Customize This! Advanced Final Slide Publishing Options

We live in a world where customization is key. From getting a suit tailored to getting your name engraved on your iPod (wait, is that an out of date reference?), we’re always looking for ways to make things our own; to make them fit with our brand, personal or otherwise. Now, at Quietly we’ve joined the trend by furthering the customization options for your slideshows through new and improved final slide options.

As we’ve touched on before, calls to action are extremely important to convert a passive reader to an active one. Along with encouraging engagement, they’re also a way for your publication or brand to have a conversation with a reader, rather than just pushing a message. Because of the importance of CTAs, we’ve added some new features to the final slide customizations to ensure you’re finding the best match for your audience and publication.

The new features include:

Social Channels

Though Facebook is king for a lot of publishers, we know other social channels are just as (and sometimes even more!) important. You’re now able to add a link and button to encourage your readers to follow you on Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram as well.

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Background Image

Running a specific campaign? Have a photo you know your readers love? Want to showcase a new logo? You can now customize your final slide with a unique background image. You can upload your own photo or, if you’re looking for something new, search Flickr or Bing, all within the app. Make sure to click the ‘Use custom image’ box to activate this setting.

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Recommended Stories

Recommending stories at the end of a slideshow can be extremely powerful—people trust your publication and want to see more from it. Now, you can give them exactly what they want by choosing which specific stories they see. This can be especially useful if you’re wanting to roundup articles of a certain theme, or group all your branded content together. To activate this feature, make sure to check the “Custom Articles” checkbox; otherwise, we’ll automatically recommend popular articles that contain your Quietly content.

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Email Signup

“But wait! What about the newsletter sign up option?” We didn’t forget about that either. You can now add a terms and conditions link below the text field, allowing you to insert a custom URL to comply with various anti-spam and communication laws.

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The best part? All of these new options are super easy to add.

When you’re customizing your entire list in the customize and embed panel, click the customize final slide button.

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This will take you to the final slide specific panel.

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Here you are able to choose whichever final slide customization works best for you, from the ‘Recommended Lists’, ‘Social Action’ or ‘Email Sign-up’, and fill in the necessary fields associated with them.

Your settings will automatically be saved and because we like you, we’ll save them for next time too. We remember the last settings you’ve used to make customizing your next slideshow a breeze. Looking to switch it up? That’s not a problem. You can change the final slide on each and every slideshow you make—that’s how seriously we take customization.

So now, even more of your life can be customized. Start making your own custom slideshows and check out our knowledge base for comprehensive instructions.

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