DASHING DIVA Record-breaking growth through intelligent marketing automation


  • IM Digital x Dashing Diva

We partnered with Dashing Diva to design a full-funnel marketing engine and elevate their digital experience. By pairing human strategic expertise with intelligent platform integrations, we built a retention architecture capable of scaling to meet ambitious revenue goals. The partnership translated the brand energy into exceptional performance, driving 100% year-over-year growth during the peak shopping season.

Services

  • Commerce Strategy
  • Commerce Engineering
  • Growth Marketing
  • Data and Analytics
  • TotalCare

Partners

  • Shopify
  • Bloomreach
  • Yotpo
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Our Approach

Dashing Diva needed to connect with high-value shoppers and translate their brand identity into sustainable revenue. They wanted to move past broad promotional tactics and establish a precise customer data strategy. To achieve this scale, the partnership required a fortified technical foundation and a refined approach to lifecycle marketing.

  • An incomplete analytics infrastructure obscured the customer journey and left a massive portion of online revenue unattributed.

  • Delivery roadblocks with major inbox providers threatened to interrupt communications for a large segment of their audience.

  • A reliance on generalized messaging created decision fatigue and missed opportunities to inspire high-intent buyers.

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Our solution

We first established a single source of truth for Dashing Diva through a complete data architecture transformation. The legacy tracking framework provided an incomplete picture, so we transitioned the primary analysis to platform-specific data using Bloomreach and Shopify. We rigorously tagged the server-side implementation to ensure data accuracy and secure a reliable foundation for future campaigns.

With reliable data flowing, we shifted the communication strategy from volume to value. We built custom automated flows including dedicated checkout abandonment and cart recovery sequences. By segmenting the audience based on purchase intent and loyalty status, we delivered specific messaging cadences using intelligent systems directed by human expertise. Our team deployed pre-sale landing pages and targeted popups to capture high-intent subscribers before the peak shopping period began. To solve the immediate inbox deliverability roadblock, we executed a segmented sending strategy.

We prioritized highly engaged audiences first to warm the sender reputation before deploying messages to problematic domains. We replaced constant site-wide sales with targeted daily reveals and exclusive access tiers. This structured approach conditioned the audience to spend more per purchase while keeping unsubscribe rates exceptionally low.

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From our partners

IM Digital operates as a true extension of our team. We value their responsiveness and ability to pivot quickly to meet business needs.
Yoon Hwang — Chief Strategy Officer

The partnership established a new standard for peak season execution and drove 100% year-over-year revenue growth for Dashing Diva. The focused lifecycle marketing strategy increased overall business revenue and accelerated owned channel growth. Shoppers experienced a highly relevant digital journey with compelling offers, leading to substantial increases in order value across email and SMS communications.

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