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# Prepare a campaign launch safely

> Use Marketer to prepare a campaign draft while keeping budget, targeting, creative, and publishing decisions reviewable.

Use this pattern after your strategy, offer, and creative are ready. The goal is a complete draft with explicit review points before anything is published to an advertising account.

## Prerequisites

* A supported advertising account is connected.
* You have permission to create or publish campaigns in the workspace and provider account.
* The campaign objective, budget, schedule, audience, destination, tracking, and creative are approved.
* Workspace guardrails and approval expectations are current.

## Starting request

```text theme={null}
Prepare a draft [Meta Ads or Google Ads] campaign for [objective] using [approved brief or assets].
Target [audience] in [location] for [date range] with a total or daily budget of [amount and currency].
Use [destination and tracking requirements].
Do not publish. Show every material setting, identify anything inferred or missing, and give me a preflight checklist for review.
```

## Review before publishing

Confirm the draft against the source brief and provider account:

1. Objective and optimization event.
2. Budget, currency, schedule, and pacing.
3. Audience, geography, placements, and exclusions.
4. Creative, copy, destination, and tracking.
5. Account, campaign naming, and any inherited settings.
6. Guardrails, approval status, and the final publish action.

<Warning>
  Publishing changes an external advertising account and can create spend. Resolve every missing value and review the final provider-specific summary before approval.
</Warning>

Build through the provider-specific [Meta](/product-guides/campaigns-meta-build) or [Google Ads](/product-guides/campaigns-google-build) guide. After submission, use [Drafts and launches](/product-guides/campaigns-drafts-and-launches) to verify every provider object, and use [Awaiting action](/working-with-marketer/awaiting-action) when Marketer needs a decision.


## Related topics

- [Templates and use cases](/templates-use-cases/overview.md)
- [Next steps](/get-started/next-steps.md)
- [Inspect and manage campaigns](/product-guides/campaigns-inspect-and-manage.md)
- [Approvals, guardrails, and autonomy](/essential-guidelines/approvals-and-autonomy.md)
- [Drafts and launches](/product-guides/campaigns-drafts-and-launches.md)