20 Sweet Infographics

Infographics are visual presentations that employ a combination of maps, diagrams and illustrations in order to transform complex information and lengthy data into simple, visually-engaging content. Infographics are a great way to spark audience interest, drive SEO traffic and expand brand exposure, which is why their use in the business world is becoming more widespread every year. The examples below illustrate just a few of the wide-ranging topics which infographics can help bring to life.

Special thanks to Brooke Helton for collecting this great list!

The CSC IT group visually demonstrates how businesses can benefit from cloud based software.

This illustrated guide, courtesy of America's Test Kitchen, resolves some very common baking blunders.

An infographic demonstrating the effectiveness of infographics. Genius!

This infographic from Mashable.com breaks down the media budgets of businesses.

Intel smartly uses infographics in their "Smart World" ad to showcase the prevalence of their product is in everyday life.

Onward Search created this infographic to visually pinpoint the largest job markets and salaries for SEO based positions. Careers in this field continue to grow as companies with websites seek professional services to help gain better search engine results.

BuySellAds.com sponsored this infographic which unveils some tricky truths about how advertisers get you splurge.

Order an espresso like a pro. This infographic illustrates the subtle differences between these popular barista brews.

A typographic timeline spans 389 years in this Black History Month infographic poster.

The creative team at Classic Ink used this infographic guide to showcase their QR coding services.

Great infographic categorizing the best beers in the country.

The folks at Get Satisfaction Inc. explain their process of making social media work for business.

This Realtor.com ad-fographic sells skeptical realtors into using their resource by visually staging their website statistics.

Though it may not take much to convince travelers to visit the Turks and Caicos, Tranquility Property Management makes sure to diagram all of the amenities that the islands have to offer.

BusinessCards.com created a free style guide infographic to entice potential customers to use their business card customizing and printing services.

This colorful gameboard-like graphic leads readers through the journey a bill takes to become law. School House Rock may have some competition.

The Labour party of New Zealand had this infographic made to to quickly display their economic platform to the working class citizens of the country.

This infographic shows how the medium can be used for comic purposes such as comparing popular web browsers to celebrities.

Easier than searching through forums and comment boards, designers can scan this survey for the tried and true programs used by their peers.

Another comically inclined presentation, this cheeky piece from Think Brilliant Studios not only displays the types of diagrams one might see in other infographics, but also 'explains' why they are used to drive a point home.