Lemme guess: you are looking for the best PowerPoint presentations to inspire you.
You know, the ones that’ll get your creative juices flowing and break out of your comfort zone. The ones that will:
Give you ass-kicking PowerPoint design ideas, tips and resources
Teach you the fundamentals of marketing so you can bring more sales to your business
Help you become smarter, or more productive, in just a few minutes
I searched high and low to provide you with a stellar, rock-solid list of the best PowerPoint presentations. These decks have been selected according to three key criteria:
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Clarity: presentations must be clearly structured, easy to get through and understandable
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Quality: Slideshare is loaded with beautifully-designed decks that fail in providing users useful content. When I searched for the best presentations out there, I strictly focused on decks that provide people with highly actionable content. AKA things you can apply right now.
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Design: it’s not the first criteria, but it’s the one that wraps it all up
Whether you’d like to jump-start your Presentation skills, grow your business or just become smarter, I’ve carefully picked awesome slide decks that will help you grow and progress.
Below you’ll find a table of contents containing the different categories in which those presentations fall into .
Feel free to jump to a specific section.
Presentations
Copywriting
Sales & Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Pitch decks
Productivity
Presentations
Copywriting
Sales & Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Pitch decks
Productivity
Copywriting
Sales & Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Pitch decks
Productivity
The 20 Best PowerPoint Presentations
Here’s a selection of the ass-kicking decks to help you build attention-grabbing, crisp presentations that’ll help you:
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Understand the fundamentals behind great PowerPoint presentations
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Learn essential, easy design rules to apply to your decks… and much more
1. 8 Tips for an Awesome PowerPoint Presentation
This deck offers some simple advice on how to make your PowerPoint slides visually more engaging.
What I Love about it: easy tips anyone can use to instantly build better decks.
What you will learn: the essential components of great presentation design.
8 Tips for an Awesome Powerpoint Presentation by Damon Nofar
2. The Ultimate Freebies Guide for Presentations
I mean, who doesn’t love free stuff?
This deck lists the must-have freebies for top PowerPoint presentations.
What I love about it: a great deck that condenses the best free resources for PowerPoint presentations design (includes fonts, icons, fres stock photo and more).
What you will learn: the go-to websites for design sexier slide decks.
The Ultimate Freebies Guide for Presentations by @damonify by Damon Nofar
3. The Art of Saying No: Kenny Nguyen at TEDxLSU
Okay, it’s NOT a presentation but it’s a killer speak you must watch.
Kenny Nguyen, the CEO of Big Fish Presentations, passionately speaks about the power inherent in saying “no.” He speaks at TEDx about how “no” has affected him personally and professionally, but more importantly, how it can prepare one for the perfect time to say yes.
What I love about it: super entertaining.
What you will learn: how to entertain an audience, grab their attention and tell powerful stories that stick.
The Art of Saying No: Kenny Nguyen at TEDxLSU from Big Fish Presentations
4. Quick & Dirty Tips for: Better PowerPoint Presentations Faster
Look:
If you’re getting stated with presentations, this deck wraps up the core components of great presentations
What I love about it: crystal clear advice, well illustrated. A simple simple, concise and crisp deck that delivers its promise: help you build better presentations faster.
What you will learn: where you need to focus your attention on to become faster at building slide decks.
Quick & Dirty Tips for : Better PowerPoint Presentations Faster from Eugene Cheng
5. Create Icons in PowerPoint
If you’ve read this post, then you already know that icons are a great way to spice up your presentations.
Presentitude provides great tips to help you build your own icons.
What I love about it: original content and smart tips , well thought and laid out.
What you will learn: easy steps to craft customized icons for your slide decks.
What I love about it: short deck that helps you quickly improve your public speaking skills
What you will learn: 10 easy tips to instantly look more confident when presenting in public
10 Powerful Body Language Tips for your next Presentation from SOAP – State of the art presentations
Additional resources:
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Anderson, Chris. 2013. “How to Give a Killer Presentation”. Harvard Business Review.
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Abrahams, Matt. 2014. “How to Make Unforgettable Presentations”. Stanford Business.
Marketing (AKA How can I get my message across more effectively)
Do you know how to separate yourself from the crowd to woo prospects and win them over?
I’ve selected a couple of decks that’ll help to do just that: better promote your products, create and distribute valuable, relevant and consistent content to attract and acquire a clearly defined audience.
7. The 150 Most Powerful Marketing & Sales Tools
OMG I never thought anyone could do this but these guys did it.
They created a massively comprehensive list of the best online marketing and sales tools available today.
A true goldmine.
A must-have for all marketers.
What I love about it: a giant list of quality resources to use for your business
What you will learn: the best tools available online, for whatever your might need them (SEO, social media, design….)
The 150 Most Powerful Marketing & Sales Tools from Brian Downard
8. Fast Track Your Content Marketing Plan
Barry Feldman has put together a great deck that breaks down the exact steps you needs to take to drive successful content marketing programs that’ll help you resonate in your market.
No fluff.
No B.S.
What I love about it: step-by-step advice, ultra specific, very well illustrated (AKA leads by example).
What you will learn: the exact steps you needs to take to explode your marketing.
Fast Track Your Content Marketing Plan from Barry Feldman
9. Crap. The Content Marketing Deluge
This slide deck details the key elements of great content brands so you can build a rock-solid content marketing machine for your business.
What I love about it: it higlights the exact problems with content today (AKA me-to copy, everyone looks and talks the same)
What you will learn: why it’s crucial for your business to stand out + the principles of great content brands.
Crap. The Content Marketing Deluge. from Velocity Partners
10. Driving Word of Mouth by Providing Unexpected Value
In this slide deck, Superette describes its approach to Word of Mouth Marketing:
Providing extra value where customers have low expectations.
What I love about it: great, fast way to understand the underlying problem of advertising today
What you will learn: why + how to turn happy customers into brand advocates
11. Brand New World
This deck was built by Torsten Henning Hensel. It explains you why digital marketing is different to advertising.
What I love about it: well illustrated deck that shows you why brands need to engage more with their customers.
What you will learn: what your brand needs to do to get ahead of the pack.
Brand New World from Torsten Henning Hensel
What I love about it: a very comprehensive, data-backed guide to email marketing.
What you will learn: how to send attention-grabbing, result-getting emails
The Science of Email Marketing from HubSpot
13. Email Marketing 101: The Welcome Email
What I love about it: a very detailed deck that shows you the importance of welcome emails for your business.
What you will learn: why + how to send great welcome emails to your customers.
Email Marketing 101: The Welcome Email from SendGrid
14. Go Viral on the Social Web: The Definitive How-To Guide!
Creating a Viral Content success story has no recipe. It has a lot of variables, not all of which can be controlled by a Brand.
This deck offers you the ideal How-To approach in creating tasteful, inspired content that will help your message stand out from the information noise on Social Web and make people eager to share it around.
What I love about it: well illustrated, clear and to the point.
What you will learn: how to turn boring into remarkable, contagious content.
Go Viral on the Social Web: The Definitive How-To guide! from XPLAIN
15. 100 Growth Hacks 100 Days
I am a big fan of growth hacking and if you’re not one yet, here’s your chance!
Growth hacking is every strategy, every tactic, and every initiative that is attempted in the hopes of growing a business.
Now:
This deck has been built by Robin Yjord, Co-founder at UserApp. It provides you detailed, time-framed tactics you can implement right away to grow your blog, your start up, or your website.
What I love about it: step-by-step plan you can implement right now.
What you will learn: amazingly smart hacks you can use to push business growth.
100 growth hacks 100 days | 1 to 10 from Robin Yjord
Sales (AKA gimme some real sales advice please)
These presentations help you convert more prospects, close more deals and grow your business.
16. People Don’t Care About Your Brand
Don’t move another muscle until this become part of your D.N.A:
Nobody cares about you.
They care about what you can do for them.
A classic brought to your by Slides That Rock.
What I love about it: everything you need to know about consumer’s perception.
What you will learn: how to engage with customers and get them to come back for more.
People Don’t Care About Your Brand from Slides That Rock
107 Mind-Blowing Sales Statistics That Will Help You Sell Smarter von Sidekick
What I love about it: David Ogilvy’s best selling secrets
What you will learn: the basics of selling from one of the world’s best advertisers.
Some tips on selling from Ogilvy from OgilvyOne Worldwide
What I love about it: well structured and explained.
What you will learn: the basics of pitch your UX ideas.
Pitching Ideas: How to sell your ideas to others from Jeroen van Geel
What I love about it: why most sales pitches don’t work
What you will learn: how to fix it
Your Sales Pitch Sucks! from Slides That Rock
21. How to Pitch B2B
This aesthetic deck is also brought to you by Slides That Rock.
What I love about it: how to pitch in a nutshell. Great guide to help deliver a winning sales pitch
What you will learn: the essential components of effective sales pitches
How to Pitch B2B from Slides That Rock
Brought to you by growth marketing advisor and speaker Angie Schottmuller.
What I love about it: very comprehensive, lots of examples.
What you will learn: in-deep social proof strategies to use on your landing page
Social Proof Tips to Boost Landing Page Conversions de Angie Schottmuller
23. The Anatomy of a High Converting eCommerce Product Page
This deck is brought to you by LemonStand.
It only integrate 10 slides but goes straight to the essential.
What I love about it: straightforward, to the point (AKA how to create a product page that converts well)
What you will learn: how to improve your copy, value proposition and sales messaging.
The Anatomy Of A High Converting eCommerce Product Page from LemonStand
Great sales resources:
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Laja, Peep. 2012. Useful Value Proposition Examples (and How to Create a Good One). Conversion XL.
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Flynn, Pat and Port, Michael. 2014. Booking Yourself Solid: The Sales Process, Pricing and More with Michael Port (Podcast).
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Halpern, Derek. 5 Psychological Master Keys That Will Open The Doors to More Sales. Social Triggers.
If you’re interested in learning more about highly effective tactics that’ll skyrocket your business, check out these knowledge bombs:
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Patel, Neil and Aragon, Kathryn. The Advanced Guide to Content Marketing.
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Patel, Neil and Puri, Ritika. “Launch Your Social Strategy”. The Beginners Guide to Online Marketing (Chapter 12).
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McGrath, Bryden. “7 Ways to Improve Your Social Media Engagement”. Social Media Examiner.
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Neil Patel and Bronson, Taylor. The Definitive Guide to Growth Hacking.
Copywriting (AKA write so you get people to take action)
What I love about it: copywriting in a nutshell + real-world examples.
What you will learn: things to do and avoid when writing copy for you web pages.
17 Copywriting Do’s and Don’ts: How To Write Persuasive Content de Henneke Duistermaat
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What I love about it: actionable advice + REAL examples.
What you will learn: hpow to write attention-grabbing copy for your social media posts.
The 10 Best Copywriting Formulas for Social Media Headlines from Buffer
Entrepreneurship
Put together by Alexander Osterwalder, the author of Business Model Generation and Godfather of Business Model Canvas.
What I love about it: very well explained, interesting (it’s a 156-slide deck so yes, interesting is definetely a strenght here!)
What you will learn: the different types of innovations, benefits, and real-world applications.
Business Model Design and Innovation for Competitive Advantage by Alexander Osterwalder
What I love about it: great use of storytelling.
What you will learn: how to reinvente your business model.
Business Model Innovation Matters by Alexander Osterwalder
28. 10 Disruptive Quotes for Entrepreneurs
This beautiful deck was built by Guy Kawasaki, former Chief Evangelist of Apple, co-founder of Alltop and managing director at Garage Technology Ventures.
What I love about it: super inspiring.
What you will learn: how to see things with a different perspective and, hopefully, shift your mindset.
10 Disruptive Quotes for Enterpreneurs from Guy Kawasaki
29. The Sharing Economy
The Sharing Economy from Loic Le Meur
30. 26 Top Crowdfunding Sites
This infographic presents you 26 crowd fundings sites with all the details so you can chose wisely what’s best for you to raise money, whether you’re a startup, a small business or a charitable cause.
What I love about it: super comprehensive guide resourceful
What you will learn: the differences and essential details between different crowd funding sites so you can choose wisely.
26 Top Crowdfunding Sites (Infographic) de Wrike
31. How To Assemble a High Converting eBook
This deck has been launched by Uberflip.
What I love about it: ultra specific, to the point.
What you will learn: the key steps you need to take to build an eBook that sells.
How To Assemble a High Converting eBook from Uberflip
If you wanna dig deeper on the eBook topic, here’s a great guide written by Pat Flynn.
The best business podcasts:
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Unmistakable Creative
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The Smart Passive Income
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Navid Moazzez
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Mixergy
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Entrepreneurs On Fire
Pitch decks
If you’re wondering what persuades an investor to write a check for an entrepreneur’s raw idea, check out my favorite list of some of the best pitch decks ever.
32. Airbnb First Pitch Deck
Wondering how Airbnb raised money back when it wanted to be an air mattress rental company?
Check out their first deck right here:
Airbnb Pitch Deck from Benjamin Evans
What I love about it: It’s not sophisticated, it’s not very well designed but it’s DARN EFFECTIVE. Nothing is missing, literally.
What you will learn: the exact structure to use to build a powerful pitch deck.
33. Blablacar Pitch Deck
BlaBlaCar is a the world’s largest long-distance ride-sharing community.
Simply said, they connect drivers and passengers willing to travel together between cities and share the cost of the journey (and get a cut out of it, like Airbnb).
In 2015, the startup was valued $1.6 billion.
Europas BlaBlaCar pitch from Vanina Schick
What I love about it: it’s very easy to understand what it’s all about
What you will learn: how to say more with less (10 slides to present your company’s business model and get investor to fund you)
34. Buffer Pitch Deck
Buffer helps you manage your social media accounts in one place with intuitive scheduling & analytics.
They used this slide deck to raise half a million bucks:
The slide deck we used to raise half a million dollars from Buffer
What I love about it: Buffer guys explain exactly how their solution offers an outcome (AKA use social media to drive traffic)
What you will learn: how they pitched their business model to raise half a million bucks
35. MOZ Pitch Deck
Moz (previously SEOmoz) offers SEO software and tools to help you improve your online visibility.
SEOmoz Pitch Deck July 2011 from Rand Fishkin
What I love about it: OK, OK the design of the deck is pretty bad BUT… that’s not why it’s been featured here. MOZ is crystal-clear on who his customer targets are and how he’s serving them.
What you will learn: a few things about SEO and online marketing I presume
36. YouTube Pitch Deck
Youtube pitch deck from Alexander Jarvis
What I love about it: the deck is accurately identifying the problems behind video industry.
What you will learn: a few things about SEO and online marketing I presume
Productivity (do more in less time)
37. The 10 Timeless Productivity Hacks
Bernard Marr from Advanced Performance Institute presents 10 bold, easy productivity hacks that’ll make you more effective today. Simple and actionable.
What I love about it: timeless, use it today or in 20 years.
What you will learn: specific hacks to help you become more effective.
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24 Time Management Hacks to Develop for Increased Productivity from Iulian Olariu
What I love about it: simple, actionable advice
What you will learn: how to become more productive, duh
IQ Work Hacks – Productivity from InterQuest Group
Resources:
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Meier, J.D. 2010. Getting Results the Agile Way: A Personal Results System for Work and Life
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A quick synthesis of the book’s content here: http://gettingresults.com/wiki/Getting_Started_with_Agile_Results
Leader’s Guide to Motivate People at Work from Weekdone.com
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