Cavpower
Redeveloped website for the official Caterpillar® dealer for South Australia and Broken Hill dedicated to building infrastructure, developing and transporting resources.
Project Goals
Need a Web were approached by Cavpower to design and construct an updated website based on feedback from their customers. Upon discussing ideas with Cavpower’s marketing team, their CEO and a CAT representative, a plan was devised to ensure the new website would offer the following capabilities:
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Provide simple communication between customers and Cavpower experts
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Generation of sales and attraction of employment talent
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Provide customers with the option to shop online
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Straightforward, user centric navigation
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Unique animation with a modern look and feel, which offers value to a user and encourages them to revisit
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Easy to update, maintain and integrate with social media and digital advertising campaigns
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Optimised for mobile devices and popular search engines
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Aligned with Caterpillar websites such as CAT.com, PartStore/Parts.Cat.com, VisionLink, SIS web, SOS web, and Portal
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Transactional functionality including sales of equipment, parts, services, and CAT merchandise, service requests, demonstration bookings, ask a question direct to the sales team
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Cavpower aimed to meet all of these requirements, while creating a platform that was an accurate representation of their brand.
Challenges
Providing the most effective and efficient solution for selling high value items such as earth moving equipment – which includes excavators to skid steers – presented an e-commerce challenge.
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A prototype was developed to ensure the placing of an order would be efficient and clear for customers. It was a requirement for the information gathered from a customer’s order was sent directly to the Cavpower sales team so they could action the lead or request.
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Another challenge was feeding the information from external feeds, such as product information direct from the parent Caterpillar site into a single access point for staff. Flexible solutions were essential to ensure this data was presented in the best way possible without interfering with or altering the information.
Planning & Design
A strategic workshop was run in order to obtain a deeper understanding of Cavpower’s objectives which would consequentially allow Need a Web to identify the best possible solution to meet their requirements.
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The Cavpower team accentuated the importance of having new ideas and direction generated for their website to showcase the potential of their online business presence. They presented Need a Web with examples of websites from companies that they viewed as leaders in their field – such as Tesla – and this gave a frame of reference for the style of the website and the type of content Cavpower were seeking.
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Following the kick-off meeting, Need a Web provided a content and project management plan. This set the framework for the website’s content, ensuring it would be effective in both informing and engaging for users.
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The functional specification was also laid out, which captured how the system would operate and the requirements that represent what the user would experience. It also included the user interface wireframe design and the structure of the site map and content.
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Lastly, to ensure the website was modern and responsive and in accordance with Cavpower’s project goals, a concept design was put in place. This is a coloured overlay which introduces imagery, fonts and branding over the responsive wireframes.
Development
The ultimate goal of the Cavpower virtual dealership site was possible from the seamless integrations with a number of Cavpower and CAT systems to ensure customers would experience a world-class platform.
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The integration of the back-end systems allows registered users on the site to participate in surveys, register products for warranty, book a service, access purchase history and request finance.
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This is due to the information from the front-end system (where the users are interacting with the site) has a place to be stored. Other advantages for the system includes the ability to target specific clients depending on their market sector, organisation or purchase history.
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In order to represent Cavpower as a modern and innovative brand, Need a Web’s development team integrated a number of smart and useful features on the website. These improve the overall user experience and functionality of the system. Some of the most notable features include:
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Live Chat for web visitors
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Video Chat for customers
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Used fleet, parts, services, merchandise cart facility for eCommerce purchases
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Secure online check-out with payment gateway (SecurePay)
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Online client resources (e.g. videos/training)
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Customer member login to training resources, register equipment
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Integration of used equipment using DSF Data XML feeds
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Book a service, inspection or sales call
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SEO redirects and initial keyword metatags (top level pages)
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Google map integration
Live Chat (audio or visual) is one of the more exciting features that was successfully implemented. This opportunity for Cavpower provides personalised engagement with customers and establishes the brand as a clear leader in the field.
Results
Need a Web have delivered a world-class and user-friendly platform that provides both the consumer and Cavpower a technologically advanced content experience. Cavpower can now successfully execute campaigns and offer online sales through the e-commerce site, while the consumer can enjoy the modern navigation, relevant content and direct online access to sales staff.
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Need a Web has further improved the customisation of data processing through their work on the Cavpower website, and are proud to have serviced such an iconic company.
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Since launching in August, the website has experienced a 50% increase in average Pageviews and Session Duration, which has resulted in an increase in overall engagement. Alongside this, organic search traffic has increased by 25% and social traffic is up by 50% which represents a promising indication for the future potential of the new Cavpower platform.
Multi-Award Winning
We have long been acknowledged on national and international stages for our award winning work in design, development, strategy and performance. We are proud that this website has been recognised by respected web industry leaders and that we have produced a result our client loves.