How Sex brands do relational campaign emails
1. Lola: Score LOLA products for you & your friends 📣🎒
Objective
This email aims to recruit college students into the LOLA League Campus Ambassador Program by highlighting career development, community impact, and product perks. It positions participation as both personally rewarding and socially meaningful for mission-driven young women.
Why this works
The email brilliantly frames ambassadorship not just as a brand promotion role but as a career-launching opportunity with peer community and personal growth, making it emotionally resonant for college audiences seeking purpose beyond products.
How to implement
By visually spotlighting real products in the hero section alongside a smiling student, the campaign creates instant relatability and desire, subtly reinforcing that ambassadors aren’t just marketers, they’re genuine users who love what they share.
Pro Tip
Add a subtle countdown timer or limited-time badge near the CTA to create urgency, since ambassador spots may be competitive, this would leverage FOMO without compromising the authentic, empowering tone of the message. • Include one short testimonial from a current campus ambassador beneath the three-step graphic to build social proof; even a single quote about career growth or community impact would strengthen credibility and reduce hesitation.
2. Hanx: Happy Mother's Day!
Objective
This email aims to celebrate Mother’s Day by normalizing and empowering moms’ sexuality through humor and a targeted discount, encouraging immediate purchases of the Cindy toy and condoms with a limited-time promo code.
Why this works
The campaign brilliantly reframes Mother’s Day by acknowledging moms’ sexuality with cheeky honesty, turning a traditionally wholesome holiday into a bold, empowering moment that builds brand affinity through relatability and humor.
How to implement
By pairing a provocative headline with a clear, time-sensitive discount and a memorable promo code (MOM30), the email creates urgency while making the offer feel exclusive and personally tailored to its audience’s identity.
Pro Tip
Add a subtle countdown timer near the CTA to reinforce urgency, since the promo expires 05/16/25 but the email doesn’t visually communicate time sensitivity beyond the fine print. • Include a short testimonial or social proof near the product grid, like a quote from a mom customer, to build trust and reduce hesitation around purchasing intimate products for the first time.
3. Hanx: We're giving you £15 off Cindy 💖
Objective
This email aims to drive immediate sales of the Cindy suction toy by offering a time-sensitive £15 discount, positioning it as an Easter gift while leveraging urgency and social proof through its best-selling status.
Why this works
The email opens with playful curiosity, teasing an Easter egg before pivoting to the product, to instantly hook the reader and create emotional momentum before revealing the offer.
How to implement
Positioning the product as a 'best-selling, toe-curling suction toy' and 'top gifting pick' combines social proof with sensual appeal, making the offer feel both popular and personally relevant to the recipient.
Pro Tip
Add a visual of the Cindy toy in the hero section to reduce cognitive load, readers shouldn’t have to imagine the product when a compelling image could instantly convey its appeal and justify the discount. • Reposition the T&Cs closer to the CTA button or use a collapsible ‘See Details’ link to prevent important restrictions from being overlooked while preserving the email’s clean, persuasive flow.
4. Hanx: Naughty or Nice? 🎅
Objective
This email aims to engage subscribers with a playful, holiday-themed survival guide that positions Hanx as a relatable companion for navigating awkward Christmas moments, while subtly driving in-store traffic through a last-minute gifting solution.
Why this works
By framing the holiday season as a survival challenge with witty, relatable scenarios, Hanx creates emotional resonance that turns a product email into a conversational experience, making readers feel understood rather than sold to.
How to implement
The clever use of holiday-themed subheadings like 'Mulled Libido Cider' and 'Winter Warmup' transforms product features into humorous, memorable solutions, encouraging clicks while reinforcing brand personality without overt sales pressure.
Pro Tip
Add a subtle countdown timer or urgency indicator near the 'Panic mode' section to amplify the FOMO effect and nudge immediate store visits before Christmas Eve. • Include a short customer testimonial or social proof snippet under the 'Panic mode' section to reinforce trust in the in-store availability claim and reduce perceived risk for last-minute shoppers.
5. Lola: Take Care: AI-enabled parenting, burned-out nurses, and older unmarried couples navigating caregiving
Objective
This email aims to engage readers with thoughtful, research-backed insights on modern caregiving challenges, from AI-assisted parenting to nurse burnout and unmarried elder care, while subtly promoting partner products and reinforcing Lola’s brand as a trusted voice in women’s wellness and life transitions.
Why this works
The email masterfully blends editorial depth with product placement by framing gift recommendations as natural extensions of caregiving conversations, making commercial content feel like curated advice rather than a sales pitch.
How to implement
By spotlighting underreported societal trends, like AI parenting tools and unmarried elder caregiving, the campaign positions Lola as a forward-thinking authority that anticipates reader needs before they’re widely discussed in mainstream media.
Pro Tip
Add a visual hierarchy to the 'Care-fully selected product recs' section, such as icons or product images, to make gift suggestions more scannable and reduce cognitive load for time-pressed readers. • Include a secondary CTA button or link near the AI parenting section that says 'Explore Parenting Tech Tools' to capture interest from readers intrigued by the topic but not ready to buy a gift.
6. Hims: Celebrate the holidays as a healthier you
Objective
The email aims to motivate recipients to begin their weight loss journey before Thanksgiving by promoting Hims’ compounded GLP-1 treatment, emphasizing quick results and convenience without insurance or in-person visits.
Why this works
By anchoring the campaign to a culturally relevant milestone, Thanksgiving, the email creates urgency and emotional resonance, making weight loss feel timely and personally meaningful rather than abstract or distant.
How to implement
Highlighting an average 11.7 lbs lost in the first month with a clean visual of the injection device builds credibility while minimizing clinical intimidation, positioning the product as both effective and approachable for everyday users.
Pro Tip
Add a subtle countdown timer or seasonal progress bar near the CTA to visually reinforce the ‘before Thanksgiving’ deadline and increase perceived scarcity without disrupting the minimalist design. • Integrate a short testimonial snippet or user photo within the hero section to humanize the 11.7 lbs claim, making social proof more immediate and emotionally compelling alongside the clinical statistic.
7. Lola: Wait — am I the “crisis friend”?
Objective
This email aims to engage readers in a thoughtful conversation about emotional labor in friendships, specifically the role of the 'crisis friend', while subtly positioning Lola as a trusted partner in caregiving through curated content, product recommendations, and cultural insights that validate women’s emotional and practical needs.
Why this works
The email brilliantly frames emotional labor as a cultural conversation rather than a personal failing, using TikTok trends and therapist insights to normalize the reader’s experience and position the brand as a compassionate guide, not a sales pitch.
How to implement
By curating products that double as emotional support tools, like weighted hoodies and cloud robes, the campaign transforms self-care from indulgence into necessity, aligning product utility with the reader’s psychological need for comfort and validation in caregiving roles.
Pro Tip
The CTA 'Read on here to learn more' is vague and underwhelming for a topic this emotionally resonant; it should be rewritten to reflect urgency or empathy, such as 'Find your boundaries without guilt, read the therapist’s guide' to better match the emotional weight of the topic. • The product grid lacks visual hierarchy or emotional cues, each item is listed as plain bullet points. Adding small icons (e.g., a hug emoji for the robe, a puzzle piece for the jigsaw) or short emotional benefit tags (e.g., 'for when you need to melt into comfort') would strengthen the emotional connection and drive clicks.
8. Hims: Seeing you through the regrowth process
Objective
This email aims to motivate recipients to complete their free hair loss assessment by emphasizing personalized, ongoing medical support and framing the action as a step toward future self-appreciation. It positions the brand as a trusted partner in the regrowth journey.
Why this works
The email brilliantly reframes a clinical process as a personal milestone by using the phrase 'Future you thanks you,' which emotionally anchors the recipient to long-term self-care rather than immediate obligation.
How to implement
By positioning the assessment as the gateway to 'ongoing support from licensed healthcare providers,' the brand elevates perceived value beyond a one-time consultation, making the CTA feel like the start of a trusted relationship.
Pro Tip
Add a progress indicator or visual cue near the CTA to show how far along the user is in the assessment, reducing abandonment by making the task feel more achievable and less abstract. • Include a brief testimonial or social proof snippet under the hero text, even one sentence from a real user, to reinforce credibility and reduce hesitation before clicking 'Complete Today.'
9. Hims: Give yourself the gift of weight loss this year
Objective
The email aims to motivate recipients to begin their weight loss journey with Hims by highlighting a compelling, time-sensitive goal, losing weight by Thanksgiving, while emphasizing convenience and clinical results without insurance or in-person visits.
Why this works
The email brilliantly ties weight loss to a culturally resonant milestone, Thanksgiving, creating emotional urgency while positioning the product as a self-gift, which reframes health as an act of personal celebration rather than deprivation.
How to implement
By anchoring the offer around a specific, measurable outcome, 11.7 lbs in the first month, the campaign leverages social proof and data-driven persuasion to reduce skepticism and build trust in the efficacy of compounded GLP-1s without overpromising.
Pro Tip
Add a subtle countdown timer or progress bar near the CTA to reinforce the Thanksgiving deadline, increasing urgency without cluttering the clean layout, thereby nudging procrastinators toward immediate action. • Include a short testimonial or user quote directly under the hero headline, perhaps from someone who lost weight before Thanksgiving, to humanize the data and strengthen emotional resonance with the target audience.
10. Hanx: 👀 See What Got Us On TV This Month
Objective
This email aims to strengthen customer connection by sharing brand milestones, media features, and product updates while driving traffic to key products through personalized storytelling and social proof. It blends gratitude, credibility, and gentle promotion to nurture loyalty and encourage immediate purchases.
Why this works
The email opens with a warm, personal tone from the founders, making subscribers feel like insiders in the brand’s journey, this emotional framing turns updates into shared celebrations rather than promotional noise.
How to implement
By weaving in third-party validation, from TV features to editor reviews and retail partnerships, the brand builds trust without sounding boastful, letting external credibility do the heavy lifting for conversion.
Pro Tip
Add a visual countdown timer or urgency indicator next to the Ocado promotion to reinforce the time-sensitive nature of the 'Buy 3, Get 1 Free' offer and nudge immediate action. • Include a short testimonial quote or star rating directly under the Cindy product image in the grid to reinforce social proof at the point of decision, bridging the gap between the review mention and the CTA.