Empirical Path Web Analytics & Market Research

 

Client: Federal Agency

Empirical Path consultants led a pay-per-click search engine marketing campaign for a Federal public health advertising campaign and its advertising agency, increasing visitation by more than a third.  Tracked impact on website traffic and engagement using Webtrends, Google AdWords, and Yahoo! Sponsored Search.  Designed and led tests of alternate landing pages to improve user engagement with content by measuring time spent and pages viewed per visit and single-page visitation.  Created clear, periodic reports that explained progress and next steps to a lay audience.

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Empirical Path was founded in 2002 by Peter Howley, a seasoned consultant, strategist, and manager.  Howley has advised diverse organizations -- from household names to startups -- in media, finance, retail, not-for-profit, and government.

Howley developed Empirical Path’s data-driven approach while at strategy consultancy Bain & Company and in the MBA Program at Harvard Business School.  He started the Business Research and Analysis practice at social marketing firm Noral Group International.

Howley led market research and web analytics at washingtonpost.com, then headed the advertising effectiveness product line at the internet's largest ad network.  He has earned Omniture and Google Analytics certifications.

Contact Peter Howley at (505) 856-6131 or via email.

 

Empirical Path's Web Analytics Practice is led by Jim Snyder, a veteran of web publishing and technology and a certified Google Analytics expert.  Snyder has led numerous implementation, configuration, and analysis projects for content sites and marketers from Silicon Alley to Silicon Valley.

Snyder built his deep experience in web analytics, content, and marketing in development and measurement roles with Weather.com, Yale University, and Georgia Tech.  He began his web publishing career as part of the launch team for CNN.com.

Snyder's technical skills include SQL, SPSS, Oracle, SQL Server, PHP, and Java.  He also holds an MBA from the Georgia Tech College of Management.

Contact Jim Snyder at (203) 804-4509 or via email.