Graphic visualisations of research and insights came to the fore on the back of the online news boom, giving editors a dynamic piece of content that is appealing to internet audiences.<\/span><\/p>\n But now they have found new avenues thanks to various social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter and, most recently, Snapchat. <\/span><\/p>\n Thanks to the new \u2018Discover\u2019 channels, graphic statistics and news content have taken on a more important role as publishers strive to reach a more millennial audience. <\/span><\/p>\n As a platform that is more intimate and absorbing than other social networks, infographics have found a more natural fit on Snapchat\u2019s easily-to-consume news channels, and it\u2019s an area that is playing into the hands of PR firms. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Chocolate gets snapped <\/b><\/p>\n A recent 72Point story distributed on behalf VoucherCodes garnered significant traction after it was picked up by The Sun\u2019s discovery channel on Snapchat. <\/span><\/p>\n With a reported 150 million daily-active users on the channel it demonstrated tremendous value for money for the client, driving users to a wide spread of online coverage. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Senior Designer Matt Harvey from 72Point, emphasises the success of infographics, saying: \u201cContent marketers are well aware of the value of visuals like infographics as they increase engagement that connect your audience to your brand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTo maximise engagement and their value it is important to tailor infographics for the platform they are published on and supply in formats that are easy for editors to use. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFor example supplying infographics as one image but also design it so it can be split into sections, providing options and maximising the chance of pickup.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt is also important to strike a balance between creating content that is engaging but also uses a visual style that ties the content to the brand\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Why Infographics? <\/b><\/p>\n One of the most powerful aspects of an infographic is the way that colour can be used to help suggest which emotion should be felt by the reader, therefore making the content seem more personal and connecting the individual to the information being processed.<\/span><\/p>\n This can be deemed particularly important as readers don\u2019t want to be \u2018sold\u2019 to but expect the brands they associate with to enhance their experience with useful resources, which is exactly where infographics come in to play. <\/span><\/p>\n At 72Point we always aim to target our infographics to specific audiences to make the graphic as captivating as possible in order to catch the eye of other audiences.<\/span><\/p>\n Research by MIT, which conducted an extensive study on the way the human brain processes visual information, revealed that poorly designed infographics are useless to the brain, no matter how interesting they are.<\/span><\/p>\n As users demand more special interest content that is in bitesize format and easily digestible the need to keep up with methods of presenting ideas will increasingly become mission-critical. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Get in touch to see how we can help you today, and to follow 72Point\u2019s new Snapchat channel, please see @ThisIs72Point.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Evelina Peterson A demand for visual news bites on social media apps such as Snapchat is giving infographics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":44198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[269,278,299,305],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pr-insight","category-pr","category-digital","category-just-saying"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.72point.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_3049-473x1024.jpg\")
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