Case Study
How we rebuilt a sale campaign to cut through the noise and convert
BEFORE
A cluttered, unfocused email with no hierarchy, no narrative and no psychological path to conversion
It reflects:
- lack of hierarchy
- clutter
- weak framing
- no psychological structure
- scattered narrative
- poor use of reviews
- CTA buried
- not skim friendly
- not conversion driven
AFTER
Curiosity led, emotionally elevated
FOLLOW UP
Desire driven, appetite led
Every brand sends more emails during sales.
→ Customers respond by reading less → The inbox turns chaotic → Buyers skim at high speed, pattern match and act only when something interrupts the stream.
Our Cow had strong products and a good offer, but their original email was not built for a high noise environment.
It was crowded, unfocused and hard to skim.
We rebuilt the entire experience around behavioural psychology so every section had a purpose, every choice created movement and every click felt effortless.
Client
Our Cow, Australian grass fed meat subscription
Project
Black Friday campaign rebuild including hero launch email, follow ups and conversion architecture
Objective
Increase clicks and sales by turning a static announcement into a behavioural sales system
Our Cow already had the product, the ethos and the customer love. What they did not have was a behavioural email system that captured attention, created desire and drove action in a noisy inbox.
Their emails were functional but crowded. Informative but unstructured. Friendly but directionless.
We rebuilt everything.
- The hierarchy.
- The psychology.
- The emotional cues.
- The conversion architecture.
Here is how.
01 THE PROBLEM:
A strong offer buried inside a busy email
A cluttered, unfocused email with no hierarchy, no narrative and no psychological path to conversion (Before Image)
Their email tried to do everything at once. Long blocks of text. Competing images. Reviews floating mid-flow. A CTA buried under copy. No tension. No pacing. No visual priority.
Customers had to work to understand it, and work kills conversion.
The inbox gives you seconds. This email needed minutes. That is the core problem.
02 What we know about Black Friday behaviour
Sale periods change how people read. The inbox fills with deals, timers and pressure cues, so attention collapses. People skim fast and only register three things: what the offer is, how fast they can act and whether the brand feels trustworthy. Anything that takes effort is ignored.
This means sale emails must be skimmable, curiosity must break the pattern and CTAs must be clear enough to act on immediately. After the first click, emotion and identity do the heavy lifting. Appetite and reassurance drive the next decision, not discounts. We design for that reality.
03 After: A clean, curiosity led launch email built to pull the click
Most brands try to compete on information during Black Friday. We compete on psychology.
We stripped away everything that slowed the eye and rebuilt the message around curiosity, simplicity and premium visual cues.
What we changed
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Removed clutter and gave the eye one job
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Withheld the offer to create an information gap
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Designed a bold hero moment that interrupts the inbox
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Built tension through framing, light and visual focus
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Used a single high contrast CTA that demands action
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Shifted the tone from friendly announcement to high value reveal
This email does not behave like a newsletter.
It behaves like an event.
Customers click because the brain hates unfinished stories.
Curiosity is the most powerful way to break through noise without shouting louder.
04 The follow up: Where appetite and identity do the conversion
The creative. From catalogue to spectacle
Once curiosity created the first click, we shifted into emotion.
This is where the conversion happens.
How we engineered it
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Sensory copy that triggers appetite and imagination
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Craft signals that anchor premium value
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Identity cues that make the customer feel smart, generous or impressive
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Storytelling that builds desire without pressure
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A calm visual structure that feels trustworthy and deliberate
This email turns the product into an experience.
People do not buy the Tomahawk. They buy the feeling of serving it.
This is the step where rational buyers turn emotional. That is when conversion happens.
05 Trust by design
Trust forms before reading begins.
Design communicates competence long before copy does.
We rebuilt their email structure to signal reliability through:
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clean spacing
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strong hierarchy
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premium imagery
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predictable CTA positioning
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controlled rhythm
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simple, confident pacing
When an email feels controlled and intentional, the brand feels reliable.
Reliable brands convert.
06 The conversion architecture
We didn’t design two emails. We created a behavioural sequence.
1. Curiosity
The inbox stopper. Creates tension and forces the click.
2. Reward
Reveal page delivers clarity and value.
3. Emotion
Follow up builds appetite, identity and trust.
4. Momentum
Reminders reinforce desire without pressure.
This mirrors how people actually decide.
Curiosity first → Emotion second → Trust third → Action last.
07 Future proofed for AI
We designed the entire system for modern AI optimisation.
Modular blocks
Each section can be swapped or personalised without breaking the design.
Emotion first templates
AI performs better when emotional cues are clear and consistent.
Testable CTA patterns
Curiosity, clarity and reward language ready for optimisation.
Strong brand identity
Premium visuals protect brand perception across AI variants.
This isn’t just a Black Friday campaign.
This is a future ready email architecture.
08 The outcome
The transformation is immediate and measurable.
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The email stands out in a crowded inbox
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The curiosity hook drives rapid clicking
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The emotional follow up creates desire
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The layout builds trust and reduces friction
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The brand feels more premium and intentional
09 The Results
Compared to the same seasonal period last year, email performance increased across all key metrics after updating the brand’s lifecycle strategy, message clarity, and flow architecture.
- ~25,000 engaged recipients
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Campaign + flow revenue: A$244,300 in 30 days
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A$31.38 revenue per recipient
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Flows contributed roughly half of all attributed revenue
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Email: A$178,000 SMS: A$66,000
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Total revenue up 43% vs previous year
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Attributed revenue up 108% vs previous year
* These results reflect total email-attributed performance during the same seasonal period YoY. They are channel-level outcomes, not a like-for-like campaign comparison.
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