Slideshare: The Pros, The Cons and Some Prime Examples

The Pros, The Cons and Some Prime Examples

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What is slideshare anyways?slideshare is one of the FASTEST growing social media providers on the web

60 million visitors

3 billion slide views

slideshare allows easy sharing of presentations, predominantly between businesses and consumers

PER MONTH

What does slideshare do best?Uploading presentations

Easy embedding in other websites (such as LinkedIn)

Can handle large files (anything less than 100 mb)

Easy use of infographics

Share audio and video

Customizable privacy settings

Automatic file conversion for optimum viewing (PDF, OpenOffice, .ppt, .pps, etc.)

Some reasons why slideshare may not be for you

No built in way to track views Must use other programs to create and edit material

Cannot have the transitions commonly seen in other slideshow programs

Examples of great slideshares by other users

It's Time To Transform Your Marketing.

Going Viral On Youtube

The Social Marketer's Urban Twictionary (infographic)

References

IMAGESSlideshare logo. Digital image. Hubspot. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/53/file-23150729-png/blog/images/slideshare-logo.png>.

Used with permission from Microsoft

Slideshare Content Marketing. SLIDESHARE the Quiet Giant of Content Marketing. Digital image. Slideshare. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www.slideshare.net/slidesharepro/slideshare-infographic-the-quiet-giant-of-content-marketing>.

"SlideShare Reviews." Business Software and Services Reviews. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www.g2crowd.com/products/slideshare/reviews>.

"All Inbound Marketing, All the Time.HubSpot Makes Marketing Software People Love." 10 Ways To Become a SlideShare Marketing Master. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/11137/10-Ways-To-Become-a-SlideShare-Marketing-Master.aspx>.

Behling, Robert. "SlideShare.net - Advantages and Disadvantages." - Robert Behling E-Portfolio. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www.personal.psu.edu/rmb339/blogs/robert_behling_e-portfolio/2010/06/slidesharenet---advantages-and-disadvantages.html>.