Issuu
About Issuu
Issuu is a content creation and distribution software designed to help businesses in publishing, real estate, education, travel, sports, and other industries transform PDF, images, or text into digital content and share them across social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and more. Designers can embed magazines, personalized sales collateral, and marketing catalogs on corporate websites and optimize content to improve rankings or outreach on search engines.
Using Issuu, publishers can create custom reading experiences for audiences by adding background colors or logos to the interface and creating, distributing, and promoting content using visual stories and virtual subscriptions. Marketers can create articles, GIFs, presentations, brochures, or catalogs, drive campaigns across social platforms, and monitor the number of reads, impressions, or average time spent by audiences. Designers can also share created content with employees, targeted audiences, or customers and collaborate with editorial teams to handle approvals.
Issuu integrates with various third-party systems such as Dropbox, Google Docs, Adobe InDesign, and Google Drive. Managers can also track the status or deadlines on tasks, assign articles to team members, and create visual stories for Facebook and Instagram to engage with followers.
Key benefits of Issuu
• Integrate Issuu into your marketing tech stack to automate content marketing and distribution for web, blog, social, email and more.
• Transform PDFs into online flipbooks, and retain visual design aesthetics, optimized for mobile
• Easily embed videos and live links into flat designs to make content more engaging and interactive
• Embed content into websites, blogs, landing pages, and LMSs
• Remix content into stories for Instagram and Facebook, GIFs for email campaigns and more.
• Measure campaign success with statistics.
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- Industry: Printing
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great Product
Reviewed on 29/12/2020
We had to look for a new PDF hosting site a few years back when we had to switch websites and I...
We had to look for a new PDF hosting site a few years back when we had to switch websites and I found Issuu on a whim and we haven't looked back. It offers us an easy way to get our issues online each month while also allowing us to link back to our advertisers. It takes about an hour or two every month to get everything set up for our current issues and it's ready for viewing then and there. It's truly one of the most helpful sites in our workspace.
Pros
I love how simple it is to upload an issue, edit in some information about it, apply links to all our advertisers ads, and get it out to our readers. Everything is pretty intuitive and if a feature isn't, you can pretty much figure it out within a half hour.
Cons
I do wish it was easier to edit Stacks from the publisher homepage, but it's still an easy enough process as it currently is.
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great Home for Catalogs
Reviewed on 19/02/2024
Pros
Our company uses Issuu as a hub for all the digital catalogs we need to have on hand for our customers to purchase products from. We also use Issuu to embed our magazine onto our website. We've seen that the flipbook view is easily consumable and customers spend more time than on a PDF.
Cons
They can make some enhancements to the social sharing graphic creation. Not easy to manipulate. Also don't love how they hide the full-screen link.
- Industry: Automotive
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
Issuu you portfolio for better reach
Reviewed on 28/12/2022
Overall it's a good tool to showcase creative and professional portfolios and share them with...
Overall it's a good tool to showcase creative and professional portfolios and share them with people. Interactive transition while flipping pages gives a very natural and feel good vibe.
Pros
The layout available is easy and interactive to use. Digital form of magazine and portfolio layouts are good to look at and gives a boost to creative portfolio.
Cons
The search engine within the software can get better. Profession based or interest base search results will be much appreciated.
- Industry: Nonprofit Organisation Management
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Missing the earlier days of analytics for all users
Reviewed on 17/12/2020
I will always be grateful to Issuu for providing so many of us with a straightforward way to...
I will always be grateful to Issuu for providing so many of us with a straightforward way to publish our work, and make it accessible to readers all around the world.
Pros
Issuu has been the best way to share my zine and art books online. I love that people can read them as flip-through publications (and not just as a Pdf). I've had an account for about 8 years, and it has allowed my work to be seen around the world, which has greatly added to my confidence as a creator and zine maker.
Cons
I would love for the analytics to be more accessible to all users, and not just those on Premium. I had a free account for many years, until I recently purchased the Premium tier because of an end-of-year offer. I'm excited to be able to sell publications, and I'm glad I can see my analytics once again, but I still find it too expensive. It would also be great to see more features that can help with layout and the creative part (sort of like Blurb and Bookwright). I also think the Visual Stories component can be better. I'd like to be able to edit where the text goes (centered, vs left or right), whether I'm using caps or lower case, etc.
- Industry: Architecture & Planning
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Good experience
Reviewed on 22/12/2020
Overall very good experience with Issuu. It has been a good plate form for my profession and work I...
Overall very good experience with Issuu. It has been a good plate form for my profession and work I do. Good representation and efficient layout make it appealing for users. Highly recommend.
Pros
Easy of use. Efficient layout. Graphic of the plate form.
Cons
Some options are expensive to use. As some options such as download pdf are not for free.
Issuu FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Issuu.Q. What type of pricing plans does Issuu offer?
Issuu offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$31.00/month
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Q. Who are the typical users of Issuu?
Issuu has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Issuu support?
Issuu supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Issuu support mobile devices?
Issuu supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Issuu integrate with?
Issuu integrates with the following applications:
Adobe InDesign, Canva, Google Docs, Google Drive, Hootsuite, Mailchimp
Q. What level of support does Issuu offer?
Issuu offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base
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