Everyone loves a good story. They entertain, educate, and inspire by tapping into our emotions and imagination. But what happens when you combine a good story with data and visuals?
You get data storytelling — the process of telling a story with data to communicate insights and drive decision-making.
Data storytelling enables business leaders who don’t have time to find insights in complex data to make better business decisions. And with data widely available today, data storytelling is a necessary marketing skill.
And the secret to good data storytelling is good data visualization, using tools like infographics to transform complex data into engaging and easily understandable visuals that tell a story.
Here are some stats worth considering:
- The most common data storytelling challenges companies face are lack of skills (49%), non-data literacy (48%), and limited time for developing data stories (47%)
- Data-driven storytelling can increase sales by 30% and boost the engagement rate to 300%.
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