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Infographics on being creative in life and inspiration with top 29 ways to be creative on success and startup exploring and researching ideas and concept...

Marty Note

My favorite ways to stay creative are:

* Free writing.
* Drawing and painting.

* Reading (actual BOOKS not blog posts lol).
* Talking to smart friends.
* Hitting the museums especially NYC or Philly.
* Riding a bicycle (very Zen meditation for me).

* Creating thought experiments.

* Doing math in my head (I suck at it so it forces all the reserves in).

* Music especially LOUD rock or jazz (Miles especially).

* Taking pictures to support a story.

* Watching TV (Ovation, PBS and HBO best sources of inspiration).

* Working out (back when I had the energy to do that LOL).

* Playing with my crazy bengal cat Lucian.

* Shopping but only in musuem or art stores. 
* Working in public (makes me zero in and focus deeper).

* Looking at great design (effect is delayed but there).

* Changing a location (traveling).

* Used to read magazines, blogs don't seem to do it.

* Read something HARD I don't understand (all in again).

* Interview someone smarter than me.

* Curate something especially across nontraditional lines. 

* Create a contest or a game. 

* Manipulate SPEED of task (speed up or slow way down).

* Think about creative times from the past (working with Alton Pickens at Vassar).

 

Other great ways to stay creative in this infographic. 

Via Christino Martin, John van den Brink, Martin (Marty) Smith

Twitter Users Often Retweet Without Reading Or Clicking Links, Study Reveals [INFOGRAPHIC]...

Via Gust MEES

Do you know the power of a good Twitter hashtag? This infographic and story should infuse you with new confidence that Twitter is the right tool to use.

 

Read more, a MUST:

http://www.bitrebels.com/social/twitter-hashtag-power-infographic/

 

Via Gust MEES

We all know that as students progress through their school years, their homework load increases. Fifteen year olds may look longingly back to when they were ten and had a whole lot less work to do at home. According to the handy infographic below, the average 6-8 year old spends 9 hours per week studying, vs. 14 hours per week for college students. That doesn’t seem so awful, especially when you consider that the average student spends 4.39 hours per day watching television.

Via Alfredo Calderón, Gust MEES

Learn how to create an infographic without a designer using PowerPoint.

 

Read more:

http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/33499/The-Marketer-s-Simple-Guide-to-Creating-Infographics-in-PowerPoint-Template.aspx

 

Via Yolanda de Lucas, IES Consaburum, Gust MEES

This infographic provides some perspective on just how immersed the modern teenager is in technology.

 

A MUST read

http://mashable.com/2012/05/03/teenager-infographi/

 

Via Gust MEES, Jack Patterson

People always ask us what basic things they can do on a day to day basis, to improve their social media presence on the top social communities.

 

Well the guys at the whole brain group have put together a great Infographic, that can be printed and used as your daily social media checklist for your business.

 

Check out 8 Ways to Improve Your Facebook Edgerank, Engagement, and Success if you are looking for a basic strategy to really improve your Facebook fanpage’s success.

Via Peter Azzopardi, donhornsby, Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com

This infographic shows just how attached the average person is to their smartphone -- and why.

 

Read more:

http://mashable.com/2012/09/05/addicted-smartphone/

 

Via Gust MEES

The Internet is here to stay, it's always on and everywhere. Nowadays we take the internet for granted. But how does it actually work? This infographic shows the major steps involved in the operation of the Internet.

 

Read more:

http://www.sciencedump.com/content/how-internet-works-inforgraphic

 

Via Gust MEES

With over 10 million users, Pinterest has rocketed to pop-culture fame since its launch in beta in March 2010. This rapid growth makes it the fastest growing social media site of the past year. Educators have caught on to Pinterest in a big way. From kindergarten to college, teachers, professors and students are using Pinterest creatively to organize and share ideas from all around the Web and even in their own classrooms and campuses.

Via Gust MEES

This article is by Gregory Ciotti for Social Fresh, along with an infographic with data that contains some very important information.

(credits at the bottom).

 

Understanding your customer from a psyhological point of view will help you to engage with them, serve them better and potentially build a loyal customer base.

 

Here are a few highlights:

 

Understand the 3 Types of Buyers

 

 Help customers break through "Action Paralysis" by setting minimums

 

for example: remind your customers how easy it is to get started (No payments for the first month)

 

 Understand the 3 types of buyers - 

 

By understanding the psychology of these 3 types of buyers, you can package your products, articulate your message in ways that speak to their listening

 

**15% spendthrifts

**24% tightwads

**61% average spenders

 

Use Urgency the smart way

 

**Urgency and scarcity are known to drive up sales, but according to research from Howard Leventhal, people are prone to block out urgent messages if the are't given information on how to follow up.

More data on this.....

 

Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Curation, Social Business & Beyond"

 

Read article and see infographic here: [http://bit.ly/SAchFm]

 

Infographic by HelpScout

Data by Gregory Ciotti

Via janlgordon, Mick Say

Let’s be honest, we don’t like to read big pieces of text. Text-heavy graphs are rather difficult for understanding, especially when dealing with numbers and statistics. That is why illustrations and flowcharts are often used for such kind of information.

An infographic, or a visual representation of study or data, like anything else, can be done right or wrong. How to create a successful infographic? A good idea and a good design.

 

Stop by the link for more on what defines an infographic, what contributes to its popularity, as well as the various types of infographics and references for tutorials and best practices.

 

Additional topics covered include:

The major parts of an infographic How to create an infographic Developing ideas & organizing data Research & sources Typography, graphics & color Facts & conclusions Designing & Editing

Via Lauren Moss, Gust MEES, michel verstrepen, Jack Patterson

Pinterest offers a huge marketing opportunity for businesses.

Via Gust MEES

This article and infographic was posted by Ted Nguyen for his blog.

 

Intro:

 

One of the most pressing questions whether you're new to social media or a social media maven is: What's the best way to post information or share content to optimize your reach

Compendium, a content marketing firm conducted a study of more than 200 companies to determine how social media professionals may optimize their engagement with both business-to-business-to-consumer conversations.

What they found is consistent with what Ted Nguyen has experienced and he has demonstrated that he clearly knows what he's doing

Here are some highlights:

 

"My experience in sharing more than 21,000 tweets and Facebook posts to my more than 82,000 Twitter followers and Facebook friends is consistent with the study’s findings"

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**I recommend the hours between 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Pacific Time) or 1 to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) are the best times for Twitter and Facebook to optimize social engagement engagement.

 

**I find that tweets shared earlier in the week do better than those sent later in the week. I also have discovered that Facebook posts do best Wednesday early afternoon.

 

**if you look at Ted's social shares, they run around the clock. he tries his best to engage with people in real time or near real time.

 

 

Selected by Jan Gordon covering: "Curation, Social Business and Beyond" 

 

Read article and see infographic here: [http://bit.ly/VG0xGL]

 

Infographic by DKNewMedia

 

Survey by Compendium

Via janlgordon

What kind of social media are graduate students using to enhance their education? They may have different goals from your standard K-12 student as they want to focus on networking, connections, and employment opportunities.

 

Read more:

http://edudemic.com/2012/09/graduate-students-social-media/

 

Via Gust MEES, Jack Patterson

The latest ‘Training Tuesday’ for staff CPD was on the use of Twitter for professional development. Aims: What is Twitter? Sharing the benefits of developing your own PLN (Personal Lear...

 

Read more:

http://mrwickenspe.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/innovative-ict-in-education-twitter/

 

Via Gust MEES

Do you have fake followers? The number of live humans following you on Twitter might be significantly lower than your profile's "followers" number states.

 

Read more:

http://mashable.com/2012/09/02/fake-followers-infographic/

 

Via Gust MEES