Founder-led
You work directly with the person planning and building the work.
About / The studio
Connected Studio started with one goal: help local Sydney businesses compete online with the same quality of digital presence as big-budget brands.

Connected Studio started with one goal: help local Sydney businesses compete online with the same quality of digital presence as big-budget brands.
Led by Mal — web developer and brand designer — every project runs from strategy to launch under one roof. No account managers, no hand-offs, no surprises. Just work that wins you work.
Calls, forms and bookings matter more than impressions alone. We track what is technically observable and explain the gaps.
The person you meet in the consult stays involved in the strategy and implementation.
Fixed quotes, stated assumptions and honest limits—especially around rankings, ad performance and AI.
The work is designed around local service areas, phone calls, quote requests, bookings and practical follow-up.
We map your services, ideal jobs, current lead sources, follow-up and the numbers you can reliably access.
You get a clear scope for the website, ads, tracking and integrations that are useful now—not a pile of unnecessary tools.
We create the lead path, connect forms and calls, configure campaigns and test each hand-off before launch.
We review real enquiries and conversion data, explain limitations, and make deliberate changes with your approval.
We do not publish made-up growth percentages or guarantee leads. Performance depends on your market, offer, budget and follow-up. Our job is to build a sound system, measure it properly and improve it with you.
You work directly with the person planning and building the work.
Deliverables, responsibilities and costs are agreed before work begins.
Your website, ad accounts, domains and business data remain yours.
Ongoing work should continue because it is useful, not because exit is difficult.
Reporting separates tracked outcomes from assumptions and avoids vanity metrics.
AI workflows include sensible permissions, review steps and clear data boundaries.
Tell us what you sell, where leads currently come from and where follow-up breaks down. We’ll suggest the smallest useful next step—without promising a result we cannot prove.