Digital PR · Data Journalism

Digital PR for law firms, built on data your competitors can't replicate.

Most digital PR is a press release and a prayer. We mine real government and public records into a finding nobody else in your market has published, then hand it to reporters ready to run. That's what earns the link, the coverage, and the AI citation.

Free market read. One business day. No deck, no pitch.

The gap

Most agencies pitch a title. We publish the finding.

A digital PR agency that leads with a headline and no data behind it gets a form rejection. We lead with a real number, computed from raw records, that a reporter can check and run today.

Firms' own websites are the cited source in 67% of AI answers to legal-hiring questions, ahead of directories at 21% and earned press at 11% (our legal AI-citation study, n=236). Earned press alone is the smallest slice. The firms that get named published a study on their own site, then earned the coverage on top of it.

67%

of AI legal citations point to a firm's own site, ahead of directories (21%) and earned press (11%)

Taqtics legal AI-citation study, n=236

DR84

industry desk that cited our published work

Search Engine Roundtable

The difference

Digital PR built on data, not a distribution list.

The category name is the same. The method underneath is not. Here's what changes when the pitch is a real finding instead of a story angle.

Pitches a headline to a reporter’s inbox Hands the reporter a finished, cuttable story
Buys placements or guest posts Earns the citation because the finding is real
One press release, sent to a list One dataset, cut a dozen ways for a dozen markets
Success measured in placements sent Success measured in links, citations, and AI mentions earned
Reuses the same angle for every client Builds a new, original finding per market

Data journalism for law firms

Data journalism is the engineunder the PR.

Five plays, one loop. From the first market read to the closed-loop citation report, every play fits the same chain. You can run one or run all five. Each one outputs something verifiable.

Earned Media

The Readout

Your firm and market in. A one-page read of where you actually stand, in a day.

OUTPUT · POSITION READ - WHERE YOU STAND

Share of Model
named in [X] of 12 AI answers we ran
Cited source
0 of your pages cited · rivals hold 4
Unclaimed story
1 data angle no firm in [market] owns yet

~1 day IN: Firm + market OUT: One-page position read

Earned Media

The Study

One story and our data lake in. A cited, defensible finding out, built to hold up.

OUTPUT · CITED FINDING

Headline stat
"[county] leads the state in [X], up [Y]% since 2019"
Method
raw government records, reproducible from source
The receipt
every figure traces to a named primary source

~3-5 days IN: Story + data lake OUT: Cited finding + method

Earned Media

The Wire

Turn one finding into a hub, a visual kit, a video arc, and the outreach that earns the link.

OUTPUT · NEWSROOM RUN (1 FINDING -> 5 ASSETS)

Hub page
the study, published and schema-marked
Visual kit
OG card, embeddable chart, share graphics
Video arc
the short-form cut sequence
The pitch
the gift to the reporters who cite your rivals

~3-5 days IN: Property + market OUT: Hub + visual kit + video arc + pitch

Earned Media

The Drop

A live Study and a qualified target list in. Gated peer outreach out, one note per firm.

OUTPUT · PEER OUTREACH - GATED

Target list
reporters and firms who already cite your rivals
The gift
their own market read, complimentary
The ask
one link, one citation, one introduction

~1-2 days IN: Live study + target list OUT: Gated peer notes

Earned Media

The Proof

Campaign window in. A closed-loop report showing earned links, AI mentions, and citations gained.

OUTPUT · PERFORMANCE REPORT

Earned links
[X] new referring domains, [Y] DR avg
AI citations
[Z] answer-engine mentions tracked
Share of Model
[before] to [after] across [N] queries

~1 day IN: Campaign window OUT: Citation + link report

The engine

We built the data lake. We don't license it.

Every study runs from an owned government-data lake: raw crash, injury, and safety records held locally and reproducible from source. We don't re-buy a survey each cycle. We own the source, which means the findings are defensible and the citations repeat.

Two gates run before anything ships. Every number traces to a named primary source or it doesn't run. Every finding reproduces from the raw record before it publishes. Not a second opinion. The receipt, every time.

The stat gate

Every number traces to a named primary source, or it doesn't run.

The fact-check gate

Every finding reproduces from raw records before we publish it.

One firm per market

We run one firm per practice area per market. The data story belongs to one.

The receipts

Named numbers. Verifiable results.

67% of AI legal citations point to a firm's own site, ahead of directories (21%) and earned press (11%)

Taqtics study, n=236

Not a directory. Not a news aggregator. The firm's own site, because it published the original finding.

931 linking domains earned in a single digital PR campaign cycle

Fractl, the Porch campaign (case study, not our result)

The category benchmark for what one real campaign, built on a real dataset, can do. We build to that standard.

What it costs

Priced on scope. Rolling monthly. No lock-in.

We price on scope, not a package menu. What it costs depends on how contested your market is, how much data territory is still open, and how many cuts of the finding your outreach needs.

We work on rolling 30-day agreements. No annual contract, no exit penalty. If the citation record doesn't move, you leave.

Check my market

Rolling 30-day agreements

No annual contract, no exit penalty. If the citation record doesn't move, you leave.

Custom scope, not a menu

We size the engagement to your market's competitiveness and the data territory available.

Talk to Jared to get the number

The managing partner takes the call. We'll pull your market before we talk.

Talk to Jared

The questions people ask

Answered straight, no hedging.

What does a digital PR agency do?

A digital PR agency earns links, press coverage, and citations by getting a publication or an AI answer to reference your site as the source. We do it with owned data. We compute an original finding from real records, then hand reporters the finished story instead of a pitch.

What is data journalism for law firms?

It’s the method under the PR. We mine raw government and public records for your market, then compute an original finding no competitor has published. That finding becomes a study on your own site, then the earned coverage that cites it. The data is the reason the placement happens.

How is this different from traditional law firm public relations?

Traditional law firm public relations sends a press release and hopes a reporter runs it. We hand the reporter a finished, checkable story built from real data. The coverage follows the finding, not a relationship or a placement fee.

Is digital PR worth it for a law firm?

It’s worth it when the placement earns a real, dofollow citation from a real finding, not a paid mention. We track $141.6M in monthly legal advertising across 35 US markets, and the pattern holds. The firm that publishes something only it could publish is the one that gets cited.

How much do digital PR agencies cost?

We price on scope, not a package menu. What it costs depends on how contested your market is and how much data territory is still open. We work on rolling 30-day agreements with no lock-in. Talk to Jared and we’ll quote your market directly.

Is digital PR the same as SEO?

No. SEO ranks your pages in the search results. Digital PR earns citations, links, and mentions from other sites and from AI answers. The two feed each other. An earned citation from a real study is also one of the strongest signals a page can carry into search.

Is PR going to be replaced by AI?

The opposite. 68.01% of Google searches ended without a click between January and April 2026 (SparkToro, corroborated by Similarweb). Fewer clicks means the pages an AI answer actually names matter more, not less. Earned citations are how a firm gets named inside that answer.

How do I get digital PR for my firm?

Start with a real finding. We mine your market’s public records for a data angle no competitor has published yet, then build the outreach around handing that finished story to reporters who already cover your beat. Check your market and we’ll show you the unclaimed angle.

Go deeper

The method, in full.

Your market

Claim the data storybefore a competitor does.

One market. One firm. We deliver the read in one business day. We show you what AI names, who holds the citation, and the data angle still unclaimed. Then you decide what to do with it.

Free. One business day. One firm per market.