Our Work

How we rebuilt Auxo Workshop's website on HubSpot, starting with their customers

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A new HubSpot website built around the people Auxo serve.

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New Auxo Workshop homepage on mobile

Our Mission for Auxo

Auxo came to us because they wanted the website for their SaaS product, Auxo Workshop, developed on HubSpot CMS, and they were looking for a partner that could help them make that happen.

That's the top line, but it wasn't everything Auxo were looking for and needed.

  • Auxo Workshop had a dated website for their software that focused on features and pricing
  • They needed their brand to differentiate them from other workshop software
  • Their brand was lacking a real personal feeling
  • Their WordPress website was giving them limited editing flexibility

Ultimately, what they had wasn't cutting it for them.

Our mission was clear, and we had the tools and expertise to execute it for a team dedicated to improving the lives of workshops in New Zealand and Australia.

Black Sheep and Auxo teams talking in a meeting room

We started with Auxo's customers to create targeted website content

Auxo is a product designed and developed for mechanics, by a team who have made it their goal to help workshops run better, more profitable businesses. But their voice was buried and their customers' pains weren't surfaced. We changed that and moved to a people-first approach.

Workshop people are a no-nonsense bunch. They come from a world where people buy from people, and they look to those they trust to help inform their purchasing decisions.

We also found that nobody in a workshop buys features. A mechanic doesn’t care about “automated reminders.” They care about the car that’s booked in Tuesday instead of sitting on someone’s driveway. Software has to sell less friction, better margins and an easier day.

We dug deep into the people who use software in a workshop environment and found they all share similar goals and objectives. This helped us pivot slightly in the content phase and focus even more on outcomes and how they help real people.

We profiled Auxo Workshop's key customer segments:

Auxo Workshop customer persona profiles

Once we knew the personas, their jobs to be done, pains and gains, we were able to create a Customer Value Proposition Canvas that aligned Auxo features to customer pains. From there we developed content that spoke to real customer pains, backed by real customer stories that lead into real, verifiable features.

We shared with the Auxo team what we heard and what it meant:

Customer research findings shared with the Auxo team

When it came to creating content, we didn't create a wall of text in a Word document. We created a real site layout, planning real pages and content structures. This way Auxo knew exactly which content would go where, why it goes there and why that content exists.

We created content optimised for their customers:

Auxo website page layout with planned content

Video and Photography

We made it a priority to turn their written case studies into voice-of-customer assets they could use across all their communication channels, showing the value Auxo creates for customers, told by customers.

Here's the setup:

Getting Set Up

How it came together

To make sure Auxo's communications were people-centric, we prioritised talking to real people and building their brand around them.

Video and photography were both critical to the success of their website, so we visited real, local workshops to hear their stories and show the meaningful impact Auxo is having on their businesses.

And here is how it came together:

Still from the Auxo Workshop customer video

A refreshed brand Auxo are excited to use

Auxo shared something many brands come to us with. A logo that works, but used and applied in a way that doesn’t let them thrive online.

We knew the brand needed to be conceptually strong and help them stand up against their competitors with a unique look and feel that set them apart.

We delivered a refreshed brand concept through a stylescape that helps Auxo set themselves apart from other mechanic software. 

Auxo brand stylescape

All of this made transforming their website easy.

Auxo Home After
Auxo Home Before

The website we delivered gives Auxo a unique look and messaging angle

With the content, customer stories and brand all in place, the design process focused on applying their brand to their content and creating meaningful interactions. Now the Auxo website doesn't look or sound like just another piece of mechanic software.

It gives prospective customers an engaging, interactive experience that helps them find answers to real problems. Not a list of features that might help, but don't resonate with real workshops.

The new Auxo Workshop website on a laptop

The story doesn't end here. The Auxo website isn't your standard website anymore.

After we delivered Auxo their website, we handed over the reins. And they took hold with both hands, connecting Claude and building the web pages of the future.

Part 2 of this story is coming soon.

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