6 STEPS TO INFOGRAPHIC
      SUCCESS

         Oli Archibald
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                                                                      THE PROCESS




                                                                        Research/                        Review                                                        Post
             Ideas                       Outreach                                                                                    Publication
                                                                          Design                          drafts                                                    publication
THE IDEA
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  THINK ABOUT TARGET NICHE(S) AND LINK ACQUISITION
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                                                                                     Vs.
                                                                               Now I’m interested
                                                                                 in potatoes!




                                Is the story worthy of an infographic format, or better as an article?
OUTREACH
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  INFOGRAPHICS WILL GET ME LINKS!!? LET’S MAKE ONE!




                                   Not so fast… Pitch the idea before you even think about design.
RESEARCH/DESIGN
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       ESTABLISH WHAT YOU WANT FROM YOUR DESIGNER




                         Costs? How many revisions? Do they provide research as well as design?
                                             How long is the turnaround?
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         IF YOU HAVE NO DESIGNER, CHECK OUT DRIBBBLE




                           There’s a myriad of infographics designers out there waiting to be hired.
REVISION
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                    GET INPUT FROM YOUR TEAM (AND CLIENTS)



                                                                                                        This is great,
                                                                                                 but can we lose the Nazi’s?




                                Second opinions will help you see things you may have overlooked
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                                            SEND DRAFTS TO THE EDITOR




                                                 Great for transparency and building relationships
PLACEMENT
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                      HOW TO DELIVER THE FINISHED PRODUCT?




                                                                                      or



                     Most high authority sites won’t accept an embeddable code, but it’s worth a try.
                          Either way, make sure the link is there upon publication for scraping.
POST-PUBLICATION
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                                                                         NOW WHAT?

     • Chase up scraped and uniquely republished links
     • Publish on your own blog
     • Submit to infographics sites
     • Use your PR team
     • Tap up old contacts
     • Contact your list of credits?
     • Create a #hashtag
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                                                                   WHO’S LINKING?


                                                                                                                          Original Source


                                                                                                                          Scraped


                                                                                                                          Submitted to infographic sites


                                                                                                                          Winning on social




                    Check who’s linking back. Are they linking to you as well as the original source?
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                           DON’T FORGET GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH




                                                Find work on the web using Google image search.
                                                             Forget TinEye, it sucks!
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       SEE WHO’S UNIQUELY REPUBLISHED YOUR WORK…




                                                       …and make sure they link back to you too.
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                            SUBMIT WORK TO INFOGRAPHICS SITES




                                                                                                                                                                        Followed link!




                                            There aren’t many out there, but Visual.ly is awesome.
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                                       PUBLISH IT ON YOUR OWN BLOG




                                         Implement an embeddable code.
              Get your team to share it via social. Make use of paid Stumbles and promoted Tweets.
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                                                THANK YOU FOR LISTENING

6 Steps to Making Your Infographic Work