7 Super Tips for Creating Powerful Infographics Follow these steps for creating knockout infographics that can give your marketing a visual flair.

By Donna Moritz

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With the rise of the "visual web," content marketing is becoming more image-centric. As we embrace this trend of marketing without words and communicating visually, infographics have become one of the most effective ways to share your message, establish authority and drive traffic and shares across social platforms.

Not merely restricted to Pinterest, infographics are proving to be a powerhouse form of content marketing for businesses across a range of industries, with the most popular infographic topics being technology, business, social media, economics and health

But what makes for a knockout infographic? What elements need to come together in order for it to get shared, and drive quality traffic back to your website?

This infographic from Socially Sorted highlights seven elements, or "superpowers," to consider when planning, creating and sharing infographics that get shared and drive traffic on the visual web.

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7 Super Tips for Creating Powerful Infographics

Source: Socially Sorted

Donna Moritz

Founder, Socially Sorted

Donna Moritz is the founder of Socially Sorted, which was named Best Business Blog in Australia 2014. She helps businesses, bloggers and BIZ Experiencess use visual social media and content strategy to get more reach, referrals and results in their business.

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