Interactive Charts are Reinventing Visual DataWritten by Joe Miller
Interactive charts have revolutionized way visual data is displayed. Think back to elementary school geography class, sitting drowsily in your desk as teacher pulls down her roll-up world maps and charts to review 50 states and their capitals. Visual improvements have been made over past few years to improve those maps and charts. Most maps and charts now are divided into topographical, population, climate, economic resources, physical, political, and road maps, color coded for viewer’s convenience. There are probably even more, but that has been extent of interactive charts for several years.But imagine combining all of those maps and charts into one report, and all a user has to do is drag mouse over a state or a country and all of information you would have to display several maps to show is centralized in one display of interactive charts. It is called interactive charts, because it works in partnership with user to provide all of information for which he or she may be searching. Interactive charts are not simply tools that can be used to display geographical information to elementary school children. Interactive charts represent a new way of providing complex information in a simple and effective visual display, interacting with all groups of people in every type of setting. Several months ago, I was researching city of Cochin, in India for travel. As I pulled up interactive charts, I dragged my mouse across areas of maps and charts and was presented with specific information about area. Later, as I was booking plane tickets, interactive charts of interior of plane allowed me to choose my coveted window seat. I could not help but think of possibilities. Having been involved in many marketing presentations, I know first-hand difficulties of presenting a complex set of information about demographics, tendencies, and research results without interactive charts. I found use of graphs, maps, and charts very helpful, but when it came to presenting a comparison of information in various categories I was stuck. “These graphs are complex enough” I thought. “How can I possibly combine all of this information?” I wish I would have known then about software used to create interactive charts of India or airplane.
| | Thinks You Should Know Before You Bid On A BusinessWritten by Sandi Razman
Whatever your reason for going out on your own, you must keep your reason in forefront of your mind. If you forget your reason for starting your own home business, you will not be working for yourself for long.Self-motivation is key to success when you start a home-based business. You need to possess ability to push yourself ahead. Your drive and determination will be reinforced with every new sale. Remember --- your own business is a lot like a real job. Some people go to work to play, some go to socialize, and others --- most often those who are paid in a commission or tip environment --- go to work to work and to make money. When you work for yourself, your salary is directly proportional to your productivity. In every home business, there are certain processes that we do over and again, please factor in most important element concerning cost of your promotions. What element is that? Your time! Value your time at a certain dollar amount, and figure in your time into cost of your promotional accounting. Because too many promoters lose sight of this concept and spend 20 hours to generate one sale while using free advertising.
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