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Brand Monitoring Playbook

Track mentions of your brand across X and Reddit — catch complaints early, surface testimonials.

Brand monitoring is simpler than lead gen: you're watching for anyone mentioning your brand name or product, whether to praise it, complain, or ask a question. WireTrap's sentiment and intent classification makes it easy to triage.

Monitor setup

Brand mention — X
"YourBrandName" OR "@yourhandle" lang:en -from:yourhandle
Brand mention — Reddit
"YourBrandName" OR "yourbrand.com"

Add your brand name, product name, common misspellings, and your @handle as separate monitors or combine them. Exclude your own account with -from:yourhandle so your own posts don't appear.

Triaging brand mentions

FilterWhat to do
Sentiment: Negative + Score 40+Respond quickly — these are public complaints
Intent: Asking question + Score 50+Answer helpfully — good brand-building
Sentiment: Positive + Score 60+Save as social proof — screenshot for marketing
Intent: Purchase signalTreat as a warm lead — they already know you

Crisis detection

Set a Telegram alert with score 40+, sentiment: Negative. This gives you near-real-time notification of public complaints about your brand. Responding to criticism quickly, before it gains traction, is significantly more effective than catching it after it's gone viral.