5 Best Free Social Media Monitoring Tools

The growth of healthcare social media introduces a vital necessity for hospitals to track their brand, services and online reputation from the extensive amount of user generated content.

As healthcare marketers we know tracking social media is not easy.

To help you streamline the process, I have provided my 10 best free social media monitoring tools ::

[1] Google Alerts
Google Alerts are email updates sent directly into your inbox. The results are taken from the latest Google search results. The report is based on your selection of keywords.

[2] Social Mention
This is a real time social media search and analysis report. Social Mention is similar to Google Alerts but for social media.

[3] Yacktrack
This tool tracks comments to your social media content. You can search for comments on your content from a wide range of social media sources.

[4] Omgili
Omgili is designed to track patient opinions, debates, discussions, personal experiences, answers and solutions.

[5] HowSocialable?
HowSociable offers a simple way for you to measure your brands visibility on the social web against 32 key social metrics.

[extra] Blogpulse
BlogPulse applies machine learning and natural language processing techniques to discover trends in the highly dynamic world of blogs.

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Eight in ten internet users have looked online for health information. Many e-patients say the internet has had a significant impact on the way they care for themselves or for others. Source :: Pew Research and American Life Project.