{"product_id":"is-it-a-trend-or-just-noise","title":"Is It a Trend or Just Noise?","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eINSTANT DIGITAL DOWNLOAD!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Author Sales Trend Analyzer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnow When the Numbers Actually Mean Something.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eYour sales dropped this month.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eIs your series actually declining?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eOr… did you just have a bad month?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs It a Trend or Just Noise?\u003c\/b\u003e is an interactive Excel workbook designed to help independent authors distinguish ordinary fluctuations from patterns that may actually deserve their attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eEnter 8–24 consecutive weekly or monthly observations, and the workbook analyzes your results against your own historical performance—so you’re not making business decisions based on one unusually good or bad data point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Can You Analyze?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eUse the workbook with virtually any consistently measured author-business metric, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnits sold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKENP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirect-store sales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvertising results\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeries performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOr another metric you want to track\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eNo statistics background required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat the Workbook 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