Into the Driver's Seat

Infographics, an effective form of content marketing, are everywhere on the Web, but it isn't always easy to come up with good designs when you want to create one yourself, especially if you're not skilled in design and visual content.

Fortunately, you have plenty of options. Many blogs and other publications offer tips and tricks to help improve your visual content, and sites like online infographic maker Visme (which I founded) and applications such as PowerPoint offer templates to help you get started.

Templates help you get a general feel about what works for an infographic and what doesn't, which can then allow you to branch out with your own designs. Often, though, in the business world, a lot of templates are simply tweaked to create an infographic; the basic template remains intact. After all, if it isn't broke, why fix it?

So here are five of the most popular templates, the reasons they work so well, and a few tips and tricks to help you make them your own....

Via Jeff Domansky, massimo facchinetti

Infographics are such a fun and effective visual way to display information. We at Buffer have certainly used them quite a few times to share information.

 

There are so many tools being released every day allowing us to easily create better and better images— including infographics—to share and use in our marketing efforts.

 

Even folks (like me!) who never thought it possible to create one ourselves!I had a lot of fun researching and testing out a handful of different infographic makers, and I’d love to share the seven tools I liked best to easily create beautiful infographics....

Via Jeff Domansky, Diana Andone, Gabriela Grosseck

Infographics are such a fun and effective visual way to display information. We at Buffer have certainly used them quite a few times to share information.

 

There are so many tools being released every day allowing us to easily create better and better images— including infographics—to share and use in our marketing efforts.

 

Even folks (like me!) who never thought it possible to create one ourselves!I had a lot of fun researching and testing out a handful of different infographic makers, and I’d love to share the seven tools I liked best to easily create beautiful infographics....

Via Jeff Domansky, Mayra.Loves.Books

Data is crucial. However, displaying a chunk of plain data can be monotonous. Infographics visualize plain data and make it visually more appealing. Data turned into infographic has a higher potential to go viral and be effective. While many of us are designers who can design amazing infographs, Infographic Generators can come in handy to Designers and non-designers alike. They can be a time saving resource. So here is a list of 17 fantastic Infographic Generators I compiled together:...

Via Jeff Domansky