Objectives
– What is Infographic
– Benifits of an Infographic
– How to create an Infographic
What is an Infogrpahic
Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and clearly.They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual system’s ability to see patterns and trends.The process of creating infographics can be referred to as data visualization, information design, or information architecture.
Benifits of an Infographic
1. Compelling and Attractive
There is one thing that I have discovered while blogging is that people love facts, figures and statistics. Add some compelling images and graphics and …”voila“, you have addictive content!
2. Easily Scanned and Viewed
Human beings are highly visual and because 90% of of the information that comes to the brain is visual you need to tap into that “optic nerve”
3. Viral Capabilities
Due to infographics attractiveness the capacity for them to be shared on social networks and become viral is much higher than ordinary text content.
4. Portable (Embeddable)
When designing, developing and publishing an infographic the code to put it on a WordPress blog or website is provided as an embed code. This then creates an automatic link from their site to yours.
5. Worldwide Coverage
In a world where online publishing is now visible globally at the push of a button, infographics can provide global coverage that local print media could never do.
6. Brand Awareness
Creating an infographic that is embedded with your logo and brand displayed is a powerful means of creating a greater “Brand Awareness”
7. Increases Traffic
An infographic that is linked and compelling by its nature will drive traffic to your website band blog as people “share” and “click”
8. Benefits Search Engine Optimization
The viral nature of the infographic medium makes people link to your site and Google will index your website higher due to Google’s “Page Rank” algorithm. This increases the importance that search engines pace on your site.
9. Shows an Expert understanding of a Subject
The research required to create an infographic will display your knowledge and position you as an expert on your category or topic.
How to create an Infographic
There are several tools you can use to create an infographic
– http://infogr.am/
– http://easel.ly/
– http://piktochart.com/product-features/
– http://www.visme.co/
– https://www.canva.com/
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