If you’re new to making infographics or have only used them a few times, you may be wondering what exactly you can do with them once you create them. Creating an infographic is half the battle. You also want everyone to see your awesome work, right? How to share your infographics Using Easelly’s infographic templates is …
Besides the actual content, visual elements, and structure of your infographic, another important aspect of an infographic succeeding (e.g. being seen and spread) is by making it relevant. One way to make it relevant is to make it timely. So, if the holiday ads in October and November weren’t enough for you, here are a …
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We’ve got some good news and bad news. Current small business trends point to a steady rise of people who are leaping towards entrepreneurship and small business ownership. As for the bad news, while this figure is encouraging for anyone looking to start their own small business, here’s another way of looking at this trend …
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Take a moment to imagine a world without signs and symbols — from universal icons such as hearts and smileys to Facebook’s thumbs-up sign. Will there be confusion and chaos? Or do you think humans will find other ways to communicate? According to literary theorist Kenneth Burke, humans are symbols-based species. In his Theory of …
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Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and we’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Easelly users and customers around the world who left wonderful, honest reviews on G2! Why is that so? Today, we’re thrilled to share that G2 recognized Easelly as a leader in design software for small businesses to mid-sized …
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Imagine sitting through a presentation or lecture where the speaker’s talking so fast that you can’t even understand what he’s trying to say. It’s awkward and uncomfortable to listen to the discussion, right? It’s the same experience for readers looking at an infographic with a cluttered layout, distracting elements, and lack of white space. In …
White Space in Infographic Design and Data Visualization: Yay or Nay? Read More »
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: librarians are modern-day heroes. Librarians are not only stewards of our culture’s collective knowledge, but they’re also torchbearers of what’s yet to come despite the always-evolving nature of education, culture, and humanity in general. Last week, we stumbled upon one of these modern-day heroes who recently …
Easelly User Story: Fluxing Well with Librarian and Lifestyle Blogger Lisa Mitchell Read More »
Looking for a spooky story this Halloween? As a marketer or small business owner who’s consistently producing content for your brand, a recent special report published in The New York Times might be a bit horrifying: The thing you’re doing now, reading prose on a screen, is going out of fashion. Can you picture a …
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You’ve probably heard about the classic storytelling rule – Show, Don’t Tell. Every great storyteller, from novelists to bigwig copywriters, lives by these three words. Consider these lines from a young adult, sci-fi novel The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness: Instead of writing we left Manchee the dog and Aaron killed him, the …
It’s easy to choose an infographic format or type that works for you. But keep in mind that the infographic should not be about you nor your brand or topic. Designing a specific type of infographic because it’s more convenient on your end should never be the goal. It boils down to providing much value to …
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Do you prefer structure or going-with-the-flow when starting an infographic design project? Whether you favor one over the other, an infographic outline serves as a checklist to ensure that you’ve covered every tidbit of the message or idea that you want to communicate. How to outline an infographic Here’s an infographic describing the steps in …
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Are you about to make your first infographic design? Or are you curious if you’ve been doing infographics right? Whether you’re about to dip your toes into infographic creation or you’ve been doing it for years, taking structure into account is an equally essential step as writing a thoughtful infographic design brief. So what does a …
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