Our mission at Studio1 Design is to help you create the online presence you deserve that not only captures the incredible offer you have but also boosts your bottom line.
You’ve chosen a path that not many dare to take and we understand first hand the effort required to present your business via your website as the number one solution provider to your website visitors.
We have over two decades of experience in conversion-focused website design and online marketing that goes into the magic we create for you.
Our journey below has highs and lows, but more importantly it demonstrates the years of experience that goes into every website and brand we design for thousands of businesses around the world.
2000
I always had a passion for illustration and design.
In the early days of business we primarily designed t-shirt prints for wholesale fashion clients in Australia, sold through major Australian retailers, like Just Group, Cotton On, Myer, Target, Witchery, etc. As our workload increased we moved into a studio close to the city and to our clients.
2005
Which lead to designing consumer products, and
packaging design for global retailers including:
We kept getting busier, so we hired a few more
full-time designers.
2009
Within 2 years we went from having around 20 wholesale fashion clients to around 5 clients. We had an office and 6 talented full-time designers, yet we didn’t have enough work for all of us. I needed to pivot or Studio1 was going down!!
So I started looking for online opportunities. I hired a pair of mentors, who helped me learn social media marketing and online marketing. They liked our designs, so they had us design their website, landing pages and marketing graphics. Then they had us design for 20 of their clients within the mentor group.
2011
We noticed there weren’t many websites selling t-shirt designs online to digital t-shirt printing businesses so we started one. Over the next couple of years, we tested many iterations, and offers, until we worked out what worked! That’s where we discovered a real passion for website design that converts!
2013
I was listening to ThinkActGet.com (T.A.G.) with James Schramko & Ezra Firestone, and they mentioned that they didn’t love their podcast logo, so I sent them a new logo design for free, just to say “thanks” for their awesome
FREE podcast.
They loved the logo, so we printed it on t-shirts and they wore the t-shirts live on stage. We then designed a new website banner for them and we started designing for their other brands too. They realised we had talent, so they started referring us to their clients too. Then Ezra started using our design team for all of his online marketing funnels.
I sent more free t-shirt designs to other podcasters including: John Lee Dumas, Perry Marshall, Chris Ducker, Clay Collins, Pat Flynn, Russell Brunson, Kevin Rogers, Keith Kranc, and many others.
2015
I was interviewed on many podcasts for online marketing communities, plus I started sharing my knowledge on co-hosted webinars.
2016
For the first time in my life I spoke on stage. I spoke at James Schramko’s annual event ‘Superfast Business Live’ in Sydney, then again at Ezra Firestone’s ‘eCommerce All-Stars’ event in San Diego. Those speaking opportunities grew our customer base even further. (it still scares me to be on stage, but it feels so good afterwards =)
2017
This service is mainly for digital agencies that have an ongoing need for ‘high converting web page design and marketing graphics for them and their clients. All for a single flat monthly fee.
2018
I am very proud of the designs we created for the voice of Yoda from Star Wars, and the Muppets!!
We designed the branding for his landing page and funnel pages for the 'Muppet Guys Talking' documentary.
2019
Bill Zanker, Tony Robbins and
Pitbull for GritBxng.
2022
2023
We had our inaugural team retreat in Boracay, Philippines to strengthen our team bond
so that we can deliver a world-class website and branding service to clients all around the world.
2024
Greg launched his personal brand website, GregMerrilees.com, to share podcast interviews, insights, strategies, and resources on conversion-optimized websites and brand positioning.
2025
Greg released his first book, Next Level Website Design, distilling decades of expertise into 333 pages to help businesses turn their websites into powerful conversion machines, 24/7 in an AI era!
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We are passionate about always delivering a world-class website and branding.
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We create websites that drive results for our clients, including more leads and sales, so they come back and they refer us to others.
03
We are always willing to push the envelope to find new, effective ways to deliver amazing designs.
04
We leave our egos behind, without competing with each other, and we work together as a team to uphold our world-class reputation.
05
We approach problems, issues, and challenges with a “let’s find a way to fix it” attitude.
06
We can always improve so we are open-minded to learning and sharing new ideas and tools.
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