Sean Dougherty

Articles by Sean Dougherty

Senior Brand Creative at Funnel, Sean has more than 15 years of experience working in branding and advertising (both agency and client side). He's also a professional voice actor.

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explainer video
Trends & News

Behind the scenes of creating our explainer video

Explaining the value of your business to your prospective customers can be tricky. And when you’re a B2B SaaS company that serves a particular niche t...

what a marketing data hub does
Marketing

What a marketing data hub really does for your business

Regular readers of this blog will understand how a marketing data hub can help you evade data quota issues, automate reporting, and even help prepare ...

performance marketing vs growth marketing
Marketing

Performance marketing vs. growth marketing

The goal of every marketer is to, over time, leverage and increase their performance to drive sustainable growth for a business. Right? So, then, what...

what are data connectors
Marketing

What are data connectors?

At Funnel, we talk a lot about data connectors. They are an essential building block of a marketing data hub’s functionality, and without them, compre...

etl downsides
Marketing Data

ETL limitations and ETL alternatives for marketers

A mind-boggling 328.77 million terabytes of data is created each day. However, all this information is meaningless unless you can pull data together f...

display ads vs. search ads
Marketing

The showdown: display ads vs. search ads

Display and search ads are two of the most popular types of advertising available to marketers today. They can be quite diverse, low cost, and are com...

expert data governance
Trends & News

An expert’s view of data governance

We’re not afraid to admit that sometimes we’re wrong. Well, maybe not “wrong” as much as not fully informed. After all, we’re only humans — despite al...

display ad metrics
Marketing

How to select display advertising metrics and KPIs

Understanding and optimizing display advertising metrics is crucial for any marketer looking to improve their campaigns. This blog post will serve as ...

7 things we're tired of
Trends & News

We just can’t: Seven marketing things we’re tired of

Like the latest fashion trends, the popularity of certain marketing concepts can wax and wane. One day it’s a cutting edge new technology. The next? W...

Reporting Marketing

What is data storytelling, and how can it make your presentations magical?

Our ability to craft and communicate stories is one of the most important things that make us human. Whether it’s story time in school or tales told r...