Reason #3 of Why do I need to hire a graphic designer?

Efficiency in summary.

Graphic design is important for any business looking to share information with ease. Hubspot reports that infographics are actually liked and shared on social media 3x more than any other type of content.

Infographics are a great way to summarize information that your audience would otherwise skim over, or skip reading completely. Humans are heavily influenced by visuals; adding relevant graphics to text can deepen our understanding and recollection of information.

If you’ve ever learned another language with Rosetta Stone, you’ve experienced the phenomenon of using visuals to deepen understanding and recollection. This language-learning software never offers explicit definitions to foreign words, but instead forces the student to infer the answer using visual context clues. The secret to success, according to the Rosetta Stone website, is discovering patterns instead of memorizing rules:

“Rather than allowing you to rely on repetition and parroting, our sequence leads you to arrive at the right answers intuitively.Learning actively helps you retain your new language skills. And before you know it, you’ll be thinking in your new language-instead of just speaking it” (source: Rosetta Stone).

Try incorporating infographics anywhere you currently use large blocks of text to explain information. Have a “how-to” page? Turn it into an easy-to-follow infographic. Posting an article about social media statistics on your blog? Add an infographic summarizing the important stats.