Sean Dougherty

Articles by Sean Dougherty

A copywriter 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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balanced marketing strategies
Marketing

How to balance short- and long-term marketing

We often think of marketing funnels as having distinct tops and bottoms. While true, it doesn't fully describe how consumers learn about products and ...

optimize your dashboards
Data

6 steps to optimize your dashboard performance

Have you ever gone to a restaurant with a menu that goes on for pages and pages? It can get a bit overwhelming. How do you decide when you have dozens...

signal based marketing
Marketing

Signal-based marketing and sales explained

Can signal-based marketing transform the way marketers reach customers? With the average American encountering 4,000 to 10,000 ads daily, traditional ...

cohort analysis
Marketing

Cohort analysis explained

What does cohort mean? In most contexts, it’s one or more supporters, companions or people with shared characteristics. For you, your cohorts are your...

search generative experience
Trends & News

AI-enabled search is both terrifying and trash

Google recently launched its newest take on search: AI-powered overviews. For Google’s users, its most evident effect is a generative AI “answer” appe...

Nick Desbarats
Reporting Data

A lesson in data visualization with Nick Desbarats

Data visualizations are, arguably, the most important part of working with data. They are the lens through which you (and your audience) can understan...

Marketing

What is ad ops?

Ad ops, digital ad ops, online ad operations, advertising operations — whatever marketers want to call it, ad operations can be kind of confusing. Tha...

TOFU MOFU BOFU
Marketing

Understanding the TOFU, MOFU, BOFU funnel model

Top marketers and their sales team simply love TOFU. Nope, not that silken dish adored by health enthusiasts the world over. We’re talking about top-o...

ab testing
Marketing

A/B testing explained

Whether you love it or find it suspect, A/B testing is a concept that every marketer should be familiar with. So, what is it exactly? Well, A/B testin...

go-to-market strategy
Marketing

The essential go-to-market strategy guide for marketers

Have you ever spent months developing a brilliant product, then watching powerlessly as the consumer applause-o-meter barely registers a twitch? Or ma...