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Name: Shape Works
Address: 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A4NA, GB
Telephone: +442081610299
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In this clip, Nick Ellison further emphasises the negative impact broken links have on a website.

SEO is vital to any business in order to bring traffic to your website for organic growth. Law firms are missing a basic trick by ignoring the number of broken links their websites hold.

Read our full report about The Top 100 UK Law Firms' Website Performance 2022 here: https://lnkd.in/eCN9KmdQ

18/08/2022

Amongst the top 100 UK law firms, the most common CTA was a “Contact us” button (95%) to encourage an initial conversation with potential clients. The second most popular CTA was “Read more” (72%) which interestingly shows that law firms are keen to show off their knowledge about their particular expertise to attract new clients.

A call to action (CTA) is a term used for designs, prompting or encouraging you to take specific action on a website. Common CTAs include:

• ‘Book now’
• ‘Find out more’
• ‘Subscribe here’

Without calls to action, your customers may struggle on the route to booking an appointment or seeking help from your website.

Want to find out more? Read the full report here: https://shape.works/state-of-the-industry-report.html

15/08/2022

We had a small panel of testers rate the overall appearance of the top 100 UK law firms' websites for our Shape of the Industry Report.

To achieve a 'great' score from the panel, each website needed to receive 8.0 or higher out of ten. Scores were given based on four measures: design, creativity, usability and content.

We found that fewer than one in ten websites had a creative and modern website that tested well.

In this clip, Nick Ellison discusses why such few firms have managed to get their sites looking up to scratch for potential clients.

Read our full report here: https://lnkd.in/eQdaqDMN

12/08/2022

Trust signals are important pieces of evidence to make your client or customer feel secure with their decision to choose your product or services.

Law firms are becoming increasingly transparent with client reviews and testimonals - for example using platforms such as Trustpilot to show credibility.

In this clip Louis Suggett discusses what type of trust signals are most apparent on law firms’ websites and why it’s important for these firms to “flex their muscles”.

Read our full report here: https://lnkd.in/eQdaqDMN

11/08/2022

Core Web Vitals are made up of three metrics that account for your experience loading a webpage.

Having a page that loads quickly is important, and research shows that if your page load time rises from one to six seconds, your bounce rate will increase by 106%.

Whilst looking at Core Web Vitals on mobile for the top 100 UK law firms, we found only one to have an excellent page speed insight score on mobile.

Here is Nick Ellison discussing the impact of Core Web Vitals on website performance for both mobile and desktop, as well as further insights we found in our report.

05/08/2022

Louis Suggett, Commercial Director, shares with us the headlines from our ‘Shape of the Industry: UK Law Firms 2022 Website Performance Report’.

Looking at the top 100 UK law firms’ websites, we found:
•A majority of sites had room for improvement with their SEO.
•Websites had an average of 225 broken links per site.
•More than half didn’t pass Core Web vitals for desktop and mobile.
•More than half didn’t pass a basic security test!

If you would like to read the full report, head to the link here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rAMx2EWtY3zCl6LzRuUyIvZOmBgtImjV/view

Alternatively, if you would like to listen to our webinar following on from the report, you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2WAaJor_RM&ab_channel=ShapeWorks

03/08/2022

We've had some pretty uncertain times over the past two years - it's no secret we have all been affected by Covid, Brexit and current wars around the world.

In uncertain times, however, law firms seem to still be doing well for business. But what does that mean for potential clients? Your website is the first point of contact these days, and if it's not performing well then it could potentially harm business.

In this clip Nick Ellison, CEO, discusses the biggest challenges law firms are currently facing.

Read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/eQdaqDMN

03/08/2022

Shape Works updated their website address.

01/08/2022

We use blocks rather than templates to create bespoke WordPress websites for our clients.

But what does this mean?

In Gutenberg, everything is divided into blocks, including images, text, videos, headings and so forth.
This feature allows you to have unprecedented control over your entire site experience, as changes can be made at any time and can be specific to the needs of your website. These blocks are:
-Easy for anyone to use
-Easy for regular updates to refresh the look of your site for longer
-Allow you to have a unique and bespoke site that’s not from a bog-standard template

Read more about Gutenberg blocks here: https://purrgroup.com/insights/blog/gutenberg/

29/07/2022

Firstly, we would like to thank everyone who attended our webinar yesterday ‘How law firms can optimise their website to attract new talent and clients in 2022’.

If you missed the webinar, here’s a clip of Shape Works CEO, Nick Ellison discussing what the biggest risk law firms are facing.

22/07/2022

Did you know that the average life expectancy of a typical enterprise CMS website is two years and seven months? After that time, you need to start forking out to update its design and performance. Your once reasonably priced website starts making your wallet feel a little too light.

At Shape Works, we aim to double this average lifespan to over five years - reducing your overall cost and hassle with a truly modular WordPress website.

Want to discuss your website with us? Why not give us a call or send an email.

19/07/2022

The Shape Works team would like to say thank you again to everyone who attended our “Shape of the Industry: UK Law Firms 2022 Website Performance Report” launch party. Special thanks to Footprint Digital and Trustpilot for their talks on affective SEO and the importance of trust signals.

We’ve received some great feedback and we’re excited to share the report with everyone. Before its release on the 28th of July, we’d love you to join us for our webinar ‘How Law firms can optimise their website to attract new talent and clients’ on the 27th July at 12:00.

Register for the event here: https://www.linkedin.com/events/howlawfirmscanoptimisetheirwebs6952240710796365824/about/

14/07/2022

Shape Works are excited to announce it will be hosting a webinar on Wednesday 27th July - How law firms can optimise their website to attract new talent and clients in 2022.

This will be following on from our Shape of the Industry: UK Law Firms 2022 Website Performance Report which will be released publicly on the 28th of July.

Louis Suggett, our Commercial Director will be joined by Footprint Digital, Trustpilot and WordPress VIP to give their insights into the problems websites face, and what law firms can be doing to fix them.

To find out more, head to the event page here:
https://www.linkedin.com/events/howlawfirmscanoptimisetheirwebs6952240710796365824/about/

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13/07/2022

Say hello to the new website for a top 60 UK law firm, Birketts LLP.

•Design by Industry
•Built by Shape Works
•Bespoke blocks
•Tailor-made, post-type structure
•Intuitive search
•Mobile PageSpeed Insight score of 64/100 (Good)
•Highest PageSpeed Insight desktop score amongst the largest law firms in the UK

Read more about the build here: https://lnkd.in/eTYsF8W4

04/07/2022

We have just two days to go until our “Shape of the Industry: UK Law Firms Website Performance Report” launch party at The Botanist, Broadgate Circle, London.

Specifically targeting the legal sector, our report not only gives firms a detailed insight into the website performance of the top 100 UK law firms but also allows them to benchmark their performance against their competitors across key digital performance metrics.

If you work within the legal or professional services sector, or are simply interested in hearing more about our report and its findings, then please register for your free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shape-of-the-industry-uk-law-firms-website-performance-report-launch-party-tickets-345641321497

Expect an evening of free drinks and nibbles, Q&A, and insight into how law firms can maximise the power of digital and the opportunity to network with other like-minded individuals in the legal and tech space.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Shape of the Industry: UK Law Firms Website Performance Report Launch Party We are delighted to invite you to the launch of our Shape of the Industry: UK Law Firms Website Performance Report.

28/06/2022

We understand that no website project is the same.

Our services range from website takeover and support to complete bespoke design and build. If you already have a design supplier, our WordPress engineers are experienced in working with a variety of third-party partners to deliver successful projects.

Our improvement and support packages are there to support and maintain your site, because we understand that a website is never truly finished.

To find out more, head to our website or send us an email at [email protected]

07/06/2022

We’re delighted to announce our very first Shape of the Industry Report: UK Law Firms Website Performance.

Our report not only gives firms a detailed insight into the website performance of the top 100 UK law firms but also allows them to benchmark their performance against their competitors across a number of metrics, including:

•Core Web Vitals (desktop and mobile) scores
•SEO performance
•Website security performance
•CMS provider
•Number of broken links
•Visual appearance (design, usability, content, creativity)
* Frequency of ‘calls to action’
* Thought leadership pieces

The report will be released, in full, on the 7th July 2022. If you want to find out more about the report or be involved in future reports, drop us a message or email us at [email protected].

24/05/2022

The Shape Works team is led by experts from the world of enterprise CMS, digital project management, WordPress development and UX design.

To find out more about who we are, head to our website or email us at [email protected]

19/05/2022

It’s never too late to improve your website.

Whether you want us to take over or completely start from scratch, we are here to help.

📧 [email protected]

17/05/2022

Cluttons has a brand new website!

•Design by Industry
•Bespoke WordPress site
•Reusable Gutenberg blocks
•Several property APIs integrated
•Multi-faceted property search

Check out their new website here: www.cluttons.com

17/05/2022

Shape Works is a London-centred agency designing and building flexible, secure and future-proofed Enterprise CMS WordPress builds for professional services firms.

As a spinoff brand from digital technology consultancy Purr Digital, its experienced team has been working in this space for many years and now have the opportunity to forge their own specialist identity.

Our process is focused on best practice use of the Gutenberg editor, which we believe provides a seamless, modular approach to building WordPress sites. Thanks to the freedom of the Gutenberg approach (and our proactive approach to maintenance and improvement), we believe that enterprise CMS websites could see their average lifespans doubling to over five years, reducing cost and hassle (plus the significant internal team commitment) for our clients. This will be married with an in-house UX/UI service tailored to the Gutenberg editor - an industry first that finds the harmony between design and development.

Nick Ellison, CEO of Shapeworks said “The team have been working tirelessly over the last few years to drive our innovative approach to WordPress development, but we’re confident that by bringing design in-house and having developed a complementary modular approach to UX design, we’re just at the beginning of our mission.”

Nick went on to say “launching Shape Works allows us to distinguish ourselves as a real trailblazer in the WordPress space, whilst giving Purr the opportunity to position itself as a figurehead in digital technology consultancy. I’d like to thank all the team, partners and clients for their support and hard work”.

The Shape Works approach focuses on designing and building websites that are:
Future-proofed - built for tomorrow's changes
Easier to maintain - giving you complete creative control
Faster loading - always ahead on Core Web Vitals
More secure - impenetrable to any form of attack
A pleasure to use - for both the visitor and your team

Find out more about Shape Works at https://shape.works. If you’re interested in discussing how Shape Works could help your business or just want to chat about Gutenberg, contact us on +44 (0) 20 8161 0299 or at [email protected].