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What do you like best about Issuu?

Issuu makes publishing content easy and seamless for us on the backend while also presenting digital publications in an accessible and interactive format for our clients. The platform allows us to constantly update our publications without changing links and disrupting our clients' viewing experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Issuu?

While few downsides come to mind when thinking about Issuu, one I have felt is the lack of unlisted publication slots available for many of their lower-tier subscription plans. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Issuu solving and how is that benefiting you?

Issuu fills the gap between presenting content online versus physically printed content by giving our clients the interactive experience of flipping through a publication. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Issuu Overview

What is Issuu?

Issuu connects content with people, making it easy for 1M+ users worldwide to transform and publish digital content that resonates with their audience. With 60M+ publications, Issuu is the world’s largest digital publishing and content marketing platform that empowers people to convert, host, and share meaningful content in a variety of dynamic formats across all digital distribution channels. The Issuu platform turns a single document into a uniquely immersive reading experience by converting it into a range of marketing assets – including flipbooks to embed in websites, mobile-optimized articles, eye-catching posts for social media, and GIFs for email. Each day, more than 300,000 pages of content are uploaded to Issuu, allowing readers worldwide access to discover and engage with more of what they love, from brochures and eBooks to portfolios and catalogs. Enterprise marketers and individual creators alike choose Issuu for its user-friendly platform that puts their message front and center – without requiring a single line of code. Issuu is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with global offices in Copenhagen, Berlin, and Braga. Learn more at issuu.com.

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Issuu is where the world's most innovative and growth-oriented content creators publish digitally.


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Issuu
Year Founded
2006
HQ Location
Palo Alto, California
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81,227 Twitter followers
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Ann N.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Professional and intuitive"
The professionalism of the platform. So many other online platforms introduce advertisements or things that lower the visual quality, and I am so p...
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Margaret C.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"ISSUU is a Powerful Platform for Communicating in Multiple Modalities"
Issuu makes it easy to create a magazine format, familiar to most people, that can carry text, images, video, and audio. Because the presentation...
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5.0 out of 5
"Love the format. It seemed to resonate well with our stakeholders. They love the ease of use"
I loved the user-friendly format and connection to Canva. I love that there is a URL to share with our stakeholders. Easy to include in an email.
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Issuu Media

Issuu Demo - Transform PDFs into interactive online content, optimized for all devices
Create once, share everywhere. Upload content to Issuu, add links and videos, embed in your website, and remix into creative assets for all of your marketing channels.
Issuu Demo - Easily embed content into websites, blogs, and LMSs.
Take a brochure, magazine, catalog, or any other piece of content and add it to your website or blog in minutes - no coding skills needed. Plus, with Issuu your content will always stay on brand. Customize our flipbook reader with your logo and background colors for a seamless look-and-feel with ...
Issuu Demo - Add videos and links to make content more interactive
Embed videos inside your PDF to add context, and impress readers. Videos can also be used for narration and instruction. Live links make it easy for readers to navigate within your content - or to your website, eStore, blog, or even advertisers.
Issuu Demo - Create social stories and other creative marketing assets
Issuu deconstructs your PDF into reusable bits. Select images and text, then remix them into shareable mobile articles (Google AMP enabled!), email banners, and motion-graphic social stories. All automatically optimized for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest.
Issuu Demo - Share full-screen content directly from marketing channels
Immerse readers in your content and showcase the power of your designs - ideal for email and social campaigns.
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MC
Publications Consultant
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What do you like best about Issuu?

Issuu makes it easy to create a magazine format, familiar to most people, that can carry text, images, video, and audio.

Because the presentation format is "magazine" with turnable pages, it's possible to imbed all different kinds of media in a "storytelling" framework.

This same media can be easily overlooked when presented in isolation.

In a magazine format, where people are progressing through information or entertainment in a way they are familiar, people engage more with the information on individual pages.

Also, magazines are one format where people expect to see ads and ads are an integral and sought out part of the experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Issuu?

If you are a solopreneur or publisher, It can be difficult to keep track of the details, especially if you have mulitple publications. Issuu requires a user to be detail-oriented. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Issuu solving and how is that benefiting you?

I need to combine text, images, video, and audio into compelling stories that will interest a reader in a company's offerings.

I need a high perceived value for the platform I use to communicate to potential clients and customers. The magazine format usually surpasses the book format in prestige.

I used to advertise in high end magazines and newspapers for exposure, but, instead, with Issuu, we created our own high end magazines.

We're able to privately communicate targeted media in a top-end format. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Issuu?

The professionalism of the platform. So many other online platforms introduce advertisements or things that lower the visual quality, and I am so pleased that ISSUU has not gone down that road. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Issuu?

If I had to say anything bad, it would be the cost. But also, I haven't figured out how to promote my work at ISSUU. There isn't any info on how the platform decides to present material. It is harder and harder for smaller companies to get exposure. But it would be nice to know if it is possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Issuu solving and how is that benefiting you?

On my web hosting platform, I do not have the capability of loading a large file like these on my site. So this resolved a desire I had. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Issuu?

I loved the user-friendly format and connection to Canva. I love that there is a URL to share with our stakeholders. Easy to include in an email. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Issuu?

I don't have anything that I don't like at this point Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Issuu solving and how is that benefiting you?

none so far Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sasha P.
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What do you like best about Issuu?

I've been using this platform since 2016. Since then, I've recommended it to numerous of our clients and we had only positive experience. I love how you can almost instantly elevate the visual presentation of PDF file and see the detailed statistic for each publication. My graphic design and photography studio use its features for self-promotion and portfolio presentation. Some of my favourite features are:

- unlisted mode for publications

- inserting and editing video and links Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Issuu?

We never use the articles feature, but I believe it can be useful for people that want a quick solution for their social media. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Issuu solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easy and quick way to present/update/edit a digital publication in a visually pleasing manner be it either a flipbook or an embedded on the website publication Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

krishna t.
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What do you like best about Issuu?

The best thing is the customer support of this app which is at its best. it is a very easy-to-use platform and user-friendly. its various features is helpful for our publications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Issuu?

Not dislike but a suggestion , it should increase some feature for free subscription user. Some time i face getting slow loading issue that nees to be cheacked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Issuu solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has user from all over the world so its help to get mu content to reach the maximum number of peoples. its also provides a great help for the content marketing strategy i.e Article story. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Issuu?

Issuu is a very easy-to-use platform with plenty of features to help spread the word about our publication. The social media features are incredibly useful. The customer support team have also been responsive and helpful if any issues are encountered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Issuu?

We are trying to figure out the best way to use the great design features on social media without relying too heavily on the stories function. The flipbook looks great, but in our experience, is not user-friendly on mobile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Issuu solving and how is that benefiting you?

The cost of printing! Issuu makes our publication accessible to all for minimal cost, and removes the geographic boundaries of a printed product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Issuu?

The best part of Issuu is the high-quality display of our materials that allow us to seamlessly showcase our work to current and potential clients and partners. The ease of the user experience helps us to market and advertise with low stress and the certainty that how we want our portfolio displayed will be maintained. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Issuu?

We have not found an issue with Issuu! The things like slow load speed, or uploading crashes when working with such large resolution documents have not been problems at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Issuu solving and how is that benefiting you?

Issuu solves our problem of how to get our materials into our current and potential clients' and partners' hands in high resolution and with a true-to-print experience. Issuu also helps us with marketing tools, analytics, and social media support with our original materials. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Real Estate
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What do you like best about Issuu?

Not a lot. I like that it has a flipbook. That is literally about all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Issuu?

Highly restricive. Buggy. Absolutly abismal customer support. Litterally takes days to receive replies and they don't even read about the problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Issuu solving and how is that benefiting you?

If it worked as intended, which it doesn't I could embed my brochures on my website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fernanda S.
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What do you like best about Issuu?

The possibility of accessing content at any time and place Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Issuu?

It is not yet possible to include audio in publications, which would be very useful if it were implemented. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Issuu solving and how is that benefiting you?

Nothing that covers me Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AY
Director of Marketing Initiatives
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What do you like best about Issuu?

Issuu converts your PDF file into a digital flipbook in a snap. The flipbook is interactive and has the "download" and "share" options. It is easy to embed the flipbook on your website using the embed code Issuu provides. You can see how many people engage with your publication by using the Stats feature. I also like that you can create a video or a GIF of your publication, which can then be shared on social media. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Issuu?

I don't find the Story or Article feature particularly helpful. It is supposed to help you create stories for Instagram or articles for the web quickly and easily, but I did not find it very intuitive to use. The stories I was able to create were not visually appealing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Issuu solving and how is that benefiting you?

We wanted to use something more interactive for our digital publications than a simple PDF file. Something that actually feels like a book where you can flip through the pages. Issuu provides an easy and inexpensive solution for this need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.