Enjoyed Visually in the past when it was an open platform
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I used Visually as a freelancer to both share my work and attract potential clients - it was a terrific channel for this purpose. It also made my visual content easy to share on other social media channels. As an ancillary use case, it was helpful for seeing other high quality visual content for inspiration on new and existing projects.
Pros
- Staff picks were a great way of sifting through many pieces of content
- It was easy to share things uploaded to visual.ly to other social media channels
- There is an awesome amount of content on Visually
Cons
- There is a bias towards infographics (as opposed to 'real' data visualization)
- It is not very clear the path between how people who need content get matched up or find creators
- Interface was redone too often
Return on Investment
- Was helpful in attracting clients when I started doing data visualization work
- Cost was minimal - it was free to upload and took little time
- I have been unable to attract clients lately from visually, so ROI has gone to 0
Alternatives Considered
Other design studios
Other Software Used
D3.js, Adobe Photoshop, Harvest
