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Analytics by using your eyes

Hello and hi there, I have a data analysis joke for you.  What is worse than trying to understand a column of figures? Why, looking at many columns! Ha, oh well, never mind! But true enough a column of figures for many people is very hard to get value out of and yet these columns on a spreadsheet have all the secrets of your business’ performance. And as we know a picture is worth a thousand words which brings us to using charts as way to convey the information hidden in your columns of ...

How to get started with your data, your analysis

You are running your business and collecting data, maybe using Xero or another accounting package, perhaps in a CRM system but you know you need to do something with that. But what? You think “do I need an analytical software package? A data expert, even a data scientist? What is that (or them)?” No, you already have the package you need to start off – your Excel spreadsheets, and as for the data expert, you have you – no-one else has the deep understanding of your business and its cust...