Category Archives: Infographics
Loads of Changes Afoot for Your Facebook Account
The folks at Facebook have been busy making changes. Here’s a recap of the latest, greatest (or not-so-greatest) changes you should be aware of. HIghlights include:
- New rules for Facebook cover photos
- Facebook scam alert
- Pages Manager app for Android
- Convenient new ad tool
- Single-column personal profiles coming coming soon
- Infographic: Facebook wall post cheat sheet
Will Facebook Survive? [Infographic]
Q: Do you know how many years it takes, on average, for a major social network to hit rock bottom?
A: 11 years.
And Facebook has been around nearly 9 years now. Will Facebook — like Digg, MySpace, and AOL — tank, too? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Be sure to check out the interesting infographic so you can see the statistics for yourself. read more >
Simple Marketing Tips to Save Time and Build Business [Plus Infographic]
If you own your own business — no matter how big or small it is — you’re always on the lookout for great tips that will help you build your business, but won’t sap all your time. Here are three helpful articles and an infographic that I hope will inspire you:
- The simple power of one a day
- 30 ways you can save one minute every day
- Is your startup doomed to failure?
- Infographic: Inbound Marketing Rising
Social Media Explained…With Coffee [Infographic]
During the past couple of years, I’ve seen people explain the “flavor” of various social networks using jelly beans, chocolate, automobiles… you name it. But this infographic is my favorite, because it explains social media using coffee analogies.
Seattleites: This one is especially for you. read more >
(Almost) Everything You Need to Know to Improve Your Facebook Experience (Links + Infographic)
When you use Facebook, you want to use it intelligently. Efficiently. I’ve found 5 articles plus an infographic that help you do that.
- 10 things to stop sharing on Facebook
- 3 ways to protect your phone number on Facebook
- The startup’s guide to Facebook pages
- Facebook revamps its Help Center (finally!)
- 15 Facebook marketing resources that will make you smarter
- Facebook reaches the 1 billion user mark (infographic)
Click “Read More” to access the links to the full articles, and let me know which one you find most helpful. read more >
Borrow Great Facebook Marketing Ideas from Big Brands [Links + Infographic]
It’s Facebook month at Blogging Bistro. Here are links to several helpful articles and an infographic I’ve discovered. Click the “Read More” tab to access the full articles.
- 10 ways leading brands use Facebook ingeniously for their marketing
- 4 Facebook plugins to drive more traffic to your content
- 5 ways to increase your Facebook engagement
- The #1 reason people Unlike brands on Facebook [Infographic]
A Dozen Ways to Effectively Use Photos on Facebook [Links + Infographic]
A great way to increase the reach of your Facebook posts is to use photos. Here are some articles and an infographic I’ve found to be helpful.
Click each headline to read the full article.
6 creative ways to spice up your Facebook cover photo
I like articles that give me visual ideas, and this post by Anita Ferrer is packed with them. You’ll find samples of cover photos that…
- Set a mood
- Showcase a campaign
- Use high-resolution images
- Are creative, yet simple
The 10 Deadly Sins of Website and Infographic Design
Here at Blogging Bistro, we design lots of websites. And our clients sometimes ask us to add what we believe to be strange and unusual elements to their sites.
Well, maybe not so unusual, if the infographic below is any indication. Thanks to the folks at Neo Mammalian Studios for sharing this sarcastic tribute to absurd website and infographic design.
10 ways to make your infographic or website design totally awesome
- Use as many colors as possible in your design.
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Use as many fonts as possible.
- Tell, don’t show (and put the most important information in really small type so readers have to work for it!).
How Many Seconds Do You Have to Catch a Prospect’s Attention? [Infographic]
- 1 in 4 Americans abandon a web page that takes more than 4 seconds to load.
- 50% of mobile users abandon a page if it doesn’t load in 10 seconds.
- 40% of mobile shoppers will abandon an e-commerce site if it doesn’t load in 3 seconds.
If you’ve attended a workshop I’ve taught, you probably know the answer to this question:
How much time will a visitor to your website spend there before deciding to explore further or click away… forever?
Two seconds.
We truly are an impatient bunch, aren’t we? read more >
12 Mistakes Every Blogger Should Avoid (Bonus: Dealing With Negative Commenters + Blogging Infographic)
During my daily learning time, I’ve discovered two excellent articles and an infographic you’ll want to read. Click each headline to access the full article.
12 blogging mistakes that make you look like a world-class idiot
In this helpful article, Chris Lappin points out 12 mistakes every blogger should avoid. read more >