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Grow your business with these six live chat metrics
Keeping the following six live chat metrics top of mind will ensure your support team is focussing...
7 SQL Query Performance Tuning Tips
Master the Art of Fine Tuning Your SQL Queries with these 7 actionable performance tuning tips.
Becoming data-driven: Advice from 15 Klipfolio users
15 Klipfolio users have advice for organizations and individuals who are on the fence about...
A true no coding experience: Building a PowerMetric with BigQuery and Cervinodata in under two minutes
Klipfolio and Cervinodata for BigQuery are a perfect combination. Here's why.
Using Data at Your Restaurant: Tips to Improve the Process
Use data properly at your restaurant. Tips to get started on improving your data usage.
Why your company needs to invest in creating a clear vision
This is the first of three pieces on how to create a deliberate and measurable plan for...
Google Sheets: Best practices to prepare your data for publishing in your dashboard
Depending of your business and the information systems that you use, your data can be in many...
3 simple rules for intuitive dashboard design
Great dashboard design is about far more than metrics and KPIs. Here are a few tips for building a...
Dashboard design: On comparison values
Colors and shapes may get all the attention, but comparison values are at the heart of meaningful...
Best practices for successful implementation of continuous delivery. Part 2
This is the second of three blog postings on the concept of continuous delivery. It’s an important...
Why every digital marketer needs to learn how to deploy marketing technology
Too often, we confuse marketing technology with marketing strategy. Whether we blame the messaging...
5 Killer Content Marketing Opportunities I’ll Bet You’re Missing (We Were Too)
Ever feel like your content marketing is as good as it's going to get? We did. Then we were shown...
Best practices for picking the right KPIs for your business
Taking the time to think critically about the metrics that are truly “key” to business performance...
Why understanding unit economics is important to your business
In any company there are many moving parts and levers that can lead to success or failure. Breaking...
Dashboard Design Mistake #6: Forcing users to do the math
This blog is the sixth (and last) in a series on common dashboard design mistakes - and how to...
Dashboard Design Mistake #5: Misuse of Colour
Dashboards can be valuable business tools. But to maximize their value, dashboards have to be done...
Dashboard Design Mistake #4: Using charts and graphs that don’t work well on dashboards. Spoiler Alert: Save the pie for dessert.
Dashboards can be valuable business tools. But to maximize their value, dashboards have to be done...
Dashboard Design Mistake # 3 Poor layout choices
Dashboards can be valuable business tools. But to maximize their value, dashboards have to be done...
Dashboard Design Mistake #2 - Not adding comparison values
This blog is the second in a series on common dashboard design mistakes - and how to avoid them....
Dashboard Design Mistake #1 - Building a one-size-fits-all dashboard
Dashboards can be valuable business tools. But to maximize their value, dashboards have to be built...