Tableau is able to transform numbers into engaging visual/interactive dashboards that are able to make decision making a lot easier. The best part? You don’t have to be just an analyst. Whether you’re a marketer or entrepreneur, you are able to use Tableau to revolutionize the way you see and use data!

What Makes Tableau Different?

There are many other data visualization tools out in the market, but Tableau is in a league of its own. Tableau is able to offer 3 different things that allow users to work easier, faster, and smarter.

1. Having a User-Friendly Interface: Tableau has a functionality, I like to call “the drag and drop method” because to apply spreadsheets, databases and other reports; all you have to do is drag and drop them into the Tableau sheets. This makes it easier to build more complex dashboards without needing to know specific codes.
2. Interactivity: Unlike using static reports, the Tableau dashboards allow you to filter, explore and cross-examine data with force.
3. Integrating with Multiple Data Sources: Like I had mentioned before, Tableau allows you to use and “drag and drop” other data sources (spreadsheets, databases, reports, etc.) within their software, but Tableau is able to connect with Microsoft Excel, Text Files, PDF Files, Statistical Files and more!

Real World Applications:

As a marketer, you consistently measure campaign performance, ROI, and audience engagement. But instead of juggling multiple spreadsheets and reports, Tableau is able to help you track KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) in present time!

For business leaders, Tableau offers a 360 visibility into a businesses sales, revenue, customer behavior and more! You are able to customize your dashboards to forecast future growth based on patterns and trends, identify underperforming products or services/locations, and monitor real-time performance.

How to get started:

If you are new to using Tableau, here is how you can get started!

1. If you are a student, Tableau is free, just sign in using your school information and type in the Product ID number they give you. If you want to use Tableau Public, its also free and allows you to practice without purchasing a license.
2. If you would like a license, there are 3 levels you can purchase:
   1. Tableau Creator: includes Tableau Prep Builder and Desktop
   2. Tableau Explorer: $42 per user, per month
   3. Tableau Viewer: $12 per user, per month
3. Watch and Listen to online tutorials. Tableau does have its own learning center that offers step-by-step guides.
4. Build your first dashboard: start learning and building a simple visualization (ex. bar charts) and add filters, maps, and some interactive elements.

Conclusion:

As we grow in a world overflowing with data. Tableau turns information into actionable insights. Empowering people (including marketers, leaders, and others) to make data-driven decisions with confidence. So whether you are a CEO, an analyst, or a marketer; when you master Tableau, it could give you the most valuable skill ever!

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Analytics as a Science:

When you think of analytics as a science, you most likely envision repeatability, precision, and objectivity. Analytics as a science involves leveraging the quantitative models, statistic tests and algorithms to uncover patterns and predict the outcomes. When you think of analytics as a science, it thrives in scenarios where:

1. Consistency: Fields such as quality control or finance use analytics as a science because when they have consistent data analysis methods, they’re able to ensure reliable results. For instance, risk assessments models in banking rely on specific statistical methods to evaluate the credibility.

2. Demand Hardness: Machine learning models trained on massive datasets need a systematic approach to ensure accuracy. For example, recommendation systems used by Netflix and Spotify, they depend on a structured algorithm to predict user preferences.

3. Regulatory Compliance: Healthcare and aviation industries have regulations that mandate evidence-based/proven decisions. They require analytics to be treated as a science, so there is little to no room for subjective interpretation.

Analytics ensures accuracy, objectivity, and scalability. However, it isn’t always enough to address the complexities of human behavior and creativity.

Analytics as an Art:

Data doesn’t always tell a full complete story. Often times, it’s an analyst’s creativity, intuition, and contextual understanding that bridge the gap between numbers and actionable insights. Analytics is looked at as an art when:

1. Context: Understanding cultural, emotional, and societal nuances requires a creative lens. For instance, interpreting why a campaign resonates with a specific demographic often requires an empathetic understanding of human behavior that data alone can’t provide.

2.  Ambiguity: When data is incomplete, creativity fills the gaps. For example, COVID-19 pandemic, businesses had to use limited data to predict consumer behavior in an unprecedented situation.

3. Visual Storytelling: Presenting data through compelling visuals that evoke emotion or spark action is as much an art as it is a science. A well-crafted infographic or dashboard can turn raw data into a persuasive narrative. 

By embracing analytics as an art, professionals can interpret subtle cues, craft strategies and considering the intangible that resonate on a human level.

How to Choose?

Knowing how to approach analytics as a science or an art depends on the problem at hand. 

1. Assess the Objective: If you goal is to forecast sales or optimize supply chains, the scientific approach would likely give you the best results. But if you are trying to design an engaging user experience, artistic intuition should guide your decisions.

2. Evaluate Data Availability: Structured datasets are a playground for scientific analysis. Sparse or unstructured data, might require however a creative interpretation.

3. Blend When Necessary: Some challenges demand a hybrid approach. For example, if you launch a product that could involve using predictive models to identify the target market (the science aspect) and designing a campaign that emotionally connects with that audience (the art aspect).

The Symphony:

The most successful analysts understand that science and art in analytics are not mutually exclusive but complementary. They bring together the harshness of data science with the creativity of human intuition to craft solutions that are both effective and inspiring. 

It’s like a symphony. The science provides the structure, the notes, rhythm, and timing. The art infuses it with emotion, soul and resonance. Together, they create something that not only makes sense by also moves people to act. 

So the next time you dive into any type of data, I want you to ask yourself: are you painting by numbers? Or are you creating a masterpiece? That answer is up to you and often the most impactful results come from mastering both.

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Do you ever wish you could just flip a switch and have your target customers gravitate towards your business? Well… you can! It’s called using e-marketing; the modern day magnet that is able to pull your target customers in and keep them around! Your website, social media, emails and content all act as magnets that draw the right customers in, turn them into long-term fans. Are you ready to become a customer magnet? Let’s get started!

The Irresistible Pull

It is said to be easier to pull customers in, but it’s more difficult to keep them. But that’s where e-marketing comes into play. E-marketing doesn’t stop once the sale is made, its a continuous process that makes sure your customers stick around. To do so, here are the top 4 irresistible pulls!

Magnetic Messaging

Emails are like the steady pull that is able to keep your target customers connected to your business. But its not
just any or all emails. It’s the specific automated workflows that will thank them for making a purchase, provide
helpful tips, give them special promotion discounts, and even wish them a happy birthday! It’s those personal
touches that are able to remind your customers they aren’t just another customer or number. They are valued and
appreciated!

Sticking Around

Let’s be honest… who doesn’t love rewards? By implementing loyalty programs through your e-marketing strategy;
you’re basically adding the strongest magnets you can use to your customer relationships! So by offering early
access to products, news, etc. exclusive deals, and points for any purchases made; it allows your customers to feel
special and it keeps them coming back and staying loyal to your business. Well… they’re sticking around!

Magnetic Reminders

But then sometimes customers need just a tiny nudge to keep coming back. That is where we bring in retargeting ads! These are small digital reminders that are able to keep your business “front-of-mind” after your customers have left your website. Basically its the digital/marketing version of “Hi, do you remember me? Well we have something amazing just for you!”

Social Magnetism

Social media isn’t just for attracting new target customers. It’s also a powerful tool to stay connected with the customers you already have! Whether its hosting live Q&As, responding to comments, or running polls, engagement builds relationships and it also keeps
your business on their radar!

Conclusion

At the end of the day, its all about being an irresistible force. With E-marketing, it gives you the right tools to not only attract potential customers, but it also holds onto them with personalized and meaningful interactions! A little magnetic magic goes a long way, so are you ready to turn up the magnetic field on your e-marketing strategy?

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In today’s world, marketing research is not only essential; but its also a way to make running your business easier. Think of it like your business’ crystal ball. The key of understanding and learning about who your customers are, what they want to see, how they’re spending their time and money, etc. But you’re also learning about how to spot the next big trend, how to always stay ahead of your competition and how to build your business into an empire.

From Data to Decisions

For starters, every business needs to understand their audience. Marketing Research can help businesses gain a better understanding of who their audience truly is. It can answer those essential questions like; “who are your customers?”, “what are their pain points?”, “What do they like, dislike, and want from your product/service?”, etc. With answering questions like these, businesses are able to then fix their offers and marketing tactics to meet the wants and needs of their customers and target audience.

The next necessity are finding trends and opportunities. With the market always evolving, marketing research can keep you and your business ahead of the continuous trends and shifts within your industry. By doing so, businesses are able to not only adapt quickly, but also innovate the changes (if any are needed) before any other of your competitors do. So whether its using a new technology or software, address consumer changes and more; marketing research can build you and your business with foresight to adapt, seize and develop new opportunities!

The third step is to improve your business strategy instead of just relying on gut feelings, assumptions and wishes. Marketing research can provide stable data that is able to guide your business strategy. Like if you start to analyze competitor performance, market demands and more; your business is then able to restructure, adjust product/service features, adjust pricing, optimize marketing strategies and more.

So within a world that is completely driven by data, marketing research is now essential to company growth… no longer an optional strategy. Marketing research is able to empower businesses to not only understand their audience, but also be able to spot industry trends, reduce any risks that could take place and more!

Your business is able to unlock new insights that is needed to grow, adapt and outshine any competitor you may have!

So don’t just rely on your gut feeling. Turn that feeling into a fact and let marketing research turn that data into gold!

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I was in the midst of creating a cosmetic brand for people with gluten allergies, but in all honesty had no passion for wanting to be part of the beauty industry. I was just creating a brand everyone around wanted me to create. Because I have Celiac Disease, people around (including friends, mentors, family, and others) thought it was an open-door opportunity and I wasn’t running with it at full speed. At this point, I was creating and learning about chemicals and ingredients in cosmetic products, which was interesting, but the moment of “this is what I want to be known for” was no where in sight. The more time I spent trying to create this brand, the less confident I felt about myself and my autoimmune disease. I felt like I was building this brand that looked perfect in all aspects on the outside but was leaving me feeling empty.

That wasn’t until I was having a conversation with my parents that my mindset, my attitude, and my confidence shifted. My parents have always been my #1 supporters, so much so that they noticed a negative change in my energy. The spark of entrepreneurship and being the change I wanted to see in the world seemed to weaken. They encouraged me to focus on what I wanted, who I wanted to become, what I was naturally good at; and most importantly; what was going to make me get up and be excited to get to work every day.

They encouraged me to continue with my entrepreneurial goals, but to align my true passions and strengths with it. That conversation, they both had brought up some marketing/social media content I had created for some other businesses. How I understood the content strategies, the SEO/keyword strategies and how they saw creativity and passion behind everything I created within social media. The conversation made me realize I needed a turning point; not to please others, but to please myself.

I decided to step back from the cosmetic brand and focus on learning more about social media, how analytics work, and start building my personal brand on social media. I won’t lie, it was tough. There was criticism, doubt, fear, and more emotions running through my head; but at the end of the day, I knew I had to trust my intuition.

By present day, at 23 years old, I have a social media management agency where I get to let my creativity flow freely, work with clients who understand my vision and allow me to take control of campaigns that will grow revenue and engagement!

If I can pass one lesson on, it would be this. It’s not about creating something that everyone wants you to create or thinks you should create. It’s not about who people think you should be or who they want you to be. It’s about creating something that shows your authentic self. Creating something that you and only you are proud of. It’s about building and creating something that you know this is what I want to be known for.

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Imagine someone gifts you a crystal ball that can show you anything about your business. Your business’s biggest success(s), the
weaknesses, and more. It’s considered a secret weapon that can guide you through twists and turns on the way to the top.

Well, here is the secret… you already have the power to do so!
It’s called KPI’s, also known as Key Performance Indicators! KPI’s are values that are measurable showing how effective a company achieves its key business objectives! The way I like to think of KPI’s is like a health tracker…but for your companies performance. KPI’s help you understand whether you are on the right track, if you need to adjust anything, or if you need to change an entire path. KPI’s
can be both financial and non-financial. The financial aspect can include revenue growth, profit margins, and costs. Non-financial aspects can include retention rates (employee and customer), customer satisfaction, and new product developments.

To start implementing KPI’s, you need to begin with identifying your key business goals. What are you trying to succeed at? Increasing sales, improving customer satisfaction, reducing costs, etc. After, you need to chose the correct KPI’s. The right KPI’s will need to depend on your specific business needs and goals. For a service-based company, customer satisfaction and client retention rates are key. But for sales-based companies, monthly sales growth and return on sales are key. Then, you need to make sure your KPI’s follow the SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. So as an example; instead of setting a KPI goal like “increase revenue”; use SMART goals and say “increase revenue by 40% in the next 8 months.” After that, review and adjust your KPI’s regularly. This helps to ensure they are always aligning with your companies goals.
KPI’s can be used for anything, they aren’t just numbers. By focusing on the correct KPI’s for your company, you can unlock insights that can motivate competitive advantage, innovation and growth. KPI’s turn data into action, turning potential into performance.

KPI’s are more than just spreadsheets and numbers all around. They are known to be “guiding lights” that allow businesses to make decisions that are informed.

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