This article helps you plan an effective slideshow for the front page of your website.

1. Determine the Length of your Slideshow
   • How long you want your slideshow to be in Time?
   • How many slides?
2. Please Your Audience
   • What are they here for? what do you want them to see? 
3. Decide Your Theme
   • Choosing your theme will help you choose your photos.
4. Choose and Organize Your Photos
   • Which photos, and in which order.
5. Choose Quality Photos
   • Crisp clean quality photos only, impress the visitor. Match it closely to your Text Message.
6. Choose Your Captions/Text/Messages
   • Present the Issue and Solution, Solve Their Problem with Your Service
7. Add Video Clips
   
   • Visitors love videos, informative videos are great ways to give free information while marketing your services.
   • A slide may contain a small thumb of a video with play button, when clicked, another page from your website loads containing your video in it.
8. Start with Power Point or OpenOffice.org Impress
   • You may like to design your first or second draft using a Slideshow Presentation desktop application before the web designers create the online version.
9. Use and View Samples
   • Try to find other slideshows for inspiration

We hope this will make the exercise of planning your slideshow a more efficient and pleasant one.

Chris @ Mindflow