Case studies

Real installs. Real outcomes.

Six businesses. Five industries. Four countries. One pattern. The founders pulled themselves out of the routine work. The brain and the workforce kept it running.

More installs in flight. New stories land here as they ship.
Built in Auckland · Installed across New Zealand and Australia · Owned by you, forever
More installs

Five more, across five different businesses.

Different industries. Different scopes. Same shape of result: the routine work that used to live with the owner now runs in the background, and the owner gets their week back.

Rohit Ranchhod · SMART Brokers
Auckland · Mortgage advisory

A successful YouTube campaign had built Rohit a 2,617-lead database that sat dormant, untouched apart from a single welcome email. Octavius reactivated the lot. Within six weeks: 590 dormant leads responded, 41 requested the offer, 31 confirmed appointments dropped into his calendar. Rohit didn't make a single follow-up call. The system did the work.

  • Reactivated2,617 leads
  • Response rate22.5%
  • Confirmed appts31 in 6 weeks
"Octavius built a system that reactivated them, regenerated interest, and started putting confirmed appointments in our calendar. I haven't had to contact any of them myself. The system does the work."
Magda · Zen Den
Sydney · Meditation for kids

Magda was being crushed by the work around the work. Every session triggered prep documents, parent updates, follow-up notes, reports. Plus the content, social and website she had to keep producing. Built in one week, every booking now fires the full workflow. Documents prepped. Notes captured. Updates drafted. She does the final check before pressing send.

  • Build time1 week
  • TriggerEvery booking
  • ServiceAI Foundation
"I just do the final check before pressing send. It's been indispensable."
Dr Claire · Stanmore Bay Dental Studio
Auckland · Dental clinic

Two receptionists and the practice was still missing almost half its incoming calls. Within weeks of the AI receptionist going live, missed calls dropped to zero, online bookings climbed 32%, and appointment volume jumped 44%. Same front desk. The AI just caught everything they didn't.

  • Missed calls47% → 0%
  • Online bookings+32%
  • Appointments+44%
"We had two receptionists and we were still missing nearly half our incoming calls. Within a few weeks the missed calls were gone."
Justin Touyz · Space Owl
Sydney · Marketing agency

Leads were coming in fine. They just sat there until someone got to them, and by then the prospect had gone with whoever answered first. Octavius put in a system that was always fast. Every new lead now gets a personal response inside 60 seconds, qualified before it reaches a human. Response time dropped from hours to under a minute. Revenue climbed 27% in the first month, off the same lead flow. No extra ad spend, just leads that stopped going cold.

  • Response timeHours → <60s
  • Revenue+27% / month one
  • CauseSame lead flow
"Once every lead got a personal reply inside 60 seconds, the ones that used to go cold started booking. Revenue was up 27% in the first month off the same lead flow."
Donna Loeffler · Mind Your Heart Marketing
Idaho · Solo marketing agency

Donna runs her agency solo. 78% of buyers go with whoever responds first, and she rarely was. After the install, lead capture hit 98%. Two major sales closed in the first 30 days. Her monthly sales doubled. The system paid itself back inside the same month she switched it on.

  • Lead capture98%
  • Monthly salesDoubled in 30 days
  • PaybackSame month
"Now every enquiry gets a reply within 60 seconds before I ever see it. I captured 98% of my leads and doubled my usual monthly sales in the first 30 days. It paid for itself the same month."
The operator behind it

Twenty years running digital for senior leaders. Now running AI for founders.

Octavius is led by Titus Mulquiney. Before founding it, he spent two decades being the operator senior digital teams reached for when projects had to ship to a standard. A few of the people he worked under, on the record.

"I have no hesitation recommending Titus for his first-class work and devotion to all things digital. He's personable and always goes the extra mile for a client. A pleasure to work with."

Laura Reed
Global Head of Digital and Live Events, Sony

"Having worked with Titus on many projects over the years, you're unlikely to find a more professional, attentive and hard-working individual. He sees a plan through from inception to implementation, and his eye for detail always shows up in the final product."

James Mullaney
CTO, Learning Pool

"Exceptionally talented and highly skilled. A creative approach to planning and problem solving that's second to none. Outstanding integrity, honesty and trustworthiness."

David Bateman
Head of Marketing, Proxima

The same operator senior digital leads relied on for two decades now builds AI brains and AI workforces for the founders running the businesses underneath them.

Before Octavius

Five more years quietly running digital. Across small businesses, contracts and peer agencies.

Before Octavius launched, the same operator side of the team had already been running websites, SEO, Google Ads and digital infrastructure for around fifteen businesses across New Zealand. Auckland clinics. Finance providers. Agency owners watching from the inside. A few of the people on the receiving end of that work, on the record.

"Titus has looked after my online presence for the last two years. I can't speak more highly of his expertise and professionalism with our website and SEO. I highly recommend his services."

Dr Chris Lim
Owner, Penrose Dental · Auckland

"Titus has formidable digital knowledge. He's planned, implemented and reported on a number of key projects for me under contract. Good guy to work with and a wealth of experience in his field."

Adrian Hatt
Marketing Manager, Instant Finance · Auckland

"Titus is great. Creative, knowledgeable, dependable, tenacious, timely. Just a few of his attributes."

Richard Avis
Owner, Clear Digital Marketing

Same operator. Same calibre of work. Now installing AI brains and workforces for the founders behind those storefronts.

The next step

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