# Set up social listening to track my brand and competitor mentions

A listening plan with keyword queries, tools, a co-mention analysis method, and a monthly report format for your brand and competitors.

- Topic: Marketing & Brand
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Strategy, Analyze, Brainstorm, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/set-up-social-listening-to-track-my-brand-and-competitor-mentions

## Prompt

```text
Help me set up social listening to track what people say about my brand and competitors.

**My brand and products:** [NAMES, including common misspellings and nicknames]
**Competitors:** [LIST]
**Industry terms and topics:** [e.g. "meal kits", "healthy lunch", "food delivery"]
**Platforms that matter:** [e.g. "Reddit, TikTok, X, Instagram, review sites, forums"]
**Goals:** [e.g. "see which competitors we're compared to", "catch complaints early", "find content ideas"]
**Budget for tools:** [free only / up to AMOUNT per month]

Give me:
1. Keyword queries for each group (brand, competitors, category), using Boolean logic (AND, OR, NOT, quotes) to include variations and exclude noise, like unrelated meanings of my brand name.
2. A co-mention method: how to find posts where my brand appears alongside each competitor or term, how to tag them (comparison, switching, complaint, recommendation), and how to calculate share of voice.
3. Tool options for my budget, from free native platform search and alerts to paid listening tools, with what each can and can't see (some platforms limit data access).
4. A tagging scheme for sentiment, topic, and intent, with rules so tagging stays consistent.
5. Alert rules: what triggers an immediate alert (spike in negative mentions, a viral complaint, a safety issue) and who gets it.
6. A monthly report template: volume, share of voice, sentiment trend, top themes, competitor comparisons, notable posts, and recommended actions.

Respect platform terms of service and user privacy: analyze public posts in aggregate and don't profile individual users. Don't invent mention volumes; use [ADD DATA] placeholders in the report template.
```

## What to fill in

- NAMES, including common misspellings and nicknames
- LIST
- e.g. "meal kits", "healthy lunch", "food delivery"
- e.g. "Reddit, TikTok, X, Instagram, review sites, forums"
- free only / up to AMOUNT per month
- ADD DATA

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