I came across this article from Brand Quarterly, couple of weeks ago, on 5 steps for online protection of brand.   I have shared the link here for quick reference - http://www.brandquarterly.com/strategizing-brand-5-online-brand-protection-steps?ref=quuu      What really struck for me was how important point no 2 of ‘Monitor  social media’ is and how central it is to all the other points. So the  points mentioned here for making a case of Social media monitoring are:    While it is one of the biggest opportunities for business, it  is a double-edged sword as it also poses one of the biggest threats to  business.  Businesses need to register on social media sites, regardless  of whether the platforms are giants or minnows, and proactively monitor  across them in multiple languages for brand abuse, customer issues and  any negative sentiment that needs to be dealt with  Monitoring should include sentiment analysis, rogue or fake  sites selling your product, employee abuse, site...