Slideshare, founded in October 2006, has 60 million monthly visitors and is a top platform for sharing various content types including documents, videos, and presentations. It offers features like embedding, private sharing, and lead tracking, making it a valuable tool for thought leadership and networking. Effective use of keywords and hashtags enhances content visibility on search engines and increases the likelihood of going viral.

1. Why
SlideShare is
Social Media
GOLD

2. Founded in October 2006
By the numbers…
Source: Slideshare
•60 MillionMonthly
Visitors
•130 millionMonthly
Page views
Top 200 websites in the WORLD

3. Slideshare takes documents, PDFs, video,
infographics, audio, webinars, & presentations
You can upload all of your content

4. Top six hashtags
on Slideshare
are:
#business,
#statistics,
#socialmedia,
#market,
#trend
#research.
You can use #hashtags
#
Source: HeidiCohen.com

5. You can embed anything you upload to Slideshare on:
Embed it

6. Share Privately or Publicly

7. Acquire & Track Leads…

8. Develop Thought Leadership

9. Get invited to speak at events

10. Check out slides from events you
missed

11. Network w Industry Professionals

12. High Search Engine Ranking
How?
• Using keywords in the title
• Using keywords in the summary
• Using tags or hashtags

13. Easy to Share/Go Viral

14. Not just another social media blog
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