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The authority no ad budget can buy.

Real televised coverage, on-camera interviews and multi-minute news segments, secured through years of relationships with the journalists who cover the stories that move people to act. At zero media cost, compounding long after it airs.

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Business WireOutlier Creative Agency and The Aura Agency Announce Strategic Marketing and PR Partnership
In the newsBusiness WireOctober 1, 2026

Outlier Creative Agency and The Aura Agency Announce Strategic Marketing and PR Partnership

Outlier partners with The Aura Agency, a Newport Beach public relations firm specializing in earned media and litigation communications, adding dedicated PR and media relations to its web, SEO, paid media, video, and brand services, and to OCA Bridge, its fractional marketing leadership model.

“Our partnership with Aura gives clients dedicated earned-media expertise while allowing us to keep the broader marketing program coordinated, consistent and moving in the same direction.”

Lora Smiley, Partner and Chief Communications Officer, Outlier Creative Agency
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Corey LarsonCorey LarsonPartner and Chief Operations Officer
Lora SmileyLora SmileyPartner and Chief Communications Officer
The partners behind Outlier
EMER MEDSIMON LAW GROUPPANISH SHEA RAVIPUDIMANLY STEWART & FINALDISTALWART LAW GROUPBRINGARDNER LAWALTAIR LAWKAASKENDALL LAWMIRADOR LAWDICKERSON OXTONSC LAWEMER MEDSIMON LAW GROUPPANISH SHEA RAVIPUDIMANLY STEWART & FINALDISTALWART LAW GROUPBRINGARDNER LAWALTAIR LAWKAASKENDALL LAWMIRADOR LAWDICKERSON OXTONSC LAW

Results, not promises

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2×Signed-case conversions in one monthMirador Law$765Cost per conversion, down from $1,401Mirador Law990%Instagram growth over five yearsSimon Law Group16,250%Instagram growth in three yearsAltair Law

Where Others Miss

Three reasons growth stalls and how we fix each.

  1. 1

    The agencies you've heard of don't know your bar rules.

    We've watched generic shops put firms one ad away from an ethics complaint. We built our playbook reading the codes, by state, by practice area, line by line. Compliance isn't where we end the brief. It's where we start it.

  2. 2

    Referrals aren't a strategy. They're a coincidence.

    Your best intake channel is getting thinner every year. The firms still growing have built an owned pipeline (search, content, paid, brand) that doesn't depend on someone else's Rolodex.

  3. 3

    Everyone bid the same keywords. So everyone lost.

    PI in your market is a cost-per-click bloodbath. The way out isn't more budget. It's sharper creative, smarter negatives, and landing pages that convert the clicks you've already paid for.

What's included

Four pillars, one team behind them.

Each piece supports the others. None of it works on its own.

  • 01

    Real coverage, zero media cost

    On-camera interviews and multi-minute news segments on local and national television, plus newspaper and digital features. The kind of authority no advertising budget can replicate, earned rather than bought.

  • 02

    Built on real relationships

    Coverage comes from years of cultivated relationships with the journalists and reporters who cover the stories that move people to act, not from a press release blasted to a list. We bring your story to the people who decide what airs.

  • 03

    Makes every channel work harder

    PR fuels marketing by directly integrating into social media with powerful content because it’s organically and media-sourced shared content. PR drives the conversation, increasing and enhancing engagement.

  • 04

    The firms in the news get found

    As AI reshapes how people search for legal help, earned media is becoming one of the strongest signals for which firms get found. The firms that show up in the news become the firms that show up in search, and the ones people call when it matters most.

The Process

How engagements actually unfold week by week.

  1. 01

    Find the story

    We identify the angles in your firm and your cases that journalists actually want: the verdicts, the issues in the news, and the human stories that move people to act. A story a producer can say yes to.

  2. 02

    Bring it to the right rooms

    We pitch your story to the reporters and producers we have spent years building relationships with, at the outlets that reach your market. Real conversations with the people who decide what airs, not a release into the void.

  3. 03

    Get you on camera

    We secure the interview or segment and prepare you for it, so you are sharp, credible, and quotable when the cameras roll. The coverage looks and sounds like the authority you want to be known for.

  4. 04

    Make it compound

    We turn every placement into social content, proof on your website, and editorial coverage that can earn high-authority backlinks. A single quality story keeps generating inquiries and referrals long after it airs.

Why Us

What an agency engagement should actually look like.

CriterionOther agenciesOutlier
  1. 01How coverage happens
    Other agencies✕Paid placements and ad buys
    Outlier✓Earned coverage, zero media cost

    Anyone can buy an ad, and audiences know it. We earn you real editorial coverage through relationships with journalists, which carries an authority no advertising budget can replicate, at zero media cost to you.

  2. 02Media relationships
    Other agencies✕Mass press-release blasts
    Outlier✓Cultivated reporter relationships

    A press release to a giant list gets ignored. We have spent years cultivating relationships with the journalists and reporters who cover the stories that move people to act, so your story reaches someone who will actually take the call.

  3. 03What a story does for you
    Other agencies✕A one-time mention
    Outlier✓Compounds across every channel

    A strong media strategy makes every other marketing investment work harder. News coverage gives your social real content, your website credibility, and your case inquiries and referral relationships a lift that keeps building long after the segment airs.

  4. 04Impact on SEO
    Other agencies✕Paid links that risk penalties
    Outlier✓Earned, link-worthy coverage

    Earned coverage from authoritative outlets often comes with a backlink no paid placement can buy. And because it’s editorial, not advertorial, it carries none of the link-scheme penalty risk that comes with purchased links. Over time, these are the links that move organic rankings the most.

  5. 05Found by AI search
    Other agencies✕Invisible to AI answers
    Outlier✓The firm the news cites

    As AI reshapes how people search for legal help, the firms cited in real news coverage are the firms AI surfaces. Earned media is becoming one of the most powerful signals for which firms get found, and ultimately called.

5×Golden Gavel Wins
16×Golden Gavel Finalists
6Years Specialist Practice

Questions

Everything you’d ask on a first call.

  • Local and national television, newspapers, and digital news outlets: on-camera interviews and multi-minute news segments, earned at zero media cost. We don’t promise a specific outlet on a specific day. We bring the relationships and the story work that earn real, credible coverage.

  • Advertising rents attention; earned media builds authority. A news segment carries a credibility an ad never can, because a journalist chose to tell your story. It also compounds: the coverage keeps generating case inquiries, referral relationships, and visibility long after it airs.

  • Earned media coverage regularly generates high-authority backlinks that paid links can’t replicate, the kind that compound organic rankings for months and years. AI search tools don’t just follow links either. They draw on how often and how credibly your firm is mentioned across the web. As AI reshapes how people search for legal help, firms with a consistent footprint in the news are the ones that show up as trusted answers, not just trusted links.

  • We prepare you for it. Before any interview or segment, we work through your messages and likely questions so you come across sharp, credible, and quotable. Most attorneys are surprised how natural it feels once the relationships and the prep are in place.

  • Monthly retainer, scaled to scope, with quarter-to-quarter terms. For PR specifically, we can also work on a case-by-case or trial-by-trial basis. Relationships and earned media take time to build, but they compound: the first quality story often pays for the program many times over, and the visibility keeps working long after it airs.

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