World's Best Infographics

When it comes to business blogging, how much time do people put into creating posts? How long are their articles? What goes into them? How often do they publish new content? How do they promote their posts? Do they measure the results?

The answers to any and all of the questions deliver interesting insights on the state of digital marketing. And thanks to the work of Orbit Media Studios, this data has been collected, made available and fun to consume.

For three years running, Andy Crestodina -- the web design and development company's co-founder -- and his team have surveyed 1000+ bloggers about how they create content and compiled their findings into blog posts, infographics, and SlideShares. Let's take a look at some of the trends over the years ......

How long should my tweet be? Or my blogpost? Or my headline?

I ask this question a lot. It seems that others do, too. Our first take on coming up with the ideal length of all online content proved quite useful for a lot of people.

I’d love to see if I can help make it even more useful.

Along with all the best tips on optimal lengths for tweets, blogposts, headlines, and more, I’ve added a few additional lengths to the list—the ones that came up most often in the comments of the last post, like SlideShare length, Pinterest length, and more.

And to make it just as easy as possible to consume all this information quickly and easily, we partnered with our friends at SumAll to place the data and insights into a fun infographic. Check it all out below.

Can you share a picture that you found on social media or a website (or in Google image search)?

The infographic answers that:

"While the laws about distributing images through social media channels likes Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, and blog are still fuzzy, it is generally considered acceptable to redistribute an image that was originally intended to be publicly viewed by the creator. This is why you will typically find original images re-posted on blogs, news sites, and social networking sites even if the person re-distributing the images didn't obtain permission to do so....

We all post updates across different social media channels. But if you ever wondered about a picture perfect post….then this article is just for you.

...You may be present different social media platforms but each social media channel has its own workaround. As an example, on your Facebook fan page, a “less is more” approach to status updates, teasing the audience so they can’t resist clicking on your link, can pay dividends. Whereas on Pinterest, images without faces get more repins, while tagging relevant users across all social platforms is an easy but effective way to get their attention and help spread the word.

This infographic from mycleveragency explains how you can create picture perfect posts on social networks....

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...

If you want to learn how to write a blog then you need to understand your customers and write content that they are going to find useful and engaging. Do your homework and you will get more traffic, more click and more leads.... 21 tips for better blogging...

This infographic about infographics utilizes a cool blueprint flowchart concept.. something you’d think of as stereotypical for a blueprint. It’s cool, but it might be a tad ironic – it’s harder to read than you’d like it to be. Let’s jump into the things that you should focus on to make sure your infographic looks simple, readable and beautiful.

I’ve been reading some advice from successful writers lately and exploring what their routines are like to see what I can learn about.Here are six of the most common pieces of advice I came across that have helped me a lot improving my writing here at Buffer.It also features actionable tips for you on how to implement them in your own writing....

...The infographic is a vertical timeline. Various different kinds of bloggers are introduced with some subtle humour throughout. My favourite quote from the infographic is: “The next generation of bloggers is believed to be the micro-blogging bloggers. These bloggers, mostly seen on Twitter, have taken what old bloggers would see in 12,000 words and condensed it down to 140 characters of pure emotion.”...