There are some things a PowerPoint alternative should be able to do that are just surprising. And if you’re not surprised by what you find, just keep on looking.
#1 Twitter Plugin
Twitter is a great source of real-time information generated by millions of people around the world. Flowing that stream of ideas, observations, and opinions onto your slides can have a powerful effect. But make sure it’s a simple point-and-click to set up, and customizable to your keyword or #hashtag. (more…)
What does it take to make a marketing presentation great? Outstanding content and a clean, interesting design of course. And as we’ve blogged previously there were a number of social media presentations and SEO presentations delivered at the recent Hubspot User Group Summit. In fact, there were so many, stretched across such broad and relevant topics, that we wanted to share with you six more marketing presentations that we think you’ll find highly informative and pleasing to view.
Engaging Leads with Lead Nurturing and Email Marketing
Presented by Karen Rubin @KarenRubin
In our last post on this, we hit on the 7 “essential” features you should look for in PowerPoint alternatives. Now that we’ve got the meat and potatoes out of the way, lets look at the 7 “smart” features that an alternative to PowerPoint should boast:
#1 Analytics
Presentation analytics tell you how many views your presentation receives each day. And the insight into how much time your audience spends on each slide helps you understand which messages and creative are working, and what’s not. It’s not easy to find an alternative to PowerPoint that’s this smart! (more…)
The nuances of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) require marketers to invest to learn the critical strategies and tactics, and to stay abreast of the latest developments. These 3 SEO presentations delivered at the recent Hubspot User Group Summit will help you get a grip on what you need to know, and do, for effective SEO.
Gathering inbound links for your website is a fundamental building block of SEO that outweighs every other factor. This is a time-consuming process, but skip over it at your peril! (more…)
Tired of slogging along with the same old PowerPoint presentation, boring your audience to tears, emailing gigantic attachments, managing a version control nightmare, and agonizing over presentations that are outdated the minute you send them? Time to look at PowerPoint alternatives?
This is post #1 in a series of 3 intended to give you both a checklist of features to evaluate a new presentation builder against, and to perhaps stretch your mind a bit about what is possible. In post #2 we’ll discuss 7 really smart features of PowerPoint alternatives that you should look out for, and #3 will be truly surprising features you never even thought to ask about.
Here are 7 essential features to help get you on track in your evaluation:
#1 Links
Sharing presentations with links instead of file attachments is a fundamental game-changer. Links enable you to email huge presentations with tons of images and video, easily share them on social media sites, and update them no matter if you’ve already sent them out or posted them to your website. (more…)
Just when you thought it was safe to shave your upper lip, Movember is upon us!!! SlideRocket is thrilled that the Movember Foundation is using SlideRocket to raise awareness and critical funds in the fight against prostate cancer. You can get your ‘stache on and also donate here, and watch their fantastic presentation here:
Please be sure to use the Twitter, Facebook and Google+ share buttons above to help spread the word about the fight against prostate cancer. We can’t wait to see the hairy presentations that will surface come November!
Today we’re thrilled to launch our new, free SlideRocket EDU offering available exclusively through Google Apps! SlideRocket and Google Apps have always been a huge hit with K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and the introduction of SlideRocket EDU free educational software helps students to be creative, work together, communicate and embrace the digitally rich technologies they encounter every day.
To get started, educators with Google Apps accounts can provision SlideRocket free educational software for their class, or entire school, with a single click from the SlideRocket EDU page in the Google Apps Marketplace. (more…)
Over the weekend I read and heard a lot about Steve Jobs and his legacy. What is most remarkable to me is how he has touched, influenced, and changed so many lives by doing what he loved to do, and by being himself. He was so many things to people: a great visionary, a great leader, a great presenter, a great [you can fill in the blank]. (more…)
Looking for an outstanding social media presentation to help debunk myths, uncover effective tactics and just make social media work better for you? This presentation from the recent Hubspot User Group Summit will get you started.
We suspected SlideRocket was one of the best Google Chrome apps based on the huge number of installs we get everyday. Then Angry Birds started using us in their commercials and we knew we’d arrived.
If you haven’t already, be sure to check us out in the Chrome Web Store to see what all the buzz is about.
There are some things a PowerPoint alternative should be able to do that are just surprising. And if you’re not surprised by what you find, just keep on looking.
In our last post on this, we hit on the 7 “essential” features you should look for in 
Tired of slogging along with the same old PowerPoint presentation, boring your audience to tears, 