Advertising guides

How to launch your first Adsmith campaign

Enter your website, review your first ads, connect your existing ad account, and confirm your budget and measurement before publishing.

Enter your website

Create an Adsmith account and enter the website for the business or offering you want to advertise. Adsmith researches the business and develops audiences and initial creative drafts. Your first onboarding ads are free: no payment details are required to see them, and there is no obligation to continue.

Review what customers will see

Check that the offer, product details, images, captions, and claims are accurate. Make sure the landing page delivers on the ad’s promise and gives visitors a clear next step. Review it on a phone as well as a computer. Your initial drafts are a way to judge the fit before paying.

Connect an existing ad account

The app supports Google PMax and Meta. You need an existing ad account; Adsmith does not create one for you. Google Search and LinkedIn are currently available through White Glove, with self-service support planned. For connection help, chat with us through Support.

Choose a budget you can sustain

Adsmith has no minimum advertising spend, subject to the requirements of the platform and campaign type. Plan for ad spend, the applicable 10%–5% blended weekly management fee, and any additional paid creative. The calculator suggests a creative allowance equal to half the applicable management fee rate; it is a planning suggestion. See an example of the complete budget.

Check conversion measurement

Choose the action that makes a campaign useful: a purchase, a qualified lead, a booking, or another business outcome. Confirm that it is being recorded before judging performance. If you only measure clicks, you will have less information about whether the campaign is bringing customers. Use the measurement checklist.

Review and publish

Review the creative, targeting, campaign settings, and destination before publishing unless you explicitly enable auto-publish. Payment is required to launch campaigns or generate additional paid drafts. Once the campaign runs, use results to guide subsequent experiments. Stop a campaign at any time and no further campaign fees accrue on it while it remains stopped; previously incurred fees remain payable.

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