The Ink Tank Blog
Celebrating 7 Years of Awesome
It’s our 7th birthday and what better way to celebrate than catching up with our very own Bill Beutler, CEO of Beutler Ink.
The Beutler Ink Guide To Selling Remotely
Tips for maximizing your sales team success from home.
The Beutler Ink Guide to Working From Home: Communicating With Your Team
Communication stack and best practices for that remote work lifestyle.
The Beutler Ink Guide to Working From Home
Tips, Tricks, & Life Hacks to Live La Vida Remota.
Here’s to 2019
For our 2019 edition, we were thrilled to once again partner with theSkimm. We collaborated closely with their team on the graphic's depiction list and editorial direction and then handed design duties over to the talented Michele Rosenthal
Data Viz 101: Always use accurate, compelling data
Today, we're going to transition from writing about form to execution and ethics.
Data Viz 101: Clearing the Bar Chart
Today, we'll talk about bar charts, one of the most commonly used types of data visualizations.
Data Viz 101: Say Hello to the Pie Chart
Today, we'll cover the pie chart, a type of graph commonly used in conjunction with percentages.
Data Viz 101: Everything you need to know about line graphs
You don't need fancy 3D models or interactive microsites to convey this information—you can use something as simple as line graph.
Data Viz 101: Florence Nightingale, John Snow, and Prescriptive Visualizations
We take look at the contributions of Florence Nightingale and John Snow, who both used data visualizations to advance prescriptive public health solutions.
What Brands Can Learn from The North Face Wikipedia Backlash
A marketing stunt turned PR fiasco holds lessons for other brands that see value in Wikipedia's reach, but want to avoid the whole thing blowing up the wrong way.
Wikipedia, and Other Growing Pains
In a way, Wikipedia and I grew up together. I started kindergarten the same year the encyclopedia launched, and now I engage with the Wikipedia community professionally.
Data Viz 101: Meet William Playfair
Welcome to Data Viz 101, Beutler Ink's introductory seminar on the wonderful world of data visualization. This course will cover all of the basic data viz concepts and best practices over a series of short blogs posts.
Football vs. Football: World Cup Viewers and Super Bowl Viewers
As big of a spectacle as the Superbowl has become, it still pales in comparison to the World Cup.
Six Reasons to Drop Your Social Listening Service
Why not consider a substantial change for 2019 that will save your business money and free up marketing resources? Drop your social listening service.
Here’s to 2018
Beutler Ink and TheSkimm combined forces to compile the year’s most memorable political and pop culture moments into a single, sprawling illustration!
How Wikipedia Decides
Everyone you know visits Wikipedia every day, but almost nobody who reads it knows how Wikipedia's articles get to be the way they are in the first place.
3 Tips Chambers of Commerce Can Use to Help Members Attract and Retain Millennials
Chambers of commerce must learn to address this evolving worldview if they want to stay relevant to the growing Millennial workforce. Let’s take a look at 3 key components of the Millennial mindset.
What do the Facebook News Feed Changes Mean for Brands?
Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that Facebook would be updating its News Feed algorithm to prioritize content from friends, family, and groups—especially posts that generate conversations.