
Lift Auto Repair Marketing
#2 in Auto Repair
Auto repair marketing agency running websites, local SEO, paid search, and reputation management to fill bays.
- Founded
- 2015
- HQ
- Lehi, UT
- Team
- 6-15
Editor’s Choice — honoree press kit available
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Meet the founder

Kelsey Outram
Founder & CEO
Kelsey Outram is the co-founder and CEO of LIFT Auto Repair Marketing, a Utah-based agency that works exclusively with independent auto repair shops. The public founder narrative on the LIFT site is brief: it identifies Outram by name and title, notes a co-founding partner, and frames the origin story around 'a passion for cars and a rich history in digital marketing.' Specific prior employers, tenure, or credentials are not disclosed on the site, so most of what can be said about the founders comes from the firm's stated thesis rather than a detailed biography.
That thesis is unusually focused. LIFT positions itself as a vertical-only shop for the auto repair industry, with a stated mission of helping 1,000 shop owners triple revenue and expand to multiple locations. The agency reinforces this focus through partnerships with shop-management and booking platforms common in the trade, including Tekmetric, AutoOps, and Pit Crew Marketing, which suggests the team is plugged into the operational software stack repair shops actually run on.
A notable commercial wrinkle is LIFT's exclusivity policy: the firm declines to take on competing shops within a client's local trade area, a meaningful constraint for a local-search-driven business and a signal that the agency prioritizes account depth over roster size. The site references LIFT being recognized among Utah's fastest-growing companies, ranking fifth on a stated list, though the specific awarding body and year are not detailed. Beyond Outram, individual team members are not profiled publicly, leaving the agency's bench strength something a buyer would need to validate on a strategy call.
Editorial
Editor’s take
**Lift Auto Repair Marketing** positions itself as a vertical specialist serving auto repair shops exclusively, with a stated policy of not working with competing shops in the same market — a meaningful differentiator for owners protective of their local edge. Their all-in-one service bundle spans websites, local SEO, paid search, reputation management, review generation, and SMS retention, all oriented around filling bays and driving booked appointments. Recognized as a top-five fastest-growing company in Utah and an Inc. 5000 honoree, Lift brings verifiable growth credentials to a tightly defined niche.
What they do
Services
Auto Repair Websites
Custom-built shop websites engineered around the booked appointment as the primary conversion event, with layouts designed to surface services, trust signals, and scheduling above the fold. Sites are built to integrate with the booking and DVI tools repair shops already use, including Tekmetric and AutoOps.
Local SEO
Geographic ranking work targeting drivers searching for nearby repair, diagnostics, and maintenance services. The agency builds out service-area pages, Google Business Profile optimization, and citation hygiene tuned to the way shoppers actually search for shops (brake repair near me, check engine light diagnostic, etc.).
Pay-Per-Click
Google Ads campaigns built around high-intent repair queries to generate phone calls and booked appointments quickly, used as a complement to slower-moving SEO. Campaigns are scoped to a single shop's trade radius rather than cast wide.
Reputation Management
Review generation and monitoring aimed at the Google review count and rating that drive map-pack ranking and walk-in trust for a local shop. The workflow is designed to convert satisfied customers into public reviews at the point of service.
Text Message Marketing
SMS campaigns for service reminders, declined-work follow-ups, and reactivation of lapsed customers, built around the recurring-maintenance cadence that defines repair shop economics.
Social Media Management
Done-for-you posting and community engagement on Facebook and Instagram, focused on local visibility and trust-building rather than broad brand awareness, so shop owners can stay off the platforms themselves.
