1. Visual Storytelling with
Slideshare

2. Social Media Users LOVE Images
On Facebook, photos are liked 2x more than text
updates.
Videos are shared 12x more than links and text
posts combined.
Considering that approximately 65% of people are
visual learners, it makes sense why social media users
engage with images more than text.
Thanks for the data, Hubspot.
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3. Popularity of Image-Based Social Networks
INSTAGRAM
•100 million monthly active users
•11 million daily active users
•40 million photos posted per day
•10,000 likes per second
•1,000 comments per second
•1179% growth between April 2012 and September 2012
PINTEREST
•In early 2012, less than 2 years after it launched,
Pinterest had 10.4 million users. (After 2 years,
Facebook only had 6 million users.)
•In 2012, users spent 1,255,225,000 minutes on
Pinterest from their desktops.
•Last year, Pinterest saw a 1047% YOY change in
unique visitors.
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4. Meet SlideShare
•Touted as the “world’s largest community for sharing
presentations”
•60 million monthly visitors
•130 million pageviews
•Amongst the most visited 200 websites in the world
View SlideShare’s Why You Should Use It presentation here
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5. An Expert’s Opinion
According to award-winning brand specialist
David Brier, a SlideShare expert with over
200,000 presentation views, “SlideShare is a
great resource, but more importantly,
businesses can use SlideShare to get its
message out in a venue that is already
primed for and seeking information, insight
and useful strategies.”
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6. Reasons to Use SlideShare
Social network growth
Demonstrate knowledge & expertise
Increase search engine visibility
Increased engagement
Brand promotion
Lead generation Higher quality blog content and content promotion
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7. SlideShare for Visual Storytelling
SlideShare is simple to use and can add new life to your old presentations. Illustrate the
messages you want to convey to your audience with visual storytelling tools, like SlideShare, to
see increased engagement and interest in your brand, while providing the kind of visual content
social media users enjoy.
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