# How to set up alerts

Alerts are useful to keeping track of when your brand, client's name or other keywords are mentioned in any new newsletter issue or article.

Reletter monitors new issues across its entire database of newsletters. It scans issue titles and content to find matches for your keywords.

First go to your [Alerts](https://reletter.com/account/alerts) configuration page in *My Account*:

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Create an alert by entering a keyword or phrase (e.g. "real estate"). You can see a preview of the results as you type.

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If any matching issues are found,  you will now be sent a daily or weekly email containing the most relevant new issues that match your keyword.

## Advanced Search

You use the following search operators to narrow down your results:

| Description            | Example                                 |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| Either terms can match | `real OR estate`                        |
| Both terms must match  | `real AND estate`                       |
| Exact phrase           | `"real estate"`                         |
| Don't match            | `-investing`                            |
| Grouping               | `(real estate) OR (property investing)` |