Create and manage campaigns
Give each campaign its own source, schedule and destination.
A campaign takes ideas from one feed, writes articles on a schedule and sends them to one destination. Campaigns are part of Pro. Use one campaign for your main blog, or several for different topics, sources or websites.
Why it helps
- Your blog keeps publishing on a steady schedule without you starting each article.
- You see the credit cost of every batch before you turn a campaign on.
- Each campaign has its own feed, schedule, mode and destination, so you can run them side by side.
Before you start
- A Pro plan with credits.
- A feed. Every brand already has Managed by outwrite.ai, so you can start right away.
- Optional: a connected website in Auto Blog → Integrations. Without one, choose Save drafts in outwrite.ai. See Connect your tools.
Create a campaign
The form has two screens.
Screen 1: How would you like to publish?
- Open Auto Blog → Campaigns and select New campaign.
- Type a Campaign name, for example "Weekly hiring advice".
- Choose a mode: Full automation, Planned automation or Automation with review. See Choose an automation mode.
- Select Continue.
Screen 2: Set your campaign's schedule
- Workspace: if you have several brands, choose the one this campaign writes for.
- Article templates · Optional: leave it on Automatic structure, or add templates (see below).
- Source feed: keep Managed by outwrite.ai · Recommended, or pick another feed. Select Create a new feed to make one without leaving the form.
- Publishing destination: choose your connected website, or Save drafts in outwrite.ai.
- Save on website as: choose Published for live posts or CMS draft to land as drafts in your website's editor. (Not shown when you save drafts in outwrite.ai.)
- Frequency: how often a batch is written.
- Articles per batch: how many articles each batch contains.
- Publish at and Timezone: the local time articles go out.
- Read the Campaign writing cost box at the bottom.
- Switch on Turn on this campaign when you are ready for it to run. Leave it off to save the settings without starting.
- Select Create & enable (or Create campaign if it is off).
If your account cannot start the campaign (for example, billing is not set up), you will see a message and nothing is saved. Fix the issue and try again.
Settings at a glance
| Setting | Options | Starts as |
|---|---|---|
| Mode | Full automation, Planned automation, Automation with review | Automation with review, so nothing is sent without your approval until you choose another mode |
| Source feed | Any feed for this brand | Managed by outwrite.ai |
| Publishing destination | Your connected websites, or Save drafts in outwrite.ai | Your default website, or saved drafts if none is connected |
| Save on website as | Published or CMS draft | Published |
| Frequency | Every day, Every 2 days, Every 3 days, Every week, Every 14 days, Every 30 days | Every day |
| Articles per batch | 1 to 10 | 1 |
| Publish at | Any time | 09:00 |
| Timezone | Any timezone | Your browser's timezone |
| Turn on this campaign | On or off | Off |
Check these before you turn the campaign on. Every day at one article per batch is about 30 articles a month.
Check the cost before you start
The Campaign writing box updates as you change settings:
| Line | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Articles per batch | Credits for one batch, for example "30 credits / batch" for 2 managed articles |
| Schedule | How often and at what time, or "Paused · no scheduled writing" |
| Next batch | The date and time of the first batch |
| Writing before renewal (or Writing over 30 days) | The most this campaign could spend on writing before your credits renew |
| Feed refresh | The feed's own price and timing, charged separately |
Article prices: 15 credits for managed and keyword articles, 25 for news, RSS and YouTube articles. Sending to your website is included. A daily campaign of one managed article costs about 450 credits over 30 days, plus feed refills. The forecast is a maximum, not a promise that every slot will be filled. See Credits and usage.
Article templates (optional)
An article template is a saved outline you make in Auto Blog → Article style. Templates are free to use.
- Leave the list empty for Automatic structure: outwrite.ai picks the best outline for each article.
- Add one template to use it for every article.
- Add several (up to 10) to rotate them: one template per article, in order. The sequence carries on across batches and repeats. Next article marks which one is used next. Use the arrows to reorder.
Each queued article keeps the template it was given. To change one before writing starts, open the article and choose Change template. See Article style and appearance.
What happens next
- Writing starts ahead of time. Up to 24 hours before each publish time, the campaign takes the next ideas from its feed and starts writing.
- Each article is researched and fact-checked. This happens before anything is sent.
- Articles go out at the publish time. In Full automation and Planned automation, articles that passed the fact check are sent automatically. In Automation with review, they wait for your approval.
- The feed keeps itself stocked. When ideas run low, the managed feed refills. Other feeds check weekly.
If too many articles in a campaign are still unfinished or waiting for review (two batches' worth, and at least two articles), new batches wait until you catch up. This stops a review queue from piling up.
Choose ideas in Planned automation
- Open Auto Blog → Campaigns and select your campaign.
- Open the Feed ideas tab.
- Select Write on each idea you want. It changes to Queued and joins the next batch. Select it again to remove it.
- Select Reject on ideas you never want in this campaign. They show Rejected.
With nothing queued, a planned campaign waits. It never picks for you.
Find and review your articles
- The Schedule tab lists the campaign's articles with their status and publish date. Written articles show the same status as in Auto Blog → Articles. Topics not written yet show To be written, and an article being written shows Writing. Select Open on any row.
- Articles ↗ opens your article library, filtered to this campaign, where you can read, edit, copy or export.
- In Automation with review, open an article marked Ready for review, read it, and approve it. See Choose an automation mode.
How to tell it's working
The campaign page shows:
- Automation on (green) or Paused.
- Source feed, which links to the feed.
- Publishing to, with Live articles, CMS drafts or Saved drafts.
- Next publishing batch, in the campaign's timezone.
A short message under these explains any wait:
| Message | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| "Choose ideas from your feed for the next batch." | Planned automation with nothing queued | Open Feed ideas and select Write. |
| "Waiting for fresh source material. No duplicate articles will be created." | The feed has no unused ideas right now | Wait for the feed's next check, or see When a feed needs attention. |
| "Finish or review the articles already in this campaign before the next batch." | Too many articles are waiting | Approve or finish the waiting articles. |
| "Writing is temporarily delayed while outwrite.ai checks this feed. Other campaigns continue normally." | outwrite.ai is sorting out an article problem with this feed | Nothing. It continues on its own. |
If you see "This workspace was paused" at the top, select Resume workspace. In your campaign list, "Feed deleted · choose a new feed" means you need to pick a new feed in Settings.
Change, pause or turn on a campaign
- Change settings: open the campaign, select Settings, make changes and select Save changes. Use Change mode at the top of the second screen to switch modes. New settings apply to future batches. Articles already written keep their content.
- Change destination: articles not yet approved follow the new destination. Some may ask for approval again before they are sent.
- Pause: select Pause. No new batches start. Work already under way can finish, and published articles stay live.
- Turn back on: select Enable, switch on Turn on this campaign and select Save changes. Missed batches are not sent all at once; the schedule simply carries on.
Common questions
Why hasn't my campaign written anything?
Check that it shows Automation on, that its feed has ideas marked Ready to write, and that you have credits. Planned campaigns need you to queue ideas. The first batch starts up to 24 hours before the first publish time.
Can I test without publishing live?
Yes. Choose Save drafts in outwrite.ai, or set Save on website as to CMS draft.
Does the mode change the price?
No. Article prices are the same in all three modes.
What if I run low on credits?
Batches that cannot be paid for wait, and the campaign shows the reason. Add credits or wait for your monthly renewal. Do not create a duplicate campaign.
