PitchBoostWhat makes a pitch deck look professional?
Five things, none of them decoration: one message per slide, a type scale with two clear levels of hierarchy, real brand colours used sparingly, numbers shown large with their unit next to them, and margins that stay identical on every slide. Decks fail on consistency, not on taste.
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The five rules
One message per slide, stated in the title as a sentence. Two type sizes for body and heading, used the same way everywhere. One accent colour from the brand, most of the slide neutral. Key numbers at 60 points with the unit beside them. The same margins, grid and logo position on every slide, so nothing jumps between clicks.
The tells of an amateur deck
Bullet walls, clip-art icons, five fonts, a logo stretched to fit, tables pasted from a spreadsheet at 9 points, and stock photos of handshakes. Any one of these costs credibility before the content is read.
The fast fix for a deck you already have
Rebuild it rather than restyle it. PitchBoost reads the .pptx, takes the brand from your website, and applies all five rules to every slide in one pass, with the text and numbers kept.
The fastest way to make a PowerPoint look professional: upload it and let AI rebuild the design in your brand. Same slides, professional layout, minutes not days.
Related questions
Which fonts look professional?
Your brand's fonts, used consistently. If the brand has none, one clean sans-serif at two sizes beats any pairing used inconsistently.
Dark or light background?
Either, as long as every slide agrees. Dark reads well on stage, light reads well in a PDF on a phone.
Should I use stock photos?
Rarely. Product screenshots, customer logos and real numbers do the work stock photos pretend to.
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