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Case 01 · LATAM sportsbook & casino · Mexico · Remote

CRM Built From Scratch
FTD 37% → 72%.

A LATAM brand with no CRM operation. In two months I built the full lifecycle, from the first visit to reactivation, and nearly doubled first-deposit conversion.

37% → 72% FTD conversion
10K → 17–20K Daily active users
+20% Email CTR
+RCS New channel
The problem

Where players
were leaking.

Registrations were coming in, but there was no onboarding, no churn flows and no calendar campaigns. Fewer than 2 in 5 new registrations ever made a first deposit.

Registration → first deposit
Registration100%
First deposit · before37%
First deposit · after72%

63% of new players left without depositing. After the rebuild, that fell to 28%.

The 7-day onboarding journey

A 7-day onboarding with
an offer for every new player.

Journey structure
  1. D0
    Day 0 · Welcome offerPop-upPush
  2. D1
    Day 1 · ReminderSMSEmail
  3. D3
    Day 3 · Rich offerRCSPush
  4. D5
    Day 5 · Follow-upEmailSMS
  5. D7
    Day 7 · Last callPushRCS
Day 0 · Welcome pop-up
ROULETTE DEPOSIT & WIN
CHIPS
The bigger your deposit, the more roulette chips you get.
DEPOSIT$10GET3 CHIPS
DEPOSIT$20GET7 CHIPS
BEST OFFERDEPOSIT$30GET12 CHIPS
Deposit now

Why this offer works

1

Tiered offer: pushes the first deposit above the minimum instead of settling at the lowest value.

2

Real value on the top tier: chips per dollar grow at each tier (0.30 → 0.35 → 0.40), so "Best offer" is honest, not decoration.

3

Gamified reward instead of cash bonus: roulette chips cost less than a cash match and give the player a reason to come back.

Churn flows & retention engine

Keeping new players active.

  1. Day 3Nudge
  2. Day 7Personalized offer
  3. Day 14High-value tournament
  4. Day 21Win-back
  5. Day 30Reactivation track

Calendar campaigns for the active base

High-value tournaments: main reactivation driver for churned players

Tiered cashback + store logic to raise recurrence and LTV

RCS launched as a new channel; email rebuilt for +20% CTR

Results

Nearly 2× daily actives
in 8 weeks.

Daily active users 10K → 17–20K
Growth from retention only, zero acquisition spend
20K17.5K15K10K 17–20K range Wk 0Wk 2Wk 4Wk 6Wk 8 Illustrative curve, real start and end values.
FTD conversion · before / after37% → 72%
Before
37%
After
72%
Onboarding dashboard: FTD conversion 72% from 37%, the 7-day onboarding journey, churn flows and channel mix
Onboarding & churn flows dashboard
Results dashboard: FTD conversion 37% to 72%, daily active users 10K to 17–20K, email CTR +20%, RCS channel added
Results dashboard
Played by the rules

Responsible by design

  • Self-excluded and blocked players removed from every journey
  • Frequency caps on pop-ups and messages
  • Clear offer terms on every incentive

What I'd bring to your operation.

01

Audit your FTD → 2nd deposit drop-off

02

Build onboarding and churn flows in Smartico or Fast Track

03

Gamified offers priced to protect margin

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