Data Visualization: Win Friends and Influence People with Accurate Data
Marketers love graphs. Oftentimes, however, we visualize complex data in a way that can be unintentionally misleading. The graph trends upwards but is the data the right metric to be plotting ? Are we choosing data that genuinely conveys the state of play, or just information that supports our case? We have reams of data at our fingertips, and using that to support business cases or budget increases is paramount. How do you do this in a way that conveys truth to a less-knowledgeable audience? When presenting results to stakeholders, marketers will often find themselves talking to people who don't understand the metrics to the same degree. Let’s make smart choices in how we choose and display data. From cleansing data and choosing the right metrics, to visualizing them in a way that helps build support and omits bias. Winning friends with reporting Marketing reports are about communicating a message through data. Often that data can be fairly complicated — augmented by segments,...