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Case study · HammerHead

Turning email into a top revenue channel.

HammerHead is a North American DTC shower-fixtures brand. Our founder, Matthew Tran, built and ran its email and SMS program as Lifecycle Marketing Manager, taking it from scattered one-off promos to a compounding, top-of-the-P&L channel.

+100%
YoY lifecycle revenue
+110%
YoY flow revenue
+117%
conversion value per recipient
3% → 8%
pop-up opt-in rate

The challenge

Products people loved. Email nobody planned.

HammerHead had a loyal customer base and a growing list, but email was an afterthought: a few one-off promos, no real lifecycle, and a sign-up pop-up converting around 3%.

Revenue that should have been compounding was quietly leaking, in abandoned carts nobody followed up on, first-time buyers nobody educated, and subscribers nobody brought back.

The approach

Own the whole lifecycle, then tune it forever.

  • Built the full flow architecture

    Welcome, browse and cart abandonment, post-purchase education, replenishment, subscription, cross-sell, and win-back. The automated backbone that earns while everyone sleeps.

  • Ran a real campaign calendar

    Promotional, seasonal, and sales-driven sends planned with product, creative, and paid media, instead of "send a promo, panic, repeat."

  • Tuned targeting relentlessly

    Segmentation, send timing, and messaging refined continuously, lifting conversion value per recipient by 117% and revenue per recipient by 50%.

  • Fixed the top of the funnel

    Rebuilt the on-site pop-up and list-growth strategy, more than doubling opt-in rate from roughly 3% to 8% and feeding every flow downstream.

  • Designed and QA'd every send in-house

    One person writing, designing, and shipping, so nothing got lost in a handoff and the brand stayed consistent across every touch.

A couple of the sends

Built to sell, built to open.

HammerHead Black Friday email
Black Friday: a subscription discount and a coupon, stacked around a hero product.
HammerHead New Year sale email
New Year sale: led by a five-star review, with a shoppable product grid.

See more in our work.

The results

Email went from afterthought to one of the biggest revenue channels in the business.

+100%
YoY lifecycle revenue
+110%
YoY flow revenue
+74%
YoY campaign revenue
+50%
revenue per recipient
+117%
conversion value per recipient
3% → 8%
pop-up opt-in rate

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