Case Study · AEO Strategy · Law Firm

31 to 63
in thirty days.

Temple Injury Law had twenty years of insurance defense experience and no structure translating it into modern search. We rebuilt the positioning and the technical foundation in a single month.

AI Visibility Score
31 → 63
Point Gain
+32
Engagement
30 days
Market
Las Vegas, NV

01 · The Situation

Strong potential. Weak execution.

Temple Injury Law engaged Cornerstone to implement a focused 30-day Answer Engine Optimization strategy across Google and AI-driven search.

At engagement start, an AEO audit scored the firm 31 out of 100. The practice had genuine authority: more than twenty years of insurance defense experience in the Las Vegas market. But nothing structural was translating that authority into discoverability.

Visible authority. Invisible firm. The expertise was real; nothing on the site made it machine-readable.

02 · The Challenge

Five gaps at audit.

Underutilized Google Business Profile

The profile lacked an authority-driven description, refined categories, and clear geographic focus.

No Structured AEO Strategy

Nothing in place for answer-based discovery or machine-readable trust signals.

No AI Platform Presence

Zero surface area across ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini at the time of audit.

Undifferentiated Positioning

Nothing structurally separated the firm from every other personal injury practice in the market.

Misaligned Messaging

Language did not reflect how real clients search or how AI platforms interpret authority.

03 · The Approach

Six moves in thirty days.

  1. Positioning & Messaging Overhaul

    Rebuilt messaging around the insurance insider advantage and aligned it with the questions real clients ask.

  2. Google Business Profile Transformation

    Rewrote the description for authority, refined categories, and strengthened Southwest Las Vegas geographic targeting.

  3. Service & Offer Restructuring

    Shifted from generic service listings to defined high-intent case types with premium differentiators.

  4. AEO Execution

    Structured content and entity signals so the firm’s expertise is expressed in a form AI platforms can evaluate.

  5. Content Strategy Deployment

    Published four strategic Google posts engineered around high-intent search behavior.

  6. Schema Implementation

    Deployed LocalBusiness, Service, and FAQ schema defining services, location, and authority.

04 · Strategy in Detail

Differentiation was the whole play.

Insurance Insider Positioning

Built around twenty-plus years of insurance defense experience, a category-level authority claim. This became the firm’s core differentiator.

Tesla & High-Tech Accident Focus

Elevated as a high-value niche in a Tesla-dense metro, structured to capture premium cases and separate the firm from general personal injury practice.

AEO & Entity Structure

Content and entity signals aligned with how AI platforms evaluate expertise, relevance, and authority, with consistency across services, location, and positioning.

Technical Foundation

LocalBusiness, Service, and FAQ schema making the firm’s expertise machine-readable: the trust layer answer engines use when selecting who to cite.

05 · The Results

What changed in thirty days.

Engagement Start · Audit

31/100

Low visibility tier

Day 30 · Re-audit

63/100

+32 points

Score More Than Doubled

From 31/100 to 63/100 in thirty days on the same audit criteria at both measurement points.

Strengthened Local Signals

Sharper geographic authority across Southwest Las Vegas, driven by profile and schema work.

High-Value Positioning Activated

Insurance insider and Tesla specialization now anchor the firm’s market position rather than generic PI language.

Clearer Path to Consultation

The optimized Google Business Profile creates a direct route from discovery to a booked consult.

Scores are from Cornerstone’s AEO audit framework, measured on the same criteria before and after the engagement. The score reflects structural readiness for AI discovery, not a guarantee of placement in any specific AI-generated answer.

06 · The Takeaway

AEO is not about rankings. It is about becoming the answer.

Measured, Not Assumed

A 31 to 63 audit score in thirty days shows AEO progress can be quantified. Visibility is a metric, not a feeling.

Speed Without Waiting on Algorithms

Structural work produced measurable change within a single month. No algorithmic recovery cycle required.

Positioning Is the Multiplier

The insurance insider advantage gives an AI platform a reason to name this firm specifically. Differentiation drives selection.

The Foundation Compounds

Schema, entity consistency, and authority signals are permanent assets that keep working after the engagement ends.

Most law firms are invisible in AI search.

Find out where your firm scores. Six platforms, no cost.

Get Your Free AI Visibility Score