This document discusses online media monitoring and its benefits. It provides a locally developed tool for monitoring and analyzing online discussions on platforms like blogs, forums, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. The tool notifies users about certain discussions and identifies post sources and authors. It provides simple interfaces with charts describing discussions about brands and products over time. Analyses include brand perception, gaining new customers, monitoring campaigns and competitors, and identifying influencers. Benefits include knowledge of marketing effectiveness, market surveys, direct persuasion of potential customers, and control of negative experiences. Case studies provide examples of analyzing discussions of allergy medications and erectile dysfunction drugs.