Grown Up Thinking

If you work in marketing (especially social media) you’ve probably seen more than your fair share of infographics designed to explain complex concepts that you couldn’t possibly have understood on your own. Whenever a good infographic is made it gets passed around the marketing world like a hot potato, but what is it about these images that makes them such marketing gold? I took some time to analyze the elements of infographics, and came up with this list of 12 key elements to creating your own mind-blowing images. If you’re thinking about making your own infographics, keep these elements in mind. If not, just enjoy!

1. 

(Ex. The Social Engagement Spectrum)

2. 

(Ex. Word of Mouth Visualized)

3. 

(Ex. The World’s Top 50 Banks)

4.

(Ex. The Social Marketing Compass)

5.

(Ex. Facebook Vs. Twitter)

6.

(Ex. Periodic Table of Typefaces)

7.

(Ex. The SEO Hierarchy of Needs)

8.
(Ex. Twitter Statistics)

9.
(Ex. When Social Media Attacks)

10.
(Ex. The Art of Listening)

Tags: How To, Infographics, Visual Learning

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