Know what people are saying about your brand.
Reputably helps businesses and agencies monitor brand mentions and sentiment, follow public reactions to campaigns, and find conversations that need attention. Review praise, complaints and questions alongside your sales opportunities.
7-day free trial · No card required. Source availability and monitoring scope affect the mentions you find.
“BrightNest did our move-out clean — full deposit back.”
“Who do you all trust for HVAC around here? AC died last night.”
“…had a rough experience with MaidMarket, twice cancelled on us…”
The conversation happens whether you're listening or not.
Word of mouth didn't die — it moved. The recommendation that used to happen over a fence now happens in a neighbourhood Facebook group. The complaint that used to be a phone call is now a Reddit comment that Google surfaces for years. The review that used to stay on one site is now a YouTube video with a shelf life.
A brand mention matters even when it is not a sales lead. A complaint may point to a service problem, a question may reveal unclear information, and praise may help you understand what customers value.
Reputably combines brand monitoring with lead finding, Google review management and AI visibility tracking. Treat these as separate measures: a change in one does not prove it caused a change in another.
Compare that workflow with the broad-listening model in our Mention alternative, or with the free index-alert model in our Google Alerts alternative.
Where Reputably listens.
Use sentiment analysis to decide where to look.
Filter mentions by business, tracker, date, source and sentiment. Review the sentiment breakdown and read the conversations behind it. The dashboard also shows mention volume for your selected scope, so you can examine the counts behind a change.
- Automatic sentiment. Labels help organise your review. Read important and ambiguous conversations before acting.
- Competitors tracked alongside. Their mentions, their complaints, the threads where they get recommended — visible next to yours.
- The open web too. Blog posts, local news, forums — mentions beyond social media reach the same feed.
Fictional illustration · not a customer result
“Shout-out to Peak Physio — shoulder finally sorted after months. Ask for the thorough first assessment.”
Alerts are nice. Answers are better.
Decide what each conversation needs: a factual answer, a service investigation or a sales follow-up. Reputably helps you review the mention and prepare a reply; your team decides what to say and when to respond.
- Replies drafted, never auto-posted. Review suggested wording and use the posting route available for the platform and your enabled connections.
- Buying intent scored. “Who do you recommend?” outranks a passing name-drop — the threads worth your time reach you first.
- Everything in one subscription. Monitoring, lead finding, AI visibility and review automation are available from $99/month, subject to plan limits and source availability.
Fictional illustration · not a customer result
“AC died last night and I'm getting quote-shocked. Who do you all trust for HVAC around Round Rock?”
Brand monitoring, answered.
What is brand monitoring?
Brand monitoring means following public mentions of a business, including praise, complaints, questions and recommendations. Reputably supports this workflow alongside lead generation, with source and sentiment filters to help you review the conversations found.
Which platforms does Reputably monitor?
Reputably monitors available public content on Reddit, Facebook groups, YouTube and X, alongside open-web mentions discovered through search. AI visibility and Google review management are separate product areas. Check the source coverage guide before relying on a specific source.
Why does brand monitoring matter for a local business?
Because the conversation happens whether you're listening or not. A Reddit thread, a neighbourhood Facebook group, or a local YouTube roundup can steer customers toward you or away from you for years — and those same conversations feed the AI assistants that now recommend businesses. Monitoring is how you find out in time to respond.
Do I need to connect any social media accounts?
No social account connection is required for public monitoring. Reply options depend on the platform and enabled connections. Review the original conversation and community rules before responding.
How is Reputably different from Brand24 or Mention?
Compare source coverage, reporting, sentiment review and follow-up against the work your team needs. Reputably combines brand monitoring, lead finding, AI visibility and Google review management. Start with the social listening overview.
Guides for choosing your stack.
A brand sentiment review your team can repeat.
Fictional example: “The repair was good, but nobody called when the appointment moved.” This contains praise and a communication problem. Read the original conversation and investigate the booking process before choosing a response.
- Choose the business, tracker and reporting period.
- Review the sentiment breakdown and underlying mentions.
- Check ambiguous wording, quoted material and references to other businesses.
- Summarise recurring issues and give each follow-up an owner.
- Revisit the same scope after the work is complete.
Keep mention counts and source coverage with the result. A collected feed is not a representative survey of every customer. Read the brand sentiment analysis guide for examples and a practical reporting method.
Support PR monitoring with online mentions and reactions.
Follow the brand and relevant topics after an announcement. Check which available public conversations discuss it, whether factual details need correcting and what people want to know.
Keep original online coverage, reposts and audience reactions separate in your working report. The PR monitoring guide includes a campaign brief and coverage log. This supports online PR work; it is not a claim of comprehensive print or broadcast monitoring, a journalist database or press-release distribution.
Match the monitoring scope to the question.
Open-web discovery depends on search indexing. Platform availability, privacy controls and timing affect the content you find. Check the source limitations against your brief; no tool should promise every public mention.
A macro-level market study also needs an appropriate sample, historical depth, language coverage and an analysis method. Use Reputably's operational monitoring to understand the conversations collected, and verify those broader research requirements separately.
Someone is asking for a recommendation right now. Make sure it's you.
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