{"id":3469,"date":"2025-09-15T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoomlavilin.com\/?p=3469"},"modified":"2025-09-25T13:14:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:14:23","slug":"i-tested-the-7-best-free-social-media-monitoring-tools-heres-how-they-stack-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoomlavilin.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/i-tested-the-7-best-free-social-media-monitoring-tools-heres-how-they-stack-up\/","title":{"rendered":"I tested the 7 best free social media monitoring tools \u2014 here\u2019s how they stack up"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve ever woken up to a trending hashtag about your brand \u2014 and not in a good way \u2014 you know how fast a small issue can become a full-blown PR crisis. Fortunately, I have not been there, done that, or got the t-shirt, but I know plenty of people who\u2019ve been left holding the bag.<\/p>\n

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With more than 5 billion people worldwide<\/a> using social media \u2014 and sharing their two cents on everything from cat videos to how awesome a brand is (or isn\u2019t) \u2014 reputation management and social media listening is only going to get more important.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, I tested seven of the most popular free social media monitoring tools so you don\u2019t have to. Here\u2019s what I learned.<\/p>\n

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