Start with Pro
One brand, one connected blog, one managed campaign.
Pro gives you full control over what outwrite.ai writes, when it publishes and where. This guide gets you from a ready Brand Kit to your first article with one connected blog and one campaign, using topics outwrite.ai picks for you.
Why it helps
- You can run your blog on autopilot, or approve every article first.
- You can start with zero keywords: the Managed by outwrite.ai feed finds topics for you.
- You see the credit cost of every action before it starts.
- When you're ready, the same workspace adds AI tracking, SEO fixes, teammates and more websites.
Before you start
- Finish Set up your brand and choose Pro.
- Recommended: the login for your blog (WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Framer, Ghost, WordPress.com or a webhook). You can also start without one and keep drafts in outwrite.ai.
- Credits: your trial includes 200. A standard article costs 15 credits, and each fill of managed ideas costs 25. How credits work.
Two words you'll need: a feed is a list of article ideas that refills itself, and a campaign is a schedule that turns ideas from one feed into articles and sends them to one website.
Set it up
Connect your blog
- Open Auto Blog → Integrations in the sidebar.
- Choose your platform and follow its steps. Each one has its own guide in Connect your tools.
- Optional: connect Google Search Console on the same page to see your Google clicks and searches. It is read-only and uses no credits.
Create your first campaign
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Select Set up my first campaign on the welcome screen, or open Auto Blog → Campaigns and select New campaign.
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Type a Campaign name, for example "Weekly blog".
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Choose how much you want to manage:
- Full automation: ideas become articles and publish on schedule.
- Planned automation: you pick which ideas get written; the rest is automatic.
- Automation with review: ideas are picked and written for you, and you approve each article before it publishes.
The form starts on Automation with review, the safest choice for your first campaign. Select Continue.
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Under Source feed, keep Managed by outwrite.ai · Recommended.
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Under Publishing destination, pick your connected website, or Save drafts in outwrite.ai.
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Under Save on website as, choose CMS draft for now. Drafts land in your blog's editor without going public. The form starts on Published, so change it.
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Choose a Frequency (from Every day to Every 30 days) and Articles per batch (1 to 10).
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Set Publish at and Timezone.
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Read the Campaign writing box at the bottom. It shows credits per batch, the next batch and the most this campaign could use before your next renewal (or over 30 days).
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Switch on Turn on this campaign, then select Create & enable. If you leave it off, the button reads Create campaign and nothing is written until you turn it on.
The form starts with Automation with review, Every day, 1 article per batch, 09:00 in your computer's timezone, Published, and the campaign switched off. Check each of these before you turn it on.
What happens next
On the first day: your managed feed fills with ideas (25 credits per fill). Each idea targets a real search phrase people use. When the first batch is due, the campaign picks ideas and outwrite.ai researches, writes and fact-checks the articles. Articles are prepared ahead of their publishing time.
During the first week: articles keep coming on your schedule. With Automation with review, each one waits as Ready for review until you approve it. With Full automation, checked articles go to your website at their time; anything that fails a check waits for you instead. Closing your browser never stops scheduled work.
Costs as you go: each standard article costs 15 credits, charged when it is written, even if you don't publish it. The managed feed refills for 25 credits only when its ideas run low. For example, with your 200 trial credits, one fill (25) plus ten articles (150) uses 175 credits.
How to tell it's working
Open Auto Blog → Articles to see every article and its status:
| Status | What it means |
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| Ready for review | Written and checked. Waiting for your approval. |
| Scheduled | Approved, or checked in an automatic campaign. It goes out at its scheduled time. |
| Sending | Being sent to your website now. |
| CMS draft | Saved in your blog's editor, not public yet. Publish it from your blog when ready. |
| Published | Live on your website. Use its link to check it. |
| Saved draft | Kept in outwrite.ai only. Nothing was sent to a website. |
| Needs attention | Something stopped it. Open the article for the next step. |
The Getting started checklist at the top right of the dashboard ticks off steps as you finish them: Brand Kit, website connection, Search Console (optional), a content feed, your first campaign, AI tracking prompts (optional) and the SEO Agent (optional). Opening a step never starts paid work.
Common questions
Why isn't anything being written?
Check that the campaign is switched on and that its next batch time has passed. Then check your credits in Account and settings → Billing: new paid work waits if your balance or a spending limit runs out, or your trial has ended. If the feed is waiting for ideas, the campaign shows why.
Why did an article go live without my approval?
The campaign uses Full automation and its destination is set to Published. Edit the campaign and choose Automation with review, or set Save on website as to CMS draft.
Do I need my own keywords?
No. Managed by outwrite.ai chooses topics from your business, your competitors and real searches. Add your own feeds only if you want specific subjects or sources.
Does a draft I never publish still cost credits?
Yes. A completed article uses its credits whether or not you publish it. Work that fails is not charged.
Can I run more than one campaign?
Yes. Each campaign has its own feed, website and schedule. Create and manage campaigns.
Add more when you need it
None of these are needed to start. Each shows its cost before you use it.
- Connect Google Search Console for your Google clicks and searches.
- Add a feed for your own keywords, news stories, RSS feeds or YouTube videos.
- Track AI answers for questions your buyers ask.
- Set up the SEO Agent to fix technical SEO on your pages.
- Save article templates for formats you reuse.
- Invite teammates or add more brands.
- Share client reports or connect an AI assistant.
