How, exactly, do clients choose a personal injury lawyer?


It used to be that only Google knew what made clients choose one PI firm over another in search results. Not anymore.

Near Media is pulling back the curtain on how prospective clients search for and choose PI lawyers, with ongoing monthly analysis of 2,000+ consumersʼ reported and observed behavior.

(program also available in family law)

Introducing Near Media Private Market Intelligence for Personal Injury Lawyers

in partnership with AttorneySync & Mockingbird

Get a monthly stream of fresh insights from behavioral and attitudinal research into how clients search for and choose a personal injury lawyer.

Get a sample month's report

email research@nearmedia.co to reserve your subscription

Take a sneak peek at this month's insights 👇

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Program Details

Limited to 2 personal injury firms per market (no agencies)

Get monthly deep-dives into specific topics, with a fresh report every month.


Jul + Jan

Consumer survey results

Aug + Feb

AI adoption & behavioral trends

Sep + Mar

Search Landscape & AI Overviews

Oct + Apr

Clickthrough patterns; AIO deep dive

Nov + May

Organic, Ads & GBP deep dive

Dec + Jun

Messaging & positioning


Each monthly report includes

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PDF with contextual data analysis
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On-demand videocast presentation walkthrough
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Exclusive Q&A with Near Media experts

In a rapidly changing search landscape, you canʼt afford NOT to know this data:

Where to focus your marketing

How prospects are using AI in their research

What influences their decision to contact a firm.

How We Conduct Our Research

Survey data (N=500+) and behavioral research data (N=300+) are each collected every six months from distinct national respondent panels.

Consumer insight surveys

  • How they research lawyers on and off Google
  • Where AI fits into the customer journey
  • What sites, tools and resources they trust
  • How they vet word-of-mouth referrals
  • How they make decisions

Behavioral search research

  • Mobile & desktop Google searches captured on video
  • Influence of AI on engagement and decisions
  • Where clicks come from: Organic, Business Profiles, Ads
  • What elements drive conversions
  • Most effective messaging

Near Media co-founder David Mihm shares some of our methodology and highlights a teaser of one of the actionable takeaways for subscribers:

Access is strictly limited to 2 firms per metro area.

See how we define each metro area on the map below.

Enterprise B2C companies pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for this kind of research.

Through a cost-sharing model that pools the marketing resources of firms with distinct client bases, Near Media is able to deliver transformative insights at a price that all firms can afford.

PRICING

$2,000/mo

with a 12-month commitment.

OPTIONAL ADD-ONS

$7,500 (one-time)

Custom 300-respondent brand awareness and competitive benchmarking survey specific to your local market


$7,500 (one-time)

100-user search behavior panel specific to your market

email research@nearmedia.co to reserve your subscription today

About Near Media

Contact us at research@nearmedia.co with any questions or to reserve your subscription.