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Political & Advocacy Analytics & Reporting

A political-advocacy agency salvaged a failed two-year Tableau investment

A digital-strategy firm for advocacy campaigns turned around a Tableau implementation that had failed for two years, unifying fundraising data for client reporting.

2 yrs
Failed project recovered
The challenge

The firm had bought Tableau two years earlier and been "over-promised and under-delivered," never able to connect Marketing Cloud Intelligence, ActBlue, and Switchboard fundraising data.

What we did
  • A native connector between Tableau and Marketing Cloud Intelligence with push/pull options
  • A data-flow architecture using MCI as the central hub instead of brittle custom APIs
  • Tableau Plus with AI, 23 user licenses, and role-based client access
  • Ongoing enablement with one-on-one webinars and dashboard support
The results

The agency moved from an unusable system to a clear roadmap and active progress, gaining a scalable analytics foundation and a client-facing donor-data offering as a competitive differentiator.

We’re not tied to the old way — I like this approach.

Client, Political & Advocacy