Social monitoring is huge these days. Businesses and brands need to keep their finger on the pulse of the buying public to not only note changes in trends, but also know when there may be a problem brewing with your products or brands. Here are two options for that all important reputation management component we need to ensure we know what people are saying about our businesses!

Trackur: Trackur is an online reputation & social media monitoring tool designed to assist you in tracking what is said about you on the Internet. Feed Trackur the keywords you want to monitor and it watchdogs it for you on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, blogs, the news, forums and more. Trackur is a super simple way to streamline keeping tabs on all of your accounts and platforms.

Social Mention: Social mention is a social media se arch engine that searches for keywords on social media platforms like blogs, in comment areas, bookmarks, events, the news, videos and more. BUT it doesn’t just alert you, it also provides metrics around keywords and “sentiment.” If you a more visual person and like charts, graphics and other more visual methods of keeping track, you’re in luck. Social Mention provides graphic illustrations and charts showing top keywords and top users.