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This infographic was submitted to us by Ecommerce Partners, who also provided this description:

Do you want to increase sales, visitor retention, and customer satisfaction? One way to accomplish these goals is through a re-platforming of your ecommerce website. Selecting a new platform for your business can be confusing with so many options available. It is important to define your ecommerce strategy and goals, and then try to find the platform that best serves those needs. Take a look at this infographic for more tips on what to look for in an ecommerce platform, and whether re-platforming is right for you!

This graphic makes a lot of good points about its topic and features some cute illustrations. However, the illustrations aren’t driving the graphic: the text is. Since the viewer has to read their way through, it doesn’t really do the job that an infographic is meant to do. An infographic should tell a story with imagery wherever possible, keeping text to a minimum. This maximizes engagement in our visual world.

Unfortunately, this feels a bit like an article that was overlaid onto some background imagery, rather than an infographic. As mentioned, it needs to rely more heavily on illustration, data visualization, iconography — anything other than text blocks to tell its story. The text should play a more supplemental role.

There are also inconsistencies and typos. The word “e-commerce” is spelled several different ways throughout the IG, alternating capitalizations and occasionally featuring a hyphen. That’s a unique situation since everyone seems to have their own way to spell it, but it should be consistent within the image. Proofreading is a pretty important step to any final product, so be sure to triple-check your work.

Given this, it’s tough to grade this as an infographic. I’d have to give it a D for being almost exclusively text, unfortunately.

This infographic was submitted to us by Reedman Toll.

I like the background imagery and the cute little pig icons used for numbering the ways to save! This graphic also features some great tips for cheap/free tech tools.

However, the problem here is that the graphic is just text chunks and icons. Any numbers that are given aren’t visualized with charts, graphs, pictograms, etc. and the text isn’t broken up much — even three consecutive lines of text can look heavy on an infographic. Infographics should rely primarily on imagery to carry the story, but the viewer has to read to get most of the information. The use of logos, though, does a good job of letting the viewer know instantly what the 10 tools are; it’s just that we have to read to get the rest of the info.

In all, I’d love to see design incorporated more into the use of numbers, and see the text reduced and dispersed a little more. That would improve the speed at which a viewer can process the infographic, and the likelihood they’ll stick around to absorb all of the info. I’d also like to see a concluding statement or call to action to tie up and summarize.

I’d give this infographic a C, since it needs a bit of tweaking to maximize its efficacy.

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This infographic was submitted to us by Zingbroadband.com.

There’s some interesting information here. It has a valuable message for e-commerce merchants who focus on everything but the speed of their site. However, the design and presentation could use a little help.

To start, the intro paragraph doesn’t explain “how slow site speeds matter more than ever”. It just shows that Black Friday still outsells Cyber Monday significantly, and doesn’t address what portion of Black Friday sales/shoppers were online. “People” is also capitalized unnecessarily in it, and multiple small spelling, word choice, and punctuation errors are present throughout. It doesn’t seem to have been proofread.

I’d also like to see an explanation on why sites that load in under a second have the lowest conversion rate of any load time! It seems to contradict the overall point.

In general this infographic needs a solid proofreading and a more polished take on the design scheme. It looks a little clip art-y — both in the icons and the data viz. A more cohesive aesthetic combined with attention to detail would carry the data further. I’d give it a C- as it stands.

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There’s a lot of useful data here to help convince a business owner why they might need a website if they don’t already have one. It’s clear from going through this infographic that the Internet is the place to be to reach more customers, and that there’s a right and wrong way to do it.

There are inconsistencies throughout with periods, symbols (percent or %), capitalization (“google” should be “Google,” “Internet” is sometimes written as “internet”), etc. I also feel that some of the stats aren’t necessary or may detract from the message. For example, I’m not sure the Internet vs. TV stat is serving the cause that well, as it shows the amount of people willing to give up the Internet as about equal to those willing to give up TV. If that number were more in favor of the Internet it would be a great point to make, but the actual statistic just isn’t that compelling.

This infographic could also use a storyline (it just sort of ends at what people are doing wrong, without offering a solution) and more attention to design. The font is really standard, the colors are mostly shades of gray and the illustration of the guy on his laptop is reused in mirror image. The data viz is also identical across the board. The design of an infographic is one half of the two very important components of an infographic: information and graphics. Without a solid hold on both, the piece won’t be up to its full potential.

In all, I’d give it a C: it feels more like a first draft of research and design. Proofing for both of these elements could make significant improvements!

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This infographic was submitted to us by Consorte Marketing, who also provided this description:

Nobody wants to end up with negative reviews online, but it happens to everyone. Even a perfectly trustworthy company can be destroyed by false posts from a scam board or even a competitor. Having to deal with these false accusations can be frustrating, especially when you’ve never encountered this particular dilemma before. Suppress negative posts about your business before your brand gets tarnished with online reputation management. It’s not an easy task, but the results are truly worth it in the end. Consorte Marketing has put together an infographic to guide you through the process. This online reputation management infographic is a great way to skip all the anxiety, and start actively working towards a proven solution.

This graphic has solid specific tips on how to keep your online reputation from ruining your business–or how to fix a poor reputation. The design is clear, easy to interpret and well organized, and the information is to-the-point. The obvious conclusion is also a positive: we know exactly what to expect from the introduction and we know what the takeaway is from the conclusion.

We typically discourage white backgrounds, though the red border helps to lessen the negative effect (blending in to the background of blogs, web pages etc. where it might be shared). The other main comment is that while this infographic does contain visualized data, there isn’t a lot of it. We see one case study, but no numbers on how important reputation management is to most brands, or the average number of negative reviews a consumer might read before deciding not to buy, etc. A few more numbers scattered throughout could help emphasize the main points. Based on that, I’d give this infographic a B.

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Affiliate program management is not an easy task. To become an effective affiliate manager, one must have excellent time management skills. It is also not a one person job as an affiliate manager must have networking and people skills, technical expertise, a talent for graphic design, and an expansive knowledge of how online systems work. These are just some of the reasons why there is always a constant debate on whether to outsource an e-commerce business’s affiliate marketing or to manage it in-house. This affiliate program management infographic gives us a detailed comparison of the two and explains why outsourcing your affiliate program is the logical choice for your business.

This graphic relies heavily on illustration/iconography to make its points. Since it’s more of a comparison of job responsibilities than traditional data points, it makes sense for the message the graphic is promoting. However, a traditional infographic will use some supporting data to drive its point home. What % of companies use in-house affiliate marketers vs. outsourcing? How much money or time could a business stand to save by outsourcing? What’s the general satisfaction level with each?

Adding this sort of information will not only strengthen the message, but will introduce visualizable numbers into the mix–a concrete version of the abstract tug-of-war that punctuates this graphic. The one man on the in-house side vs. the five men on the outsourced side could actually then serve to represent a real number, if one were available, like “4 out of 5 organizations prefer to outsource affiliate program duties.”

As an infographic I’d have to give this a C for lack of concrete data, though the points already conveyed here would be complimented nicely if numbers were added.

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This is an infographic we designed for Tealium. Online marketing is par for the course, but tags can be complex–are you getting the most out of your tags?

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The design here is very clean and easy to interpret. The sections are cleanly separated by banners and the colors stand out without being too overbearing. There’s a lot of useful information here and not too much reading. It’s really pretty helpful for someone looking to book a flight for either the cheapest or most high-quality flight.

It’s interesting to see the distribution of busiest airports in the US; they’re pretty evenly spread across the country, with the exception of the Northwest and upper Midwest. I wouldn’t have guessed that Hartsfield-Jackson serves more locations than any other–in fact, 100 more than SFO!

I appreciate that there’s a decent amount of data viz… but why does it stop where it does? It’d be great to see charts comparing all 10 airports in each capacity–destinations served compared, airlines served compared, etc. Charts and graphs are always going to be more interesting to look at than written numbers or text. The same goes for the baggage fees. Imagine if the designer had visualized each bag price using scaled images of luggage (Continental would have the biggest image for the 3rd bag under Domestic Baggage Fees, for example, while Frontier would have the smallest for the 1st bag).

I’m not sure what the killer spiders myth has to do specifically with flying–I thought it was more of a land myth. And Under “Best time to travel,” Saturday is highlighted, but then weekends are indicated as being among the worst times to travel. That’s a little confusing.

Overall this is a solid infographic that serves its purpose and could be a great tool for travelers. With a little more data viz it could really shine, so for now I’ll give it a B.