What sources do you monitor?

We start with X/Twitter — where most buying decisions start in public. Reddit, LinkedIn, YouTube and more are on the way. One pipeline, every platform.

How is this different from social listening tools?

Most tools count mentions. Intentbus understands intent. “I hate Tool X” and “Looking for an alternative to Tool X” are the same keyword but very different opportunities — we tell them apart.

Will I get flooded with noise?

No. You choose which intents matter for each monitor — buying, complaints, comparisons, or your own custom prompt. Only matched signals become alerts.

Do I need to write search queries?

Never. You add a keyword, handle, or URL — we compile the right search behind the scenes. No boolean syntax to learn.

Can I track multiple competitors at once?

Yes. Create a monitor per keyword or topic. A single mention can match multiple monitors, but it’s never duplicated — one mention, one truth.

Brand radar · X/Twitter

Get notified when someone tweets your brand name. Even when they don’t tag you.

Q: Doesn’t X already notify me when someone tweets my brand name?

No. X notifies you when someone @tags your handle. Most brand mentions never tag the brand — people write the name like any word, typo it, or deliberately skip the tag so the brand can’t reply. Your notifications tab only sees the tagged minority.

Q: Can I just search my brand name on X every day?

You can — manual search finds the same posts. But it’s a moment in time: the 10 AM complaint is found at 10, typos never match, and quote-tweets bury real mentions. Running it daily across every misspelling is a job; that’s the part Intentbus automates.

Q: How is this different from Google Alerts?

Google Alerts only sees pages Googlebot has crawled — a small, delayed fraction of X. It’s built for the open web, not real-time social. A complaint thread that resolves in three hours is invisible to Google Alerts and front-and-center in an Intentbus alert.

Q: Will I get spammed with alerts for a common word?

You control the query — exact phrases, handles, URLs and exclusions. Then AI classifies every match (complaint, praise, comparison, noise) and only the intents you subscribe to become alerts. Keyword matching casts wide; intent matching keeps it quiet.

Q: What should I do when an alert comes in?

Match the reply to the post: fix-first for complaints, receipts and user links for comparisons, thank-you plus permission to quote for praise. For recommendation asks, page a happy customer — a peer answer converts far better than the brand’s own.

Q: Can I track misspellings and my competitors too?

Yes. A monitor is one compiled search — exact phrase, common misspellings, @handle, or a competitor’s name. A post matching multiple monitors is stored once and fanned out, so duplicates never double-count.

X only notifies you when someone @mentions your handle. Most posts about your brand never do — they say the name like any word, they typo it, or they skip the tag on purpose. Intentbus watches the name itself, catches the typos, and alerts you with the intent already read.

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2-minute setup · Catches typos & untagged mentions · Free plan available

The blind spot

151 posts used your name. X woke you for 33.

The other 118 weren’t hidden — they were never tagged. Search finds them; notifications don’t. That gap is where complaints age, comparisons get answered by strangers, and praise goes unthanked.

Posts saying your name0

the real conversation

@mentions you saw0

your notifications tab

Alerts with intent read118

what Intentbus catches

Illustrative week for one brand monitor, including misspellings. Alerts are filtered by the intents you choose.

They just don’t tag you

People write brand names like words, not handles. “Started using intentbus today” reaches zero notifications.

They type it wrong

Intentbuss, Intent Bus, IntentBus — none match a handle, and none ever notify you. A monitor for the phrase catches all of them.

They dodge the tag on purpose

venting without pinging the brand, comparing tools without summoning marketing — the most honest posts are the least tagged.

Up close

Four posts X never showed you. Four different plays.

Pick one to see the post exactly as it appeared, what the AI read in it, and the move that works — for that specific kind of mention.

Maya Okafor@mayabuilds · 14m

what’s the best tool for tracking SaaS churn signals right now? considering Intentbus but I want a second opinion before I commit 🙏

10:12 AM · Jun 3, 20264.8KViews

Representative posts shown for illustration — the kinds of brand mentions these monitors catch every day.

Setup

One monitor. Two minutes.

No query language, no boolean course. If you can type your brand name — and its worst misspelling — you’re done.

Add the name — and its typos

Type your brand as an exact phrase, plus the misspellings people actually type. Handles catch replies; phrases catch everything else.

“intentbus”“intentbuss”“intent bus”

Choose which mentions become alerts

Complaints, praise, comparisons, recommendation asks — pick the intents worth interrupting you for. Everything else stays searchable but silent.

● Complaints● Comparisons○ Fan talk — muted

Respond while it still matters

Each alert arrives with the full post, the thread, and the intent already classified — so the reply goes out in minutes, not tomorrow.

Open post →ReplyRoute to Slack

Doing it free, by hand?

X search works — try “intentbus” -from:yourbrand -is:retweet -filter:replies every morning, plus the same for each misspelling. That’s the same set of posts Intentbus alerts on; you’re just choosing to check manually, forever, and to find out at 9 AM what happened at 2 PM. When that habit breaks, we’re the version that doesn’t sleep.

FAQ

Asked before you ask.

The honest answers — including how to do this without us.

Doesn’t X already notify me when someone tweets my brand name?No — and this is the part almost everyone gets wrong. X notifies you when someone @tags your handle. Most posts about brands never tag the brand: people say “intentbus” like they’d say any word, they typo it, or they deliberately don’t tag so the brand can’t reply. Your notifications tab only sees the tagged minority.Can I just search my brand name on X every day?You can, and it finds the same posts we do. But manual search is a moment in time: the 10 AM complaint is found at 10, not when it’s actionable, typos never match, and quote-tweets bury the real mentions. Running it daily across misspellings and variants is a job — that’s the part we automate.How is this different from Google Alerts?Google Alerts indexes pages that Googlebot has crawled, which on X is a small, delayed, unpredictable fraction. It’s built for the open web, not for real-time social posts. A complaint thread that resolves in three hours is invisible to Google Alerts and front-and-center in an Intentbus alert.Will I get spammed with alerts for a common word?You control the query: exact phrases, handles, URLs, and exclusions like -is:retweet or filtering out the city of Intentbus. Then AI classifies every match — complaint, praise, comparison, noise — and only intents you’ve subscribed to become alerts. Keyword matching casts wide; intent matching keeps it quiet.What should I do when an alert comes in?Match the reply to the post: fix-first and fast for complaints, receipts and user links for comparisons, a thank-you and permission to quote for praise. And for recommendation asks, the strongest play is rarely you — it’s paging a happy customer and letting a peer answer.Can I track misspellings and my competitors too?Yes. A monitor is one compiled search — add the exact phrase (“intentbus”), the common misspelling (“intentbuss”), the @handle, or a competitor’s name. A single post matching multiple monitors is stored once and fanned out, so duplicates never double-count.

Someone’s saying your name right now

The next untagged mention is being typed.

Set the monitor before lunch and never find out about your own brand from someone else’s reply thread again.

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