Women’s Hormonal Health Supplement Brand

Breaking Through a Growth Plateau: How We Helped This Supplement Brand Increase Revenue by 68% in 90 Days

Overview

After four years of steady but slow growth, this women’s supplement brand had hit a wall. Their hero product - formulated to support hormone balance in women with PCOS - had a loyal customer base. But growth had completely flatlined.

When they approached LumoSense in April 2025, they had traction, but no momentum. They’d hit six figures a while ago, but couldn’t scale beyond it. And worse - everything felt messy.

What Was Going Wrong

By the time they came to LumoSense, they were:

  • Burning cash on Meta ads with a 0.32x ROAS

  • Spending over £50 to acquire a single customer

  • Getting minimal performance from email marketing (only 10% of total revenue)

  • Running zero Google Ads

  • Seeing under 10% of customers choosing subscriptions

  • Managing multiple agencies with no real visibility or ownership

On top of that, they were dealing with:

  • Sloppy AI-generated health copy with compliance implications

  • Disjointed reports that made it hard to know what was working

  • No clear direction on the creatives to utilise in paid ads

  • No real connection between their paid ads, site, and email strategy

They didn’t need “fresh eyes.” They needed clarity, a plan, and hands-on support across every part of the business.

What We Did

They took on our full consultancy package: strategy, paid media, email marketing, website CRO, and advisory support - fully embedded in the business.

Here’s what we focused on:

1. Strategy + Unit Economics

We didn’t guess our way through.

Before touching anything, we sat down to:

  • Analyse every cost: product, fulfilment, packaging, shipping, platform fees

  • Build out their unit economics

  • Define their true break-even ROAS and profitable ROAS

  • Set a realistic target CPA they could scale with

This meant we weren't chasing surface-level metrics - we were making decisions based on what would actually protect margin and drive sustainable growth.

2. Brand Strategy + Persona Mapping

We started with the foundations:

  • Mapped out customer personas (based on actual buying behaviour and analysing first-party data. We also conducted interviews with the founder so that there were no assumptions)

  • Built a 30-page brand strategy document with messaging pillars, retention triggers, and funnel-specific positioning

  • Audited every existing touchpoint (ads, emails, site, checkout, subscription journey)

  • Prioritised speed-to-impact changes - what could move the needle now, and what needed sequencing

3. Paid Ads (Meta + Google)

Meta

Previous Meta ROAS: 0.32x
Previous CAC: £50+

We:

  • Scrapped their entire campaign structure

  • Rebuilt from the ground up using a full-funnel framework

  • Created a new ad matrix using:

    • Founder-led content

    • UGC-style testimonials

    • Product education & ingredient spotlights

    • Problem-led hooks

    • Static + video formats

Within 30 days:

  • Spend: £835.42

  • Revenue: £1,976.43

  • ROAS: 2.37x

  • Best-performing ad: 11.21x ROAS

Google

They weren’t running Google Ads at all when we started.

We:

  • Launched a Performance Max campaign

  • Focused on their hero product only

Within 30 days:

  • Spend: £397

  • Revenue: £2,090

  • ROAS: 5.25x

4. Website Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO)

We didn’t waste time rebuilding the whole site.

Instead, we focused on the pages that actually drive revenue:

PDP Improvements:

  • Rewrote copy to reflect customer concerns and outcomes

  • Restructured layout for better flow

  • Added trust indicators, social proof, and reviews

  • Introduced urgency prompts and clear subscription savings

Subscription Growth:

  • Introduced a cart drawer overlay with one-click Subscribe & Save toggle

  • Added subtle but visible prompts across PDP, cart, and post-purchase email flows

  • Improved messaging to address commitment fears

Bundles:

  • Created strategic product bundles based on common symptom pairings

  • Used bundles to increase AOV while giving more perceived value

Testing:

  • A/B tests: headlines, layouts, CTAs, cart drawer

  • Iterated based on actual user behaviour (Microsoft Clarity)

Result: 25-30% increase in both AOV and CVR

5. Email Marketing

Email was underperforming. Legacy flows were poorly structured, full of generic (lazy) AI-generated content, and not tailored to the real journey of women dealing with hormonal health.

We rebuilt their email system from the ground up.

Flows Rebuilt:

  • Welcome

  • Post-Purchase

  • Checkout Abandonment

  • Cart Abandonment

  • Win-back

  • Review request

  • Education flows based on product interest

Campaigns:

We sent 4x per week, tailored by segment

Segmentation:

  • 30-day engaged

  • 60-day engaged

  • 90-day inactive

  • Subscribers vs non-subscribers

  • By health concern (based on signup journey)

Content Strategy:

Used our 9 content pillar framework, rotating through:

  1. Objection handling

  2. Competitor comparisons

  3. Community stories/testimonials

  4. Ingredient education

  5. Product push

  6. Case studies

  7. Seasonal relevance

  8. Subscription education

  9. Lifestyle tips

Email Performance (within 90 days):

  • Revenue from email: 10% → 44%

  • Opt-in rate: 11.25% (industry avg: 4.65%)

  • Avg open rates: 60%+

  • New subscriber growth: +115% MoM

6. Subscriptions

Previously:

  • Uptake was low due to poor visibility and lack of customer education

  • No clear post-purchase reinforcement

What we did:

  • Introduced one-click Subscribe & Save in the cart drawer

  • Added clearer messaging on PDPs around subscription benefits and flexibility

  • Built subscription-focused email flows (education, value reinforcement, churn reduction)

  • Reinforced across campaigns, checkout overlays, and bundles

Results (90 days):

  • Subscription revenue: £12,003.47 (+117%)

Subscriptions are now a major revenue driver, no longer an afterthought.

What Worked

This wasn’t about “running better ads.” It was about treating the business like a whole system—and improving every part of it:

✔ We did the numbers properly
✔ We aligned paid, CRO, and email around the customer’s journey
✔ We tested everything in cycles
✔ We stopped chasing “what looks good” and focused on what works

Final Thoughts

This brand didn’t need more advice. They needed someone to take ownership. Someone who’d been there, understood the realities of running a growing DTC brand—and who could plug in across the board to get them moving again.

This wasn’t about launching “more ads” or rewriting some emails. It was about aligning every lever across their business—from top-of-funnel awareness to conversion to retention—and making sure it all worked together.

We didn’t do it by guessing. We did it by using their own data, customer behaviour, and operational reality to guide every move.

Thinking About Working With Us?

If your growth has slowed—or if you’re stuck between multiple agencies and not seeing results—let’s cut through the noise and rebuild your business the right way.

We don’t just run ads. We connect the dots across your business, challenge what’s not working, and help you scale profitably.

Book a call or drop us a message to get results like these in the next few weeks.

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