Case Study 03 · Proper Kicks
Email MarketingPeak Season

How near-zero email became $694K in five months.

Two explosive months proved what email could do — +1,937% and +1,754% growth. The system we built afterward turned the spike into a durable baseline.

+1,937%
Peak monthly growth
$366K
Best single month
$694K
Attributed Jan–May
Klaviyo
Platform
Quick Summary

The turnaround, at a glance.

Brand Overview

Massive demand. Zero retention engine.

Proper Kicks was scaling fast into its biggest season ever — but email revenue was barely registering. No flows to catch the flood of new customers, no calendar to monetize them twice. Every new buyer was a one-time transaction by default.

Their goals were clear:

The Receipts

Month by month, from the Klaviyo account.

Klaviyo December 2024: $366,039 attributed revenue, up 1937% vs previous period
December 2024 — $366K attributed (+1,937%), flows carrying 71%
Klaviyo January 2025: $333,099 attributed revenue, up 1754% vs previous period
January 2025 — $333K attributed (+1,754%), flows at 78% — selling on autopilot
Klaviyo January to May 2025: $694,554 attributed revenue, up 109% vs previous period
January–May 2025 — $694K attributed (+109%), 19.8% of all revenue
Our Approach

What we actually did.

1.Pre-Season Audit & Roadmap

The audit showed a massive gap between traffic volume and email revenue. We built the peak-season plan before the wave hit, not after.

2.Flow Suite Before the Surge

The full flow architecture went live ahead of the seasonal spike — every new customer landed inside an automated journey from day one.

  • December landed at $366K attributed — a +1,937% month

3.Stacked Campaign Calendar

The peak window ran on a dense, pre-scheduled calendar, then throttled down to a sustainable rhythm after the season.

4.Post-Peak Optimization

After the spike, flows kept converting — 71–78% of email revenue on autopilot. Testing and segmentation turned two record months into a durable baseline.

  • Five months later: $694K attributed and still compounding
Results

The spike that became a baseline.

Attributed revenue exploded +1,937% in December ($366K) and held at $333K in January (+1,754%). Crucially, it didn't collapse afterward: $694K attributed across January–May, roughly 20% of all store revenue, with flows doing most of the work.

$366K
Best month
$694K
Jan–May 2025
78%
Peak flow share
Client Feedback
"One of the only agencies that's made us more than we've spent on them — and it hasn't been close."
Founder, Proper Kicks
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