Scribd vs. Issuu
Check out this pretty thing:
That’s a brochure I created a couple years ago at my previous job. Neat ain’t it? This morning, after heading out for pho brekkie with the roommate, relaxing with a cafe sua dua, skyping the family, and then napping (yes, a great start to the new year!), I found myself occuppied with my favorite default activity of late aside from sleeping: surfing some tech blogs.
Which led me to a post about Scribd being one of the most popular social media sites of the year. Hadn’t heard of it so I dug around and learned that Scribd and Issuu are two very similar document sharing platforms. I’ve seen a lot of Slideshare blog posts, and really love that site, so thought immediately I’d like these two sites.
After posting a few pubs I created on both sites, the preliminary verdict is in: Scribd is slightly easier to use and offers basic functionality for those who want to get in and get out, i.e. share their docs online quickly. Meanwhile, Issuu offers gooooorgeous presentation and an innovative virtual library for individuals and businesses to organize, share, and promote their work. Check out my Issuu library so far:
I would embed the actual brochure on Issuu here for easy comparison but unfortunately Issuu doesn’t provide a plug-in yet for WordPress (though it seems to syncs easily with Facebook, Blogger, Typepad, Friendster, etc). Thank you Scribd for being on top of this, hence the embedded brochure at the beginning of this post. But, in case you’re curious and want to see the same brochure on Issuu, and in beautiful full screen mode, click here and be wowed!
I figure this is a great way to share all the brochures and newsletters I’ve created and hopefully another way to promote myself during my next (gasp!) job search, whenever that may be.
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