Data & Technology Solutions Ltd. # Analyt Blog: Our thoughts on the world of analytics, data, technology, design, and psychology. Below are a collection of our thoughts relating to the use of analytics, data, technology, design, and psychology to make the world a better place... ## [Beautiful data](/content/blog/beautiful-data.html) **Author:** Sean Burton **Date:** Fri, 08 Nov 2024 The British Library is currently running an exhibition about 'Beautiful Science' - which explores the importance of being able to communicate effective, and how data visualisation has helped to convey scientific and medical information. [Read more...](/content/blog/beautiful-data.html) ## [Effective customer feedback](/content/blog/effective-customer-feedback.html) **Author:** Sean Burton **Date:** Fri, 08 Nov 2024 The old adage "the Customer is always right" has been a mainstay of offline customer experience for decades. But is it correct? A core component of the work I used to be involved in at Seren, related to digital Customer Experience trackers or Voice of Customer programmes: typically an on-site survey to see what your customers' think. Online surveys, if implemented well, can be extremely powerful especially when integrated with other data sources and used as part of a customer feedback mechanism. [Read more...](/content/blog/effective-customer-feedback.html) ## [Measurement frameworks the journey to data nirvana](/content/blog/measurement-frameworks-the-journey-to-data-nirvana.html) **Author:** Sean Burton **Date:** Fri, 19 May 2023 For many years I've been talking about the benefits of integrated and automated systems which allow businesses to free up their resources to focus on actual data analysis and insight, such as actually investigating the available data, making changes based on the resulting insight, and then measuring the impact. Crazy, I know! [Read more...](/content/blog/measurement-frameworks-the-journey-to-data-nirvana.html) ## [Asking ChatGPT to write a blog about GA4](/content/blog/Asking-ChatGPT-to-write-a-blog-about-GA4.html) **Author:** Sean Burton **Date:** Fri, 24 Mar 2023 I've been swamped with work over the last few years, and my blog writing has taken a significant back seat for far too long! As ChatGPT has been in the news a lot recently, I wanted to see how the tool from [Read more...](/content/blog/Asking-ChatGPT-to-write-a-blog-about-GA4.html) ## [Dashboards](/content/blog/dashboards.html) **Author:** Sean Burton **Date:** Fri, 03 Mar 2023 I've been meaning to post about building dashboards for a while now as a follow on from the [Read more...](/content/blog/dashboards.html) ## [My first year as analyt](/content/blog/my-first-year-as-analyt.html) **Author:** Sean Burton **Date:** Wed, 07 Aug 2019 Well... It's now been a year since I founded Analyt and, as seems tradition, I thought I'd write about the experience of my first year. I've split this article into three sections, as this felt like the best way to explain each stage of the journey so far: [Read more...](/content/blog/my-first-year-as-analyt.html) ## [Measurecamp 5](/content/blog/measurecamp-5.html) **Author:** Sean Burton **Date:** Wed, 07 Aug 2019 Thanks to everyone that came to my MeasureCamp workshops yesterday. We had a couple of great sessions on: [Read more...](/content/blog/measurecamp-5.html) ## [Measurecamp 4](/content/blog/measurecamp-4.html) **Author:** Sean Burton **Date:** Wed, 07 Aug 2019 Thanks to everyone that came to my MeasureCamp workshop yesterday. We had a great session on data integration, covering Web Analytics, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Voice of Customer/Survey data. Lots of interesting questions and so thanks for keeping me on my toes! [Read more...](/content/blog/measurecamp-4.html) ## [Getting started with surveys](/content/blog/getting-started-with-surveys.html) **Author:** Sean Burton **Date:** Wed, 07 Aug 2019 Surveys are a great way to hear what your customers think about you, but they often get bad press due to poor implementation and design. [Read more...](/content/blog/getting-started-with-surveys.html) ## [Getting data from google analytics into excel](/content/blog/getting-data-from-google-analytics-into-excel.html) **Author:** Sean Burton **Date:** Wed, 07 Aug 2019 I've just returned from MeasureCamp and one of the most common questions I heard from people related to getting data out of Google Analytics and into Excel. [Read more...](/content/blog/getting-data-from-google-analytics-into-excel.html) ## [Customer first](/content/blog/customer-first.html) **Author:** Sean Burton **Date:** Wed, 07 Aug 2019 The week before last I was speaking at [Read more...](/content/blog/customer-first.html) ## [Big data sucks](/content/blog/big-data-sucks.html) **Author:** Sean Burton **Date:** Wed, 07 Aug 2019 Ok, Big Data doesn't have to suck, but far too often it does! Why? Read on... [Read more...](/content/blog/big-data-sucks.html) ## [Apple watch ux review](/content/blog/apple-watch-ux-review.html) **Author:** Sean Burton **Date:** Wed, 07 Aug 2019 Exactly a week ago, I received my Apple Watch Sport (Space Grey 42mm version with black strap). The following article relates to my experience during the last 7-days. [Read more...](/content/blog/apple-watch-ux-review.html) ## [Analytchat](/content/blog/analytchat.html) **Author:** Sean Burton **Date:** Wed, 07 Aug 2019 Join us at 3pm (BST / 7am PST / 10am EST) every Friday for our weekly Twitter Chat, covering: User Experience, Customer Feedback, Analytics, and Data Visualisation. [Read more...](/content/blog/analytchat.html)