In this article, originally published on LinkedIn Today, Ross Mayfield describes the tactics that help SlideShare power users get that extra edge (and more views.) Using SlideShare to share slides is pretty easy. Being a SlideShare ninja is another thing entirely. In this post (and deck), let me share seven secrets to using SlideShare that you probably shouldn’t know. 1. Most of Your Viewers Come from Search Presentations are just the kind of thing search engines love to eat. When creating a presentation you tend to pick your words carefully, and that text is somewhere between the terseness of a… Read more »
Posts Tagged: design
Before and after: Facebook 2004 media kit redesign
Designers and creatives have been examining and building upon the work of their predecessors for hundreds of years. By deconstructing creative works, then applying new techniques and best practices, designers continue to evolve and enrich the way we experience information. Brazilian presentation design and marketing agency MonkeyBusiness took on the original 2004 Facebook Media Kit as an exercise in redesign. The media kit was originally created by Eduardo Saverin, one of Facebook’s four co-founders. He developed it in 2004, while still an economics student at Harvard. Notice how MonkeyBusiness uses color to make the hand-drawn edits pop out from the… Read more »
5 ways SlideShare can rock your company, from Slides That Rock
Editor’s note: Slides That Rock designs presentations that regularly catch our eye. Strong design elements and smart subject matter have landed their presentations on the SlideShare home page more than a couple times. Based in Hong Kong, founder Tomas Bay recently told us how using SlideShare has taken them to ‘the next level’. Interested in using SlideShare to grow your business? Take a look at these 5 ways Slides That Rock has rocked SlideShare throughout its business. 1. SlideShare has given us a place to learn even more. We are the best in Hong Kong (as far as we know)…. Read more »
PowerPoint will never look the same, thanks to Duarte’s Diagrammer
This week Nancy Duarte and her design team launched a new online store, Diagrammer. For 99 cents per download, you can now access world-class diagrams, edit and add them to your presentations. Duarte Inc. is widely known for their quality presentation design, notably working with Al Gore to develop the presentation that became the Academy Award winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Nancy took time to tell us about Diagrammer, and the inspiration for such an innovative online service. When the book ‘slide:ology‘ was published, everyone’s favorite chapter was the one about diagrams. People would write to Nancy and her team,… Read more »
Get more views with a well designed thumbnail image
When you upload a presentation or document to your SlideShare account, a thumbnail image of your first slide is generated — 120 x 90 pixels and 170 x 120 pixels. The height may vary if it’s a document, video or an unusual presentation size, however the width remains constant (120px and 170px). The 120px thumbnail is the most commonly used across the SlideShare website. Do you pay attention to the appearance of your opening slide’s thumbnail? Are the images visible? Is the text large enough for a viewer to read? Here are three thumbnails with 120 pixel width, just like… Read more »
SlideShare is looking for Rockstar Designers in New Delhi
Are you passionate about digital design? Do you dream of working at one of the world’s fastest growing startups? If you are an experienced web or interactive designer, come work with SlideShare in our New Delhi office. You’ll be collaborating closely with our software developers, product managers, and analysts to build products that reach millions of users. Here’s what we’re looking for – 1 to 5 years experience in similar role at a software, Internet or Web design company. – Strong information and interaction design skills – Proficiency in using common design tools like Photoshop, Illustrator, Balsamiq – Understanding of… Read more »
How to rock your Twitter Chat with SlideShare: an interview with Mark Johnson, FAIA
We’re pleased to introduce guest author Kendra Mayfield, a new addition to the editorial team here at SlideShare. As a professional writer, Kendra has reported for Wired News and companies such as LinkedIn, Gap Inc. Global Communications and the University of San Francisco Medical Center. To kick off our series highlighting best practices from the SlideShare community, Kendra interviewed Mark Johnson, FAIA. We love to spot presenters who are using SlideShare in new ways. That’s just the case with Mark Johnson, a marketing exec, licensed architect, professional building designer and certified kitchen designer. Mark’s iPad + Apps for Designers presentation,… Read more »
BigFoot has landed: a brand new design for our presentation pages
At SlideShare, we want to help you improve the way you communicate and share your ideas. The “presentation page” (the page you see when you look at a presentation) is the main page for sharing your ideas via SlideShare, and we want the focus of that page to be your content. We’ve redesigned the presentation page to make it cleaner, and increased the footprint size of your presentations. Someone on the team nick-named the new design “Bigfoot” and the name stuck! With Bigfoot, you’ll be viewing presentations (and documents, videos, webinars) in an engaging, darkened theater that focuses attention on… Read more »