How it works
From first draft to a better deck.
Start from a template or bring your PDF, share one link, see how each page was read, answer questions on the page, and publish the next version to the same link. Here is the whole loop, step by step.
Step by step
Follow one deck around the loop.
Brightlane is sending its proposal “Cut onboarding time in half” to Olivia Bennett at Harrow Retail. Here is every step, from the first page to version 2.
-
Create or bring a PDF
Start from a template, or bring your PDF.
Brightlane starts from the sales proposal template: pick a theme, change a page's layout, and add, reorder or remove pages. A team with an existing deck uploads its PDF instead. It is kept page by page inside a web deck, with its text extracted so questions and reading data work on it.
- Sales proposal, investor pitch or agency proposal
- Heading, text, list, image and key figures
- PowerPoint import and editable rebuildingComing soon
In the product view: the sales proposal template is selected, next to the investor pitch and agency proposal templates and the option to bring a PDF. PowerPoint import is marked coming soon.
-
Make it yours
Pick a theme, then approve the translation.
Brightlane picks a theme for the deck and a layout for each page. Decktrace then drafts the Turkish translation with AI, and it stays a marked draft until the team reviews and approves it. Readers can switch language on the same link.
- A theme for the deck, a layout for each page
- 10 languages, each approved by you
- Saved brand kitComing soon
In the product view: the Midnight theme applied to every page. English is the source and Turkish is approved.
-
Share one link
Send one link, and choose how readers get in.
Brightlane shares one stable link for the proposal and sets it to an email code. Olivia Bennett enters her email and gets a code, so her email is verified before she reads. The link keeps its revisions, so a new version appears at the same address.
- An open link, email and password, or an email code
- One stable link that keeps its revisions
- Readers are labelled by how they got in
In the product view: the link's three ways in, an open link, email and password, and an email code, which is selected. Below, the deck behind the link, at version 1.
-
They read, anywhere
They read it on any screen, in their language.
Olivia opens it on her laptop in London. Two more readers join on the same link: Priya Shah on a phone in Istanbul, in Turkish, and Marcus Hill on a tablet in London, in English. The pages reflow for each screen.
- Laptop, tablet and phone
- Readers switch language on the same link
- Nothing to install
In the product view: Olivia Bennett on a laptop in London in English, stopped at page 4; Priya Shah on a phone in Istanbul in Turkish, stopped at the cover; and Marcus Hill on a tablet in London in English, stopped at page 2.
-
See how it was read
See how each page was read.
Olivia came back the next day and read all six pages. She spent 3 minutes 10 seconds on the rollout plan and scrolled to the end of it. Each visit comes with its device, reading language and an approximate location, estimated from the connection. An interaction heatmap shows where readers looked and clicked on each page.
- Active time and scroll depth per page
- First and return visits, device and language
- Your own previews and link scanners are left out
In the product view: Olivia Bennett, email verified, 2 visits and 7 minutes 10 seconds in total, all 6 pages reached. Time per page: Cover 0:20, Where time goes 1:05, Our approach 1:25, Rollout plan 3:10, Support 0:30, Next steps 0:40. Page 4 was scrolled to the end. Visits on Tuesday at 10:14 and Wednesday at 16:02, on a laptop in London, estimated from the connection.
-
Answer questions
Answer on the page they ask about.
On page 4, Olivia asks whether the rollout could start with Harrow's two London stores. Only she and the Brightlane team see the thread, and it keeps the page, the version and the language of the question. You get an email for the new question, and because Olivia verified her email, she gets an email when you answer.
- Private threads on the page
- An email to you for every new question
- Verified readers get an email with your reply
In the product view: Olivia's question on page 4, version 1, in English: Could we start the rollout with our two London stores first? Your reply: Yes, both London stores can start in week 2, the rest from week 3.
-
Next version
Turn your answer into the next version.
After you answer, Decktrace suggests where the answer belongs in the deck and drafts the addition: here, a London start on page 4. You edit it, approve it and publish it as version 2 on the same link. Nothing is sent or published until you choose. Next reply, which suggests who to contact and what to send, is coming soon.
- Starts from the answer you gave
- When a reader asks something similar, your earlier answer is offered as a starting point
- A changed page marks its approved translation out of date
In the product view: a Next version card, add a London start to page 4, built from Olivia's question and your answer, with the place it belongs and your call. Beside it, a similar question from a later reader with your earlier answer offered as a starting point. Version 2 is ready to publish on the same link, with the Turkish translation marked out of date.
The loop
Create, share, read, ask, improve.
Seven steps make one loop. Every new version starts it again, on the same link, with the same readers.
Share
Create or bring a PDF, pick a theme, approve the translation, send one link.
Read
Readers open it on any screen. You see active time, scroll depth, visits and devices.
Ask
Readers ask privately on the page, and you answer in context.
Improve
Your answers become the next version, published on the same link.
Then the loop starts again with version 2.
How it connects
Go deeper on the steps.
Questions
How it works, answered.
No. Upload a PDF and it is kept page by page inside a web deck, with its text extracted so questions and reading data work on it. PowerPoint import, and rebuilding pages as editable web pages, are coming soon.
Only the link. It opens in the browser on a laptop, tablet or phone, with nothing to install. You choose who can open the link: anyone with the link, a reader with an email and password, or a reader who enters a one-time code sent to their email.
Yes. Readers see a short notice about what is measured when they open a deck. The exact wording and the choices it gives them are part of our privacy rules. We will publish the details before launch.
No. You publish the new version to the same link, so everyone who has it sees the latest pages. When a page changes, its approved translation is marked out of date, and you approve it again.
Send a deck that reads the room.
Create your first deck, share one link and see how it is read. The Free plan needs only your email.