I was asked today to put together a quick outline of what was necessary to establish a solid online presence. Nothing here is new to anybody, but it does consolidate it all into one slide.
Note: I did not include any enterprise-class CMS systems (i.e. over-priced CMS systems), only free, open-source CMS platforms that have a heavy development presence. I also did not go into the social media process, as that would take well over 1 slide in itself to go over sufficiently.
Also, for those who haven’t heard of Sliderocket yet, it is the best online presentation tool available. Design is clean, stylish and simple.
And sharing is way, way easier with a web-based presentation tool. You can embed, share a link, or even allow multiple permission levels for editing. Statistics are also available for the Pro version.
Oh, and you can add music and video that actually WORKS when you click on it. That’s right PowerPoint, you heard me. Shake in your boots. Sliderocket is getting ready to own you.
Short and succinct, very nice!
Thanks Nat! I was going for the Apple approach.
“Here’s a huge picture. OK, that’s all you need to know. Next slide.”
Hi Bill,
Thanks for your post and kind words. We agree that things like sharing are vastly easier once you are online – it is definitely a whole new world (and one that makes you wonder why this never happened before…). Not to mention the collaboration, integration with web services (like the music you mention from our Marketplace, Flickr, etc.), and analytics you can get by being online as well. It is exciting times in the world of online presentations!
Take care, and thanks again,
Tracy
Tracy Pizzo Frey
Senior Director of Community and Product Marketing
http://www.sliderocket.com
http://www.twitter.com/sliderocket
Thank you, Tracy! Every time I give a presentation I ask the audience if they’ve ever heard of Sliderocket. Usually I get blank looks all around. At which point I shake my head and tell them to go to sliderocket.com as soon as they get home, because until they do their presentations will continue to suck. This makes for a good icebreaker too, and I usually get one person during the Q&A who asks me “What was the name of the presentation software you used again?” So thank you for helping me make kickin’ presentations. I’ve never left a presentation without a comment on the design of it.