World's Best Infographics

In this round up, we are presenting for you some useful cheatsheets and infographics for social media marketers especially. These infographics and cheatsheets will help you learn more about trends in social media and how you can give your brand an increased exposure and let your message spread all over the world. Enjoy...

Addvocate has an interesting take on the potential pitfalls of using social media at various stages of intoxication. As crisis communicator Jonathan Bernstein noted on his blog, keeping alcohol out of the mix isn’t as obvious as it may seem.

“Most people wouldn’t hold a press conference or shareholder meeting after spending a few hours at the bar,” he wrote, “yet for some reason many of those same people feel strangely comfortable sharing to social media when they’re in the midst of tying one on....

Want a neat visual representation of what matters in SEO these days? You got it! Here's Search Engine Land's recently updated 'periodic table' graphic.

The following infographic is based off of social media research from Boston College’s John Gallaugher & Sam Ransbotham. Their “3M Framework” lays out the type of communication social media enables between businesses and customers. It’s important to realize that this framework highlights the greater social media ecosystem. Individual websites such as Facebook or Twitter are components of this larger ecosystem. The infographic provides a basic visual representation of this ecosystem, explains three types of basic communication, and provides some helpful tips and information on six of the most popular social media sites...

Successful blogs play a pivotal role in delivering your brand message, and help drive sales without using traditional hard-sell tactics. They don't merely push out your sales pitch over and over — they offer insights, answer common questions, and help readers make better decisions.

The key to successful blogging is creating content that your target audience wants to read. The steps below will help you create a content marketing strategy for your blog that ensures that you will reach your goals...

Traditional marketing ruled for over one hundred years and not only endured the last 50 years of television, but thrived. Alas, the Internet is proving a more formidable foe to the notion that all it takes to get market share is to interrupt your prospects over and over again until they buy out of sheer brain-washing!Here is an infographic on where on the Internet companies are pursuing content marketing and the results they’re realizing and their plans for the next year. Where do you stand on content marketing and how are you using it to help your business?...

LinkedIn can provide unrivaled networking and visibility opportunities for your personal brand, but only if you know how to work your profile. Filling in as much relevant information as possible and updating your profile regularly are two strategies for LinkedIn success. Below are ways you can make the most of your LinkedIn profile....

Pretty much everybody has created a CV / résumé at some stage in their life. As with most forms of content I think the key is to establish a tone of voice, and try to stand out from the surrounding noise.

I always used to put ‘vinyl junkie’ in the ‘interests’ section on my CV, which always worked a treat in interviews regardless of the role. People would ask me about my passion for music. I’d return the serve by asking the interviewer the same thing. These things can help to break any ice, and I think you should habitually ask plenty of questions in interviews, for all sorts of reasons.

Nowadays there are more opportunities than ever to attract the right kind of attention, and creative professionals in particular can go the extra mile to make an impression. I thought I’d collect a bunch of examples, which may inspire you to do something different...

An informative graph. Read also this blog post on Brafton that explores each part of the infographic. A great read and a great reminder of the importance of qualitative content not only to attract your audience but to be a must resource, easy to find.

"The power of content for SEO is clear, as 92 percent of marketers cite content creation as effective for search engine optimization. In MarketingSherpa’s latest Search Marketing Benchmark report, content came out a winner, named a top-performing strategy by survey respondents."

Again, be an amazing curator, push valuable content. The rest will follow naturally.

Content curation is a great way to supplement your original blog content. Shrink the Internet and Add ValueA curator is an information chemist.

He or she mixes atoms together in a way to build an info-molecule. Then adds value to that molecule – Robert Scoble

Being a Content Marketer, I’m sure you’ve noticed the sheer amount of new content being produced on the Internet – social, blogs, videos, podcasts, hangouts, etc. The amount of new content created is mind boggling.

Your audience, more than likely, is challenged for spare time, and would prefer not to wade through the sea of Internet content to find what they want. You can help make their life easier by providing relevant, high quality, meaningful content in an easily accessible location.Shrink the Internet for them!...

How many videos has your prospect watched today alone?

Chances are the answer is “several”.

So a better question may be, “how many of those videos were from your brand?”.

Video marketing is a significant opportunity for brand differentiation amongst business-to-business marketers today.Stop to consider the facts on video production and consumption:

- More than 100 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute

- Online video consumption increased by 38% between May 2011 and May 2012

- 75% of business executives regularly watch work related video...

Aimia has released a report on mobile shoppers, from those who routinely use devices for research (Exploiters) to those who are more influenced by in-store experiences (Traditionalists).

Mobile-assisted shoppers (or m-shoppers) are a relatively new species in the retail jungle: 21% of today’s consumers use mobile devices in stores to assist with their shopping, according to a new report from loyalty management company Aimia.

The study, which surveyed 3,000 consumers in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K., reveals five groups of shoppers who use mobile in varying degrees when it comes to making purchase decisions online and in-store. Below is a snapshot of who these mobile-savvy consumers are, what makes them tick and the implications for retailers...

Like, seriously. How many experts can simultaneously shout from roof-tops (virtually of course since rooftop shouting is so passe’ – just like billboards and newspaper ads – now it’s all about blog posts!) about the amazing new marketing method – #CONTENTMARKETING!!!!!

Have You Heard All the Hype About Content Marketing? The New Thing? Not only is the frenzy resulting in volumes of asinine content like press releases announcing klout scores, but it also fundamentally misses the point. Content marketing isn’t new. This great infographic that @JoePulizzi recently included in one of his posts shows that the practice is at least a century old, if not 4 millennium.So if it’s not actually new…Then what’s the hype? Fair question.

And the answer isn’t content, it’s ubiquity of high speed internet access and quality of search engine results....