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Campaign Creation: Step-By-Step Guide

Learn how to create a SalesMind AI campaign step by step, from choosing a profile and objective to importing leads and launching.

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Written by Toe Wai Shan
Updated over a week ago

SalesMind AI campaigns allow you to automate outreach with the right objectives, lead sources, and message sequences. This guide walks you through creating a campaign step by step.


1. Start a New Campaign

  • Go to the Campaigns page and click Create new campaign at the bottom.

  • If you do not see the button, scroll down.


2. Choose a Profile

  • Select which Sender profile you want to use.

  • SalesMind will pull LinkedIn experience details from the profile.

  • If no experience appears, choose I don’t have experience or click Refresh to update the data.


3. Define Your Objective

Pick the goal for your campaign:

  • Book meetings with prospects

  • Capture prospect contact information

  • Drive traffic to your website

  • Get sign-ups for your application

  • Invite prospects to an event

  • Encourage prospects to apply for a job

👉 Add your Website URL. This helps the AI understand your product and write better messages.

About the Website URL

The Website URL is where the AI learns about your offer.
It does not need to be a real website. It can be:

  • A Google Doc

  • A Notion page

  • A simple landing page

  • Any link that explains what you do

The AI reads this link to learn:

  • What your product is

  • What it does

  • The benefits

  • Your main selling points

  • Price (if you list it)

  • Competitors

This link is only for the AI. Prospects never see it.


4. Set Conversion Links

  • Book a meeting → add your calendar link

  • Capture contact info → leave blank or use a form

  • Drive traffic → add your website URL

  • App sign-ups → link to your signup page

  • Event registration → add event page or form

  • Job recruitment → add job description or careers page

About the Landing Page URL

The Landing Page URL is optional.

If your objective is to book a meeting and you leave the Landing Page URL empty, the AI will write something like:
“Are you free next week for a call?”

If you add your booking link, the AI will write something like:
“Are you free for a call? Here is the link to book.”

Only the Landing Page URL can be empty. The Website URL must always have some information about your company.


5. Engagement & Lead Handling Settings

  • Copilot: AI drafts replies, you validate and send.

  • Autopilot: AI drafts, qualifies, and replies automatically within 3–10 minutes.

  • Both handle nurturing: if a prospect doesn’t respond after 7–30 days, AI follows up.

Adaptive Microsite

Adaptive Microsite is an AI-generated, personalized page created for each lead. It replaces static outreach with dynamic content that builds interest, qualifies prospects, and keeps buyers and sellers aligned.

It includes tailored Buyer and Seller views, plus a built-in SalesMind Inbox for direct, contextual conversations - all fully branded and adapting in real time.


Enable it to boost engagement, qualify leads faster, and move prospects further down your sales funnel.


6. Apply Outreach Settings

  • Set active days and hours for outreach.

  • Exclude holidays by the prospect country.

  • Maintain a blacklist of contacts to avoid.

  • Enable duplicate protection so prospects are not contacted by multiple team members.


7. Import Leads

Choose how to add leads to your campaign:

  • AI Lead Finder: Build lists using persona templates, job titles, seniority, location, industry, and filters.

  • Sales Navigator: Paste a saved search URL (up to 1,500 leads per import).

  • LinkedIn People Search: Use keywords, logic operators, and filters.

  • Company Followers: Import followers of a competitor’s LinkedIn page or people engaging with company posts.

  • Event Attendees: Import up to 1,500 people from a LinkedIn event.

  • Google Sheets: Import LinkedIn profile URLs from a public sheet.

  • Saved Lists: Reuse lead lists you already created.


8. Build the Sequence

Start your sequence with a Connection Request (recommended to be empty -no message).

Because:

  1. Free users on LinkedIn only get 10 personalized connection messages per week, so sending an empty request saves those credits.

  2. An empty request encourages prospects to visit your profile, consume your content, and get educated about your solution before you ever send a message.

    • They discover who you are

    • They learn how you solve their problem

    • They become more aware and receptive by the time your follow-up message arrives

This strategy only works if your LinkedIn profile is strong and optimized.
(Check here to learn "Why you need a good LinkedIn profile and how to build one".)

After the connection request, add 4 to 6 touchpoints over 1 to 3 weeks with short, natural follow-up messages.

You can use AI to generate your messages or write your own. Simply click Generate to preview the message on the right before adding it to your touchpoint.

Campaigns automatically skip:

  • Existing connections when your sequence includes a connection request

  • Out-of-network contacts when the sequence is message-only


9. Manage Agent and Access

  • Use Agent Duplicate Security to prevent multiple senders from contacting the same lead.

  • Share the campaign with other agents or teams if needed.


10. Review and Launch

  • Review all steps in the summary page.

  • Name your campaign.

  • Save as a draft or click Launch to start sending.


Key Takeaways

  • Start by selecting a profile and defining a clear objective

  • Add landing pages or calendar links to guide prospects

  • Choose between Copilot and Autopilot for reply handling

  • Import leads from AI Lead Finder, LinkedIn, or Google Sheets

  • Build concise sequences with 4 to 6 touchpoints

  • Launch after reviewing to ensure settings are correct

✅ With this setup, you can create effective campaigns that attract the right prospects and convert them into opportunities.

Happy Prospecting!

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