Slideshare
The
articles I write are one of my primary business assets, and I like to
make them work as hard for me as possible by repurposing them in as
many ways as possible. One of my repurposing tricks is to create a
Powerpoint presentation from that article and upload it to share with
others.
One of the places I share these presentations is on Slideshare. Slideshare is the world's largest community for sharing presentations, documents and pdfs. Slideshare is similar to a social networking site in that members are invited to regularly comment on slideshows, indicate their favorites, and download content. The content uploaded to the site spreads virally through blogs and social networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Anyone can view presentations and documents on topics that interest them. Slideshare is reported to have over 17 million monthly visitors.
With an account at Slideshare, you can:
- Embed slideshows into your own blog or web site.
- Share slideshows publicly or privately. There are several ways to share privately.
- Synch audio to your slides.
- Market your own event on Slideshare.
- Join groups to connect with SlideShare members who share your interests.
- Download the original file
Even though you can add audio to your presentations (like background music, for example) through Slideshare and save it as a slidecast, I don't choose to do that because the audio and slides are often not in sync. Creating a slide show is free of charge, although you do have to create an account to do so. They offer additional fee-based options for business lead generation.
You can see several of my slide presentations by visiting the Slideshare site and searching for my name. As of this writing, there doesn't appear to be a way to create a profile page featuring my slideshows, similar to what you might find at a social networking site.
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