The List
Every now and then, every digital marketer needs a simple social monitoring tool for different projects, and it’s even better if it’s free. This isn’t a complete list, but it includes some of the most popular free tools out there. I hope you find what you’re looking for.
This list comes from more than 400 votes gathered at The Steveology Blog from June 2012 to the end of the year. Depending on what you need, you will probably have to use more than one tool to keep an eye on your brand online, as no single tool will be ideal.
Section Criteria
I selected the tools for the poll this list is based if they were completely free, or having a permanent free option that I felt actually provided value, (At the time of the list creation), and each service had been recommended by two or more 3rd parties I respected.
Top 20 free social media monitoring tools from the steveology blog 2013 from Jolt Digital Marketing
You can see the original poll here. Entries that received less than 1% of the vote included Addict-O-Matic, Backtweets, BoardTracker, Hoosaid, Kurrently, Monitter, Twazzup, and Twilert.
This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet.