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Most dashboards fail before they are even built.
Not because of bad charts.
Not because of wrong formulas.
Because the data underneath is structurally broken.
Here’s what I see often in small businesses:
• Dates stored as text
• Multiple columns for the same metric
• Inconsistent naming (Revenue / Sales / Total Sales)
• Manual copy-paste every week
• No clear data flow
Then they ask:
“Why doesn’t this dashboard update properly?”
A dashboard is just a mirror.
If the data structure is messy, the reflection will be distorted.
Before I build any report, I focus on 3 things:
Standardized column logic
Single source of truth
Repeatable data flow (no manual dependency)
Clean structure → Reliable metrics → Better decisions.
If your reporting feels fragile, the issue usually isn’t Excel.
It’s the foundation.
Completely agree. Dashboards amplify whatever foundation they sit on — messy data → misleading clarity. Standardization and single source of truth are massively underrated.
Here's how I almost doubled my CTR on my newsletter in 4 weeks.
(Way simpler than you think)
At first, I lowkey thought it was more complex.
Adding flashy designs to my emails.
Making them look more "professional."
In reality, none of this mattered.
The only thing that mattered was giving people more options to click.
I added more socials so they could check them out.
Added links to my posts.
Added some extra freebies here and there.
Sometimes the best solution is the simplest solution.
But we often overlook it.
CTR gains are often more about behavioral framing than visual polish. Curious — what specific change ended up making the biggest impact?
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