Choosing a publishing platform can be somewhat daunting. There are many different platforms, and each one has its own combination of features that may or may not be useful to you. The table below offers a quick comparison of some of the most popular platforms.
 
SlideShare SlideShare
WordPress WordPress
Blogger Blogger
Posterous Posterous
Tumblr Tumblr
Lotus Connections Lotus Connections
What is it?
The world's largest community for sharing business presentations and documents.
A personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.
A blog publishing service that provides individual or multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries.
A simplified blog platform that supports posting via email.
Effortlessly share anything. Post text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos from your browser, phone, desktop or via email.
A suite of powerful tools that let you connect, share, and collaborate with people who share common interests and expertise.
Is it free?
Get a free account to upload and share. Or go Pro to get more.
The basic service is free. However, WordPress displays ads on your blog to defray the costs to maintain the service. To go ad-free, you can pay a fee of $30/year.
The blog publishing tool from Google is free.
Currently a free service. Posterous will be adding premium features in the near future.
Basic themes are available for free. A premium account offers custom themes and features.
Lotus Connections is free for all users registered on ibm.com
Who can join?
Anyone can join.
Anyone can join.
Anyone can join.
Anyone can join.
Anyone can join.
Anyone can join.
Can I upload and share files?
Supports PowerPoint, OpenOffice or PDF presentations.
Supports images (.jpg, .jpeg, .png and .gif) and documents (.pdf, .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx, .odt, .xls, .xlsx). Upgrades can be purchased to support audio and video files.
Video, images, audio, and podcasts.
Handles most file types and automatically formats them.
Audio, video, and images.
Supports documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and other types of files.
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Resources
SlideShare WordPress Posterous Tumblr Lotus Connections
Tip
Including photos, illustrations, or video is a way to illustrate ideas and create visual interest in a copy-heavy page.
Did you know?
Once you publish a blog post, other social media channels can be used to share the URL and drive traffic to your post.