
Lazarina Stoy
Founder, Data Studio for Marketers and MLforSEO · MLforSEO
Lazarina Stoy is the founder of Data Studio for Marketers and MLforSEO, and builds Data Studio templates, courses and training on data visualisation and storytelling.
About
Lazarina Stoy is a data science and visualisation specialist, the founder of MLforSEO and of Data Studio for Marketers, and an organic marketing and automations consultant. She has spent years turning large, messy marketing datasets into clear, decision-ready dashboards, and building the data pipelines that make them scale.
She has developed Data Studio courses for SE Ranking Academy and Traffic Think Tank (a Semrush company), and trains agency and in-house teams on dashboards, data visualisation and data storytelling. She speaks at industry events across the UK, Europe and the US, including brightonSEO, WTSFest and Pubcon, and her work on Data Studio has been featured by SE Ranking, Moz, Traffic Think Tank and Google’s official Data Studio newsletters.
Her free Data Studio templates, from expert-commentary and event annotations to SERP and URL Inspection API dashboards, are in the library here.
Credentials & recognition
Founder of MLforSEO · Data Studio courses for SE Ranking Academy and Traffic Think Tank · Speaker at brightonSEO, WTSFest and Pubcon
Notable work
Will AI replace marketing dashboards? What changes, and what a dashboard is still for
Meta Ads MCP: connect Facebook and Instagram ads data to Claude or ChatGPT, and check it against your Data Studio report
Sending client data to ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini: what agencies check first
Google Ads and Search Console MCP servers: connect them to Claude or ChatGPT, and check against your Data Studio report
Writing client report commentary with AI, without making things up
Conversational Analytics in Data Studio: build a BigQuery data agent for your GA4 data
Using ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini to build a Data Studio report: what works
Marketing data MCP servers compared: Windsor.ai, Porter, Catchr, Coupler.io, Supermetrics, Funnel and Google’s own
Connect Google Analytics to Claude or ChatGPT (GA4 MCP), and check it against your Data Studio report
AI in Data Studio: what Gemini does, what’s free, and what to use instead (2026)
Add a data health page to every client report in Data Studio
Automate the Google Sheet behind your Data Studio report
Extract Data in Data Studio: Speed Up Slow Reports and Fix Failing Extracts
How to Embed a Data Studio Report on a Website or Client Portal
Row-level security in Data Studio with filter by email: one report, each client sees only their data
Data Studio report ownership: transfers, leavers, client handovers and version history
Data Studio alerts: what Pro alerts do, and the free workarounds
Why your scheduled Data Studio report didn’t arrive (and the limits on free)
Why your Data Studio report shows yesterday’s numbers: data freshness, caching and refresh
The Data Studio API, explained for marketers: what it can and can’t do
Automated Client Reporting in Data Studio: Free vs Pro, and the Pipeline That Scales
Data Studio Community Visualisations: 13 Explained (2026)
Data Studio Dashboard Examples Worth Copying (and Why)
The Best Free Data Studio Templates (2026)
Marketing Reporting Tools Compared: 13 Tools by Layer and Price (2026)
Data Studio vs Databox vs DashThis (2026): Costs Compared
Looker vs Looker Studio vs Data Studio: Three Names, Two Products
Supermetrics Pricing 2026: Plans, Extras & Real Bills
Data Studio vs Power BI vs Tableau for Marketers (2026)
AgencyAnalytics Alternatives (2026): 10 Options Priced
Supermetrics Alternatives for Data Studio Users (2026)
Porter Metrics vs Windsor.ai vs Supermetrics (2026)
The Best Data Studio Connectors Compared (2026 Pricing)
Data Studio Scorecards: How to Build Ones People Can Read
Dark Mode in Data Studio: What Exists and What Doesn’t
Data Studio Fonts: The Full List and How to Use Them
Data Studio Colour Palettes: A Practical, Accessible Guide
Mobile-Friendly Data Studio Reports: What Actually Works
Images, Logos and Icons in Data Studio: The Complete Guide
How to Design a Report Cover Page in Data Studio
How to Add a Navigation Menu to a Data Studio Report
Data Studio Layout and Grid: How to Build Aligned Reports
Data Studio Templates vs Themes: What’s the Difference?
How to Build a Branded Report Theme in Data Studio (and Reuse It)
How to Track Who Actually Uses Your Data Studio Reports
Dashboard Design Principles for Reports People Actually Read
Who owns the dashboards? Reporting operations for agencies
How to present a Data Studio report to a client
Data storytelling for marketers
The “so what?” test: making dashboards actionable
How to annotate charts in Data Studio
Reference lines and targets in Data Studio
Metrics that tell a story, and the ones that don’t
Data storytelling frameworks: which one your report needs
How to build an executive summary page in Data Studio
Filter controls and drop-downs in Data Studio
Date range controls in Data Studio
Data sources vs datasets in Data Studio
How to share and schedule a Data Studio report
The Data Studio interface explained
How to connect Google Sheets to Data Studio
How to connect Google Ads to Data Studio
How to connect Google Search Console to Data Studio
Data Studio chart types explained — and when to use each
How to create your first Data Studio report
How to connect Google Analytics 4 to Data Studio
How to copy and reuse a Data Studio template
Data Studio free vs Pro: what agencies and teams actually get for $9
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Google URL Inspection API Data Studio dashboard
ML-enabled SERP Analysis Data Studio template
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