4 Ways to Find Content *QUICKLY* for Your Social Media Platforms
Creating new content will always be the best way to fill your feed. However, there is a time and place for using other people’s posts.
This can be useful if you want to build a community of like-minded folks before you start your business or if you need some filler photos to enhance the quality of your content and pump out extra posts if you haven’t got the time for creating unique content. Here are our top 4 ways to find content online.
How to Find Content for Your Socials
1. Canva
Canva is a free tool to help you make just about anything for social media.
You can use their pre-existing templates or customize them using the drag and drop elements and add the Canva free stock images to create content. Edit to your heart's content with your logo and brand colors or just grab one of their pre-made templates and post it to your socials in minutes.
2. Royalty-free stock photo websites
If you are looking for some high-quality images to use as a static post, there are countless options for finding royalty-free content to use on your pages.
Our top FREE choices include:
Our top PAID for choices include:
3. Search on social media
Search hashtags and keywords that are relevant to your business on social media. Then contact the user and ask for permission to reshare their photo/video on your page.
You could even stitch multiple videos together to create an entirely new video or add text to photos to enhance your business’ message.
4. Ask your followers
Kindly ask your followers if they have any pictures or videos that you can share with your feed is a great way to connect with your audience and improve your feed in one swift move!
Using your followers' photos is especially great if you are a local service-based business and want to use unique pictures of the local area or wish to have action shots of people using your products.
Remember!
Don’t use other people’s photos without permission. You can use a royalty-free stock photo website or simply comment on an image or video you wish to use and ask if they mind you sharing it in return for tagging their username in the comments.
Summary
Now your feed is ready to explode with fresh content that is in keeping with your brand, and it won’t take you hours to set up, create and edit the content from scratch!
However, if you don’t have time to sift through the photos and videos online, get in touch with our social media management team to see how we can help curate a beautiful, cohesive social media page for you today.