Brief description of slideshare, on its most basic level, as well as some examples of great presentations and infographics made by other slideshare users

1. The Pros, The Cons and Some Prime
Examples
slideshare

2. 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

3. 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.)

4. 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

5. 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)

6. References
IMAGES
Slideshare 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_behlin
g_e-portfolio/2010/06/slidesharenet---advantages-and-
disadvantages.html>.