Working together to systematize everything About your clever
Partner with experts who ‘get’ professional services. Our brands, websites and marketing systems are filtered through your expertise for a whole-of-business approach where every pixel has purpose.
Our mission is to make clever websites and marketing systems...
Our Amplify Your Clever Framework is clever at its core, with every design decision thoughtfully connected to your business goals to boost brand value and the value of your business. We don’t think this is rocket science, but the fact that so many web design agencies and freelancers don’t focus on the whole of your digital ecosystem makes a lot of room for easy wins for you and us.
...that make it easier to communicate and grow your business.
We go the extra mile to systematise your digital workflow, taking advantage of automation technology to make your website work for you — saving you time and money, future-proofing your business, and making you look more professional in the eyes of your clients.
I’m in the States and working with a savvy WordPress expert in Sydney was ideal. I made my list at the end of the workday for me, and handed it off to Nic. When I got back to the office in the morning, my entire list of tasks on our project was completed. It felt like magic! Thank you Nic for your “clever” approach to website design and strategy!
Clever isn't clever without 'ikigai'
The core values that make us us are the key to our clever in building profitable businesses that let you be you.
Ikigai
We love this Japanese philosophy, which means “a reason for being”. Ikigai is the result of balancing work you love with work you are good at, work that is profitable and work that is useful to the world. This is the crux of what we’re trying to do here at Studio Clvr—create websites with purpose that have an actual reason for existing beyond just ticking the ‘I need a website’ box in your marketing plan.
Simplicity
There’s an old saying that one should always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. We make a conscious effort to ‘think lazy’. Complex systems don’t solve complex problems, they’re just more tools you have to look after. The best systems—and systems are our jam—take the fewest possible steps from A to B and use the fewest moving parts to get there.
Craft
Quality over quantity is the status quo here. Carefully crafting the projects we work on is a core value that takes rocky roots from Nic’s early drive for perfectionism and has matured into a thoughtful approach to creating meaningful experiences for our clients and yours. We strive to constantly improve our skills and our craft through ongoing professional development with the kind of creative curiosity that sparks the best ideas.
Heart
We’re human-centred in everything we do. We believe that all humans have a right to show up as exactly who they are in all the layers of diversity that encompasses. We care deeply about who you are, who your clients are, and how your business goals can support you being you. We value genuine partnerships with our clients for the long haul and love to share in your journey as much as you share in ours.
Nic helped us rebuild our company website and was terrific to work with. She’s patient, responsive and highly knowledgeable. We love the new site and the ease with which we can maintain it internally, and we’ve seen a huge increase in visitors! We’ve also continued working with her following our launch to help us develop new pages on our website; her Clever Day Service is excellent. We highly recommend Nic and her team!
Amplify your Clever Framework
Hi! Nic, here. When I first started this business back in 2012, I did it in a state of flux common to folks transitioning from full time employment to business ownership. I spent my first 3 years floating between countries (UK/US/Australia), ideas (shiny object syndrome) and clients (does I’ll-work-for-anyone count as a niche?).
I eventually settled in Sydney, absorbed the lessons of my mistakes and started building a business with purpose, a way of working that worked for me, and strategies that were getting results for service-based pros.
The Amplify Your Clever Framework is the result of years of experience helping service-based professionals design flexible, sustainable and resilient businesses. Every move is made thoughtfully through the lens of this clever framework to create scaleable, repeatable and impactful results for every business we work with.
Read more about how this framework has been applied to Studio Clvr in Business reinvention: the nine steps I used to re-think everything.
We acknowledge — and are incredibly grateful for — the Traditional Owners of the land where we work and live, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
Hey, I'm Nic!
I’m the Founder of Studio Clvr and the main point of contact for the businesses we work with. I’ve been steering this ship since 2012. Over that time Studio Clvr has evolved in line with the high level strategic output and systems-focussed work that gets me out of bed in the morning and that provides the most rewarding results and success stories from our clients. I love getting to know and understand your business.
The team
I partner with amazing local and international experts who make up the Studio Clvr team. Many of us have worked together for over a decade now to form a small, but mighty group of like-minded pros who are passionate about applying our specific skills to amplify the cleverness in each other and in the clients we serve.
Want to know more about what makes me tick?
We are:
Big thinkers. Hard workers. Problem solvers. Storytellers. Human. Honest. Experienced. Data-driven. Ammunition. System savvy. Canny. Whammy. Fixers. Mixers. Stress relievers. Process pirates. Digital pilots. Better, together. We are CLVR.
We aren't:
Pleasers. Appeasers. Money squeezers. Spammy. Hammy. Oh so glammy. Pixel pushers. Branding butchers. Shirkers. Berserkers. Low skill workers. Studio slaves. Riding waves. Plunging clients into digital caves.
Working better, together, CLVR.
Studio Clvr was the most amazing value for Project F. The strategy work at the beginning was incredibly thorough and so when it came to executing on our website the results were spot on. The fresh perspective plus expertise was a great combination and delivered a result we’re thrilled with. Highly, highly recommend.
Giving back
We’re members of Pledge 1%, where we promise to donate 1% (we give more for sure) of our time to give just a little bit back.
In the past this has included things like mentoring primary school girls and guiding them through the Tech Girls Are Superheroes competition, mentoring women at the Sydney Writers Festival, running pro bono website and marketing workshops for startups at Fishburners, and sponsorship and mentoring for startups as part of the annual UTS Startup Awards.
