'm a one-person operation with low overhead and high output. The math just works in your favor.

What you get
Typical agency
The SoCal Lawyer
Blog posts per month
4 posts at $4,800/mo
10 posts at $4,800/mo
Location & service pages
4 pages at $5,500/mo
10 pages at $5,500/mo
Press release distribution
$1,850 per release
$669 per release · Yahoo Finance + Digital Journal
Contract length
12-month minimum
Month-to-month, cancel anytime
Setup fees
$1,500–$3,500
$0
Market exclusivity
Takes your competitors too
One firm per county per practice area

Pricing for firms that want market dominance.

Month-to-month. No setup fees. No twelve month contracts. Cancel anytime with 30 days notice.

I. Content Marketing 1,500–2,500 words · Schema · GEO optimized · Monthly reporting
10 posts / month $4,800

Foundational content authority for boutique firms ready to compete.

Them: 4 · Us: 10
20 posts / month $8,900

Doubled cadence for verticals demanding topical depth.

Them: 8 · Us: 20
50 posts / month $19,500

Content moat strategy. Saturate your category before competitors react.

Them: 14 · Us: 50
75 posts / month $26,500

Multi-practice publishing engine with editorial governance.

Them: 20 · Us: 75
100 posts / month $32,000

Market-dominating output. Your in-house newsroom. Dedicated editor included.

Them: 30 · Us: 100
II. Local SEO Web Pages Intent research · Schema · CRO copy · Internal linking
10 pages / month $5,500

Targeted geo and service expansion for single-market firms.

Them: 4 · Us: 10
20 pages / month $10,500

Multi-city rollout with full schema and link architecture.

Them: 8 · Us: 20
50 pages / month $22,500

Regional dominance build. Every winnable local query.

Them: 15 · Us: 50
75 pages / month $31,000

Statewide expansion with dedicated production pod.

Them: 22 · Us: 75
100 pages / month $38,000

Total local saturation. Franchise and multi-office tier. Account director included.

Them: 30 · Us: 100
III. Google Business Profile Profile optimization · Geo media · Review strategy · Q&A
GBP optimization $2,500

Complete top-to-bottom rebuild to premium standards.

One-time engagement
Monthly management $1,950

Hands-on management, review response, Q&A, insights.

Per location · per month
30 GBP posts / month $1,450

Daily-cadence posting with custom creative and CTAs.

Them: 10 · Us: 30
60 GBP posts / month $2,650

Twice-daily presence to compound local pack visibility.

Them: 20 · Us: 60
90 GBP posts / month $3,750

Maximum-frequency posting with bespoke imagery and weekly review.

Them: 30 · Us: 90
IV. Press Release & PR Yahoo Finance · Digital Journal · Google News · 250+ outlets
Single press release $669

Yahoo Finance + Digital Journal headline placements, Google News and Bing News indexation, plus 250+ outlets including Boston Herald, Star Tribune, Post-Gazette, Buffalo News.

Them: $1,850 · Us: $669
Monthly PR — 2 releases $1,150

Two flagship releases monthly. Editorial topic planning included.

Them: 1 for $4,850 · Us: 2
Authority — 4 releases $2,100

Weekly newsroom cadence with topic clustering.

Them: 2 for $9,500 · Us: 4
V. Authority SEO Packages Flagship engagements · Bespoke roadmaps · Executive reviews
SEO Authority $7,500

Senior strategist plus execution pod. Full technical SEO, on-page, link strategy. Includes 2 PR and 6 authority backlinks monthly.

Includes 2 PR + 6 links / mo
SEO Enterprise $14,500

Multi-office firms. Dedicated strategist, weekly working sessions. Includes 4 PR and 12 authority backlinks monthly.

4 PR + 12 links · Limited
AI Search Visibility $9,800

Get cited by ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude. Full GEO program — entity work, semantic authority, citation building.

Most agencies don't offer this
SEO + AI Domination $16,500

The flagship. Combined SEO Authority and full AI Search program for category leadership.

6 PR + 18 links · Limited
VI. À La Carte Project-based add-ons · No retainer required
Single blog post (1,500–2,500 words) $650
Long-form pillar page (3,000+ words) $1,500
Technical SEO audit $2,500
AI visibility audit (ChatGPT / Gemini / Claude) $1,800
Schema implementation $950
NAP citation cleanup (60+ directories) $1,200

Lock your market before your competitor does.

Once a county and practice area is taken, it's taken. Let's talk before someone else gets your lane.

Start the conversation
No setup fees · Month-to-month · Cancel anytime