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72Marketing your blog with Scribd
How to use Scribd for Marketing
New technology makes it easier and easier to setup on the internet and offer products and services to a global audience of internet users from all over the world, ecommerce has grown leaps and bounds with such affiliate programs such as Amazon and Ebay. Now anyone can setup a e-store online.
Starting a blog is a good way to get the word out about your business or service, big corporations have taken note and offer a blog so customers can keep up with the latest news going on with the particular company.
one good example is Robert Scoble, he helps run Microsofts Channel 9 Website and he started a blog in 2000, which now has over 3.5 million readers every year. by being the author of a best read business blog he knows how a blog can give consumers what they want " an interactive experience".
Small businesses can learn a lot from big business, by modeling after the same techniques they use to capture an audience.
If you are looking for ways to promote your blog, hubpage or lens here are some helpful tips.
- Scribd, is a document sharing site that allows users to create PDF, easily publish and share your documents with the world. http://www.scribd.com/
Scribed Features
Scribd Features that will get anyone started in reaching millions of readers
iPaper Viewer
Looking for iPaper, Scribd's embeddable document viewer, is the best way to view documents on the web.
iPaper displays PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and most other document formats. Features include five view modes, full search, zoom, and much more.
iPaper@Scribd
ipaper@scribd.com is the safe and easy way to send document attachments through email.
Simply add ipaper@scribd.com to the cc: field of your email along with one or more attachments. Scribd will convert your document attachments to iPaper, and then forward to you and your recipients a link to the document on Scribd. It's fast and it's free!
Bulk Uploader
Take the hassle out of uploading large batches of documents with the Scribd Uploader.
Quickly and easily manage bulk uploads, straight from your desktop!
Embed Documents
You can embed iPaper documents in any web page or blog, just like a YouTube video!
Simply copy-and-paste a snippet of code and enhance your website with rich documents, presentations, slide shows, and more!
The Scribd Platform API has inspired our community to create some amazing websites, tools, and applications that integrate document support with iPaper. See examples here:
Applications
Scan to Scribd from Atlasoft
This is something that I like and its the free application for Windows that scans your PC for documents and then uploads them to your Scribd account. You can choose to OCR them first, so that your scanned documents will show up in search queries and if your like me its a great thing to have.
Explore by Category of documents already published on Scribd.
- Business
- Career
- Consumer
- Culture
- Education
- Government
- Health
- History
- Hobby
- Home
- Humor
- Language
- Law
- Literature
- Medical
- Pets
- Politics
- Reference
- Religion
- Science
- Sport
- Technology
- Travel
- Tutorial
Plugins and Extensions
Deki Wiki Extension from Corey Ganser
This extension contains functions for embedding the Scribd iPaper document viewer into a Deki Wiki.
iPaper WordPress Plugin from Stuart Marsh
Easily embed iPaper documents into your Wordpress blog with this plugin. Simply specify the parameters in square brackets and you're done.
Scribd_fu from Matt Darby
Scribd_fu is a Ruby on Rails plugin that will allow you to seamlessly CRUD any document to a Scribd Document.
Drupal module for iPaper from Rares Pamfil
This module lets you upload documents to www.scribd.com and then display them on your Drupal site using their iPaper application.
Scripts
Scribd iPaper Bookmarklets and Greasemonkey Scripts from Tony Hirst
Quickly convert document links on a webpage into iPaper links or embeds with one click. Useful when you need to preview a bunch of documents on a page. There's also an option for generating a bookmarklet based on your own publisher id.
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Websites with Integrated iPaper Support
Box.net
Box.net lets you store and share files on the web from anywhere, and now you can automatically preview your documents on box.net with iPaper. Just click the "Preview" item from the file's pull-down menu.
fliiby
Fliiby (http://fliiby.com) is a flash-based social file storage and sharing system. Preview any document on fliiby.com in iPaper!
Drawloop
Drawloop's (http://drawloop.com) new "Pubish" feature uses iPaper to display your "LOOPed" files. A unique feature of Publish is the ability to upload virtually any file type, combine them to one file based on your desired page order and then publish for sharing. You can publish and make your file available to the public or to a private group,.
drop.io
Drop.io enables you to create simple private sharing points called "drops." Now you can preview any dropped document in iPaper!
endToo
endToo (http://endtoo.com) is a document search engine that combines results many sites. Preview any document in iPaper before downloading!
GroupSwim
GroupSwim provides on-demand community solutions for businesses. We power discussion-based communities of all sizes to identify problems, find solutions, answer questions, and share ideas.
Hacker News
News for, by, and about hackers. View linked PDFs in iPaper by clicking the [scribd] button.
Kosmix
Kosmix is a search result aggregator that now searches and displays Scribd documents related to your search queries.
Labmeeting
Labmeeting is a new site where scientists, researchers, and students can share and archive scientific and academic content. Upload your lab documentation and display it in iPaper!
MyOpenArchive
MyOpenArchive is a Japanese document sharing site that shows previews of documents in iPaper.
LectureShare
LectureShare lets instructors post lecture notes to their students, or the world, quickly and easily. LectureShare features iPaper support for course documents uploaded to the site.
Resource:
Scribd is a San Francisco startup company changing the way people share documents online its a big online library where everyone can publish original content, including you!
Scribd launched in March 2007, it has become one of the top 300 websites on the Internet, receiving over 20 million monthly visitors. It has also accumulated over 17 billion words in its library, making it five times the size of Wikipedia.
So when it comes to promoting your hubpage, lens or blog it may take a fresh approach. Try something new try scribd.
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PersonalGrid
Store your digital files online at Personal Grid and preview your documents in iPaper - no downloading necessary.
Posterous
Posterous lets you post things online fast using email. When you send in an email with a document attached to it, Posterous will automatically display the document on your Posterous blog in iPaper
Syncplicity
Syncplicity is an open platform for syncronizing files on your computers with the files stored online. When you manage your folders with Syncplicity, you can view documents, both local and online, in iPaper.
Taggl
Taggl (http://taggl.net) is a tag-based search engine that aggregates results from several sites, including Scribd!
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Comments
laringo, Sure its a great resource, glad you can use it.
Thanks for the information - I just set up an account and it looks like a handy tool. Gave you a thumbs up and bookmarked your hub. I look forward to reading more of your articles.
I am with laringo, as much as I am on my computer, and have developed websites, there is alot I don't know; you are as usual a font of information. Thank you and thumbs up!
I gave you a thumbs up and bookmarked your article. Your hub is a virtual tutor! Thanks Laurie!
France
Thanks Wendy, I will look for you there I have an account too!
VioletSun, Thanks for the thumbs up, I will continue to share info as I find things.
Francia, your welcome I like the idea of a virtual tutor. Thanks!
Thanks for the info.
Tom
Sure talford I think scribd would be a good place for hubpages to do a "how to" document.
Thanks so much ! I wish I have 5% of your 'tech-smart' knowledge.
Happy1 thanks for the compliment.
Hey Research, Could you start from the very basic basic concept and tell me a complete novice exactly what you are talking about in simple language? LOL. I am certain this is a great tool that I would benefit from understanding... but I am so not there as yet, I am even embarassed to write this comment!!! The dumb question is the one you don't ask, right? In plain language, I have no idea what you are talking about and what its applications are for writers like me.
I get the concept of Scribd but I don't understand quite how it will heop you promote your whatever.
Storytellersrus, - Its understandable, this is new to me too, basically this document sharing site is similar to YouTube, on youtube individuals setup an account create videos and add their website link for viewers to go for further information.
As a writer Scribd allows writers to upload tutorials, "How To" articles, etc. so when a person is searching for a particular topic such as "how to build a pc" they will come across your pdf or word doc or ipaper. Here is a good example: http://www.scribd.com/doc/1434530/Build-Your-Own-P
hot dorkage - Scribd lists the key words searched for to get to your doc, you also get to add tags to your doc. I see it as a paperless medium writers can use to reach a larger audience.
I hope this helps, I see scribd as another plateform for writers and anyone with a blog, or website who wants to reach a large number of people.
GREAT HUB
Thanks, I hope it is useful.
wow! I learned something today! this is very informative. thanks
Stacie, I continue to learn so much also. Thanks!
Research, thanks so much for that succinct explanation! I will check out your example and go from there. The comparison to YouTube helped me visualize it all.
Storytellersrus, that is great I am glad I could help.
Thanks for a great hub! I already knew about Scribd, but had not really looked at it. I followed your link out to the Build Your Own PC posting on Scribd and got lost in the article for a lot longer than I had intended. LOL
I'll probably use Scribd for some of my work.
Thanks again
ozarker, thats great news, I am still working with it and learning how to make documents that will add value to the net.
You can share and display any document (more than 200 document types) in your own blog or on any website where you can add html code. Simply copy paste the embed code from Docuter (www.docuter.com) into your blog or web page and give a unique viewing experience to your users.
Docuter (www.docuter.com)gets indexed by all major search engines so you can even drive traffic back your blogs and pages.
Sharing Documents has never been so easy. With Docuter now you can upload documents and send a link to the document to anyone. You also send Advanced Link where you can disable the printing on that document for that person. So that user can only view the document and not print it.
laringo says:
15 months ago
Thanks for all the excellent information on this Hub. Just about everything is new to me that you've introduced. As much as I'm on my computer I know the info will be useful.