How to Create an Infographic that Drives Up Traffic on Your Site | Ep. #37

<p>In Episode #37 Eric and Neil discuss the value of a good infographic. Neil has seen more traffic and backlinks from infographics than from anything else. Learn how you can create an all-star graphic that drives up traffic on your site.</p> <h3>Time Stamped Show Notes: </h3> <ul> <li>00:24 – What goes into creating a viral infographic</li> <li>00:40 – Links effect Google rankings <ul> <li>00:53 – Take complex info and make it visual, and people will link to it.</li> <li>01:15 – Your rankings will skyrocket</li> </ul> </li> <li>01:30 – For Neil, backlinks and traffic have come mostly from infographics.</li> <li>02:00 – There are a lot of crappy infographics. <ul> <li>02:10 – Start at <a href="http://visual.ly/">Visual.ly</a> to see examples of good infographics.</li> <li>02:40 – Pull out elements that work in those designs.</li> <li>02:50 – <a href="https://dribbble.com/">Dribbble</a> is another resource to contact designers.</li> </ul> </li> <li>03:17 – The first step is to get good data. <ul> <li>03:28 – Get a researcher off of <a href= "https://www.upwork.com/">Upwork</a> to collect and outlined data.</li> <li>03:45 – Don’t have more than six main points.</li> <li>04:05 – Flow these points into a story.</li> <li>04:25 – Publish the blog and get an embed code generator so that people can share your graphic.</li> </ul> </li> <li>05:00 – You need to go to <a href= "http://buzzsumo.com/">Buzzsumo</a> to find a good topic.</li> <li>05:25 – Upwork is a great way to keep your costs low. <ul> <li>06:08 – Their friend uses <a href= "https://99designs.com/">99designs</a> for his infographics.</li> </ul> </li> <li>06:30 – How did your infographic go viral? <ul> <li>06:45 – Find data from other sources.</li> <li>07:00 – See who shared that original data on <a href= "https://ahrefs.com/">Ahrefs</a>.</li> <li>07:20 – Email those people to ask them to share your infographic.</li> <li>07:52 – Reach out to people that linked to the original article.</li> </ul> </li> <li>08:40 – Think about repurposing your infographics <ul> <