Andy Beal’s Marketing Pilgrim blog is worth watching and subscribing to if you want to stay abreast of the leading edge of social media.

Today’s post offers a list of 8 Free Social Media services that will allow you to monitor your reputation online. At the November 19 2008 Internet Summit in Chapel Hill, Andy was adamant about companies and individuals staying on top of their reputation – you’ve just got to do it to stay up with any fires that may emerge.

The 8 services are:

Twitter, Back Type, Board Reader, WatchThatPage, Trendrr, SocialMention, Brand Jacking and Lexicon. Here’s the link to the post for the valuable details.

A brief intro to Andy Beal on the site says this:

Andy Beal is renowned for his expertise in online reputation management. The founder of Trackur, editor of Marketing Pilgrim, and co-author of Radically Transparent: Monitoring & Managing Reputations Online, he is arguably the foremost authority on online reputation management.

Trackur, the software, and Radically Transparent, the book, are two of his important contributions.