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My Favorite Tool for Sharing Videos

Entrepreneur James De Julio explains how he uses SlideRocket to share presentations.

By J.J. McCorvey |  @jmccorvey   | 
 

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My company provides a platform for online video collaboration, so we need a way to showcase our work to prospective clients. We can't simply embed video in PowerPoint presentations, because they would be too large to send to clients by e-mail. We started using SlideRocket in February, and it's been great.

We can create and store presentations on SlideRocket's website and send out URL links to our clients via e-mail. We invite our Google contacts directly from SlideRocket using Google Apps. Whenever we make a change to a presentation, SlideRocket automatically updates the links. We also use the service's Web meeting feature to present slide shows to our clients during videoconferences. During the meeting, a progress bar lets me know when the next slide has loaded completely on the client's desktop, so I don't move forward too quickly.

We started out with the free 30-day trial and now pay a total of $72 a month for three business accounts, which allows us to see who has viewed which parts of a slide show and for how long, then focus our follow-up efforts accordingly. Slide-Rocket helps us allocate our time appropriately, which is crucial to a resource-strapped start-up.

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    • J.J. McCorvey

    J.J. McCorvey is a reporter at Inc. magazine, where he covers a wide range of topics, including technology and business research. He has covered metro news for The Detroit News, and his work has been featured in Men’s Fitness. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.


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