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Articles by Nevena Rudan

Research Analyst

About the author

Nevena Rudan is a Marketing Research Analyst at Databox with over 15 years of experience in communications and advertising. She specializes in untangling complex marketing challenges and consumer behavior patterns to deliver clear, actionable insights. Nevena is passionate about understanding what truly drives customer decisions and turning data into business growth. Outside of work, she indulges her love of food and art, often finding creative inspiration in both

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Are Your Executives Actually Making Decisions From Data Or Just Alongside It?
AI

Are Your Executives Actually Making Decisions From Data Or Just Alongside It?

Most executives believe they are metric-directed. The evidence says they are metric-adjacent — and the gap is costing them decisions. TL;DR Introduction Monday morning. The ...

Nevena Rudan's avatar by Nevena Rudan | Apr 9
Why Did Revenue Drop This Month? How to Diagnose It Yourself (Without Waiting 3 Days for a Report)
Reporting

Why Did Revenue Drop This Month? How to Diagnose It Yourself (Without Waiting 3 Days for a Report)

You have the data. You just need to know which question to ask first. TL;DR Revenue dropped this month. You asked your team why. You ...

Nevena Rudan's avatar by Nevena Rudan | Apr 9
The Ad Attribution Problem: Every Platform Claims Credit, Nobody Tells the Truth
Marketing

The Ad Attribution Problem: Every Platform Claims Credit, Nobody Tells the Truth

TL;DR Google Ads claims 47 conversions. Meta claims 52. LinkedIn claims 31. Your CRM shows 38 closed customers. Someone is lying – and it’s not ...

Nevena Rudan's avatar by Nevena Rudan | Apr 3
BI Tools Comparison: A Framework for Revenue Teams Who’ve Been Burned Before
Reporting

BI Tools Comparison: A Framework for Revenue Teams Who’ve Been Burned Before

60% of BI initiatives fail to deliver business value—despite more than $15 billion spent annually on business intelligence or BI tools, according to Dataversity (November ...

Nevena Rudan's avatar by Nevena Rudan | Apr 2
How to Differentiate and Scale Your Agency with AI Analytics
Agencies

How to Differentiate and Scale Your Agency with AI Analytics

Automated reporting saves your team’s time. AI analytics saves your client relationships — and wins you new ones. Automated reporting for clients means your agency ...

Nevena Rudan's avatar by Nevena Rudan | Mar 31
Best Self-Service Analytics Tools for Agencies (Compared by Client Usability + Multi-Client Scale)
Agencies

Best Self-Service Analytics Tools for Agencies (Compared by Client Usability + Multi-Client Scale)

An agency-friendly tool cuts reporting time per client without turning every dashboard question into a support ticket. An Account Director sits down two hours before ...

Nevena Rudan's avatar by Nevena Rudan | Mar 31
What The Hell Is Self-Service Analytics? A Plain-English Guide for SaaS Teams
AI

What The Hell Is Self-Service Analytics? A Plain-English Guide for SaaS Teams

TL;DR Self-service analytics lets SaaS operators ask a business question and get a trusted, metric-backed answer without waiting on an analyst. Here’s what that requires ...

Nevena Rudan's avatar by Nevena Rudan | Mar 31
The End of the Analyst Bottleneck: How AI Is Fixing Self-Service Analytics
AI

The End of the Analyst Bottleneck: How AI Is Fixing Self-Service Analytics

When teams can’t get trustworthy answers within the decision window, being “data-driven” turns into a queue problem. TL;DR  Introduction: the moment the analyst bottleneck becomes ...

Nevena Rudan's avatar by Nevena Rudan | Mar 13
How B2B Teams Are Cutting Paid Ad Waste (Without Losing Pipeline)
Marketing

How B2B Teams Are Cutting Paid Ad Waste (Without Losing Pipeline)

How can I make my paid ads profitable again? If your paid ads look fine in dashboards, but the pipeline isn’t growing, you’re not alone. ...

Nevena Rudan's avatar by Nevena Rudan | Feb 4
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