1Brand Design

Mike Kotler founded 1Brand Design in Chicago in 2009, building on website work he began in 2002 with a focus on turning online traffic into sales leads. Over that span, the agency has built WordPress sites, landing pages, and brand identity work for small and medium-sized businesses, with a client list that includes financial brands J.G. Wentworth, Peachtree Financial, and Colonial Penn.

Services span web design, WordPress development, technical and content SEO, copywriting, graphic design, illustration, and brand strategy and positioning. Work covers new website builds and landing page design alongside visual identity development for businesses that need a consistent look across marketing materials. Clients work directly with the people doing the work rather than through outsourced layers, with communication kept straightforward from initial brief through delivery.

The practice pairs design and development with SEO groundwork, so new sites are built with search visibility in mind alongside visual presentation. Deliverables extend past the website itself into copywriting and graphic design, reflecting a setup where brand identity and digital execution are handled together rather than split across separate vendors.