Infographics have the ability to show you an idea or how something works very quickly. The images have seen a major increase in popularity over the past few years as we search for captivating ways to share stories online.
Our brains process visual information much faster than it processes text so infographics are here to stay! Here are 10 tips that you can use to improve your infographics:
- Focus on a target audience
- Design with simplicity in mind
- Use whitespace to create a balanced layout
- Focus on sharing a compelling story
- Delete any information that does not add value to your message
- Choose a design that is relevant to your topic
- Use compressed images to speed up the load time
- Make sure your data is accurate and precise
- Focus on answering a specific question or problem
- Don’t forget to cite your sources
Here are 10 of our favorite submission sites:
- http://reddit.com/r/infographic/
- http://good.is/infographics
- http://slideshare.net
- http://visual.ly
- http://flickr.com
- http://mashable.com/submit/
- http://easel.ly
- http://coolinfographics.com
- http://dailyinfographic.com
- http://infographicjournal.com