{"product_id":"9781118079935","title":"Excel Sales Forecasting For Dummies","description":"When they first told you that forecasting sales would be part of your job, did you feel just the tiniest bit of panic? Did you momentarily consider consulting the Yellow Pages for listings of “Psychics” or “Tea Leaf Readers”? Well, fear not. \u003ci\u003eExcel Sales Forecasting For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e can help you predict the future without incense or a crystal ball. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExcel Sales Forecasting For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e shows you how to use the number one workbook program, Microsoft Excel, to predict trends and future sales based on something not quite so ethereal—numbers. You use data about the past to forecast the future. Excel provides all sorts of tools to help you do that, and this book shows you how to use them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom recognizing why forecasting is a good idea to making sense of exponential smoothing, \u003ci\u003eExcel Sales Forecasting For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e has you covered. If you have a basic grasp of how to use Excel, you’ll be ready to discover how to\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSelect and use the right forecasting method for your business\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChoose and arrange data in lists, then manage that data with pivot tables\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFilter lists and turn them into charts that illustrate what’s going on\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFind relationships in your data\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUse Excel’s Analysis Toolpak feature to create forecasts automatically, or venture into advanced forecasts using worksheet functions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGain more control over your forecasting and target specific types of predictions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUse moving averages and predict seasonal sales\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by Conrad Carlberg, a nationally recognized expert on Excel who also has experience in sales and marketing, this friendly guide gets you up and running quickly and easily. You’ll soon be setting up a baseline you can chart and label, summarizing data with pivot tables, making forecasts based on regression, understanding correlation, and discovering how smoothing lets us profit from our mistakes. You’ll find your confidence in your ability to make sales predictions has soared right off the chart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113771319536,"sku":"9781118079935","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781118079935_p0.jpg?v=1763692637","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781118079935","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}