Private campaigns in StoryChief allow you to collaborate on content with a select group of team members, keeping your work confidential and secure. In this article, we will guide you through the process of creating private campaigns step by step.
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Getting started with Private campaigns
1. What is a Private campaign?
A private campaign is a security layer on top of existing campaigns, for when pieces of content are secret or meant to be temporarily hidden. Imagine that your development team is working on a new product and some marketers need to create the content for a product launch. It might be that this stays a secret until the whole campaign is ready for launch.
2. Start creating your private campaign
Step 1. Accessing the Campaign Creation Tab
In your dashboard, click on the green + sign and then click on "Create Campaign" tab or use the Quick links to "Create a Campaign".
Step 2. On top, you see the option to create a Private Campaign. Select this option.
Fill in the details to give your campaign a name, running time, description, etc.
Under the "Collaborators" section, click on "Add Collaborators" and enter the email addresses of team members you want to invite to join your private campaign.
Customize any additional fields that are relevant to your campaign objectives.
Click on "Save" once you have filled in all the required information.
Step 3. Click on "Content" on the campaign overview. This shows an overview of content where you can add more content related to this specific campaign.
Click "Add" to start creating content (articles, events, social posts, ..) for your Private campaign.
To add existing content, you can duplicate content to this campaign. This flow is explained in the tips and tricks below.
3. More tips and tricks regarding Private campaigns
In the campaign overview, the private ones are only visible if you are the owner or collaborator of the campaign. This is to make sure private/hidden information stays hidden from other creators within the company until the information is ready to be revealed. A shield is added to show the difference between content & campaigns.
In the content overview, this will be displayed similarly with a shield. For example, this is how it would look in the article overview:
Adding existing content (articles, social posts & events) can be done through "Duplicate to" on the content level. There, you can select the private campaign this content needs to be duplicated to.
How to make a private campaign public? Maybe all of the content is ready to be launched and everyone can take a look at the campaign. In that case, go to the campaign and click on "Edit". Now you can switch it to a public campaign, after accepting the warning label.
🔔 Note: Remember, only the invited team members will have access to this campaign and its associated content.
🎉 That's it! You have successfully created a private campaign in StoryChief and invited collaborators to work on it.