If you're working on a video
project, maybe for an ad or an
online course you name it, and
you're struggling to fill the
gaps of content that will tell
your story your message more
powerfully. It's often a lack of
footage, right? You need
quality, yet affordable stock
video footage that will fit
inside of your project to help
you grow your business or that
of your clients. So what we're
going to talk about today are
the top 10 stock footage sites
for any budget.
The first website and one of my
personal favorites is Envato
elements. This one's so cheap,
it's like 17 bucks a month, and
you have nearly unlimited access
to any type of stock content you
can imagine let alone video
content. If you go up here to
the search bar, you can see
stock videos, the top video
templates that is stuff that
exists inside of Adobe Premiere
Pro and other software's that
support video editing and
graphics. Then there's music
sound effects, graphic
templates, that's more graphic
design related graphics
directly. Again, more graphic
design related presentation
templates, photos, fonts, add
ons, web templates, CMS
templates, WordPress three, it's
insane. There's so much stock
licensing content here, that
will just only not only empower
your video content, but other
types of content throughout your
customers experience as they
learn about your business and
buy from your business. The
first area right stock video,
I'm gonna select that and we're
gonna say, business man, that's
pretty generic search term. But
you can get pretty specific and
some of these are more stale and
a little bit too. Corporate
stock footage G. But with the
right research and an in depth
look, you can get a really good
feel for what footage work best
for your brand. And that all
goes back to before we even jump
into downloading any footage,
make sure you're really clear on
not only your brand messaging,
but your brand identity and
design, because then our guide
color palettes other decisions
you make from like the attire,
the types of customers, whether
your client avatar or profile is
more female driven, more male
driven, you name it that will
really guide how you go to
search, download and organize
your stock footage. The second
option is our grid. This is
where you can get unlimited
stock footage for one monthly
price or annual price. And it
again, it's really cheap and you
get high quality cinematic
footage that people will think
you've shot yourself in many
ways depending on the ad. The
course whatever your video
project may be, I'm sure you can
find footage that fits your
project. And you can see the
theme it
like people
they have it curated by their
filmmakers who contribute to the
site and I look at it, it looks
like you're watching it from a
movie, it's really high Ed. So
this one's also paid. And the
third stock video licensing
website is filmpack. Another
favorite of mine, because this
is again, also cinematic, yet
affordable. And that you can use
it in nearly any project. So if
you go over here to their
library, you can choose a plan
and you get unlimited access to
their packs. And so when you go
down here, you can search by
collection or PACs is film pack
and their collections go
anywhere from cityscapes to
family, business and industry.
I've used a handful of their
shots inside of different
promotional materials for our
business and clients. And you
can do the same whether you are
the video creator, supporting
clients or you are the business
owner, the marketing director
who's looking to support and
drive more ad campaigns for
yourself, you can select the
shots that are on brand that you
love, and provide them to your
service provider, your video
supplier, who is creating your
video content for you and say
here are our curated selections
of approved stock footage,
Please edit this together in the
ad we need in the sales message
we need in whatever video you
need. storyblocks is another
popular one. Again, it's also
very professional, it's
affordable. They also have
images and audio options. But my
personal favorite is the stock
video. The powerful thing about
storyblocks is that they really
curate it to the creators and
business owners worldwide say at
some of these other sites cover
not the breadth of business or
entrepreneurship that you may be
seeking. But storyblocks
definitely focus on that
Shutterstock is the next option.
And this has been around for
probably one of the longest they
have such a curation from
creators all around the world.
Covering other types of stock
licensing as well beyond just
footage, but they have curated
selections that sometimes it
requires a little bit more
mining for what you're looking
for or a certain type of
quality. However, because
they've been in business, the
stock licensing business for the
longest, I would say, they
definitely have the library
that's well organized, and can
cover just about every topic,
theme or style you're looking
for. And then another option is
that easy. If I said that,
right, that easy. But this is a
free site, there's probably
incentives like with pro where
you can upgrade to get more pro
licensing options, but there's
free options you can use,
immediately download it and add
it into your next video project.
The next option is pawn five, we
have used this a lot throughout
many different clients, because
this is one of those ones that
capture the world so well, and
may not be 100% business related
the depth of business stuff
here. But in capturing the
world, what you're able to do is
show off more of the travel and
lifestyle side of your brand.
And so that's a powerful
experience that you get with
pawn five, and it's trusted by
many creators all around the
world. The next option is pro
video, you get unlimited video
downloads, starting at $10. And
look at that, look at that
beautiful shot, cinematic, slow
motion, you cover different
topics like medical wildlife
business, let's go to business.
And you can see that they have
quality options. Again, I
recommend looking less for this
business kind of stiff style,
where depending on your brand,
if your brand represents more of
a business casual attire, or
corporate attire, then yes, it
definitely speaks to you, you
know, you got the skyscrapers
and all that. However, if you're
speaking to online business
owners who work from home, you
definitely need to navigate
through this further to making
sure that you're not just
showing off generic stuff, but
it feels more genuine and true
to your brand and the customers
you're trying to attract. The
next one is pexels. This is a
free stock licensing site with
some really good stuff, you can
go to explore and check out
their free videos what they have
available. download them search
for them, you find there's
there's some great options here.
It has quite the diversity of
collections and options. But
this is one of my favorites. As
well, I've got a lot of
favorites, it's really just
depends on the project working
on and understanding the style
you're going for, I would say
pexels definitely captures more
of the hipster in the vibe than
say some of these other sites.
And then there's pixabay, where
they also have free stock sites.
Some of these are free, some of
these are paid. And based on
your budget. Usually you pay
what you get for there's some
great free options out there.
But it's limited on what you can
access to. So these sites are
incredible resources to empower
your video content, and to help
you really stand out. As you
look more professional in your
content. Then I want to show you
two bonus options from stock
content licensing, but it's more
for music, music bed. It's been
my favorite for years. And it's
because they have the most
cinematic curator library of
music that you can imagine. And
they have an app and you can
literally listen to this music
as focus music while you work
throughout the day as a business
owner for working on certain
projects can be lyrical, non
lyrical, I often play it in the
background. And so not only can
you listen to it, like it's your
next Spotify or amazon music,
hat or library, but you can
license these songs in your next
video project. And so exploring
through here, you can browse by
the filmmakers browse by the
emotion or theme from uplifting,
cinematic to energizing
cinematic vocals. You name it. I
feel like they've got it. It's
pretty powerful. I loved music
read for years. And then our
team has subscribed to art lists
for basically 90% of our music
that goes into our videos and
that the clients and they have
such a powerful selection. And
the price is super affordable.
You can pay by the month you can
pay by the year. And it's super
cheap to get unlimited downloads
for any of the music that you
need. And making sure it's not
just a generic song. It's
something that stands out and
really is powerful to tell your
message and story inside of your
video. So that's a quick look at
10 of the top stock video
licensing sites that I recommend
for any budget and for any video
project working on it really
covers the different themes and
styles that I get Tea you can
find almost anything you need
that is on brand represents your
customers, your audience, as
well as you and your team
perfectly. If you have any other
questions around how to better
browse and discover the right
stock content that fits for your
business and for your clients,
then let me know in the comments
area down below and maybe you
have a few extra ideas that you
can share around additional
stock licensing sites that you
found useful to help you use in
your marketing and then grow
your business. Thanks for
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