Professional Experience | National Healthcare eCommerce Brand
Project Summary
Measuring the impact of incentive-based lifecycle marketing across multiple customer touchpoints.
This project focused on improving customer conversions by testing whether a strategic incentive could increase completion rates within a digital customer journey. A multi-channel lifecycle campaign was developed using SMS, push notifications, and in-app messaging, allowing performance to be measured across different communication channels and customer segments.
The objective wasn't simply to launch another promotion—it was to generate actionable customer insights that could influence future lifecycle marketing strategy and optimize long-term customer engagement.
Work Showcase
Using experimentation to improve lifecycle performance.
The campaign was designed around controlled testing, comparing incentive messaging against control groups while measuring customer behavior throughout the journey.
Project Highlights
- Developed a multi-channel lifecycle campaign
- Built audience segmentation based on customer behavior
- Executed A/B testing across SMS, push notifications, and in-app messaging
- Measured conversion performance across communication channels
- Analyzed customer behavior to guide future lifecycle strategy
- Delivered post-campaign insights and optimization recommendations
Key Outcomes
- 3,471 completed customer actions
- 768% higher performance than the original projection
- 450 incremental conversions generated
- 64% of completed actions came from returning customers
Our Approach
Strategic Experimentation
Instead of assuming customers would respond positively to a promotional offer, the campaign was built as a structured experiment designed to validate customer behavior through measurable testing.
Each communication channel included both test and control experiences, allowing the team to isolate the impact of incentive messaging while collecting statistically meaningful performance data.
Audience Segmentation
Customers were selected based on eligibility and behavioral criteria to ensure messaging remained highly relevant.
Segmentation excluded customers who had recently completed the desired action, recently purchased, or were already progressing through the customer journey, ensuring the campaign targeted only qualified audiences.
Multi-Channel Campaign Execution
Rather than relying on a single communication channel, the campaign combined:
- SMS
- Mobile Push Notifications
- Real-Time In-App Messaging
- Follow-up Reminder Messaging
Testing each channel independently allowed performance comparisons that informed future lifecycle investments.
Performance Measurement
Success was measured beyond opens and clicks.
The campaign evaluated:
- Completed customer actions
- Channel conversion rates
- Revenue performance
- Customer response by segment
- Average order value
- Incremental lift generated by the promotion
Key Insights
The greatest value of this project wasn't simply the conversion increase, it was the strategic knowledge gained.
Incentive messaging consistently outperformed control messaging.
Every tested incentive variation produced stronger results than the corresponding control experience, validating the promotional strategy.
Push notifications generated stronger performance than SMS.
Results suggested that customers experienced less friction inside the mobile app, making push notifications a more effective lifecycle channel.
In-app messaging delivered the highest overall performance.
Real-time messaging inside the customer experience produced the strongest conversion volume, highlighting the importance of reaching customers at the right moment.
Returning customers represented the majority of conversions.
Nearly two-thirds of completed customer actions came from existing customers, reinforcing the long-term value of lifecycle marketing and retention-focused strategies.
Impact
This project demonstrated how structured lifecycle experimentation can significantly outperform expectations while providing valuable strategic insights for future campaigns.
What began as a promotional test ultimately influenced broader lifecycle marketing decisions by identifying which channels, messaging strategies, and customer segments produced the strongest business outcomes.
The campaign exceeded its original projection by more than eight times, generated hundreds of incremental conversions, and established a proven framework for future customer engagement initiatives.
End Note
At Uniquely Tailored Marketing, we believe the most effective lifecycle marketing isn't built around sending more messages—it's built around understanding customer behavior.
Every campaign is an opportunity to learn what motivates customers, remove friction from their journey, and use data-driven insights to create more meaningful, higher-converting experiences over time.


