Performance driven marketing, customized around client objectives, by marketers with a passion for all things digital.

recent work

from global brands to innovative start-ups, our results speak for themselves

 
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meet the team

although not the complete north ivy team, the following are typically around the office on any given day

 

John Ryan

For 20 years, John has served in key marketing and digital strategy roles at Discovery Communications, Ziff-Davis and Montgomery Securities in San Francisco. John now lives in Lincoln Park with his wife and three girls, one of whom just turned 13 and is, like, whatever.

John Ryan

CEO and Founder

John Walsh

John placed display ads for TurboTax in 1996 and was instantly hooked on metrics. He has developed and managed acquisition and retention programs for Best Buy, Microsoft, Blue Note Records, and many others. He lives in Lake Bluff with his wife, three children and the world's naughtiest dog, Clyde.

John Walsh

Managing Director

Niki Brewer

Niki accepted a job at Google in 2001 despite the advice of her closest friend who said they had a "boring site". As a lead Creative Maximizer, Niki managed account strategy and optimization for health care, travel, manufacturing, retail and other verticals. She enjoys spending time with her kids, hot yoga and wakeboarding.

Niki Brewer

VP of Search Strategy

why us

What differentiates North Ivy from other firms besides our relatively small size and our obsessive focus on visitor acquisition, conversion and retention is our reliance on analytics and performance measurement.

While we firmly believe that the smartest strategies have both quantitative and qualitative elements, we know that to see real growth and improvement the client and agency partnership needs to be focused on the same measurable outcomes.

Acquisition

 

Conversion

 

Retention

 

what we do

like good Chicagoans, we focus on the meat and potatoes
of digital marketing – get people to your site, get them to do
something and then get them to come back.
Some more elaborate details below.<

 

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