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The 16 Best Sites for Free Stock Photos and Videos

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Revised September 21, 2020
Revised May 28, 2020
Revised February 9, 2018

There are lots of great reasons to include images with your blog posts and other marketing content. They add visual appeal. They can help with SEO. Visuals increase views on average by 94%. They improve information retention by up to 65%, increase engagement, and generate more likes and shares on social networks.

Best free stock photo sitesCan’t find an image that’s quite right to accompany your content on its own? No worries—there are numerous free and low-cost photo editing tools available that enable you to add layers, apply effects, overlay text, and make other enhancements to customize images.

It’s imperative, however, to understand photo licensing alternatives and avoid copyright violations. Don’t risk damaging your brand (and checkbook) by using random photos from a Google or Bing image search.

The sites below keep you safe by providing access to vast image libraries, in most cases free, with clear guidance on acceptable uses and any applicable attribution requirements.
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The 29 Best Social Media Monitoring Tools

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Revised January 23, 2024
Revised January 12, 2022
Revised October 15, 2020
Revised January 9, 2019

Social media monitoring is vital for virtually every B2B or B2C brand. 58% of consumers follow brands on social media. 71% say they are likely to purchase an item based on social media referrals; in fact, consumers report that social media plays almost as big a role in purchasing decisions as does television.

However—96% of the people who discuss brands online do not follow those brands’ owned profiles.  That means if you are only monitoring your brand’s social media accounts, you’re missing most of the social conversation about your company, products, and services.

Best social media monitoring toolsStandard web analytics tools provide only a very narrow view of social media activity: clicks through to your brand website. The analytics tools built into social networks provide a bit more detail, though only within their own platforms.

The social media monitoring tools listed here do far more, enabling you to monitor brand mentions across social networks and online forums in real time. Several also provide features like competitive benchmarking, follower demographics, key influencer identification, sentiment analysis, campaign impact, and reporting.

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