BrandMentions allows you to set different configurations for each project, but not for every type of preference.
Some settings apply to your entire account, while others apply only to a single project. Knowing this difference helps you set things up exactly how you need.
Account-level preferences vs project-level settings
BrandMentions uses two main types of settings:
1. Account-level preferences
These settings shape your overall experience inside BrandMentions. They are the same for all projects in your account.
Common account-level preferences:
Timezone
Number format (decimal and thousand separators)
Once you set these, they apply everywhere in your account.
2. Project-level settings
These settings control how a specific project tracks and analyzes mentions. You can customize them separately for each project.
Typical project-level settings:
Keywords you are tracking
Sources you are monitoring (web, social platforms, etc.)
Languages of the mentions you want to collect
Alert settings for that project (who gets notified and when)
This means one project can monitor English mentions on social media with daily alerts, while another project tracks Spanish mentions from news sites with real-time alerts.
Which settings can differ per project?
Here is a quick overview:
Setting | Scope | Can I set it differently for each project? |
Timezone | Account-level | No |
Language (user interface) | Account-level | No |
Number format | Account-level | No |
Keywords | Project-level | Yes |
Sources | Project-level | Yes |
Languages of mentions | Project-level | Yes |
Alerts | Project-level | Yes |
How to think about it
A simple rule of thumb:
If the setting affects how you see and use BrandMentions (time, language, number style), it is account-level and applies everywhere.
If the setting affects what a project tracks or how it notifies you, it is project-level and can be different for each project.
By using account-level preferences for your general experience and project-level settings for your monitoring strategy, you can tailor each BrandMentions project to match its specific goals and audience.