The marketing agency for law firms that want
visibility
without compromising credibility
Legal marketing comes with a different set of rules online. Shout builds strategies that get your firm found and trusted, without cutting corners that put your credibility at risk. See exactly where your firm stands with a free X-Chart.
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What is an X-Chart? A free, guaranteed forecast that shows exactly what we could achieve for your business over the next 3, 6 and 12 months.
Michael Jenkins
Strategy Director
22 years Experience
Trusted by Australia’s most recognised brands
The marketing challenges most law firms face
Relying too heavily on referrals
Word of mouth has worked for years, but it’s not a strategy you can control or scale when growth slows.
Competing against firms with bigger budgets
Larger, well-established firms dominate search results, making it harder for smaller practices to be found first.
Marketing that risks compliance and credibility
Aggressive tactics or generic advice can put your firm’s reputation, or professional obligations, at risk.
Enquiries that don’t match the work you want
Traffic is coming through, but it’s bringing the wrong type of enquiries, not the cases that actually grow your practice.
Legal marketing isn’t like other industries, and it shouldn’t be treated like it is
Understand your legal marketing performance
Referrals and reputation have carried plenty of firms for years, but they don’t tell you what’s actually happening in search, or where potential clients are choosing a competitor instead. The X-Chart is Shout’s proprietary audit, built around a guaranteed sales forecast for your firm over the next 3, 6 and 12 months. It gives you a clear, commercial view of what’s working, what isn’t, and exactly what it will take to be the firm clients find and trust first.
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The legal marketing agency built on trust and results
It’s why law firms choose Shout
Searching for a lawyer can be stressful, so building genuine trust through marketing matters. We work with firms of every size, from sole practitioners to large, multi-partner practices, shaping strategy around your practice areas and how clients search. Backed by 15 years of experience and clients who’ve generated over $100 million in new revenue, our team knows what it takes to earn that trust and turn it into genuine, lasting growth for your firm.
We’re business people too, and we understand how busy you are.
So here’s our pitch in 30 seconds.
We know trust is everything in legal marketing, and that starts with the numbers behind us. We’ve scaled over 1,000 brands across a wide range of industries, backed by multiple 5-star Google reviews from businesses who’ve felt the difference firsthand. Book a call, and we’ll show you exactly where to focus first.
Michael Jenkins
Legal marketing services designed around
credibility and results
Legal marketing has to build trust as much as visibility, across every channel a potential client might use to find and vet your firm. Shout builds and connects the strategies that turn that visibility into genuine enquiries.
01
SEO
Give your firm a lasting presence in search results, without depending on referrals alone.
02
Local SEO
Be the firm nearby clients find first when they need help urgently.
03
AEO/GEO
Show up in AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Gemini as the recommended firm.
04
Digital PR
Earn genuine coverage and backlinks that build the kind of authority clients trust before they call.
05
LinkedIn ads
Reach decision-makers directly for practice areas built around business and professional clients.
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Meta ads
Build awareness across Facebook and Instagram with creative aligned to your practice areas.
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Google Ads
Capture high-intent searches from people actively looking for legal help right now.
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Google Display
Stay visible across the web with campaigns designed to be noticed and remembered.
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YouTube ads
Build trust through video content and campaigns that reach people at the right moment.
We were referred to Shout by Bed Bath N Table who highly recommended them. Shout has increased our organic search by 36% in 9 months and it’s climbing steadily. They are also handling our international campaigns.
Helping a do-it-yourself business do it themselves globally.
Shout helped create an international search strategy to drive brand awareness and demand generation and helped launch several new products successfully.
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We’ve been working with Shout for our SEO after trying a few other agencies, and the difference has been excellent. The team is knowledgeable, professional and easy to deal with, and they keep us informed with clear updates on our progress each month. We’ve been really happy with the service and results so far.
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Gregory Levett
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We've used Shout for our SEO after trying several other agencies, and couldn't be happier with the team. They're all highly experienced and keep us well updated on our monthly progress.
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Rodney Norris
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Excellent customer service!
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Thomas Morgan
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These guys have done great work for my small service-based business. Highly recommend them - It's worth the investment and much, much more :)
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Ash Cherrett
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Michael and the team are the best in the business - professional, passionate and a pleasure to work with.
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matt alpass
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Great experience working with Michael and Sangeeta from Shout. The Shout team has supported our digital marketing by building and optimising our SEO strategy from the ground up. Their approach has been thorough, transparent, and consistently results-driven.
A big shout out to Sangeeta in particular as she has been incredible with her dedication quality of work and follow up.
Highly recommend Shout for anyone looking to strengthen their online presence through SEO.
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Michael Harvey
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I've worked with Michael and his team at Shout Digital on several long term projects over the past 8 years, and I've always been impressed by the professionalism, accountability and frankly honest approach to simplifying digital marketing and providing great, reliable results for our projects time and time again.
We have worked on several Magento and Shopify migrations both domestically and global brands and the technical expertise in replatforming ecommerce sites without losing search equity first class.
Shout Digital is setting a better standard for the whole industry and I would definitely recommend them to brands starting out all the way to established complex marketing operations.
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Nigel Ewart
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We’ve had a fantastic experience working with Michael, Sangeeta, and the team at Shout. They supported us in building and optimising our SEO strategy from the ground up, taking a thoughtful, data-driven approach that delivered consistent results.
Their process has been transparent and well-structured, with reporting that is clear, easy to understand, and genuinely useful. Sangeeta's communication has been excellent throughout, and we’ve always felt informed and supported.
We highly recommend Shout to any organisation looking to strengthen their online presence through SEO.
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Michael Gammon
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We've been working with Shout for a little over a year now - moving to external support from an agency was a big transition for us, but one that the Shout team, specifically Matilda & Megan M have supported us with tremendously. Willing and eager to understand our requirements and how to best deliver on that each and every week. We look forward to continuing to work together in the future.
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Jessica Townley
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Our experience with Michael and the team has been excellent. Their interest and ability to understand our business has been crucial in developing strategies that have improved both the growth and reach of our brand. In addition they have been able to bring in professional creative support to further develop and update our website.
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Michelle Skinner
The senior team building trust for law firms
Every account is led by senior specialists who understand what legal marketing requires and bring that understanding to every firm we work with, whatever the size or practice area.
Michael is a pioneer of the Australian digital marketing landscape. Since opening Shout in 2010, he’s driven growth for businesses of every shape and size. There isn’t a digital challenge he hasn’t seen or a platform he’s not experienced in.
Guy Rintoul
HEAD OF GROWTH
Guy brings a postgraduate qualification and 10+ years’ experience across SEO, Google Ads, social and web development. He sits at the intersection of strategy and delivery — building client partnerships and cutting through jargon to deliver clear, measurable growth.
Gabriela Serrano Ruiz
Head of Paid Media
Gabriela has 14 years in performance marketing, including Head of Biddable Media at B&T’s 2023 Performance Agency of the Year, and 10 years in executive leadership. She develops data-driven strategy across all paid media and leads teams towards excellence.
Chamal Alahakoon
Head of SEO
With 10+ years across enterprise and technical SEO, CRO and analytics, Chamal specialises in turning complex websites into high-converting customer journeys — especially where SEO, journey optimisation and emerging AEO/GEO opportunities intersect.
Parmiss Kia
SENIOR SEO LEAD
Parmiss brings 15+ years of senior in-house and agency SEO leadership, having driven organic and paid search growth at Kmart Australia ($450M incremental revenue), Country Road Group ($35M) and REA Group ($375M). She now specialises in AI Search and Answer Engine Optimisation,.
Eric Shaikh
DIRECTOR OF CLIENT SERVICES
Eric leads client services at Shout, bringing extensive digital marketing experience and a consultative approach to bridging strategy and business outcomes. He’s built a career on customer advocacy, turning complex challenges into clear, accountable growth plans.
Anna Martin
SEO CONTENT MANAGER
Anna spent years as a TV editor for networks including Warner Bros., ITV Studios, Fremantle and BBC Studios, cutting shows like My Kitchen Rules and The Great Australian Bakeoff. She now brings that storytelling instinct to Shout’s content strategy.
Laura Ridley
PAID MEDIA SPECIALIST
15+ years running paid social and performance media for major brands — Nestlé, Nespresso, Lion and Spotify as Performance Director at Reprise Australia (APAC Agency of the Year, 2021). Deep, hands-on paid social expertise at real scale.
Legal marketing is the practice of promoting a law firm to attract new clients, typically involving SEO, content, paid advertising, digital PR and reputation management. Unlike marketing in most industries, legal marketing has to build genuine trust and credibility, since clients are often making a stressful, high-stakes decision when searching for a lawyer.
Budget depends on your practice area, competition and growth goals, so there’s no universal figure that applies to every firm. Rather than guessing, a good marketing agency for law firms should start with a clear audit of your current position, so your budget is based on realistic, expected returns rather than a rough estimate.
Most firms benefit from a combination of both. Paid advertising can generate enquiries quickly, which is useful for urgent practice areas like criminal or family law, while SEO builds long-term visibility and trust that continues to bring in enquiries without an ongoing cost per click. A well-rounded law firm marketing strategy typically leans on both, in different proportions depending on your goals.
Yes. Legal advertising is subject to professional conduct rules that vary by state and jurisdiction, often restricting misleading claims, guarantees of specific outcomes, or certain types of client testimonials. A marketing agency for lawyers experienced in the industry will understand these restrictions and build strategies that stay compliant while still being effective.
Legal marketing has to account for a level of trust and credibility that most industries don’t need to worry about to the same degree, since clients are often searching during one of the more stressful moments in their life. It also comes with specific advertising restrictions and professional conduct requirements that don’t apply to most other businesses, which is why generic marketing advice often falls short for law firms.
As more people use tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and AI Overviews to research legal issues and potential lawyers, firms not structured to be cited by these platforms risk becoming invisible when someone decides who to contact. This means legal marketing increasingly needs to account for AI-driven discovery, not just traditional search results.
We back our strategies with a guaranteed sales forecast that we commit to before any work begins. Every account is handled by a dedicated, senior team who understand the trust and credibility legal marketing demands, and that understanding is backed by 15 years in the industry and clients who’ve generated over $100 million in new revenue working with us. It’s the difference between an agency that talks about results and one that guarantees them.
We work with firms of every size, from sole practitioners building a client base to large, multi-partner practices with decades of reputation behind them. We’ve scaled over 1,000 brands across a wide range of industries, and law is no exception. What changes isn’t the level of attention a firm receives, but the strategy itself, shaped around your specific practice areas, goals and where you’re currently starting from.
Yes. More people are turning to tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews to research legal issues before they’ve even decided who to call, and that shift is only accelerating. We track and optimise how firms show up across these platforms, so your practice isn’t left out of a conversation that’s increasingly happening before someone even reaches Google.
Yes, and this describes a lot of the firms we work with. Referrals are valuable, but they’re also unpredictable, and they don’t give you much control over where your next client actually comes from. We build the kind of organic and paid presence that means growth stops depending entirely on who happens to recommend you next, without abandoning the reputation you’ve already built.
A dedicated, senior team, not a rotating cast of account managers or junior staff learning as they go. Some of our specialists have backgrounds at companies like Google and Apple, and you’ll always know exactly who’s managing your strategy and what experience they bring. That consistency matters more in legal marketing than most industries, where trust in the people behind your brand should extend to trust in the people marketing it.
Beyond core legal marketing, we offer SEO and local SEO to build lasting, organic visibility, digital PR to earn genuine credibility-building coverage, and paid channels like Google Ads and Meta Ads for firms that need enquiries faster. For firms wanting everything working together, our integrated marketing service connects every channel under one strategy, rather than running each in isolation.