•  A PRO leads campaign would have automatically been created for you
• Click on the Play  icon  to activate your campaign

You will start collecting leads for your campaign once this has been activated

 

You will get an email when a lead is collected. You can measure and control campaign performance as needed.

 

How do I create another campaign?

To create a new campaign, follow the steps below:

• Go to the drop down menu on the top right of every page and select PRO Dashboard
• Under the Capture Leads feature, click on the Manage link
• Add a new campaign by clicking on the +New Campaign button

 

What is the pricing for LeadShare? What is the cost per lead?

LeadShare is available as part of SlideShare PRO accounts. PRO accounts have three levels - Silver, Gold and Platinum. Each level allows a different set of features. To know about these features and the cost per lead with each plan, read this FAQ.

 

Do I need to upload presentations before I can collect leads?

Yes, you do. The quality of the content determines the views it gets and in turn the number of leads it collects.

 Apart from presentations, you can collect leads with any file that can be uploaded to SlideShare. This could be documents, PDFs, txt, spreadsheets etc. We support all major formats from Microsoft Office, Apple Keynote, and Open Office.

 

How can I check the leads I collect on SlideShare?

To learn how to check your collected leads, follow the steps below:

• Go to the drop down menu on the top right of every page and select PRO Dashboard
• Under the Capture Leads feature, click on the View link
• You will also receive an email every time you collect a lead

 

 

What is the quality of leads from LeadShare? And what kind of contact information can I collect in the lead form?

Leads collected with LeadShare are genuine. They are opt-in i.e. from people who are interested in your content and have willfully opted-in to fill your lead form.

You can collect names, email addresses, organization information, mailing addresses and phone numbers. You can also collect specific information via custom questions.

We suggest asking for as little information as possible as this increases your chances of collecting leads. 

 

I was using LeadShare via pay-per-lead campaigns. I can't start a new one now. What has happened to pay-per-lead campaigns that SlideShare had? 

For the answer to this question, please visit this FAQ.

 

How does the monthly leads cycle work with LeadShare. Is this applicable across one campaign, or all my campaigns?

For the answer to this question, please visit this FAQ. 

 

How can I capture targeted leads with LeadShare?

Here are the ways to target users via LeadShare:

• Content Targeting:  Focus on viewers through content they are interested in seeing
• Target a Specific Country: Choose worldwide or specific countries to target (multiple countries option is coming soon)
• Question Qualification: You can ask for more information (address, phone number) and up to 5 custom questions to qualify leads.

 

Can I use LeadShare with SalesForce CRM? What is Slide2Lead?

Yes, you can integrate LeadShare with SalesForce CRM, using Slide2Lead, a free application that can be installed from the SalesForce AppExchange.  

Slide2Lead lets you combine the presentation, document, and video sharing features of SlideShare with the powerful CRM capabilities of Salesforce. This helps create a versatile application that lets you manage leads, track campaigns, and enhance overall customer experience. Slide2Lead provides complete synchronization of SlideShare documents, campaigns, leads, and document statistics with Salesforce - enabling you to maximize the effectiveness of your sales and marketing tools while also giving you the ability to manage campaigns from capture to close. SlideShare's document statistics are imported directly into Salesforce.com giving you the advantage of real-time visibility. Synchronization can even be scheduled.

Slide2Lead has been developed using the LeadShare API by Mansa Systems. For details, please go here. We do not provide direct support for this tool.

 

What is the overlap between downloading of files and leads in LeadShare? Can I have LeadShare running on my document which has been disabled for download?

Here are four cases that arise due to the overlap between downloading of files, and downloading of leads in LeadShare:

1. Lead form on download (ON) + File Download setting (ON): The file is downloadable, and its download is gated by the lead form. The viewer will fill the lead form and he will get an email with the download link. Lead collection inside player will be on as usual.
2. Lead form on download (ON) + File Download setting (OFF): The file will not be downloadable, and the download leads will be turned off.  Only lead collection inside player will be applicable in this case.
3. Lead form on download (OFF) + File Download setting (ON): The file is downloadable. The customer will not be required to fill out the lead form to download the content.
4. Lead form on download (OFF) + File Download setting (OFF): The file is not downloadable.

 

Does SlideShare offer LeadShare APIs for third party developers? Are the APIs free?

Yes, we offer LeadShare APIs for third party developers. Please go to our developer section for details. The APIs are free for non-commercial use. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have further questions about API usage.

 

Can I run LeadShare on my videos?
SlideShare now supports professional videos and you can run LeadShare on them. The process is just the same as with other content. A LeadShare campaign can run for all of the content or you can have different campaigns for different types of content.

 

Can I see samples of the lead form?

 Here are some sample lead collection forms:  

• Lead collection form inside a PowerPoint presentation on SlideShare
• Above lead form when the same presentation is embedded on a blog
• Lead form inside a PDF/Word document on SlideShare
• Above lead form when the same document is embedded on a blog

 

How can I select documents to put in my LeadShare campaign?

Here are the three ways you can select documents for a LeadShare campaign:

• Select all your uploaded documents
• Select a particular document
• Select all documents with a particular tag

To select documents with a particular tag, follow the steps below:

• Go to the drop down menu on the top right of every page and select PRO Dashboard
• Under the Capture Leads feature, click on the Manage link
• Click on the edit link of the campaign
• Scroll down to bottom and click on the Show lead form on drop down menu

• Select the tag for your uploads

If you want to hand pick a bunch of documents from all the ones you have uploaded, use the tagging feature.

 

What happens if the same user visits more than one of my documents or presentations? Do they have to fill out the form every time?

No, a user will only be asked to fill out your lead form once as it avoids you receiving duplicate leads.  This may result in your download count being higher than your lead count.

  

I have 5 different documents uploaded in my SlideShare account. Do I have to set up 5 different LeadShare campaigns?

There is no limit to how many campaigns you can set up, or how many documents can be part of one campaign. Choose whatever combination works for you. If you want to show the same lead collection form on all your documents, just create one campaign and put all your documents in it. In case you want to show different lead forms on different documents, you would have to set up separate campaigns and customize your lead form for each one.
 

How can I capture more leads with LeadShare?

The most important thing to do is to upload a set of high-quality content that will appeal to your potential customers. Providing a compelling offer in your Get in touch form is also extremely important. Remember that users need an incentive to fill out the form. Offering a free e-book, a price quote, or perhaps an opportunity for a lunch meeting will be perceived as valuable and is likely to be more effective than simply saying Get in touch. 

Apart from that, here are some other ways to increase velocity of capturing leads:

• Upload more content
• Make sure your lead form is appearing on download
• Check the Make form compulsory to view further option
• Keep the number of questions on the lead form to a minimum

 

How does the “Make form compulsory to view further” option work?  

If you enable the Make form compulsory to view further option, people will not be able to view the complete document/presentation unless they complete the lead form. This decreases the number of leads you will capture, but may increase lead quality as it requires more commitment from the viewer to complete the form. We suggest using this option with care.

 

Why am I getting poor quality leads? How can I change this?

If you are not satisfied with the quality of your leads, try these following options:

• Change your geographical targeting so it is relevant to your business
• Try turning off leads in file downloads, sometimes file downloading gives lower quality leads
• If you have activated the Make form compulsory to view further option, this may lower lead quality, make the form optional
• If the lead form is showing after slide/page 10, sometimes this might result in lower quality leads, try moving the position of the lead form to the end

Configure these options by following the steps below:

• Go to the drop down menu on the top right of every page and select PRO Dashboard
• Under the Capture Leads feature, click on the Manage link
• Click on the Edit link for a particular campaign
• Scroll down and click on the Advanced Options link to open an expanded menu
• Configure the options as desired

Please read our best practices section for LeadShare. It can help you maximize the ROI for LeadShare.

 

A few leads I collected look like comments or felicitations on my presentation, rather than business leads. How can I stop this?

The lead collection in LeadShare happens as part of the viewing experience. Viewers may express their opinion about your content via comments, and in the process, fill out the lead form. To stop this, here is what we suggest:

• Make the lead form optional so the people who do not want to contact you just skip it
• Change your form headline and offer text so that it appeals only to those who are genuinely  interested in your product/service
• If possible, try to modify your presentation's content, so that it persuades the viewer to fill out the lead form

  

Can I change the campaign details i.e. modify questions and/or information asked for, once the campaign is running?

Yes, you can change information/questions even after the campaign is running by following the steps below:

• Go to the drop down menu on the top right of every page and select PRO Dashboard
• Under the Capture Leads feature, click on the Manage link