The social media beast demands quality content… and lots of it.

This has created a big headache for many communications teams. Teams who have neither the budget nor the in-house design skills to meet the demand.

Thankfully, there’s a way to crack this conundrum using an array of free or low-cost tools and content.

You just need to know where to look.

No-cost stock images at:freeimages.comstockvault.net

Or browse thousandsof low-cost images at photodune.com

Can’t make motion videos? Yeah, you can.powtoon.comvideoscribe.cogetvoice.adobe.com

Over 16,000 Wordpress, Drupal, HTML, email and other themes and templates at themeforest.net

A font of free fonts at:google.com/fonts

dafont.com1001freefonts.com

fontsquirrel.comfontspace.com

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Intimidated by infographics? Try:venngage.compiktochart.comeasel.ly

Almost 300,000 graphic and web design elements, presentation and

infographic templates, vectors, icons and fonts at graphicriver.net

Inexpensive audio filesAlmost 200,000 at audiojungle.comSounds great!

Peeved with Powerpoint and Keynote? Try:haikudeck.com

prezi.com storydesk.com (iPad only)

flowboard.com (Mac and iPad only)emaze.com

This presentation was made by someone with no graphic design skills using Powerpoint, $48 of images and a couple of free fonts (Arial and Shortcut).

One piece of advice. Take a moment to check the license requirements before downloading any content. Some providers ask for a payment, donation or acknowledgement from commercial users.